Some studies from Brother Bear and also John Nevarez. Stylistically, Brother Bear leans pretty heavily into realism. Thus I can understand why audience reception of the film noted that the animation was “weak”— it doesn’t push the medium and feel snappy in the way that great animation can feel. It is, however, nice to take a look at how they drew bears 2D. ...

Periodically, I identify areas or subjects of drawing that I’d like to improve at. Most recently, it’s bears. The resulting action is usually me taking a few days to sit with it and grind through a lot of drawings—though most of this never sees the light of day. The thing about this practice though, is that it’s usually relegated to some throwaway sketchbook that I promptly forget about…whereas I’ve always thought it would be more valuable if I could collect the learnings so I could revisit them to get a refresher. Below are the few from yesterday (July 31, 2023): ...

It’s not written with physical ink but here it is nonetheless! A digital diary to collect my musings and current happenings. It has been a very long time since I’ve opened up a file and fiddled with html and css— but thanks to some helpful pointers from other smart people on the internet, BEHOLD. A blog up and running that is working just fine. We’re past the halfway point of 2023, so not really the time for New Year’s resolutions but… as I’ve been on a little hiatus and enjoying some summer holiday time, I found the energy to finally put together a space for my thoughts on the internet. So now we have a half-year resolution to write weekly at the very least. ...