Back from the con

I just got back from the San Diego Comic Con yesterday.
WOW! What a fantastic trip it was. We met so many phenomenal artists and talked with so many different people.

Mike and I were lucky enough to have a table right next to Martin Hsu , Jorge Lopez, and John Nevarez. A little further down the aisle was Patrick Morgan from Whale Boy fame and right behing us was Stephen Silver and Sergio Aragones. Bobby Chiu and the Kevin Dart/Chris Turnham who put out a GREAT compilation book of their illustrations.

We also met Deanna Marsigliese and Robin Mitchell. Both extraordinary artist and great people. Robin is one of those guys that you can't help but really really like. You should all check out his books, the Art of Robin Mitchell.
Deanna's work is incredible and so stylish. Simple but extremely elegant, drawings of girls and guys in a limited color palette that reminds one of Searle, which I think is a great inspiration to her.
Her publisher , Dan, was there as well, and he proved to be a swell guy as well.

Right next to them were seated two superb designers, Kristen Lester and Griselda Sastrawinata. I have both their sketch books, and boy are they kick butt designers.

Some of the highlights of the show for me were to meet Mike Kunkel, of Hero Bear who actually knew my work.
I was stunned. Thank you Mike, thank you so much.
And, Tim Sale, of Batman and Spiderman.
Both of them super simple guys, and great inspirations.

Some of the other GREAT GREAT people that made a big impression on me were Bobby Chiu and Kei Acedera, PAtrick Morgan, Donnachada Daly, Luca Tieri,Octavio"'Cano" Rodriguez, Louie Del Carmen(Whose book I missed!Damn!)Jason Felix, John and Shelley Loter, Justin Ridge, Justin and Josh Parpan, Israel Sanchez, Sarah Mesingah, the whole Flight Crew, Rodolphe Guenoden who introduced me to PIERRE ALARY from Beladonne, Stephanie LAberis, Sarah Dungan, and a ton of other artists.

I'll probably make a new post a little later to complement and detail all of this.

I don't think I have to say that I'm super excited about this new upcoming year after seeing all these kick butt artists and their works.
It's probably going to take me quite a bit of time to get my head back on my shoulders and restart doing good work!

In the meantime, have a great day.
Cheers.
P.

Comic con 2007

HI there!
Comicon is starting tomorrow. I'll be flying there and will have a table with my good friend Mike Daley http://biocreep.blogspot.com/


I'll be selling my new book Oogeley Boogeley number 2
Here's the cover of it and a link to a preview!

if you have time, you guys should come!

Cheers

Link http://pascalcampion.com/oogeley2.swf

Friday Sketch

I'm still super busy, but I just wanted to do a sketch.
Have a GREAT Friday!

Down Under

I wasn't thinking about much when I was doing this one, but I think it must be revealing of how I feel right now. Down under. Buried with work, but I quite enjoy it in fact. (If you take a closer look, you can see he is finding a treasure!)
Also, in about two weeks,I'll be in San Diego for the 2007 Comic Con.
I'll have a new book of sketches, some postcards and some prints.
If you guys are in the area, please stop by booth H11 and say hi!

Have a great Thursday everybody!

A little"R" train

Yet another research drawing. Nothing much.
I've just been working yesterday, which was really hard with that beautiful weather in San Francisco!
I hope today will be easier!
(^__^)

Have a great Friday everybody

Le petit train qui passe dans la campagne

I'm going to be working on some new musical pieces soon and I was just trying to get in the mood for it. This is inspired by the music itself. A very soft lullaby.

Yesterday was fourth of July and we had a FULL day. Went to the beach early in the day, got sunburned like no one's business. came back and had a little party at our place.
I'm pretty exhausted today, but, ha! that feels good!

Have a GREAT day everybody

Another doodling doodle

I think I must have gotten inspired by the traffic news and the heat wave approaching. Anyhow, here's another outgrown doodle.
Have a great day everybody!

The Peanut tree

Monday Sketch. It's still early for me right now

Oh, I saw Die Hard this weekend, and, as soon as I walked out I wanted to go see it again. The movie doesn't make much more sense than any other one in the series, but,my god, is it fun. And you have to give to Bruce Willis. He really is the quintessential all American hero. I'd strongly recommend it for anybody who wants to spend a good fun and entertaining moment without having to think too much!
The funny thing is that Ratatouille came out as well, but I didn't care to go and see it. That's interesting.

Slow start today

I'm not sure why, but i am still sleepy today.
The electricity went off during the night, so when i opened my eyes and looked at the clock, it was still midnight... even if the sun was starting to get out. against my better judgment, I got up...ho boy.. why do we do these things sometimes? I wonder

Anyhow.
Have a great day and weekend

Give a little, get a little

Santa gives to us, but who gives to him?
Actually, this one was done for Drawer geeks , on the theme of Rabbits. Nothing to do with Santa. But I was drawing a blank at the moment, and this happened. It's actually funny if you think that the initial idea were the rabbits!
Ha!

Have a great Thursday everybody. It's gonna be a busy one for me!

Lunch

I was trying something a little different this time. It's still all flash except for the fringes around that were done in Photoshop.
I also played with the color a little more than usual, and this,actually, took me a lot longer than most other drawings
Anyhow..hope you like it.

Cheers and have a great Wednesday

Tied up

I'm a little tied up with stuff today, so it'll be a super quickie!
Still, have a great day!

P.

Gulch City

I've been reading cowboy literature these days. Got me inspired.
(^_^)


One of my friends from France, whom I had not seen in 17 years came by for a visit this weekend. It was an express visit, but, wow, what a blast. 17 years! Insane

Anyhow, have a GREAT Monday everybody

Left Behind

HA.. the weekend. It's usually a relaxing moment. I think this one will not be relaxing. It will be fun, busy, filled with work friends and family, and , I'm guessing, little sleep.

Ah.. as someone I admire a lot( Yes, that' you Therese!) would say, It's a good Life!

ooops

Have a great Thursday, people, may it be better than mine!

Ah the joys of commercials! I HATE it when they shorten your deadline by three days!
..... if this wasn't public, I'd put one of these censored words here!
(^_^) lol

BUT, don't let this ruin this beautiful sunny day which I will see from the window of my office! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Wednesday express

Mid weeks can be tough sometimes!
Have a great Wednesday


and..before anybody asks.
This one took me more then ten minutes!
I did it yesterday actually, in between calls with clients. I work in that type of industry where you rush rush rush like mad to get something to the clients in time, then you wait wait wait for their feedback. This was done while on the phone and in between feedbacks.
It actually goes much faster than one would think. These are super basic shapes, and it's really just pencil on paper.

As far as daily life.
Still really busy. I know these sketches tend to make you think the opposite, but, when you're going as fast as you can on one project, you don't want to cool off while waiting for the feedback, especially when there are more than one projects going on at the same time.
And, actually, I will soon be entering the "finishing" phase which resembles a marathon of drawing drawing drawing. SO... there'll probably be less sketches then!



oh..and for a larger version of the image
Here's a link

Tuesday tuesday

It's nice and cozy in my office right now. Kind of misty and cold outside, and our dog is snoring right here, in front of me on the carpet. Just got a cup of coffee and a bagel, and I'm posting up a new drawing. Moments like these feel really good!
HAVE A GREAT TUESDAY everybody!

Monday morning sketch

A little lazy, a little tired today.. still digesting yesterday's ( Father's day) food.
hmmmm.
Have a great Monday anyhow.

(^_^)

grindgrindgrind......when the sun is shinning and the birds are chirping like they are today, no matter WHAT I do, I feel like I'm missing out on sleeping under a tree in the Golden Gate Park!( or ANY park for that matter!)
Still..It's a beautiful day! ENJOY it

Cheers.


http://pascalcampion.com/2007/682.swf

Doodle day number two

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