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Some very sad news as most of you know Harald Siepermann died on Saturday.  He was my first and one of my favorite artists I had the privilege of interviewing on this little blog. I had a wonderful time meeting him in California 2009 at the CTN Expo. He was as nice and thoughtful as I thought he would be.  Harald will be missed greatly by all who knew him.  His artwork always uplifted me, and gave me the desire to try harder.  When you saw his work, you couldn't help but pickup a pencil and draw. Cartoon Brew has a really nice post about him on their website here... http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/harald-siepermann-1962-2013-78050.html If you would like to read my very first interview with Harald Siepermann click on the link below.  What a great guy with an amazing talent. Harald Siepermann : Animation and Comics CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HIS CHARACTER DESIGNS Media : Light Blue Col-Erase, Ink, Watercolor, and Photoshop.

Here's some Sketch Designs and art from Disney's short  Paperman      

Carolina Cuenca: Designer/Animator   CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HER GALLERY   Media: Col-Erase, Wacom tablet, and Photoshop.

Heidi Smith: Character Designer at Laika CLICK HER TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HIS GALLERY Media:Charcoal Pencil and Pastel

De'Von Stubblefield: Student / Disney Internship CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HIS GALLERY Media: Prismacolor, Fineliner maker 005 point, and Sharpie

Michael Herrera: Designer CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HIS GALLERY Media: Tombow brush markers, Faber-Castell brush pens, and Prismacolor markers

I don't normally do this, but I know a lot of you out there that read this blog use the Wacom Cintiq.  When I was doing a tour of  Gentle Giant Studios , I came across an artist who had one of these Ergomart  LCD monitor arm for his Cintiq . He was able to move his Cintiq right next to his first monitor, to use as a second monitor, and then he was able to move the Cintiq and have it float above his lap.  I knew I wanted that as soon as I could get one. I will have to admit I have always thought that the Cintiq was big heavy and bulky, and you were lucky not to ever drop it onto the floor.  The artist at Gentle Giant was kind enough to let me play around with it on his desk.  It was awesome, I was able to move it very easily from one position to the next.  You can move it up and down left and right, Tilt the display back past 90° or down more than 50°, and you can rotate it from horizontal to portrait. You can also make it so it is very tight and hard t...