#556 Happy St. Valentine's Day

#555 Congratulations to all recipients!

I was very moved by Borges' video appearance. Borge being one of the animators who showed me the ropes back in 1985 while working with him on my first feature film. I'm so glad his talent got acknowledged once again!

#554 Aquaplaning

Yes, if you are wondering , I am  "carless".

#553 For all my British Family

Thinking of you all, Love Love Love.
A little drawing of horsie for you Rosemary

#552 The miller elder sons.

These two also, didn't make it to the finish line

#551 The mean cutsi troll

Yes him too was at one point in the script.
I keep finding files that I totally forgot about.I was looking at the date of some of them,they go as far as 2006.Of course All these images are property of Dreamworks,I'm  just giving some of those files a spring clean before showing them to you

#550 And then the Survivor !

Humpty was a quite a different kind of egg back then.

#549 Simple Simon and his doppelganger

As the Prince and the Pauper, had a part in Puss in Boots first draft too!.

#548 Yes, him too ,could have been in Puss in Boots!!

The Empereur with no clothes,or almost, the underwear are for rating purposes.
I must dedicate this image to my friend Tom Sito!

#547 Another victim of the death of the first draft of Puss in boots

 The Old "Rambo" Musketeer.

#546 And neither did he !

No fictional Marquis de Carabas for you mister.I believe he still roped to a tree, naked, waiting to be rescued!.

#545 Neither did they!

#544 From the Puss in Boots that never was

Or the story of the witch that did not survive the death of the first draft

#543 More From Puss in Boots

This page is also a compilation of models I made to find the Giant. A Giant that got replace by a Goose in the picture. Guillaume Aretos my Production Designer  did the rough pass of the face for two of them (the red hair giant on the left of the fake Vermeer right bottom row,and the baby face second on the left top row).
All the other characters of the movie ,Humpty,  Jack and Jill ,Kitty, Mini Puss and Mini Humpty  etc.... can be seen on the Annies ballot Pages.

#542 From Puss in Boots

Here is a compilation page of some models I made of various animal for the Dreamworks movie "Puss in Boots". I wanted to share those with you .

#541 Schuss

#540 Arm Resting

#539 Jail Jam

#538 Nunchucks Ping Pong

#537 Fire in the House !

#536 Playing Chicken

#535 Sharky

#534 Duel

#533 Creating Life

One more thing... I wish you the best of everything for 2012!

#532 Happy New Year !

#531 To the Rescue

This image is inspired by a painting my Dad made for me when I was a toddler.

#530 The "Gator Way"

#529 Ah! ca ira, ca ira, ca ira

#528 Horus?

#527 Who is there?

The Elephant was designed by my friend and colleague, the amazing animator and uncanny draftsman Gabriele Pennacchioli !. He started me on this blog almost six years ago and now here we are 527 posts later, still trying to keep it alive and entertaining. With this drawing, I wish you all a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

#526 Some doodles from yesteryear

#525 Steeplechase

#524 Jungle Patrol

#523 Thanksgiving

#522 Kentucky Fried Bison

#521 Inspector Morse

#520 Too Late !

#519 The Patsy

#518 Antelope vs biker

#517 Corruptible

Way to go Serpico!