Robert Dress

Hasbro

2011-12-22T06:55:00.003-05:00

These are a few pages of characters I designed for Hasbro earlier in the year. The objective for me was to develop a look for 5 characters based off a pitch packet and character descriptions for a pilot they where working on. In the creative brief, they kept mentioning "ownability". They wanted a vinyl toy design style amongst others hoping to tap into that market. Hasbro wanted to keep the

Happy Holidays

2011-12-10T21:09:00.002-05:00

Writing with pictures

2011-09-26T16:36:00.003-04:00

At what point does passion become obsession? What happens when you finally get what you always wanted and realize that it's not what you thought it would be like. This turns out to be the theme of this character I'm exploring.

HU?

2011-09-22T17:09:00.000-04:00

Its been a while. Thought I'd freshen up in here.

Ocean City NJ

2011-08-29T18:52:00.003-04:00

Tuesday nights at the Ear

2011-08-29T18:40:00.001-04:00

Nova Scotia Cruise

2011-08-29T18:16:00.001-04:00

Ferrari Challenge 2011

2011-08-29T15:04:00.004-04:00

Happy Fathers Day!

2011-06-19T10:37:00.002-04:00

Skater Gator

2011-05-24T06:22:00.001-04:00

More T-Shirt art for my wife=)

Animation Side Out

2011-05-09T20:40:00.010-04:00

I wanted to write something about the pleasure of drawing with out thinking and these came out instead.

Toss it up!!!

2011-03-11T12:35:00.006-05:00

Here's a sleepy dog design for my wife's tote bags. This took about 40 minutes from start to finish. The challenge was to create several dogs using only 2 colors in this case blue and black. She made me one of her famous quesadillas in exchange!!!! ( I feel bloated)

Hooray for Brodie!!!

2011-03-06T12:05:00.003-05:00

Brodie, my sister's son turned 2 yesterday!!!! He's a big car nut. Anything that has to do with 4 wheels, Brodie is all over it. I spent about 3 hours on this from start to finish using color pencils on quality etching paper. In doing this, it made me think about the stuff I'm gonna make for my little boy. Enjoy!!!! 10X11

Extras

2011-02-26T12:41:00.001-05:00

BG for "The Flower Shop"

2011-02-21T10:51:00.002-05:00

Testing 123

2011-01-15T13:09:00.003-05:00

This is the first frame of a soon to be posted pencil test of my main character. To be continued!

Santa Came Early This Year!

2010-12-29T12:03:00.005-05:00

Here's James Patrick our first son who was born on Christmas eve!Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year everyone!

After Hours

2010-12-09T11:57:00.003-05:00

11X17(Color Pencil, Gouache)

Holiday Art

2010-11-30T11:49:00.001-05:00

The Flower Shop Guy

2010-11-12T18:42:00.002-05:00

A little study

2010-11-12T13:44:00.003-05:00

The Flower Shop

2010-11-08T21:27:00.002-05:00

These are a few panels from a personal project I'm working on.

American Portraits

2010-09-22T21:57:00.002-04:00

Early Morning Alley

2010-09-18T13:12:00.001-04:00

Catskills New York10" X 18"B&W Charcoal

Back 2 School

2010-09-11T12:12:00.002-04:00

The School Master

2010-08-08T22:10:00.001-04:00

Central Park

2010-08-05T14:14:00.003-04:00

A few weeks ago I attempted to paint this bridge in it's likeness the best I could and wound up completely frustrated. So I went back to avenge this frustration of mine and wound up with this.10"X12"(Gouache, Charcoal)Photo Shop frame

More Vis. Dev.

2010-07-30T17:54:00.007-04:00

Vintage Store front

2010-07-30T16:51:00.003-04:00

This is my attempt at striking a balance between time, style and my ability to paint in photo shop for my short film. This red dress plays an important roll in the story so I felt like it should really stand out.

Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita" 1962

2010-07-26T12:41:00.006-04:00

Yayee more little water color studies! This time it's Lolita.

Botanical Arrangements

2010-07-20T13:18:00.002-04:00

Spell Bound 1945

2010-07-03T12:42:00.003-04:00

I did these yesterday to sort of stretch out from a tedious day of tight line drawing.

views from New York

2010-06-26T13:21:00.001-04:00

Ferruccio Vitale

2010-06-24T08:26:00.003-04:00

Notes from last nights lecture at the New York School of Interior Design.

My Great Grandfather

2010-06-23T10:20:00.000-04:00

Coney Island

2010-06-22T10:34:00.002-04:00

Yesterday I decided to ride out to Coney Island and jump into the ocean. Yayee!

My solution to save the entire ocean.

2010-06-18T10:17:00.002-04:00

12 weeks in

2010-06-16T14:25:00.005-04:00

Top 5 comments made by friends, and family1. Congratulations you know your'e gonna have to move right. 2. Are you gonna find out if it's a boy or a girl? 3. Enjoy this time you have now.4. Parties over dude!and finally5. Mood swings never go away that's what you signed up for when you got married.

Sponge Bob Pencil Test

2010-06-11T11:36:00.005-04:00

Heres a piece of animation I did to try and persuade Nickelodeon to hire me for some freelance animation work. Enjoy! Song: Ukulele Ladyby: Duke Kamoku & his Islanders

Works in progress

2010-05-28T11:00:00.002-04:00

Here are just some of the many "works in progress" on the home front. I've also included a sneak preview of some development art for my short film. Enjoy the holiday weekend folks! Make art every day!

Subway Sketching

2010-05-26T10:42:00.001-04:00

Invoice Design

2010-05-25T11:55:00.001-04:00

Lets all get paid!

Meet Bogart!

2010-05-23T13:57:00.006-04:00

My wife and I are really happy with our new dog. It's been about 5 months now and he's come a long way with his obedience training. He knows how to sit, stay, roll over, balance a treat on his nose and catch it. He knows not to react aggressively towards other aggressive dogs. He comes when I call him at the dog run. He's very food driven so I keep a hand full of treats in my pocket to give him

Blend Love

2010-05-21T12:38:00.001-04:00

Totally Random Post Friday!!!

2010-05-21T08:08:00.003-04:00

I can't think of a better way to kick off the weekend than to post these pages I drew during Jury Duty 2007.

Double Posting Wednesday!!!!

2010-05-19T20:01:00.002-04:00

This was the night my friend David decided it would be a great idea to order absinth for the table. Later that night Divid thought it would be good to let the waiter know that he was going to "Tip him out the ass."

New York Penn Station

2010-05-19T10:55:00.003-04:00

Let me know if this is getting too depressing for you. I could just post some sketches from the DMV.

Patrick Joyce

2010-05-18T13:22:00.003-04:00

Yet another Etching!!!

2010-05-12T12:11:00.003-04:00

This one's on a 24"X24" steel plate. To be continued...

Delaware River New York

2010-05-12T11:50:00.003-04:00

Took the Honda up to Port Jervis! What a view.

MOM

2010-05-08T19:15:00.001-04:00

Demon Baby Boy Thing

2010-04-06T08:27:00.002-04:00

random page

2010-03-31T12:32:00.003-04:00

Hey guys I've been working on other projects and haven't had the chance to post some of my work lately. Not to mention I've been with out a computer for last 2 weeks which felt like 2 years. Any how here's a page I did this morning just to loosen up before I dive into some freelance stuff. Enjoy!

Down Town

2010-02-20T15:31:00.005-05:00

If we rely only on our current standards of taste, we lose an opportunity to have an important dialogue with the past.-Sara Cedar Miller

More Dog Run Dumpings

2010-02-17T17:26:00.000-05:00

2 Recommendations

2010-02-15T18:46:00.003-05:00

It was President's day today which basically meant the banks where closed, kids had no school, and my wife got to spend the day in bed watching the Life Time Channel. I Spent the day reading some of my favorite comic books. Here's a few I think the majority of readership on this blog would find interesting. Nicolas Mahler's LONE RACER Joann Sfar's KLEZMER Book 1 Tales Of The Wild East.

Nodar

2010-02-13T11:11:00.000-05:00

The Home Owner

2010-02-11T10:38:00.001-05:00

BARF BUDDIES

2010-02-09T10:17:00.002-05:00

Finally a toy that vomits. Just fill your Barf Buddy with water and squeeze him.

Blurb Books!

2010-02-09T09:57:00.003-05:00

A friend of mine turned me on to Blurb Books. I'm so impressed with how easy it is to make one! Check it out.

A post card for Roger

2010-02-04T20:37:00.001-05:00

Lost

2010-02-04T10:42:00.003-05:00

Laundry Bike

2010-02-03T14:51:00.005-05:00

From the Vault

2010-02-03T14:34:00.001-05:00

um yeah...

A Blast from the Past

2010-02-03T14:02:00.003-05:00

Sketches from the underground...

2010-02-03T12:28:00.001-05:00

Well mostly.

the tab

2010-01-27T13:42:00.001-05:00

Published stuff

2010-01-26T20:34:00.002-05:00

Waaaay way back in 2008, I did these pages for a kids music book. Enjoy!

Red Tulip

2010-01-24T12:52:00.004-05:00

Feeling kinda depressed? I have a solution. Go and buy some cut flowers and put them in a nice clean glass vase with fresh cold water. Flowers are for every day, and every room in the house. Don't settle for the pre-arranged ones wrapped in plastic at the corner deli. (vomit) Make your own arrangement that says something about you! Give it to some one who's sick or could use a little

The Little Fortune Cookie Girl

2010-01-14T17:16:00.010-05:00

This is the little fortune cookie girl. She lives in a giant fortune cookie on top of a volcano. As you can see she has a flying boat and an old transistor radio. Each morning she sets out on her flying boat to deliver fortunes to all the villagers below.

Post it Post

2010-01-13T13:06:00.002-05:00

untitled face

2010-01-07T11:42:00.001-05:00

FARGO

2010-01-01T17:52:00.004-05:00

Story board artist J.Todd Anderson has been working with the Coen Brothers for just about all their films since Raising Arizona. Anderson is a master story teller and a great lover of cinema and animation. Check out his site www.perfectmovie.net and discover the "Rules for a Perfect Movie". Oh and I should also mention cinematographer Roger A Deakins who like Anderson has been with the Coen

FARGO studies II

2010-01-01T17:48:00.000-05:00

FARGO studies I

2010-01-01T17:44:00.000-05:00

The Power of Dreams

2009-12-26T15:10:00.005-05:00

This year my wife and I attended church on Christmas morning. The eulogy was about the need for man to dream. These are some of my sketches I did to keep my self from falling asleep.

The Red Balloon Studies 1-5

2009-12-23T18:45:00.001-05:00

"Le Ballon rouge" or The Red Balloon, (1956 French short film written and directed by Albert Lamorisse) is perhaps the greatest short film ever made. I was just a boy in the 70s-80s when I fist saw it in school on 16 mm. Since then I've never forgotten it's message to take care of your friends. To have compassion for animals. To improvise and to think on your feet. To dream and stand up for what

The Red Balloon Studies 6-10

2009-12-23T18:42:00.000-05:00

RED BALLOON STUDY 11-15

2009-12-23T18:37:00.000-05:00

TIM BURTON SHOW at MOMA NYC

2009-12-18T10:11:00.006-05:00

It was like walking through the greatest animation portfolio of all time. Tim Burton is a master story teller and creator of characters. He proves to me that great art needs little more than a pen and paper to communicate it. For those who believe in the power of sketches, and doodles and monsters with eye balls popping out of tentacles this show is it!

Sketch Dumpings

2009-12-14T11:18:00.001-05:00

Holiday Card

2009-12-13T10:28:00.003-05:00

This one's a fold out! 8.5" X 25"(Watercolor, Pen & ink, color pencil, collage)

New Yorker Concept

2009-12-10T09:37:00.003-05:00

Charcoal and white out on tracing paper.

Bye Bye Birdie

2009-12-05T12:13:00.004-05:00

Moses

2009-12-02T10:28:00.006-05:00

The photos above where taken in 1998 in Brooklyn when he was around 1 years old. The yellow dog "Mr." was named by the neighbor hood kids who found him. Mr. was rescued by a gentleman who made a living by welding but was really a sculptor. Him and his wife believed Mr. to be a Ridge Back Pit Mix. They also had a Bull Mastiff named Orson. Any how Mr. and Moses where rivals. They almost always got

Moses 1997-2009

2009-11-30T21:27:00.007-05:00

Here are the most recent sketches I did of Moses. The one up top is my wife and Moses walking down a trail in my child hood neighborhood on thanks giving morning. We had my sister in laws King Charles Spaniel with us that day. The Photo is from the day I brought him home from Prospect Park Brooklyn. Here he was playing on my roof with my brother's dog who found him in along the lake one hot

Happy Thanks Giving!

2009-11-25T22:14:00.004-05:00

And yet another random page of sketches

2009-11-24T09:29:00.007-05:00

Huckleberry & Maybe

2009-11-21T21:01:00.002-05:00

Commissioned work7"X10"Graphite & Charcoal

October 31-November 20th

2009-11-21T10:45:00.004-05:00

OK so I finished an entire sketch book in 20 days! Not that I set out to do that but I have to say this is a new personal record for me. I noticed that in just about all my moleskine books I have at least 4-5 pages of the homeless. I'm not sure why I'm so attracted to draw homeless people. Any way click to enlarge. Enjoy!!!!

Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights"

2009-11-20T12:46:00.006-05:00

This film calls us back to our primal need to feel human again, especially in this city where compassion (not politeness) is hard to come by. You know City Lights was made during a time when sound pictures where all ready established. Recognized around the world, Chaplin would have dwarfed his audience significantly had he recorded this film in english. Why have the characters talk when a single

AB FROST 1851-1928

2009-11-20T12:20:00.003-05:00

I agree with Peter deSeve that early animators (even today) studied the work of great illustrators like AB Frost who was doing it way before the medium of animation (& comic books) was invented. But what's more, he was doing it before anyone really took the medium of animation seriously. For shame. Lord knows I love Steam Boat Willie and Flip the Frog, but what if 20s animation began with out the

Follow up Notes!!!!

2009-11-20T12:01:00.005-05:00

Hey you guys! Peter de Seve updated his web site!!!! www.peterdeseve.comMan I'm so happy I got my book signed by Randall and Peter! Plus I got a little sketch too hehehe=) I really love his work. There is a heart beat on every page. I can only hope that some of his talent will rub off on me. Here are some of my notes I cleaned up for those who could not attend the earth shattering event. Any way

Peter de Seve

2009-11-18T17:16:00.005-05:00

Peter de Seve is perhaps the greatest living American illustrator of our time. At least that's my opinion. I'll be at the Society of Illustrators tonight to learn more about how Mr. Deseve went about putting together his first children's book. Yaye!

Lady Bug Comp Journey

2009-11-12T16:20:00.002-05:00

I'm trying to get a sense of involvement and sympathy for this little bug by using only 3 values and composition. Enjoy!

Plan it out!

2009-11-06T10:03:00.011-05:00

Here are a few thoughts and suggestions in regards to planning your character animation. Step 1. Have an idea. Search your memory. Your feelings. What do you want to say? Put a message in your art. Make a statement. Take a stand. Have a point of view. How am I gonna go about it with my animation? Play some footage in your mind of how it could be. Replay the footage over and over. DON"T TRY TO

The Blind Pick Pocketer

2009-10-29T22:03:00.007-04:00

Gracie

2009-10-27T23:11:00.002-04:00

Mouse Funeral

2009-10-23T00:15:00.005-04:00

I think a mouse died in my wall some where.

CHUCKS!

2009-10-20T10:21:00.000-04:00