So here’s what I’m doing now instead of the Daily Animals. I may do an animal from time to time, but I think all I have time for now is one real nice illustration per week. So I will be doing the topic from Illustration Friday every week.

Yes I know he looks like he could be Donkey Kong. That’s on purpose…it’s for a little website my buddy and I are making. It’s going to be hilarious…at least to us. And I know I’m really behind on these, but I’ve realized I’ve just got to keep going and do them as often as possible and not worry about being behind because then I will just stop all together.

So yea I know, I’m REALLY behind on my animal-a-day thing. Don’t worry I’m still doing it. But here’s one thing I’ve been working on. My buddy Will and I have got some ideas for Flash/iPhone games and that’s going to require me to learn to animate. I’ve never been good at it, but I’ve also never really given it a good try.

Here’s a run test. My first try, and I’m decently happy with it. I’ve still got to get the ears, arms, and stuff going but I think this is a good start….at least for me. I’ve got some really good books helping with me with animation principles and tricks. I’m really excited to make some games.

So I know I’ve missed a couple days, but I have an excuse. We got a puppy on saturday. His name is Momo. He’s a Chihuahua – Feist mix and cute as hell. Still quite scared of almost everything. Though he’s pretty good at going to the bathroom where he should. We plan on getting another dog at some point so we can have Appa and Momo.