My assembly line

Brandon writes: Hey John, I noticed back in 2010, you said that you paint all your backgrounds first and then your characters to get a consistent look. Does that mean you have 16 masonite boards with paper taped to them throughout your studio?…

Brave

I saw Brave on Friday. As usual with Pixar, the animation was fantastic. I had a problem with the story. Here's the big rule of storytelling: your audience must care about the characters. I didn’t have any particular reason to like Merida.…

PSInside June 2012

The new edition of PSInside just hit the newsstands!

Jack and the Giant Barbecue color studies

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Here are close-up scans of the color studies I created for Jack and the Giant Barbecue. They're shown here individually, but they were created together on one big piece of watercolor paper as a color script. Each study is roughly 6" x 4". These…

Barbecue

Today's Barbecue Fun Fact from About.com— When the first Spanish explorers arrived in the new world they found the indigenous people of the Caribbean preserving meats in the sun. This is an age old and almost completely universal method. The…

The coolest totebag ever

My pal Paul Schifino, who hired me to create an image for the Pittsburgh Public Theater's As You Like It, sent me this terrific tote bag made out of the recycled banners and billboards. UPDATE! Laura is the lady who created this wonderful tote…

Giant BBQ Party on Saturday!

If you're anywhere near Oil City, Pennsylvania this Saturday, June 9th we're throwing a Giant Barbecue party—and you're invited! It's from noon to 3:00. Come on up to Studio 27B in the National Transit Building on Seneca Street. We'll have…