Cute, Cuddly, Catastrophic.

One of my main passions in life has got to be Giant Monsters. We've all seen them in movies that range from the Commentary of Nuclear Proliferation in Godzilla 1954 to the rubbery one-off villains in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. There's something about the sheer power that these villains (or heros, as Godzilla and Gamera have proven on occasion) wield that sticks around in the psyche long after the final frames have rolled off the spool. Most of my art and animation will likely have giant monsters as a theme running somewhere through it, and my sketchbooks are no exception.

The bigger they are, the more fun they can be drawn. I like to draw the "Three C's"; cute, cuddly, and catastrophic. Azrael the Kitraxian (sort of a hybrid between a fruit bat, lion, and falcon) happens to match all three of those criteria for me, and she's been something of an inspiration for me. I aspire to animate her in 3D someday, once I've accrued enough experience and free time to continue.