Wednesday, February 23, 2022

It's been a while, old friend.

 'Hello?'

The sound resonates as if spoken in a large auditorium, after the party has ended, and everyone has long left. I'm speaking to no one in particular, as let's be honest, is there really anyone out there still? Why would there be?
There were greener pastures to explore, exciting ventures, new ways to be social.  We craved it all, and we got it all. 

And yet here I am again. 

Maybe it's time to open the windows and let the fresh air in. 


Monday, June 02, 2014

A Forward to Tumblr

Hey everyone!
Just a heads up for those who still wander past this poor dusty blog, I've been more focusing my illustration posts on my tumblr page here: http://caleatkinson.tumblr.com/
I might come back to posting on my blog at some point, but for now please head over to my tumblr if you want to keep up to date with my art!

Thanks a lot!

Sunday, April 21, 2013

The Adventures of Batman and Bear-Robin!

A little something for fun :D
The true dynamic duo, Batman and Bear-Robin!

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Illustration Friday 'Wheel'

A quick take on this weeks Illustration Friday topic 'Wheel'.
Hope you enjoy! :)

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Illo Friday 'Wings'

My take on this weeks Illustration Friday topic  'Wings' ! :)
Been a while since my last Illo Friday, happy made the time for this weeks!
I included the full pic as well as a cropped closer shot :D
Hope you enjoy!

Friday, December 21, 2012

Holiday Paper Box Pug!


Celebrate this holiday season with your own festive Paper Box Pug!
Print out the template, cut, fold and BAM next thing you know the Christmas Cheer is overflowing!
Build, Share, and Enjoy :D

Happy Holiday! :D

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Paper Box Pugs!


Here are my 5 Paper Box Pugs templates which were my giveaways from CTN-X :D
Please feel free to share these around and shoot me any pictures if you can!
Hope you enjoy them! :D

Build, share, post!

Classy Pug!

Pixel Pug!

Pig Pug!

Party Pug!

Wizard Pug!

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

CTNX 2012 Post Report!

CTN Animation Expo 2012 happened this past weekend and in summary, it was awesome! Jessika and myself were down there exhibiting, selling prints, seeing familiar faces as well as new ones! It was our 3rd year at the event and I don't see us missing it anytime soon! I've been to several different festivals/events and CTN definitely takes the cake year after year for being a weekend filled with amazing talent, inspiring talks, friendly faces and great atmosphere!

So lets get to the piles of pictures!

Flight begins to LA!

Once we arrived in the Marriott Burbankwe set up our table for CTN! Ooo Ahhh 
I was mostly selling artwork from my 'Lil' Red' animated  short. I was also giving away Paper Box Pug templates! If you got one from me, I would love to see pictures! :)

After setting up our table we found these out the doors! Time to do some wrecking! ..er I mean fixing...

I love how they not only made real arcade machines, but scratched and dirtied them up to look old and vintage. So good.

Our table was next to some awesome peeps!  Including the uber talented Peter Emmerich (not in photo) and David Depasquale! Their super cool friend Devin  was also there helping em out.

Right across from us was the amazing Steph Laberis!  Not only is her art top notch but she also makes crazy awesome felt characters! Including Science the rat from Adventure Time! :D


The super nice Ben Burch was just up the alley from us, showcasing his great retro travel art! 

Jess and I had to check out the Gravity Falls speaker session! Was a hilarious as well as inspiring talk! 

My view to the right! See the Artist Demo area in action! Mr. Brett Bean drawing up a storm on the right side!

View to my left! There Jess is at the bottom getting a funny caricature from the Talented Mario! 

Apple break! You really had little to no time to get out and eat in the day. This is a rare moment of me with food before the end of the day.

Some of the coolest, nicest and most inspiring people you can meet! Mr. Mike Tiki Machine C, Jez Tuya, and Gillian Reid !!

Dave and Jed were there selling prints from their amazing Japanese Wood Block video game inspired series! Crazy cool stuff!

I'm happy the far too talented Samantha Kallis found me by my table! :D

Another madly talented gent! Mr. Ty Carter

The one and only art beast Brett Bean

Some quick caricatures of myself and Matt Doering by Ricky!  You wouldn't guess looking at me there, but I was laughing so much that evening my stomach and cheeks were in painnn! 


The nicest guy ever CTN veteran Ryan Summers picked  up one of my original Lil' Red paintings!  (I look crazy in that pic)

Really to me CTN is all about the amazing people! Justin Rodrigues, Rachel Nelson, Gillian Reid, Matt Timms !! 

Power couple Andrea Fernandez and Trevor Spencer! Wishing I got their book before it sold out! :)

The always super inspiring, always super friendly Stephen Silver!

That is really just a small taste of all the amazing artists that were filling the Marriott that weekend! 

It was great seeing so many familiar faces again as well as people who I mostly know from online!Others not pictured above include Pascal Campion, Betsy Bauer, Natalie Hall, Mike Dutton, Bill Robinson, Bruce Smith, Jessie V, Jeff Williams, Brittany Cole, Bruno Chekerdimian, Catherine Hicks, Elsa C, Brittany Lee, Chris Alvarez, Benoit Therriault and so many more!! 

It was really great seeing you all! (I'm sorry If I didn't list you here!)

I also more than anything, appreciate everyone who came by Jess and I's table on the weekend! Whether to chat, get an opinion, buy a print or just say hello, it made my weekend talking to you all. 



See you all next year and thanks for the inspiration!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

CTN-X 2012! Table T71

Hey Everyone!
With November here it can only mean one thing, CTN-X is close! :D
Jessika and myself will be attending again this year, setting up a table over at T71!
So definitely come on over and say a big Hi to us if you are making it down to the event!

I will have a bunch of giclee prints from my Lil' Red Short, including a special exclusive print for CTN As well as some original paintings and some fun little giveaways!

It's bound to be buckets of fun and inspiration! Hope to see you there! :D


Animation expo

Post Halloween Bundles!

Here are the final comps of my October drawing marathon!
First is all of this years Halloween Heads:

and second is my daily October Post-it note sketches, which I did with Mr. Dapper Dan :D


Monday, October 08, 2012

Halloween Head Pack 1!

Here are the first 8 days of this years Halloween Heads!
See how many you can guess! :)
Follow my Daily Halloween Head post on my Tumblr !










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Friday, September 28, 2012

Pixel Zombieeee!

On the hunt for Pixel Brains!
Much more halloween goodness coming once October hits! :D

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Illo Friday 'Freeze'

For this week's Illustration Friday theme 'Freeze' I decided to test myself with some gauche painting!
And since the theme for our semi-monthly Art Brew meet up is 'Cardboard', I figured what better canvas to paint my Freezy Illustration :D


Hope you enjoy!
See him in his natural habitat o_o

Monday, August 06, 2012

Illo Friday 'Bounce'

Happy to have made time to do an illustration for this weeks Illo Friday theme 'Bounce'!
Some squirrelly squirrels bouncing around acorns!