uh oh.

Sleeping Good Personality.

2012-01-03T11:33:00.000-08:00

More ideas that Disney won't buy from me over at http://www.toonhole.com

Four Leaf Clover

2011-11-30T12:49:00.000-08:00

Some guys have all the luck.

MORE COMICS HERE <---------

Moses: The College Years.

2011-11-05T13:12:00.000-07:00

New film by me and my pal Ryan Kramer. Would you pay to see the full movie?

Bar Flies.

2011-10-04T12:34:00.000-07:00

I put up a new film. Check it out!

You can comment on the site HERE

More comics!

2011-09-28T11:11:00.000-07:00

Going up at TOONHOLE!!

Check it out, dudes.

More Photos.

2011-09-24T13:50:00.000-07:00

Taken in Hemet, CA. Almost ready to start shooting some video

Evolution.

2011-09-14T11:48:00.000-07:00

Put up a new one. Almost a little proud of this one: http://www.toonhole.com/2011/09/evolution-3/

Check it out folks!

HAPPY HOUR: Part 1

2011-09-13T10:33:00.000-07:00

Is up on Toonhole! Check it out HEEERRRREEEEE!!!

I'll be updating every Tues/Thursday until it's finished. Check in!

Your pal,
Toonhole Chris

Lou the Frog comes to TOONHOLE!

2011-09-02T10:19:00.000-07:00

Check it out! New Lou the Frog stuff every Tuesday and Wednesday on TOONHOLE.COM!

More comics!

2011-08-26T11:41:00.000-07:00

They're still going up on TOONHOLE.COM, check em out folks.

More Photos.

2011-08-18T23:36:00.000-07:00

Just some more photos.

Photos.

2011-08-15T19:55:00.001-07:00

Or whatever.

Portrait Head.

2011-08-10T22:38:00.000-07:00

Quickie.

Test video.

2011-08-07T19:12:00.000-07:00

Just got a new camera. I have a ton of ideas for shorts, and they don't all need to be animated so maybe I can film some. Here's my first test footage I did with my new 60D.

Canon 60D Test. from Chris Allison on Vimeo.

Sorry for lack of artwork, but I've been working on a long format comic that I'll be releasing on www.toonhole.com really soon!

Coloring more comics.

2011-07-10T23:24:00.001-07:00

Another comics teaser. Full comics are going live at TOONHOLE.COM tho, so go there now!

New Comic.

2011-07-05T12:03:00.000-07:00

Today's comic was about thte triumph of good over evil.

Check our more at TOONHOLE.COM

BALLS OF FURRY.

2011-07-01T18:41:00.001-07:00

Who put up a new cartoon? I did. Check it out:

Also, my friend and superstar cartoonist MIKE NASSAR is working on a cartoon that's near completion. Go check him out for some animation previews!

Until next time, folks!

Job.

2011-06-30T01:43:00.000-07:00

Inking some stuff for a team show at Nickelodeon. Here's a random panel from a longer comic:

Been working on comics mostly. Gotta find some time to do some studies so I can crank out better quality comics.

Pinata.

2011-06-17T11:34:00.001-07:00

New comic up:
http://www.toonhole.com/2011/06/pinata-massacre/

Haven't done any doodles just for kicks in a while. Everything is for the site, so blog has been suffering. Sorry internet.

Coloring some comics.

2011-06-16T00:01:00.000-07:00

Quick style. Yup.

New Comic.

2011-05-23T13:06:00.001-07:00

Haven't had much time to do doodles. Been working on painting, finishing up that film, and drawing more comics.

Anyway, I put up a new comic. Check it out:
http://www.toonhole.com/2011/05/dead-end/

New comic, folks.

2011-05-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

Ch-ch-ch-check it.

HERE: http://www.toonhole.com/2011/05/osama-72-virgins/

Yeahhh..

WINGS OF DEATH!

2011-05-02T13:55:00.001-07:00

New laughs.

Comics.

2011-04-25T18:48:00.001-07:00

Doin it. Here's a preview of one. Been trying to color more and more. Gotta get quicker and better with more appealing pallettes and funnier jokes. Would be sweet if I could crank out a comic a day.

Compositing.

2011-04-23T22:01:00.001-07:00

So I'm getting the hang of After Effects. I'm learning some particle effects and stuff to give a little extra bit of polish. I'm really stoked to use the 3d camera and give a lot of these shots a LOT more depth than just regular Flash work. Here's a compositing before and after where I feel like the dust really adds to the environment of this shot. Maybe you gotta wait to see it animated:

Emergency!

2011-04-11T14:15:00.000-07:00

Newest comic up on Toonhole. Been coloring comics and almost finished compositing a new film. Sorry not much to blog, folks.

Don't forget to pop by TOONHOLE.COM for some fun!

Colllllloooorrrrrr

2011-04-04T21:36:00.001-07:00

First panel. Saving the rest for when it goes up on Toonhole.

Coloring comics.

2011-04-03T18:42:00.000-07:00

Trying to get some coloring done for comics for the site.

http://www.toonhole.com if you don't know, loyal readers.

Hey Look! A drawing of...

2011-03-30T21:27:00.001-07:00

A car.

Character Colors.

2011-03-26T18:06:00.000-07:00

Trying to finish up shadow patterns on a couple scenes, then I get to start compositing.

Finished.

2011-03-26T15:48:00.000-07:00

..the rug. Ugh.

Also, I started a Twitter if anybody's on that. Shoot me a follow and find out when I'm pooping.
http://twitter.com/toonholechris

Horror Vacui.

2011-03-25T02:21:00.001-07:00

Who's bright idea was it to paint a CU of a goddam Turkish rug? Oh yeah, mine. Anyway, WIP. Still gotta fill in the flat areas and punch it up.

Quick Women Studies.

2011-03-24T00:49:00.003-07:00

I really suck at drawing women. I'm trying to put in a little time to learn and do some studies. I gotta learn to finesse the curves and anatomy and stuff. Ugh, so much to learn and produce, not enough time in the day.

Coloring characters and stuff.

2011-03-23T22:04:00.000-07:00

Yeah.

Another BG.

2011-03-17T01:44:00.000-07:00

Back to digital. Unfortunately, these films don't finish themselves. Looking forward to taking a break after this film and just doing some good old fashioned comics. Finishing something in one night; oh the novelty!

Painting #2.

2011-03-15T19:58:00.000-07:00

Again, panels/punchline taken out. Just showing you one of the painted panels.

Painting.

2011-03-13T17:54:00.000-07:00

Didn't include the punchline cuz I haven't released this comic yet. But got away from the screen for a bit and decided to push around some paints for a bit.

Another BG.

2011-03-11T23:50:00.000-08:00

Kinda blown out and unbalanced without the FG character.

Quick comp.

Townie Cleanup.

2011-03-04T00:34:00.000-08:00

Or sumfin.

Crowd Scene.

2011-03-02T01:31:00.000-08:00

I'm a masochist.

Well, it was the first yesterday so I didn't exactly hit my deadline, but the project is turning into something a little better than I originally planned. Sorry folks, don't wanna give too much away, but won't be posting too much on the blog until this project is done.

Lighting Test.

2011-02-16T23:41:00.000-08:00

Gotta get the party rockin.

Uns uns uns uns uns wah wumb wumb wumb wbwbwbwbwbwbwbwbwbwbwbwbwbwbwb wumb wumb wumb

One minute film in one month...

2011-02-14T23:10:00.001-08:00

New film! Working on a project that we hope to finish before March 1st with my pal Ryan Kramer and my other buddy Ryan Gerrish. Dunno if we can do sound by then, but hopefully picture lock. Just a quickie minute film. It's fun working with a team for a change. Anyhoo, here's a quickie BG.

K, back to clean up.

Fairy Tale Ending.

2011-02-02T17:31:00.000-08:00

Put up a new film.

Before you ask, totally 100% authentically autobiographical. You can see it HERE:
http://www.toonhole.com/2011/02/fairy-tale-ending/

Your pal,
Chris

Colorings.

2011-01-09T03:15:00.000-08:00

Trying to color more comics. Dunno if I'm wasting my time tho.

Think color brings enough added interest to throw an extra hour or two to each comic for a nice lighting/color job? Does color matter?

Improv Comic.

2010-12-21T16:22:00.000-08:00

Doing an improv comic with my pal Ryan Kramer. Just wanted to post a teaser. Coming whenever we feel like ending it, I guess.

I apologize.

2010-12-14T12:13:00.000-08:00

Don't mean to fling turds your way, but thought I'd upload SOMETHING.

Life's been busy with the new house situation. I'm trying to finish next year's batch of comics so I can focus on films. I'll try to do more doodles for you guys tho.

Been Busy.

2010-12-10T15:43:00.000-08:00

Moved into a new house, starting three new cartoons (short trailer, gag film, and 7 minute epic), hoping to shoot some live action skits soon, and recording music in the space i set up in my closet. Not many doodles these days unless it's for a project. Sorry blogger.

Check out our comics website, www.TOONHOLE.com! Updated every Monday, Wednesday, Friday with animated films going up about once a month!

Happy Thanksgiving.

2010-11-25T09:19:00.001-08:00

- Chris

Been a while...

2010-11-18T01:01:00.000-08:00

...since I took some time to just doodle and not work on something productive. Sorry for lack of updates. Been getting a lot of comics done so I can work on some longer films in 2011.

In case you haven't been following, we've been updating TOONHOLE.com every Monday, Wednesday, Friday (with mainly comics with an occassional film). Here's one of mine from Wednesday:

Follow us on Facebook and send us hate mail: www.facebook.com/toonhole

weightlifter.

2010-10-28T21:45:00.000-07:00

elmer.

2010-10-26T16:01:00.001-07:00

quickie

Vampire.

2010-10-09T00:49:00.001-07:00

Gouache practice or whatever

Quickie.

2010-09-29T17:53:00.000-07:00

Okay, back to work on personal projects.

Speed paint.

2010-09-20T00:24:00.001-07:00

Hour and 20 minutes, no reference. Not super fast and trying to get nighttime colors without the usual monotone treatment. I need to start using reference too. I gotta get into better habits

colors.

2010-09-18T22:54:00.000-07:00

guess who.

and derp derp.

alksjdflkajf

2010-09-15T03:06:00.000-07:00

alkjfalkfja

alkfjaklfsa

2010-09-09T02:00:00.000-07:00

existential crisis. finished a couple films and don't know which one to start next. doing comics instead

Post-It.

2010-09-01T23:33:00.000-07:00

doodle of a pal.

full time work and trying to pencil a comic a night doesn't leave too much excess sketches to throw up on the ol' blog. maybe i'll throw up preview panels when i finish 'em.

Something different.

2010-08-31T02:30:00.000-07:00

So much stuff to study

late night doodle

Lunchoodles.

2010-08-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

Clothed life drawing in the studio, trying to hone the gag/funny drawing muscle. Mine is weak, but someday it'll be strong if I keep working it.

Finally.

2010-08-19T21:31:00.000-07:00

Finally getting a chance to color this comic. So much going on right now. It'll feel good to finish something completely.

Won't be on the site for a while tho.

Street Trash.

2010-08-06T17:52:00.001-07:00

Hurray for super campy movies!

Green Kool-Aid.

2010-08-03T01:07:00.001-07:00

Or whatever.

Working Again.

2010-07-29T21:42:00.000-07:00

Lunchtime draw session. I've had a lot less time to work on projects, and I'm JUST ABOUT finished with two of them. And I'm SUPER excited to start some more. YEAHHH! Anyway, lunchtime doodles (bad gags and all):

Pirate kegstand?

Everyone else was drawing all serious. I almost slipped into the hole

Pirates eating sushi?

Cannibal Holocaust.

2010-07-22T17:29:00.000-07:00

Sketched these while watching. The movie was kinda disappointing because people hyped it up too much.

And everyone check out my pal AARON PAETZ! He's posting again

Trying to finish this week.

2010-07-21T05:41:00.000-07:00

Going Golfing.

2010-07-20T05:35:00.000-07:00

I'm not, this guy is.

duck sucker.

2010-07-16T04:41:00.000-07:00

duck, sucker.

some bird

2010-07-15T17:42:00.001-07:00

First gouache.

2010-07-14T14:28:00.001-07:00

Don't rush stuff.

2010-07-12T23:58:00.000-07:00

Evidence #1. Trying to rush through this project and I almost fell into the trap. Wasted a bunch of time finishing up a crappy first pass. Haha, thank god for all my Toonhole pals keeping me in check. Sometimes you loose touch when you're just looking at all this stuff by yourself. I think a large part of a great artist is the many artists behind him that give him feedback

Wait...

2010-07-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

...what?

Animation is about halfway done. I think the real beast is learning color correction software. Ack, I have like 3 projects going right now. Gotta forge ahead.

In other news, we might start releasing films next month. Just gotta get some logistics lined up. WOOHOO!

New Film.

2010-06-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

Starting up a new one! WOOHOO! Some concept sketches.

Poop.

2010-06-25T03:26:00.000-07:00

Almost finished with sound on the Lou the Frog cartoon, shooting a live action comedy short (with composited animation) next week, thumbing out a new really short short, hoping to get vocal records done for a longer animatic that I'm working on with cartoon all-star John Martinez that hopefully I'll get some help animating from the rest of the Toonhooligans, and gearing up to start penciling comics again. Gotta put pictures with this crap so here.

Sorry I haven't been posting more. I still love you.

Compositing Magic.

2010-06-09T16:17:00.000-07:00

Trick #231231312:

When you got a close-up, if you gaussian blur your BG, it mimics a wide angle lens and gives you more depth! It's less about mimicing live action, and more about giving the audience a clear place to focus. It doesn't feel right to stare at the out of focus BG details, so it draws your audience eyes right where you want them to look: at your crappy animation.

oh i guess here's the before picture to compare.

Okay back to work.

Compositing.

2010-06-01T17:55:00.000-07:00

Or trying to teach myself.

frosting

2010-05-26T01:19:00.000-07:00

animating highlights. the fun part! *sigh*

aslkfjalskfa

2010-05-25T15:03:00.000-07:00

progressssss.

The Back 100...

2010-05-20T03:44:00.000-07:00

You know, when you're sucking wind, legs feel like they're pumping battery acid. I love it

rrrr

2010-04-30T04:43:00.000-07:00

"I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm NOT going to offend!"

It's the truth.

2010-04-29T04:24:00.000-07:00

Put away your iPhones if you don't want them to get bloody.

Comic Chatcast.

2010-04-28T00:57:00.001-07:00

Come and ask us questions. We'll pretend to know the answers. Or just come to shoot the shit and we can share funny youtube videos. You guys all seen the Indian action film clips?

Said you want some gross drawings?

2010-04-21T14:40:00.000-07:00

I got 'em a plenty. Gotta get better. Gotta spend more time working on drawing issues. Guess this is where it starts

Oh and cleanup still hahahha

aslfkjalkfas

2010-04-20T03:44:00.000-07:00

4am nights of cleanup. i'm lovin it

asdfasfasd

Mr. Clean.

2010-04-14T03:34:00.000-07:00

Almost halfway through cleanup. Gotta hurry up, I might have a job soon. But I'll pull double time if I have to. Gotta finish it up and move onto other fun cartoon projects. Lots of collabs coming up!

See Mom, art school was worth it:

Quickie Band Poster.

2010-04-08T17:46:00.000-07:00

Inspired by an ex-girlfriend.

Ugly Portraits Con't.

2010-04-07T12:41:00.001-07:00

Although I must say, it was a struggle. This person is pretty handsome.

Poopsticks.

2010-03-31T18:12:00.000-07:00

Moving onto Cleanup!

2010-03-30T14:25:00.000-07:00

Finally! Cleanup isn't my favorite, but I can zone out pretty much because my roughs are tied down, and I can just focus on getting nice line weights and overlaps. I watch a lot of documentaries while I do cleanup. I hope to finish up cleanup on this film in 3 weeks. We'll see if I can do it!

Zebras.

2010-03-26T15:48:00.000-07:00

Comic teaser panel. Confused? Good hahahahahaha

Worst cartoonist ever...

2010-03-21T19:44:00.000-07:00

*drum roll*
and the winner goes to me.

still doing ugly portraits....

Quickie Cycle.

2010-03-18T05:36:00.000-07:00

Duh hur hur.

Can't wait to get back on a schedule. Make time for more cartoon studies, time to work on my projects more efficiently, time for music study everyday, exercise, a regular sleep schedule. Cross your fingers that I get this job.

More BG's.

2010-03-02T17:38:00.001-08:00

Another BG. Hope to finish the BG's today. Then just gotta do some FX animation, and I'm onto CLEANUP! oh god.

Starting BG Paints.

2010-03-01T20:45:00.000-08:00

Finally cleaned up all my BG's. Starting to paint off my color keys. Feels good man.

Ughhhh...

2010-02-27T06:47:00.000-08:00

So I've been nonstop testing for new jobs and working on my longest cartoon to date (4 min.). I kinda just wanted to FINISH something. Now that I have, I'm not sure it's worth it. Haha, that's life.

Johnny Shines.

2010-02-04T05:02:00.000-08:00

Well, it's testing season. Needed to do something noncartoonish to keep me sane for a bit.

A personal favorite of mine. Haha, okay, enough crap. Back to work.

Vegas.

2010-02-03T02:30:00.001-08:00

Just got back from my first Vegas trip ever on Sunday. What a weekend. I didn't poop the whole time I was there. I even escaped the Rio buffet without so much as a Hershey squirt. Then I was sitting there on my thinking chair Monday...

Film progress!

2010-01-27T13:33:00.000-08:00

Life rules! Almost done with rough animation (my second favorite part of the filmmaking process... next to idea/thumbing out the project). Sad to see it go, but I gotta finish this puppy by March!

FUNDRAISER STILL STILL GOING STRONG.

2010-01-21T11:18:00.000-08:00

Despite tornado warnings in California, I'm still braving the danger and bringing you ugly portraits. Help fund my first live action venture so I can make you LAUGH!

FUNDRAISER STILL GOING STRONG.

2010-01-20T16:25:00.001-08:00

WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SLOWING DOWN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

8" x 10"
Color - $50
B/W - $30