Dave loses a job at Pixar in 6 easy poses!

So this past week I stumbled upon a job posting at Pixar for a testing position that they currently have open. Having been in test for the past 6 years, I figured I'd throw my hat in the ring, and my mind begin to dance with the thoughts of working at Pixar. I'd work my way up from a tester and win over an animator or two who would take me under their wings, and in no time I'd be animating The Incredibles part 12!

Then I got the phone call from their HR department, and it went something like this:



If you can't tell from the drawing, here is a breakdown of each pose:

[Answering phone, thinking it's someone who has the wrong number] "Hello?"
"Oh! Hello! Why yes, this is the Dave Johnson that applied for the test position!"
"Oh... the position requires Linux experience?"
"Well no... I don't have that."
"I see... thank you too."
"Sigh."

But don't cry for me just yet folks. I've got a pretty good thing going on here in the Emerald City, and with a little bit of luck and some help from the right people, I may wind up animating The Incredibles part 12 after all someday.

Someday.

Character Posin'

I was waiting for a phone call after work today, so I started doodling while I was at my desk.





Some are good, some are not so good at all. I think my favorite is the guy pointing in the second image.

More later.

The Race is On!

Managed to finish up one more pulltab game tonight:

Just in time for game 7!

I just finished up the artwork for an as-yet-unnamed Hockey pulltab game:



This one has a few more playing chips than normal, at the request of the client.

I've got four other games that I'm currently working on, so I'll be posting those in the days and weeks to come.

Gym Monkey

Just a few shots of our good pal, Monkey, at the gym.



Nothing compliments a hard day at the gym like a Marlboro.

Cowboy Up!

It's for a job.

I'm getting paid for it.

Please don't ask.

2D or not 2D?

That is not the question today, as I'm keeping with my promise of my next post being all 2D. Afterall, this Blog is called "Dave Johnson's World of Cartoon Fun," right?

Here are the two most recent games I've finished for my ongoing freelance gig:




They turned out pretty well, in my humble opinion, though I do wish I had gone with more dynamic poses for the dancing pirates.

A Couple of New Games

Here are the latest games I'm working on for my little side gig:



Still a ton of shading to be done, and I have to make the little chips, but you get the idea.

Tomorrow I'll try and get some of my old 3D stuff up, so that you can see some of it. I'm going to start dabbling with the 3D stuff again very soon, so I thought this would be a good way to show you the kind of stuff I used to be able to do before I got addicted to the nose candy.