Gnomes and Mushrooms

Took a lot longer than I would've liked, but here's another gnome doodle. I'm starting to like these guys, they're evolving a bit. And here are a few gnomeless mushroom photos that I took around Minneapolis. I've photographed quite a few fungi lately, and I rarely run into the same species. Really fascinating little characters!

Life After Myth

LIFE AFTER MYTH - trailer from Whit Hertford on Vimeo.

As reported by Jeaux Janovsky and Julia Vickerman, the trailer we produced at PUNY for Whit Hertford's cartoon LIFE AFTER MYTH is available to watch online. I painted the backgrounds for the trailer, Jeaux provided the character designs, and Julia produced and animated on it. Whit created and wrote it. Animated by my fellow animators at PUNY.
From the LIFE AFTER MYTH Tumblr...



I think it turned out really nice, and I wish Whit luck with it!

Little Gnomes

I had a lot of fun drawing this, and a lot of fun going out in the woods to take the photo. I also stumbled upon this little Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax), he was pretty funny. I love jumping spiders. He kept attacking the camera, jumping at the lens. Fearless little guy. I got him right before he hopped:


Acting tough. I had a big female Phidippus audax as a pet for a few weeks a couple years ago. She took down crickets bigger than her...

And then, THIS happened...

Couldn't ask for anything cooler. I let em go outside to terrorize some aphids or something.

Anyway, I'll probably be making some more gnome pictures, hope you dig em. I like this one enough; I think they can be a lot cooler though. More to come.

COAST TO COAST AM

My cryptids illustration is the Coast to Coast AM website's Photo of the Day today! If you don't listen to Coast to Coast, start today! It's your number one source for everything unknown.

Battling Cryptids

I rediscovered and touched up an older illustration of African cryptids Mokele-mbembe and Ninki Nanka I did sort of in the style of Jack Kirby's "Devil Dinosaur" that I love so much.

Me 'n tha Yo Gabba Gabba crew

We do a lot of the animation for Yo Gabba Gabba at PUNY, and we also did the animation for the Yo Gabba Gaba Live! tour. The show came through Minneapolis and it was a really crazy week! Here's a shot of my favorite thing I got to animate for the show, The Name Game.

Happy Apple

I'd like to animate this little fella. I like him, and he looks like he's got a lot to say. I'll eventually photograph my own apple, but for this one I just snaked a stock photo of an apple and cut a (non-apple) leaf out of another, and through the magic of 10 minutes of Photoshop, I've conjured up my little fruit friend.