BrianMainolfi

Being in the animation business is like being a farmer...or a migrant worker.  Six months here, maybe a year over there...with time spent inbetween scratching around for work, trying to spend as little money as possible. I have been very lucky of late.  I just finished a nearly five year run on one show.  Unheard of.  I must admit, I grew very content with the steady paycheck. And as we all know, contentment is the enemy of art. Now I find myself free, looking around, and feeling the pull of all the art I haven't done in the last year... First order of business, of course, is updating the portfolio.  I was a little surprised to discover t

It's been a year since I've been on DeviantArt -- crazy!  The animated show that I work on was renewed for another season, so we got a couple weeks off before going back.  I am trying to do some personal work during this time.  Work keeps me pretty busy, and DeviantArt is blocked at the studio (?!), so I don't get to check in nearly as much as I would like.  But can't complain about having work... The studio does have a life drawing night every other week, and I try to go as often as possible.  Lately, I have tried to create my own life drawing without the model.  It's much harder that I thought -- I really need to memorize some anatomy.  I

Between full time work and being a full time daddy, I haven't had much time to do new artwork lately, but some prodding by a good friend has gotten me to post some old artwork.  A few production drawings from years back, and a photo of my son's Halloween costume last year just 'cause I think it's cool.  I may try to add some more production work in the coming weeks...