Let’s face it, most of us will never make it onto The Simpsons as a character on the actual show, so we might have to take matters into our own hands… I created a quick self portrait this morning of what I, myself, might look like as a Simpson character.

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Messed around with some character sketches this morning in order to loosen up a bit. Extra credit question: Which one has constipation issues…?

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Pixar Animation Studio has announced its schedule for releasing movies through 2012 and it includes sequals to Toy Story and Cars. Take a look here for more information.

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Sometime ago I downloaded a bundle of software from macheist.com, which included a neat little app called Snapz Pro X. With that I can video-capture my screen while I draw, so I decided to give that a go.

This is a little sketch that I penciled, lettered and inked digitally in Corel Painter X on my Wacom Cintiq 21UX. Very simple, but it shows the process.

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This guy draws stuff on an Etch A Sketch that most of us would have trouble achieving on paper. Pretty impressive!

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Aardman Animation is perhaps best know for its brilliant Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit movies, but here’s a little nugget that’s just as amazing, but very, very different. The Pearce Sisters short film, with its mix of 2D and 3D animation, is perhaps somewhat disturbing, but also stunning both in story, visuals and sound.

It should be noted that the movie is not suitable to children.

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An article about graphic novels and the major impact that Will Eisner’s “A Contract with God” had on the genre. From the San Francisco Chronicle.

It reminds me I need to read this book again…

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I always enjoy Drawn! and would recommend it to anyone interested in the visual arts. It’s a blog co-authored by professional illustrators and cartoonists from Canada. Take a look!

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A Fort Madison man who posted a “Dilbert” comic strip on an office bulletin board has lost his job for implying his bosses were a bunch of “drunken lemurs.”

Scott Adams, “Dilbert” creator, responds:

“Most ‘Dilbert’ comics don’t come right out and call management a bunch of drunken lemurs,” Adams said. “So I can see how this one might have been a tad over the line.”

Read the full article from the Des Moines Register.

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I’ve started reading the Spiderwick Chronicles to my son, Espen. Even though he’s still very young, he’s really getting into them. We’ve read the first two and just started the third one tonight. I recommend the books to anyone who’s interested in faeries, goblins, trolls and other fantastical creatures!

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