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2011-10-14T20:57:00.000-07:00

Trying to get in the Halloween spirit-started a new sketch with reference from the guys over at Character Designs.

2011-10-14T19:49:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of caricatures I did recently. The wonderfully talented Frank Cammuso, created during his presentation to a group of the students. And one of my students, created during an in class presentation drawing caricatures (sorry, Jordan)

2011-06-04T17:53:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, even Batgirl needs a little help. As a small addendum, that last bat-a-rang hit me in the head.

2011-03-13T15:35:00.000-07:00

Just practicing. I think hands tell so much about a character and an artist. Here are a few I did last week.

2011-03-04T07:58:00.000-08:00

As you know, I fully intend to start posting more drawings up here. I like the idea of keeping a digital sketchbook-so here we go.

2010-11-10T07:15:00.000-08:00

Here is a new Batgirl that I did for Ava. I should have attached the rope to the bottom -middle of the batarang.

2010-01-31T20:49:00.000-08:00

Wonder Woman is soooo last year. We are all Batgirl all the time. Batgirl and I even went to the grocery store the other day. One guy stopped us and said, "He felt so much safer knowing that Batgirl was in the store."
This is a great Batgirl drawing Ava got from Mike Maihack at MegaCon this year. She loves it and hung it in her room.

2010-01-31T20:33:00.000-08:00

Wanted to post some new sketches. I don't get a chance to draw just for the fun of it much. These are a couple of attempts to start changing that.

As always I start every drawing with my favorite Col-Erase 20044, even if I end up throwing a little color on it.

I drew the robot in class with the students. I always liked the teachers who would draw with us once in a while.

2010-01-14T18:59:00.000-08:00

Ava is getting to be such a big girl, she's only 3 now-but I can tell- I don't have much time left, she won't stop growing.

Our friend Heather did this photo shoot with Ava.

2010-01-14T17:56:00.000-08:00

I always like to see what other peoples studio space looks like. My wife only likes to see the door to my studio . . . closed.

2009-10-25T19:28:00.000-07:00

I just had to post these pictures I took of my daughter tonight. She is so excited to dress up as Wonder Woman!

2009-10-05T13:21:00.000-07:00

More pages from the sketchbook along with a couple of concepts for an animated Noah done in class with the kids.

2009-06-02T16:32:00.000-07:00

A few more shots of the village after the snow was gone.

2009-06-02T16:25:00.000-07:00

Eventually the snow started to melt and we got to see the cobblestone streets that filled the village.

2009-05-24T17:16:00.000-07:00

So Ava and I got all bundled up and decided to head out into the snow. Once the snow stopped falling it was ideal to take pictures, these are all from that first day.

2009-05-24T11:00:00.000-07:00

After the new year, we packed up and moved to the south of France. We arrived late in the day to our new home in the beautiful little village of Lacoste in Provence. We woke up the next day to find 6 to 8 inches of snow. The locals kept telling us how lucky we were because it never snows in Lacoste.

2009-05-24T10:54:00.000-07:00

Then in 2006, Ava was born. That wasn't as hard as everyone says it is, in fact, I found it to be really easy. But then again, I didn't have to do a whole lot.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Ava and I in New York.

2009-05-24T10:34:00.000-07:00

I wanted to start posting some pictures to let everyone know what else I've been doing. The way I see it, technically it all falls under the "art of r.goto" So, here it goes. Andrea and I got married back in 2000.

2009-05-20T18:02:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of old sketches I found floating around.

2008-04-29T18:28:00.000-07:00

This is my illustration for the new San Diego book. One of the themes is the 75th anniversary of the original King Kong.

2006-05-17T08:53:00.000-07:00

2006-05-16T20:55:00.000-07:00

Here is a team design I've been playing with. I decided they need a logo to really make them corporate. I picture them as working for some rich philanthropist. Like Thunderbirds but without strings and those freaky real human hands.

2006-05-01T20:47:00.000-07:00

Just a few pages from the ol' sketch-book.

2006-05-01T19:12:00.000-07:00

This was a demo I did for my Life Drawing Class. First we worked with the model. Then we worked on a tracing paper overlay and a skeleton to try and identify the major landmarks. I only did the head, the students worked full figure.

2006-05-01T12:58:00.000-07:00

This is a pin-up I did for this year's San Diego Comic-Con program celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Space Ghost. I love the designs that Alex Toth did for all those old shows.