derek evanick

2012-01-26T17:03:00.000-08:00

Ruben and Izzy hanging out on a Saturday night.

Artie

2012-01-18T00:58:00.000-08:00

The strongest man in the world.

He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny.

2011-12-16T10:17:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays!

Bradley Awesome! Second Edition

2011-10-17T09:14:00.000-07:00

Hot off the press!

Bradley Awesome!

2011-09-13T08:25:00.000-07:00

Bradley is just a cool kid who does whatever he wants when he wants to. Like so..

GIANT HEAD

2011-09-05T21:53:00.000-07:00

It's the name of my tumblr page:

http://gianthead.tumblr.com/

Well someone isn't going to be invited to the next block party.

2011-08-31T08:19:00.000-07:00

Hard Ass Biker

2011-08-14T20:42:00.000-07:00

Saw this tough guy stomping out of Starbucks last week.

After 18 Long Years!

2011-07-18T23:14:00.000-07:00

As of tonight, The Pittsburgh Pirates have officially taken first place of the National League Central Division. The last time the Buccos were actual contenders in their division, I was only 12 years old. George H. Bush was president. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Fish Hooks: Riding in Cars with Fish

2011-06-13T22:34:00.000-07:00

My latest Fish Hooks episode. It premieres this Saturday morning June 18th at 10:30 am. So if you're awake, you should watch it!

Monsters VS Aliens: The Painting!

2011-05-29T20:42:00.001-07:00

It's pretty much just like the movie.

I did this for an art auction put together by my good buddies Andres Salaff and Sunha Yoon. It benefits the victims of human trafficking.

For details swing on over here.

My Last Flapjack drawings

2011-05-18T22:22:00.000-07:00

I was digging through my bag and found my very last Flapjack drawings. Kind of sad.. And not very good!

Mornings

2011-04-09T10:58:00.001-07:00

......

2011-02-06T20:17:00.000-08:00

Well, on the bright side... well not really the bright side, the less bad side, at least I don't have to be in Pittsburgh or any part of southwestern Pennsylvania tomorrow. Life is miserable after a tough loss.

My new favorite show

2011-01-18T23:27:00.000-08:00

It's called "My Strange Addiction", and it's on TLC, and it's amazing. The episode I watched had a woman who was addicted to eating toilet paper. So they brought in a life coach to explain to her why she shouldn't eat toilet paper all day. This week they have a woman who is addicted to eating couch cushions... Not a joke.

Truuuuuue Grit

2011-01-11T22:20:00.000-08:00

I limit myself to seeing one movie per year. And since 'No Strings Attached' isn't out yet, I decided to see 'True Grit'. And it was awesome!

I triple dog dare ya!

2010-12-23T23:53:00.001-08:00

My Christmas tradition.. I eat as much as I can. Then I turn on TBS. Then every now and again I awake from my food coma to watch a different section of A Christmas Story. Happy Holidays!

The other day at Starbucks...

2010-12-08T21:37:00.000-08:00

it got very loud..

Dinosaurs!!

2010-10-25T21:23:00.000-07:00

Earlier this month we went to the L.A. county fair.

It was here we found this awesome exhibit. Jurassic World! ROOOOAAAAAR!

It was like you could walk right up and pet them.

This guy here is called the half-mouth. He's a herbivore.

And now we have another theory of what really happen to these giant beasts.

ROAR!

Fish Hooks!

2010-09-29T19:48:00.000-07:00

Check out my first episode of Fish Hooks! It's called "Dores Flores Gorgeous" and it premiers this Friday at 9 pm on the Disney Channel. It stars Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, and Molly Ringwald...

1,062,800

2010-08-11T20:01:00.000-07:00

Congrats goes to the real life super villain, Billy Mitchell. Not only does he still have awesome hair, but he has also reclaimed the Donkey Kong high score.

The most unhappy family in the world

2010-07-05T23:04:00.000-07:00

just so happened to be spending their 4th of July at the Montrose car show not enjoying themselves. I ran into this lovely family when my friend Noah was trying to take his son on a kiddie car ride. The angry mother cut in front of him and threw her angry daughter into the ride.

She sat as the ride shook around in silence not cracking a smile once. Her angry parents stared off into space.

Later they had dissatisfying barbeque...

They finished the holiday off watching fireworks

wishing they were better.

The only reason I knew about the rest of their day is because I followed them home.

Just the other day...

2010-06-20T20:12:00.000-07:00

Don't worry... She pedaled off happy and green.

The Cookie Story

2010-05-09T09:32:00.001-07:00

So in honor of mother's day I decided to share a story that I've told a million times. My mom loves sharing it too. Definitely one of my prouder moments...

I was a pudgy two year old who loved his cookies.

After my sixth or seventh cookie, my mom decided I had enough.

So she put the cookies into the refrigerator...

Which was one of the best places to hide food from me -

because I was too little to open it.

It looked like I was doomed to a boring cookieless afternoon -

When I saw my window of opportunity.

My mom had fallen asleep!

Then I noticed the mailman dropping off mail! I only had seconds to react.

Quickly I grabbed the mailman by the hand, and waddled him into the kitchen to retrieve my cookies.

My mom awoke to witness my cookie victory and a slightly embarrassed mailman standing in our living room. Happy Mother's Day!

Little kids are awesome!

2010-04-27T22:54:00.001-07:00

This sounds like a bad stand up joke... So I was at the DMV the other day...

And I saw these two little kids. They were really excited to see each other and wanted to introduce themselves. But they didn't want to do the ordinary, everyday hand shake.

So they decided to go with much more intimate eye ball rub.

Now they will be friends forever!

T-BALL!

2010-04-04T13:37:00.000-07:00

Spring makes me think about baseball. And baseball makes me think about t-ball. And t-ball makes me think about a little boy named, David C. David was on my little brother's t-ball team. He was my favorite player to watch. I can remember every one of David's at-bats. That's because they all ended the exact same way...

David would walk up to the tee already looking sad and dejected. Then in an unorthodox approach, David would run past the tee and swing as he went by.

Then the all the kids playing 3rd base would chase after the ball. (NOTE: There were usually about 35 kids playing the field.)

David ran down the base line.

Finally, one of the 3rd basemen would grab the ball and throw it past the 1st basemen.

David would still be making his way there.

The 1st basemen would grab the ball and go back to first base...

Still beating David there.

David would finally reach the bag already crying -

then dramatically throw himself to the ground -

completely crushed that yet another base hit alluded him.

David's mom would then assist him off the field and let him know how close he was that time.

Nap Time...

2010-02-21T12:51:00.000-08:00

the flight home...

2010-01-28T23:26:00.001-08:00

This is what happens when you get stuck with the aisle seat in the back of a plane about a half hour after drinks are served....... They're, they're waiting for the lavatory.

Happy Holidays

2009-12-23T00:03:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone has a Scut Farkus - free holiday!

I suck at Super Mario.

2009-11-28T22:18:00.000-08:00

I bought the new Super Mario Brothers game last week and all I do is die. Thank everything that is holy that there are no things to jump over in the toad houses or else I'd die there too.

I remember being a seven year old kid playing the old Mario games. Back then blazing through six or seven levels was just another day at the office. Now-a-days you'll find me with a critically wounded Mario at the bottom of a pit some where in level one. I stink!

If the citizen's of Mushroom Kingdom only had me to rely on they would be in major trouble. The Toads would be placed into involuntary labor camps, while the Princess would be forced to marry that jerk off Bowser.

Oh well... Guess I'll practice my jumping.

A dark day to be a Steelers fan....

2009-11-22T14:00:00.001-08:00

Come on... It was the Chiefs...

Penguins vs. Kings

2009-11-08T19:20:00.001-08:00

The Penguins came into town last week. I was excited because I haven't seen them since I left Pittsburgh. The first two periods were great! Then came the third period which I'd rather not talk about....

Instead I rather talk about the folks sitting behind me. They were amazing! They were the pikeys from the movie Snatch who also happen to be Pens fans.

Mickey and company were giving great color commentary without taking a breath in between any words or sentences.

They spoke about what the Pens needed to do in order to win,

"Wat ya need is a Jordin Staal out there a man like Jordin Staal knows how to scor golls."

On the physical attributes of one of the Kings players,

"Look at the little one over there he's tv size he fits right into the tv don't need to size him down cuz he fits right into tv"

and on Bailey the Lion, the LA Kings mascot,

"Ol beasty boy's bangin his drum agin thats all beasty boy does run aroun bangin his drum do ya see beasty boy bangin his drum agin?"

Mickey made the Pens beating more bearable. Later he tried selling me a caravan.

baby shakin'

2009-10-19T21:55:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I went to the Glendale Mall. I notice a guy

pushing around his baby in a stroller. The baby was getting a

little fussy. So what's dad's answer?

Shake the baby around like he was in a paint mixer. I wouldn't

say dad was being abusive, but lets just say an earthquake wouldn't

phase this little guy after his training.

The baby kicked around giggling like he wanted more.

I imagine this kid will grow up to be something tough thanks

to his dad. Maybe a rugby player.

R.I.P. The War Admiral

2009-10-07T21:25:00.000-07:00

this past weekend, it was with great sadness that the war admiral had to be permanently retired.

the war admiral and i had many amazing adventures. i bought it from a 20 year old kid for 900 dollars. he told me his grandmother drove it around... and i believed him. three weeks later, the war admiral and i were off on our maiden voyage togther from pennsylvania to santa clarita, california. we made it the whole way there...

once while driving home from jib jab, the war admiral suffered a catastrophic injury. he lost a tire on the freeway while doing
60 mph. for most cars its age, this would have been a career ending injury, but not the war admiral... he was up and running in a week.

the war admiral was not without his faults. he was very picky about the radio. some days it would work great. other days it wouldn't. there was a distinct smell of burning wires on those days...

the war admiral would shake violently around sharp right turns. not sure if it was from the accident or from his dislike of sharp right turns.

i'll miss you, war admiral. we drove many places together... and most of the times we made it home.

the LA fair

2009-09-25T17:59:00.000-07:00

so a few weeks ago i went to the la county fair. it was a lot of fun... a ton of stuff. we ended up walking into a expo building where there were a bunch of things to buy and look at.

the only bad thing was the walking lanes between the booths were really narrow. so if some one stopped to look at something of interest it would cause a bottle neck traffic jam like rush hour on the 405.

ants

2009-09-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

So the past couple of weeks or so we've been locked in an ongoing battle with ants. At this point I think we're winning, but who knows how long that will last.

This all reminds me of my very first ant invasion...

I was about 3 or 4 years old. Like any normal toddler, I enjoyed the occasional juice and american cheese slice as a pre bedtime snack.
To keep things tidy, I decided to stuff my 4th piece of half eaten cheese into the side of my water bed.
As I drifted off to slumber, the ants invaded ruining my bed picnic.
I ran in and told mom who was less than sympathetic.

We spent the rest of the night fighting off the ants... My mom with her vacuum and me with my jumbo red crayon... And that's where the bad blood between me and ants started.

my meeting

2009-08-18T23:12:00.001-07:00

i had a meeting a few weeks ago where i had sit in the waiting area for a while.

then i guy came by and gave me the strangest look. like he has never seen anyone using the waiting area.
then he walked by again.
he walked by once more so i tried to be nice and smile, but got nothing back.
then i thought about how i could just mess with him and maybe i could chase him around and try to hug him.
didn't have the guts to do it.

2009-08-04T20:06:00.000-07:00

so i went to meet some friends in vegas this weekend. i played blackjack. at first i was up and i was doing well.

then i had a run of bad cards...
then good..
then bad again.

i went through this stupid cycle for a while until my friend got me a tea. plus diana reminded me that i said that i would quit once i broke even.

over all it was a good time

tough guys

2009-07-23T23:47:00.000-07:00

Not that I have anything against UFC of MMA... I just like the tough guy clothing trends. Because just a couple years ago...

I'm just saying...

2009-07-02T09:23:00.000-07:00

i don't like paper airplanes anymore...

the sandwich blog

2009-06-28T22:07:00.000-07:00

after great anticipation its finally here. my friend and fellow calarts classmate andres salaff is giving his raw uncensored look at sandwiches across the globe. andres is a long time sandwich eater with years of sandwich eating experience. he's unbiased and doesn't sugar coat the bull. he is just a professional sandwich eater who tells it like it is. so check out his blog at mysandwichchronicles.blogspot.com

me and turtle

2009-06-23T22:34:00.000-07:00

turtle helps me work everyday....

mini vacation

2009-06-18T13:22:00.000-07:00

got back from PA a few days ago. it was fun.

los estrandados

2009-05-18T18:58:00.000-07:00

so here is the final calarts film... enjoy!

los estrandados roughs

2009-05-15T11:40:00.000-07:00

here are some storyboards and roughs from my film this year... i'll be putting the film up soon

me and some snakes

2009-01-14T16:57:00.001-08:00

i had a dream about snakes... ouch.

the painter

2008-12-16T16:00:00.000-08:00

the good knights

2008-12-15T16:03:00.001-08:00

hey they tried...

super hero kid

2008-12-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

out saving some lives today

parachute underpants

2008-12-02T16:20:00.001-08:00

two posts in one day is pretty good for me

cavemen ideas

2008-12-02T12:55:00.000-08:00

here are some cavemen doing stupid things. two of them are drawn on the cintiq. the rest were done in pen.

episode no. 2 better ending

2008-11-17T08:42:00.000-08:00

so here is the new prudence episode... it was shown at the calarts 48 hour lockdown show with a different ending. it wasnt until then i realized i completely missed. thanks to a couple friends bugging me about it, i went in and fixed it. i definitely think it works better...

kids and animals volume 2

2008-09-11T18:24:00.000-07:00

kids and animals

2008-09-11T10:23:00.001-07:00

cousin zeke

2008-08-26T13:37:00.001-07:00

here's the title card for the jibjab sendable i made... it should be on the site soon.

jib jabbin' it

2008-07-09T08:31:00.001-07:00

so its been a while blog.... how i missed you. here is a couple quick sketches i've done while working at jibjab. i also have to mention that jibjab is awesome. there is a cool energy here... every one is genuinely excited about being here. pretty nice.. check out the tonight show this tuesday for the new campaign short.

lil' mean mikey

2008-04-30T00:25:00.001-07:00

episode no. 1 prudence shatsky: a hero's journey

2008-04-30T00:16:00.000-07:00

some new prudence for you... again not for the kiddies

2008-03-31T03:58:00.000-07:00

guy and monkey

2008-03-16T03:29:00.000-07:00

snow day

2008-03-11T04:00:00.000-07:00

this is for all my friends and family suffering through the final days of winter on the east coast

swooping fat kids

2008-03-08T17:22:00.000-08:00

this was inspired by some calarts dodgeball talk...

quick line up

2008-03-08T04:38:00.000-08:00

havent done any character designs in a while... here are a few i've done in the past couple days

the gashlycrumb tinies a-m

2008-01-26T03:40:00.000-08:00

so here is my half of the edward gorey story that we did for the calart gallery show... mr. miranda should have the other half on his blog soon... if he doesn't comment constantly until he does

2008-01-26T03:29:00.000-08:00

2008-01-26T03:24:00.001-08:00

gallery show

2008-01-21T03:53:00.000-08:00

wow... haven't done this in a while.... this week is the calart character animation show. me and fellow cubemate mario "peyton manning is my hero" miranda are doing a little combo deal. we took the awesome work of Edward Gorey's "The Gashley Crumb Tinies" and threw our own spin on it. i'll throw the rest up a little bit later.

the last minutes of prudence shatsky

2007-11-19T23:46:00.000-08:00

on top of a drawing i have a film to show too!!! exciting!!! this is from the calarts 48 hour lockdown show we threw together. the word... "piranha". the films this year were awesome. my fellow peer cole sanchez is throwing the whole show on youtube. so look for it... or not.

ps this film isn't really for children... so cover your eyes, kids!!!

rough horse and cowboy

2007-11-19T23:41:00.000-08:00

its been a while, but i've been very busy eating cereal and watching tv... heres a rough horse. i'll throw it into illustrator someday....someday.....

character design test

2007-10-30T02:03:00.000-07:00

here are a couple character designs i've been working on at the old foster's internship. i got some really good tips from ben balistreri and hopefully it shows.

magic kid

2007-10-15T23:30:00.000-07:00

pose sheet done in illustrator... illustrator... so what else is new.

one more witch..

2007-10-11T00:09:00.000-07:00

2007-10-09T02:39:00.000-07:00

NOTE TO SELF: If you stumble upon a large witch like woman with a huge mallet offering you a lollipop... Try your best to pass on the offer.

rats.

2007-10-02T22:07:00.000-07:00

some illustrator rats...

blogging again

2007-09-22T16:06:00.000-07:00

i almost forgot my fly. i don't know what i would of done if i forgot him...

time to go to school...

2007-09-22T16:01:00.000-07:00

back in school... after my long journey in horse and wagon i made it back from pennsylvania. anyway, here are some trees i did for rik maki's character design class...

Yep Earl... We're gittin' abducted.

2007-07-27T21:56:00.000-07:00

dinosaur-thing

2007-07-17T15:46:00.001-07:00

cat and mouse

2007-07-17T01:07:00.001-07:00

yeah, yeah... i know. cat and mouse... real orginal. but for some reason it just came out. this is roy and biff. roy likes the hijinx and biff is just hungry.

new pond scum

2007-07-13T18:49:00.000-07:00

so i decided to put away the illustrator for a bit and go back to inking my character designs. here is another pond scum character.

pond scum/ algae

2007-06-22T23:48:00.000-07:00

with some of my calart blogging comrades down with bad internet i wasnt sure what my next assignment was going to be. lucky for me rik maki stepped in and gave me a summer assignment... and here it is.

and one to grow on

2007-06-16T15:58:00.000-07:00

elderly mermaids

2007-06-15T01:12:00.000-07:00

so i decided to jump on the chades elderly mermaid challenge... i mean, when will i ever get the oportunity to draw elderly mermaids again???? never!! thats when!! either way i'm glad everyones doing these assignments and pushing each other to do better. i will hopefully do one more mermaid in illustrator if i have time, but don't hold me to it.

shady mechanics

2007-06-11T00:10:00.000-07:00

so here's some shady car mechanics... i'm really trying to push shapes as much as i can. sorry i can't say much more... the Sopranos finale left me feeling kind of depressed and empty...

ferrets

2007-06-06T16:43:00.000-07:00

here are some walking talking ferrets... its the second summer school assignment chez and i had.

weekly character designs

2007-06-04T01:41:00.000-07:00

Cole and I decided to give ourselves weekly assingments to keep up and keep motivated in our character designs. If anyone else is down for some summer school assingments give me or Cole a yell. So here is my first assingment. parrots... very colorful.

gesture gesture gesture

2007-05-31T12:23:00.000-07:00

i'm trying to keep up with and get better at gesture drawings. though i wasnt in dave pimentel class for a whole semester i still feel i took a lot out of it.

rough rough yakki's

2007-05-27T12:46:00.000-07:00

here are some very rough sketches of yakki, the main character of my next film

fun in restrooms

2007-05-13T16:47:00.000-07:00

cowboys

2007-05-01T18:50:00.000-07:00

This is something I did in my spring semester at calarts. I start out with a rough pencil sketch. I then take it to Adobe Illustrator and get the main shapes down. Then I take it to Photoshop and add the shading and background.

2007-05-01T18:46:00.000-07:00

little red riding hood

2007-05-01T18:23:00.000-07:00