Apparently the Edgar and Ellen Halloween special has aired and so I am guessing I can post yet another design. This is their greenhouse. It has a nice feel to it. I think if I had to do it over I would make it even more overgrown. The color version, which I couldn't find to post, is beautiful! It was colored by the fantastically talented Didier Arpin. In the episode I think it really steals the show. He's just made it look that nice.

Another design for Edgar and Ellen. This is their kitchen and I think it is my favorite piece, though the Greenhouse is pretty nice as well, if I do say so myself. Much to my delight the puppy in this design was never noticed by anyone and made it all the way to color before being spotted by the client. Of course I was made to remove him. People can be very narrow minded. It still makes me laugh! I find that my work comes under closer scrutiny now. I should have put a moose in there...

Well, the first special in the Edgar and Ellen series aired earlier in September. Apparently it got great reviews and was very highly rated. I missed it of course. To busy getting my limbs frozen off in the ocean at Tofino. But I digress. It occurs to me that since the show has aired, I should be able to post some of the art-work I did for it. I don't know this for certain as I haven't asked anyone, however, if I don't ask then I guess no one can say no. Here's the foyer to the main characters house.

After a few weeks of stress and frustration at work, I did this quick sketch and sent it around the studio. I was amazed at the response I got. Some people said they hadn't laughed so hard in a long time, while others called me at home to make sure I was ok, and some expressed concern about my mental state. Only the amzingly talented Keith Ingham called a revision on it. Looking back of course, he was right. The broken window marking my exit from the scene should have been done in silhouette. Rats. Next time I'll get it right.

Oh, and for those of you who are curious, I'm fine, and as soon as the voices in my head go away I'll be back to normal! Just kidding.

Yesterday we bid farewell to John Shaw. He is one of the true greats in the animation production world and will be missed by all of us here at Bardel. Yeesh, I'm making it sound like he's dead or something! He's not dead, he's just moving on to other things, and we don't want him too.

Good luck John! Wherever you go , I hope you find an Ultimate league that's to your liking!

Another caricature of a co-worker, another in-studio joke. She's the one on the right, if you're having trouble figuring it out.

Just a few sketches of some people I work with. I realize that it's no fun looking at other people's inside jokes, and it's even worse trying to explain them, so just take them for what they are, drawings. The top is supposed to be the amazing colorist Didier Arpin, and the other is our girl from the north, Ashley Russell. If you know them I'll let you be the judge as to wether these bare a resemblence at all. I'm sure there will be more to come...