Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Hi! I'm currently a storyboard artist and character designer at Disney TV working on Wander Over Yonder! I just finished a 6 year run as a story artist at DreamWorks were I boarded on How To Train Your Dragon among other movies. I'm an Emmy Award winner for my character designs on "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends". I've worked as a storyboard artist and character designer at Nickelodeon on Danny Phantom, and a character designer at Disney TV for too many projects to list. I've been nominated for 7 Annie Awards and have recently self published my first graphic novel: "Seaweed, and the Cure for Mildew." All work is is a copyright of me unless it's for some studio I'm working for.
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29 Comments:
Yes! I can't wait to check it out! This post is crazy too! Great stuff.
Ben-
This work is insane bro, I'm loving it! What inspired some of these poses, they're out of this world!?!
I can't wait to see more goodness; I'll do my best to wait patiently.
God, if I had known that's all it took to get a second book out of you I would have done that a long time ago. I proudly have Seaweed displayed in plain sight on my bookshelf.
Simply amazing!! it's a bat possessed by the Spongebob spirit! XDD
I was missing your posts!
I liked all, but my favorite one is that biting himself.
AWESOME! I hope you go with the large format again. The first Seaweed book is one of my all time favourites!!!
Well! I have never heard of Seaweed! This little guy is so fun to examine! What did he eat? I am off to research what Seaweed actually is! Thanks for this hilarious post that reminds me of the good old days of bugs bunny :)
These are really cute. It's a wonderful character pose and expression study. Great job.
aw, poor little guy got his hands on some bad mushrooms.
but in all seriousness, these are awesome. Love what you've done with his eyes. :]
These poses are amazing!!! So is Seaweed. I can't wait to read the second one!!
hahah so funny:)I`m a big fan!!!
WOW SUPER COOL!!!
This is just amazing artwork! Reminds me of cartoons from when I was little. They don't make them like they use to, but you hit the nail right on the head. Again, great work!
Whoww!!! the poses are great, so fluid, with lots of movement!! canĀ“t wait for the second one!!
XD
SO EXCITED, BEN! can't wait.. I'll be patient, though :)
these poses are siiiiick WHOWW !! just brillant.
sheesh man, your work is amazing!
Ammazing!
Nice! I brought your Seawead book to class with me one day and people were freaking out! They loved it!
Freaking amazing BEN!! So fun!!! hehehe
Aw Man! Came in late... but now that I am here... vow to be a regular visitor:)
Cheers!
Hurray, these are incredible!!!!
out of control man!
stop it. stop showing off.
>oVi
eheh, I love all of those, so full of life !
Great! I loved the first book and can't wait for the 2nd. If these poses are anything to go by, it is going to be awesome!
Not much more to add other than these are awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Gosh, these are just beautiful expressions.
Hello,
My wife keeps asking me to buy the second seaweed.
I will keep checking for updates on book #2, so I can make arrangements to visit London and buy it at GOSH Comics.
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"Good riddance to bad rubbish."
Seaweed #1 has been an amazing source of inspiration for me (I dabble in drawing as well), especially when I saw what goes into the creation of consistent character designs.
Occasionally I let good friends borrow my copy of Seaweed. Their reaction is always the same: "Do you have book #2 as well?"
A couple even ordered the book from your website after reading it.
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