tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183890592024-03-23T11:29:05.310-07:00DoodlevisionThe art and rantings of author/illustrator Dan SantatDan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-62759801331514913272007-10-05T09:00:00.001-07:002007-10-05T09:00:48.711-07:00Power OutageLast night I sat down prepared to work late into the night (as I usually do) and then POP! The power went out. <br />This happens from time to time and I figured the power would come back up in a few minutes. <br /><br />Nothing. <br /><br />Then I realized, "Oh yeah, our local electric company was going to update the power grid"<br /><br />I looked outside the window and saw some houses well lit a few blocks from ours. FANTASTIC.<br /><br />An hour later I was stealing someone's WiFi signal on my laptop planning my trip to New York.<br />About an hour and a half later my laptop battery was wearing down and I realized...I'm not gonna get a chance to work tonight. So I went to bed.<br /><br />Next morning the power is still out! Almost 7 hours later we still had no electricity! <br /><br />Will this be on the national news?! Will people wonder if we're OK?! Should we notify loved ones?!?<br />My son wakes up. "ELMO! MILK!" he demands... That's his code for a nice bottle of milk and watch an episde of Sesame Street.<br /><br />Uh..."No Elmo and hopefully milk is still drinkable." I say as Leah and I are holding a flashlight. <br /><br />"WAAAAA!!!!" the boy screams in disapproval translating to, "Well you better get this situation straightened out OLD MAN!"<br /><br /><br />Panic begins to set in. "SOMEONE GET THIS BOY A FRICKIN' COLD BOTTLE OF MILK!!!!"<br /><br />Leah breaks out a slightly cooled milk bottle.<br /><br />Crisis averted.<br /><br />"ELMO!" the boy demands!<br /><br />I break out the laser pointer and drive the kitten nuts running around the house. This pleases the boy who seems unaffected by the power outage. A bowl of Cheerios and a diaper change later it's time to take the boy to daycare. <br /><br />Crisis averted.<br /><br />I can't even remember the last time I was in a power outage for that long. It makes one realize their dependence on their electronic devices when they're sitting in the dark. <br /><br />Well, time to catch up on a nights work lost. Have a great day everyone.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-80951595636424790222007-10-03T10:10:00.001-07:002007-10-03T10:37:54.443-07:00After Birthday GlowThanks to all for the sweet birthday messages in my email, answering machine, text mesages, IM's and so forth. As a person who spends ALL DAY in the house with only a cat, bird, and rabbit to talk to it sure makes a person feel loved. <br /><br />In other news, I just purchased "The Incredible Book Eating Boy" as a birthday present to myself and it's a BEAUTIFUL book which was referred to me by the many folks in the blogosphere. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIAWd7moN8HK_pM_JhcJ4G48F4oXl6ZMeq8WeuRv1hd3gVqCx5eNxFG9AYpD3M5T4DbXspA2E2MGZKSh0sUcHxPDfFxpvloB2G1FpnUrP0_C80olsHUl0aXoAoLsdG4lRRgJ0dw/s1600-h/245.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIAWd7moN8HK_pM_JhcJ4G48F4oXl6ZMeq8WeuRv1hd3gVqCx5eNxFG9AYpD3M5T4DbXspA2E2MGZKSh0sUcHxPDfFxpvloB2G1FpnUrP0_C80olsHUl0aXoAoLsdG4lRRgJ0dw/s400/245.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117162876824653650" /></a><br /><br />It's the kind of book you wish you could design if you had a level of design sophistication such as Oliver Jeffers. It's full of old paper collages combined with painting that make for real pleasing designs. It's not typically the style you would find in an american picture book illustrator and I think it's because we here in the states adhere to a particular aesthetic. It's something I tried in my early work but was often told by art directors that it was a little too complex and not too kid friendly and so, for fear of never working in the business I adapted my style. Then again, imagine how laborious it must be to go shucking about swap meets and trying to find such interesting paper? Call me lazy but I think I'm just gonna paint stuff.<br /><br />I was gonna go to the bike store to see about purchasing a bike for myself so I can be a little more "GREEN" to the environment and hustle around town without having to deal with so much traffic but the local bike store had moved to another part of town and I was left emty handed. I thought it would've been cool to tell you all that I got a shiny new bike for my birthday after yesterdays rant about missing my youth but alas.... Maybe tomorrow I'll have something to share? :)<br /><br />Lastly, when Disney Channel manages to break out of their 12 hour blocks of "Hannah Montana" and "Suite Life of Zack and Cody" they'll show a new episode of The Replacements and there will be a new one this Saturday at 9PM. I also changed my profile icon to something more suitable for my accomplishments. I mean, heck, why not wear my accomplishments with some pride right?Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-89446286049431252712007-10-02T09:59:00.000-07:002007-10-02T10:00:38.482-07:0032<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Lv_e05rLrqrcL8TF6a-ShKv4o1JaIVKVBU4P8Q-cwreb3lOkvJwcb1uDXhxyO_G99-kmbB_WsvIWOLpDFsGZeXh45EpEUcPm21fQaH9PeEfev1yx9CFwAWqekjNzA3LDwCP9nA/s1600-h/bday.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Lv_e05rLrqrcL8TF6a-ShKv4o1JaIVKVBU4P8Q-cwreb3lOkvJwcb1uDXhxyO_G99-kmbB_WsvIWOLpDFsGZeXh45EpEUcPm21fQaH9PeEfev1yx9CFwAWqekjNzA3LDwCP9nA/s400/bday.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116785349199335234" /></a><br /><br />This blog is for all the kids who are still in school right now and for the adults who remember better days<br /><br />So here it is, my annual birthday rant. October 2nd. The birthday of Ghandi, Charlie Chaplin, Sting..... and myself.<br /><br />I think birthdays stopped being fun and exciting when I reached 26. There's something about getting over the "quarter of a century" mark that really stings. Now here I am. 32. Life is on cruise control and I'm just going through the motions of life. Paying bills, going to work, running errands, etc. I feel like adulthood is just one big repetitious loop.<br /><br />There's really not much play time anymore. The extent of playtime is sitting down on the couch and playing Halo 3 for a couple of hours or maybe catching LOST on Tivo but that's a rare thing for me. The rest of it is "I gotta do this. I gotta do that."<br /><br />No one told me that being an adult was gonna be this lame. If I had known that I probably would've been more adventurous in my childhood years. When I reflect on things I really value my time now. My wife only gets 2 weeks vacation a year and we normally save it for holidays, which, when you really think about it isn't a whole lot of time considering the hours of work we all put in every week. A friend from England said they get a month vacation time. That's more like it. I don't recall the exact countries but I know that some of them get up to two or three months! My point is....<br /><br />ENJOY YOUR YOUTH.<br /><br />Enjoy it not because you're gonna get old and die someday but because it's the time when you can really experiment and do all the stuff in life you want to do without having to adhere to a schedule or some lame ass boss. BE SPONTANEOUS! Get out of the house! Get in some (not too illegal) trouble. Try new things because I guarantee you, when you hit the working world you're gonna wonder to yourself "What happened?! I have all this money and I can't spend it on anything because I have no TIME.<br /><br />With that said I have some news to report on the Dantat front.<br /><br />The picture above is the latest painting I completed for "Ghosts of Luckless Gulch" I'm tellin' you folks, I feel like this is the best work I've done in a long long time.<br /><br />I don't know why this slipped my mind but if you're an SCBWI member I have an article in this quarters newsletter about being a unique artist. I'll post the actual article up on my site later.<br /><br />I'd like to announce that I just agreed to illustrate some books....<br /><br />First off is Lisa Yee's upcoming Chapter Book series "Just Bobby" for Arthur Levine Books. Lisa, as you know, is the talented YA novelist and kinda-sorta neighbor of mine<br /><br />Second is Tammi Sauer's picture book "Chicken Dance" by Sterling Publishing. I'm not only excited about this book becaue it has a character named Elvis Poultry but becaue this is only the second time I get to actually design the entire book on my own (First time being the Guild of Geniuses)<br /><br />Lastly, Hyperion Books has asked me to illustrate "Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo" by Ayun Halliday. Hey, the butts of various animals are always funny and a child pleaser and it will give me a great excuse to go to the LA Zoo for research.<br /><br />OK, that's it. Go out! Be spontaneous!Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-17359726302929258012007-09-26T09:45:00.000-07:002007-09-26T09:49:46.589-07:00The Domesticated Four<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2wSJi1lrRnUyWyZifsyaPsoBEJQJoFvUefTAt6hcZO1KKM5_ECt0YUEX4ukA8i1QlGzbWv6VFw0IaBTNshy7fFcHta8QJhjEnNWF2NLt8ZdsrGhhXRKGQcTorOLc7ROSMSLUAA/s1600-h/thumbnails.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2wSJi1lrRnUyWyZifsyaPsoBEJQJoFvUefTAt6hcZO1KKM5_ECt0YUEX4ukA8i1QlGzbWv6VFw0IaBTNshy7fFcHta8QJhjEnNWF2NLt8ZdsrGhhXRKGQcTorOLc7ROSMSLUAA/s400/thumbnails.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114555913280360242" /></a><br /><br />There have been a lot of folks who have been asking me what my follow up to "The Guild of Geniuses" would be and now that I've got the ball rolling to a certain degree I thought I'd share with you a graphic novel I'm doing with Arthur A. Levine Books called "The Domesticated Four" (Originally titled 'The Domesticated Six"). This monster project was THE MAIN REASON why I left the game industry. It had been signed on back in 2004 but many factors put this book on hold.<br /><br />1) My editor was busy putting out two Harry Potter Books.<br />2) My show, "The Replacements" was being pitched and eventually picked up by Disney Channel<br />3) I was still working full time at a video game company<br />4) The birth of my son and the first year of sleepless nights<br />5) My long comittment to Otto Undercover and Walter Kitty<br />6) Various freelance projects<br /><br />I originally had a draft done back in late 2006 that took ONE FULL YEAR for me to thumbnail out and it ended up becoming 500 pages long. Well, that was too long of a story and they wanted it cut down to 200 pages because of cost and readability. I HAD TO CUT 300 PAGES?!?!? My editor and I have never really done a graphic novel before and so it's been a real learning experience for me. I've been reading up on all sorts of books on how to do comics and after reworking the manuscript I think I've got it working. Well, Harry is over now, and it's full speed ahead for me. Now, it's just a matter of me getting things down on paper and making this thing happen coupled with the huge workload I have working on other projects.<br /><br />I'll be putting up a production blog in a few days connecting to my site and you can check up on the progress on a regular basis. It'll have all sorts of funny little tidbits about animals and superheroes and so forth and I figure that will also be a motivation for me to get things going.<br /><br />What's the plot you ask?<br /><br />All I can tell you is that it's about superhero housepets and sibling rivalry.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-91848643299585222202007-09-17T09:07:00.000-07:002007-09-17T09:10:32.883-07:00Me as a Simpsons Character<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjc7e6juykXVMbdAQTgrffAR8UpfGsQa_vGDPMcfeETaFKt_-Z6LysfbYGM5jqiCTg8S2s94rwOumqeFdVIY-C6b7mKNlle10rIItfiPlReIwABjLH6vEkyIEL2hWAuTw8rwehw/s1600-h/simpson.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjc7e6juykXVMbdAQTgrffAR8UpfGsQa_vGDPMcfeETaFKt_-Z6LysfbYGM5jqiCTg8S2s94rwOumqeFdVIY-C6b7mKNlle10rIItfiPlReIwABjLH6vEkyIEL2hWAuTw8rwehw/s400/simpson.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111205683747886802" /></a><br /><br />Here is yet another Simpsons character thrown into the blogosphere. I made this character version of myself from the movie website about 2 or 3 months ago and never posted it. Well, no point in letting my hard work go to waste unseen!Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-61945917556317666252007-09-12T08:23:00.000-07:002007-09-12T08:25:25.913-07:00Rollin'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkqCuUl8TIJcPeNcyWSHZLiF715Wmbc-GdhErYvIRgJ-U3hdcQfsmZcNjiAmzN1V8CZoU_5xs4i5LU3JG9Wbh6FAWTSkWs0QK-W5PyDRb6TLrK_QwkOM9msW2Hg-MSbUgUVuHDA/s1600-h/cc1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkqCuUl8TIJcPeNcyWSHZLiF715Wmbc-GdhErYvIRgJ-U3hdcQfsmZcNjiAmzN1V8CZoU_5xs4i5LU3JG9Wbh6FAWTSkWs0QK-W5PyDRb6TLrK_QwkOM9msW2Hg-MSbUgUVuHDA/s400/cc1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109338684356063170" /></a><br /><br />It's been radio silence here since I've been swimming in a mountain of work. I just recently took on a new education book project to illustrate. I know I should be working on my graphic novel or pitching more shows but, somehow, after leaving the video game company I find myself with even less time to work on my own stuff. Anyway, the above pic is an interior piece for the "Calendar Club" series from Scholastic. I used to never be able to put this kind of quality into my work so I guess now all that free time I have not having a video game job are paying off. In other news, I'm actualy going to be doing some travelling! Some of you know, I'll be going to New York for the Original Art show in New York in October, but recently, I was asked to speak at a school in Virgina Beach, VA for a whole week in November. Hey, it's good for the business. Now if I can just get the time to work on my graphic novel.....Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-29976303685904191732007-09-12T08:06:00.000-07:002007-09-12T08:07:41.267-07:00A New Family Member<a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/09/gesso.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=704,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Gesso" title="Gesso" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/09/09/gesso.jpg" width="480" height="422" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br /><br />My wife and I, mostly my wife, are animal lovers. We have a bird, a rabbit, and now welcome the newest member of our family. A cat which we've named "Gesso". For all you non artist types gesso is a paint primer that you use on a surface to give it a bit of a grittiness to hold the paint. We adopted him from the Pasadena Humane Society on Saturday and we feel good about saving an animal from the rough streets of LADan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-62797609580229216552007-08-31T09:12:00.000-07:002007-08-31T09:15:00.418-07:00Illustration Friday - Alphabet<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQmuMzmj1E3dHPoVAXlELE0brNQyqJ4K8TRYjkIx-Gqb2OANkirgjhByvWA-2G2nb7woUZiLf9J_asCYkEfOCZnkee-q7RKOwN2P8g2tDqY0DTq7_v-vTRoH276hAFdcSOUUmbg/s1600-h/fox2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQmuMzmj1E3dHPoVAXlELE0brNQyqJ4K8TRYjkIx-Gqb2OANkirgjhByvWA-2G2nb7woUZiLf9J_asCYkEfOCZnkee-q7RKOwN2P8g2tDqY0DTq7_v-vTRoH276hAFdcSOUUmbg/s400/fox2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104898713650940466" /></a><br /><br />"the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the aphabet.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-13874654784183363582007-08-24T08:37:00.000-07:002007-08-24T10:51:46.582-07:00Illustration Friday - Visitor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGIsEDGdkOZ6QcpUM3vt62MT-hB_cbKH4vJObfZ_ilkTFGYN39FzmlasmEJwgDzfb8b4DuB0fBrbReM8yFqfSiBTURr9m1mNeosYqQEEEWJai8HNtT5DT0YGysFLQicuwEucDIQ/s1600-h/visitor.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGIsEDGdkOZ6QcpUM3vt62MT-hB_cbKH4vJObfZ_ilkTFGYN39FzmlasmEJwgDzfb8b4DuB0fBrbReM8yFqfSiBTURr9m1mNeosYqQEEEWJai8HNtT5DT0YGysFLQicuwEucDIQ/s400/visitor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102291956265077282" /></a><br /><br />I'm experimenting bit with a modern color palette with a more vintage pic and a more naive style. Very loose, very simple, very fun.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-30887591986772772772007-08-17T19:58:00.000-07:002007-08-18T02:53:53.889-07:00Illustration Friday - CaptainCaptain Zapagan says Arrrr!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWx1HjWx5oT26Ha5_sHTboi1KQUIsDrZIWZSeQdqf5XFAKDhazZRmQnY3un9H2_jDdjDTCkbo8P_CVUc_taPOwGuXMeQBNKeD0kPkYcNdCEp7bf08pwXJtjT12sbU5vzQTYb9eA/s1600-h/captain.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWx1HjWx5oT26Ha5_sHTboi1KQUIsDrZIWZSeQdqf5XFAKDhazZRmQnY3un9H2_jDdjDTCkbo8P_CVUc_taPOwGuXMeQBNKeD0kPkYcNdCEp7bf08pwXJtjT12sbU5vzQTYb9eA/s400/captain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099869916832680466" /></a>Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-58511298654679473842007-08-16T07:52:00.001-07:002007-08-16T07:53:57.942-07:00Jinx<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtR2JEDahHt8MCtpKltSHlipNzxA5hzAEOPwOMJgpgEnz3_O89-Sa_VoMq-PQrXpv5Zq5SlZgsWLRWVFJMxT9NpIkKK0J_uEI6nc-9yztPi7y_GIA19NenCGyLIdGaVGwfy2S9g/s1600-h/jinx.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtR2JEDahHt8MCtpKltSHlipNzxA5hzAEOPwOMJgpgEnz3_O89-Sa_VoMq-PQrXpv5Zq5SlZgsWLRWVFJMxT9NpIkKK0J_uEI6nc-9yztPi7y_GIA19NenCGyLIdGaVGwfy2S9g/s400/jinx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099311532429494786" /></a><br />just a quickie for the morningDan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-53810798716592220332007-08-14T08:24:00.000-07:002007-08-14T08:28:12.370-07:00Character DesignsI've been super busy lately but I just thought I'd post up some simple pics<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfijKEkWbZyZ7OU5MvekzQRu7w4Np3ucHP_zzmt7ShNiKlYEV-kz2XrtiMpO_JzeG8_lAI84S9EVYLVRpNKTLYTE21L3x7g2Frqaa29MZfH_2bscyRRZWWCRW74f6jjD5IGrS6ng/s1600-h/penguin1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfijKEkWbZyZ7OU5MvekzQRu7w4Np3ucHP_zzmt7ShNiKlYEV-kz2XrtiMpO_JzeG8_lAI84S9EVYLVRpNKTLYTE21L3x7g2Frqaa29MZfH_2bscyRRZWWCRW74f6jjD5IGrS6ng/s400/penguin1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098578243338233538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVvxD0Iihn0D28ysEUanusuX5MgbIIXRQQYmQ-YPOCORhGwL_ZZ7T-y4DmZQAVbnwhpSkXJn_smJ2qfSExDqcph6whKevD6n64FIpIPZ47v1KDKbbg7oztqi7pLfH2uyuj53SaQ/s1600-h/monster1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVvxD0Iihn0D28ysEUanusuX5MgbIIXRQQYmQ-YPOCORhGwL_ZZ7T-y4DmZQAVbnwhpSkXJn_smJ2qfSExDqcph6whKevD6n64FIpIPZ47v1KDKbbg7oztqi7pLfH2uyuj53SaQ/s400/monster1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098577942690522802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNBGFMJjRuB74Xt2IpwjJcmhrJg5mRLWe-oK1yf2scDTUkyRDAgA8yOKfxqZuBGfDIoNOh495Y7i78kmfLpW9pdsQzFETTg2SLY2jGox-aOvyIJkrS5wpK4pdBXZC5-uYw6L4Ug/s1600-h/goat.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNBGFMJjRuB74Xt2IpwjJcmhrJg5mRLWe-oK1yf2scDTUkyRDAgA8yOKfxqZuBGfDIoNOh495Y7i78kmfLpW9pdsQzFETTg2SLY2jGox-aOvyIJkrS5wpK4pdBXZC5-uYw6L4Ug/s400/goat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098577809546536610" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQFrBjz0LVmT-lD8yLeIT8913bzjhg3tmR53qTlVAWfcJyduagbkhmRMDMtyEbF-B1FzvidQqcz6KulQk27yiagn-Zn1jgb8peLtpuji54KIRhXZrYgngjzHg6JVaFf1yGsY6Vw/s1600-h/kiwi.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQFrBjz0LVmT-lD8yLeIT8913bzjhg3tmR53qTlVAWfcJyduagbkhmRMDMtyEbF-B1FzvidQqcz6KulQk27yiagn-Zn1jgb8peLtpuji54KIRhXZrYgngjzHg6JVaFf1yGsY6Vw/s400/kiwi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098577667812615826" /></a>Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-18192432093566729022007-08-14T07:21:00.000-07:002007-08-14T07:24:27.619-07:00Cowboy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN36AJ5QjR4ZjwCM11_xl0xtVMVouTfW8SXEyWNM1q-3qha-BwY8sB48mt6B2qij4Cx4Z4wL5pl8hanSOGNr70Vo9tQMmzslpjwYnhGhRKcrGkeIzfbgiiKIbJZ_UXDl2-Dc2Pig/s1600-h/cowboy_cd.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN36AJ5QjR4ZjwCM11_xl0xtVMVouTfW8SXEyWNM1q-3qha-BwY8sB48mt6B2qij4Cx4Z4wL5pl8hanSOGNr70Vo9tQMmzslpjwYnhGhRKcrGkeIzfbgiiKIbJZ_UXDl2-Dc2Pig/s400/cowboy_cd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098561720599045762" /></a><br />Here's the cowboy on just plain white. Hmmmm, I actually prefer him this way. What does that say about my graphic design abilities?Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-6185220302796207602007-08-13T07:29:00.000-07:002007-08-13T07:37:08.043-07:00The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx194YIC1lr3rQ6oi2ZWwQwLJbQCRmeWqkFul5KBqqtMpToSs-dxYTiGMF3c6NigxiAThJgXiGInfsnT4ld2Da8hjfoE43rprCMcCeEOoG92O7jJpQzN_rDRkUsm9a-sWnPXiEOw/s1600-h/cowboy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx194YIC1lr3rQ6oi2ZWwQwLJbQCRmeWqkFul5KBqqtMpToSs-dxYTiGMF3c6NigxiAThJgXiGInfsnT4ld2Da8hjfoE43rprCMcCeEOoG92O7jJpQzN_rDRkUsm9a-sWnPXiEOw/s400/cowboy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098192400656230002" /></a><br /><br />I just started with a random character design of a cowboy and ended up making a movie poster for an old John Wayne movie. Great performance by Stewart, not one of Waynes better ones in my opinionDan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-51753777516175342752007-08-10T09:33:00.000-07:002007-08-10T09:38:15.222-07:00Illustration Friday : EmergencyHere comes the boy wonder to save the day during an emergency. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kcoa9Gw7BP3MPbczCmPX-Y4gXeczfL1dJNQFAQG6gNJqhT5DeqgQVQpm3E3kRsVRdHiisc-DahEwNxFAwuvUr9Xl0A7j8IJWhVRiZJDEyupFWmtlaiUnWnG16zfJrmuTlb93rQ/s1600-h/robin.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kcoa9Gw7BP3MPbczCmPX-Y4gXeczfL1dJNQFAQG6gNJqhT5DeqgQVQpm3E3kRsVRdHiisc-DahEwNxFAwuvUr9Xl0A7j8IJWhVRiZJDEyupFWmtlaiUnWnG16zfJrmuTlb93rQ/s400/robin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097111688100308578" /></a><br />I was just itching to draw a superhero for the longest time and I figured I'd incorporate a kid of some kind since I do children's books and all.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-27658958869230423652007-08-07T10:29:00.001-07:002007-08-10T09:45:06.349-07:00Disney orders 13 more episodes of "The Replacements"I've been away from the show for quite a while with all the children's book work on my plate but it's always nice to be back to stop by and say HI. <br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/07/img_1748_2.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1748_2" title="Img_1748_2" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/08/07/img_1748_2.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br /> I was suprised to discover that our show was picked up for an extra 13 episodes on top of the other 18 which brings us up to a total of 58 episodes! Woo Hoo!<br /> We're switching up the show a bit and we 'guarantee' it's going to be even better than the first season. We have a slightly larger budget, with a larger staff (first season was seriously understaffed and fell behind schedule) The look has been tweaked slightly and each episode is now one whole 22 min episode instead of two 11s. Everyone is packing up to move to the third floor because Touchstone Pictures is kicking us out to occupy the second and fourth floors. <br /> Afterwards I was walking past the Disney Archives and I saw these!<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/07/img_1752.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1752" title="Img_1752" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/08/07/img_1752.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br /> When you're a kid growing up I'm sure most of you can recall that you had a favortie book or VHS movie that you watched to DEATH and never got bored of. For me, Disney's THE BLACK HOLE was it. Here's a trailer....<br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qzUJJKDa558"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qzUJJKDa558" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /> Sadly, I still know a lot of the dialogue by heart.... Don't judge me.<br /> In retrospect it's kind of an odd movie to consider as a favorite as a child. It did poorly in the theaters, and you would probably consider something like 'Sleeping Beauty' or 'Shrek' to be a kid's favorite movie. Nope, little Dan Santat liked the psychotropic sci fi flick with Ernest Borgnine and a scary scene depicting hell. Wait...We're talking about a DISNEY MOVIE here!?!?!? Needless to say I was so obsessed with V.I.N.C.E.N.T. and I probably drew him a thousand times, so to see the actual movie props really brought back memories and is probably the reason why I'm so obsessed with robots.<br />Ugh...Did you watch the trailer? In retrospect, this is really awful....<br /> I also saw the ROCKETEER shelving books. <br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/07/img_1753_2.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1753_2" title="Img_1753_2" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/08/07/img_1753_2.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />Apparently his movie did so poorly that he needs a second job.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-4019686202189431382007-08-02T11:05:00.000-07:002007-08-10T09:45:26.959-07:00Some stuffI've been working on multiple projects for the last few months and I thought I'd just share some recent work. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh96sZ_196X0AKLWDGaIA4Y8HO3nYeW8pedNhKD93b_N-eQtCMKETd2hHrKRhDtRcBD4MBfNm8G3Mt-eXEuowvTZBguxVYWNSq1PbEr0Kil0lvviIkPgRHGNTUA6noiVKblXiAw/s1600-h/23B.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh96sZ_196X0AKLWDGaIA4Y8HO3nYeW8pedNhKD93b_N-eQtCMKETd2hHrKRhDtRcBD4MBfNm8G3Mt-eXEuowvTZBguxVYWNSq1PbEr0Kil0lvviIkPgRHGNTUA6noiVKblXiAw/s400/23B.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094167904630728242" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJxxeMRCFfw7Iic5tIAuRlsz2TLNiMCxsZ1fLQ4FvyyX8rRUNB1PuaH7uhqQ3kCYB2aVAJOCmyT8sNv6sRJdp-fn3yFFrcyHCSn34M5iRfYGd2aDpvpzfWZ-tybVj0S4xYWNbDw/s1600-h/22B.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJxxeMRCFfw7Iic5tIAuRlsz2TLNiMCxsZ1fLQ4FvyyX8rRUNB1PuaH7uhqQ3kCYB2aVAJOCmyT8sNv6sRJdp-fn3yFFrcyHCSn34M5iRfYGd2aDpvpzfWZ-tybVj0S4xYWNbDw/s400/22B.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094168067839485506" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqS3tHsbPV9NMzEF-xkN0vmkQnTCqMouPmMHrmGPD-T-i9nSKawuqPCewwp_VkjE__rl7lKZZtFyKYlGtDCqi2ZN9-SUztsV2qt5h2JB9D1girkQMxkBRgyMrUA3ksE2KB0LTsA/s1600-h/23A.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqS3tHsbPV9NMzEF-xkN0vmkQnTCqMouPmMHrmGPD-T-i9nSKawuqPCewwp_VkjE__rl7lKZZtFyKYlGtDCqi2ZN9-SUztsV2qt5h2JB9D1girkQMxkBRgyMrUA3ksE2KB0LTsA/s400/23A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094168179508635218" /></a><br /><br /><br />On another note my wife just recently finshed the last Harry Potter book (which means that I can now finally read it) and she made a funny quote, "If I summoned a patronus it would probably be a stampede of shoe shoppers that trampled through everything in ther path. It's my happiest moment in life AND it's unstoppable"<br /><br />She then preceeded to act out what her patronus woud be actually doing and commenced with gesturing the act of pushing a shopping cart. Oh honey, you don't use a cart to shop for shoes..........*GULP*Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-33189803806356286932007-07-31T13:38:00.001-07:002007-08-10T09:46:28.924-07:00"The Replacements" on Access Hollywood<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rb1_F27VLIo"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rb1_F27VLIo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />My show was featured on Access Hollywood where we animated Billy Bush and Nancy O Dell (Grrr!) Thought you'd all get a kick out of it.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-35414054124409781732007-07-30T08:29:00.001-07:002007-07-30T08:29:27.902-07:00Comic Con 2007I returned from another fun year at the Comic Con in San Diego, CA and I thought I'd share some pics.....<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1696.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1696" title="Img_1696" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1696.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />Yeah...I'm at the right place.....<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1699.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1699" title="Img_1699" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1699.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />You gotta hand it to people who will dress up and sacrifice their ability to breathe and move in order to sell their product. I know I could never do it.<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1687.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1687" title="Img_1687" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1687.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />I walked on the convention floor and I saw some toys and I thought..."Hey, I know this guys work!"<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/tiede.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Tiede" title="Tiede" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/tiede.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />Turns out it was my old buddy <a href="www.camerontiede.com">Cameron Tiede</a><br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1721.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1721" title="Img_1721" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1721.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />I also ran into my old buddy and world famous artist (who needs no introduction) <a href="http://www.jeffsoto.com/">Jeff Soto</a> <br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1706.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1706" title="Img_1706" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1706.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />Then I accidentally ran into a signing for "The Spiderwick Chronicles" movie and caught up with children's book buddy <a href="www.diterlizzi.com/">Tony Diterlizzi</a> (who needs no introduction)<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1708.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1708" title="Img_1708" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1708.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />as well as his partner in crime, the lovely and uber talented <a href="http://www.blackholly.com/">Holly Black</a> (who needs no introduction)<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1709.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1709" title="Img_1709" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1709.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />Tony D was with his buddy <a href="http://www.fischart.com/">Scott Fischer</a> whose work I always admired and we finally met. Who knew we were familiar with each others work?<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1700.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1700" title="Img_1700" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1700.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />A comic con isn't complete without some Klingons....<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1702.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1702" title="Img_1702" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1702.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />Or Harvey Birdman- Attorney at Law....<br /><br /><br />Then it was off to the parties. First up was the Gotham Group luncheon which Tony, Holly, and I are all represented by....<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1710.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1710" title="Img_1710" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1710.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />Hey look, we caught up with fellow chidren's book guru <a href="http://madcreator.com/">Gris Grimley</a> (who needs no introduction)<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1713.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1713" title="Img_1713" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1713.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />And NAPOLEON DYNAMITE?!?!?!? I actually made the mistake of speaking with him and realizing that it wasn't actually Jon Heder but his identical twin brother Dan Heder.... Tony and Scott had a god laugh and I took a pic with him so I didn't look like a COMPLETE and total ass. Sorry Dan.<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1716.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1716" title="Img_1716" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1716.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />I'm not sure if anyone watches <a href="www.clarkandmichael.com">Clark and Michael</a> but if you're a fan of Arrested Development you should check out the web show. Anyway, I met Clark Duke and he was cool. Way to go Clark!<br /><br /><br />Then there was the Disney party which was really swanky and there I met then man, the myth, the legend....<br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1727.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1727" title="Img_1727" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1727.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />STAN LEE! (who needs no introduction) See that? He's got his arm around my shoulder. We're BUDDIES!!!!<br /><br />I didn't buy too much this year and I unfortunately got to see only 40% of the convention floor (it was soooo crowded) I ended up picking up the <a href="http://www.fleetstreetscandal.com/">Fleet Street Scandal</a> book. (Kevin Dart and Chris Turnham are so talented) a Totoro doll for my son, and a couple postcards, sketchbooks and prints. <br /><br />I also got this CW bag roughly the size of a poker table... Harry Potter Book used for scale <br /><a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/30/img_1728.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img alt="Img_1728" title="Img_1728" src="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/images/2007/07/30/img_1728.jpg" width="480" height="360" border="0" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" /></a><br />The only thing in my mind was that it woud be IDEAL for stashing old baby clothes in the basement.<br /><br />I may be a nerd but I know my priorities.<br /><br />Well, I was fully inspired by all the awesome talent and I'm ready to go back to work. It was exactly what I needed. <br /><br />Out.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-32418826956251057712007-07-27T08:23:00.000-07:002007-07-27T08:26:04.179-07:00Illustration Friday - Moon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4am5_ITsakZnP6SXh5JguFy_bXtjiZ31ri-WdoraNQxmKf8Nup2PKdEsZA8Sjc4FfM0yroo2p3vDfbBAKAQWF3Z_QI9UuPaK-tmXQ_T37g-zIrumazHxaSJfRfjRMLeJfPJWVdQ/s1600-h/30_31B.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4am5_ITsakZnP6SXh5JguFy_bXtjiZ31ri-WdoraNQxmKf8Nup2PKdEsZA8Sjc4FfM0yroo2p3vDfbBAKAQWF3Z_QI9UuPaK-tmXQ_T37g-zIrumazHxaSJfRfjRMLeJfPJWVdQ/s400/30_31B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091895695132452322" border="0" /></a><br />Look at that big fat moon up in the sky...surrounded by ghosts.....<br /><br />This is for an upcoming picture book I'm illustrating for Simon and Schuster. More info <a href="http://dantat.typepad.com/dantat/2007/06/layout_sketches.html">here</a>.<br /> I'm currently at the San Diego Comic Con<br />right now. Pics soon to followDan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-24562161998337933702007-07-20T11:40:00.001-07:002007-07-20T11:43:17.613-07:00Illustration Friday - Poem<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBL_af7-R4whs3L5MbwxRrx8Nn_eWypn4UZ94KfLqo1X8n0CSeO2J0cZdvI5Pkx94OsZoOYV6RHrOvUQeHhpohWXVmn-I47hTqi_Q9UmGwcl_mN8d9thQ5rAP0ocrOtZD95gxBA/s1600-h/poem.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBL_af7-R4whs3L5MbwxRrx8Nn_eWypn4UZ94KfLqo1X8n0CSeO2J0cZdvI5Pkx94OsZoOYV6RHrOvUQeHhpohWXVmn-I47hTqi_Q9UmGwcl_mN8d9thQ5rAP0ocrOtZD95gxBA/s400/poem.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089351040864994882" /></a><br /><br />The thing about beatniks is that no matter what shape they are, as long as they have attitude, a cigarette, striped shirt, and goatee they can beat their poems. Go Daddy-O.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-79031567972433408432007-07-20T10:19:00.000-07:002007-07-20T10:21:06.423-07:00Robert's Snow 2007<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcmT43ZyGeZurxg5NkB57i3tcac6UobQWkF7pVpPtIGR8m13CjCYWoQPM9W8-yhyDtdLMfCL9eVMUI4k3jLMEYH8k-kXQDz5XjgOijZdh-lW5yrKJ-gG_MKGKFPAIInpSxsidPQ/s1600-h/chillax.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcmT43ZyGeZurxg5NkB57i3tcac6UobQWkF7pVpPtIGR8m13CjCYWoQPM9W8-yhyDtdLMfCL9eVMUI4k3jLMEYH8k-kXQDz5XjgOijZdh-lW5yrKJ-gG_MKGKFPAIInpSxsidPQ/s400/chillax.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089330017000080946" /></a><br />I woke up this morning realizing "Holy Crap! I still have to paint my Robert's Snow Snowflake!"<br /><br />and so I did, and here it is.....<br /><br /><br />It's entitled "Chillax!" Chill + Relax = Chillax<br /><br />This'll be my third year doing a snowflake for cancer research<br />For more info on Robert's Snow go <a href="http://www.robertssnow.com/">here</a>.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-65094422935633122052007-07-18T09:25:00.000-07:002007-07-18T09:26:39.590-07:00Some sketches...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDaPY4ORxafKGGRbMzAHa8ZEefPEBHg_lQY5UNgLO6-MGOXoOmRVdXcVqXDOqDP_yzRvMNgaAC4GJHSQXGxuN8TcYC2r-7Dazp9l0mXjd1NTtFOT4pVUreP7-wqJe4JYuLO9-Pw/s1600-h/girl4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDaPY4ORxafKGGRbMzAHa8ZEefPEBHg_lQY5UNgLO6-MGOXoOmRVdXcVqXDOqDP_yzRvMNgaAC4GJHSQXGxuN8TcYC2r-7Dazp9l0mXjd1NTtFOT4pVUreP7-wqJe4JYuLO9-Pw/s400/girl4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088574107050952226" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQ3QnVz-4PX3xScM1Q3nHMEOaB5vAOR7Cn8iVl_IlmTIhJGVxqlMrhBIadRA7cnoF9sehXdvTwVMkPBHCavEAktxgQAZsXRo-JTAjH5vF2XuPvpsXVy9woivj8z7ugTwBxAE6Mw/s1600-h/boy1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQ3QnVz-4PX3xScM1Q3nHMEOaB5vAOR7Cn8iVl_IlmTIhJGVxqlMrhBIadRA7cnoF9sehXdvTwVMkPBHCavEAktxgQAZsXRo-JTAjH5vF2XuPvpsXVy9woivj8z7ugTwBxAE6Mw/s400/boy1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088574021151606290" /></a>Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-26065650744025815612007-07-13T07:59:00.000-07:002007-07-13T08:01:17.500-07:00Illustration Friday - Discovery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9Tad5ygj0LnMr2iYWTKKHTCr1MKUhvFvKQXTb8eHt-f_fljUy1jVTrGP_7CtJq2xNPaAbqU_giMcW-45t2E5HHkaAPHbIfv2wazMemndzSWbUKsZxTj9exCDpKPhCfTJgg6Wkg/s1600-h/tyranosaurous.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9Tad5ygj0LnMr2iYWTKKHTCr1MKUhvFvKQXTb8eHt-f_fljUy1jVTrGP_7CtJq2xNPaAbqU_giMcW-45t2E5HHkaAPHbIfv2wazMemndzSWbUKsZxTj9exCDpKPhCfTJgg6Wkg/s400/tyranosaurous.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086696613637113346" /></a><br /><br />Phillip discovered a new pet out in the desert.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18389059.post-14513341623649650902007-06-19T08:54:00.001-07:002007-06-19T08:55:01.064-07:00Style Experimentation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7kStfRMWUXkp_dinc6rtl1E78MyZq1kwmS-MkoVr_OhlQs_htUjQA7zpNg3EXOaAPK8E9EMHcrdM4yTaUkG67rCtTIwiYaymEfdZCjAXzhBbFiZ9hoCqpVEQaTxwebqHjoR1qg/s1600-h/girrl.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7kStfRMWUXkp_dinc6rtl1E78MyZq1kwmS-MkoVr_OhlQs_htUjQA7zpNg3EXOaAPK8E9EMHcrdM4yTaUkG67rCtTIwiYaymEfdZCjAXzhBbFiZ9hoCqpVEQaTxwebqHjoR1qg/s400/girrl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077804463169748050" /></a><br /><br />Nowadays, I like to warm up every morning and just draw stuff out of my head to before I start the day. This was a piece that I was inspired by when I was at the bookstore looking at a book about silkscreening. I'm also experimenting with the aspect of limiting my color palette and eventually evolving that more into my editorial work, which I feel could use a good revamping.Dan Santathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681652762050490802noreply@blogger.com0