dave walston illustration

I just got back from New York for the Ni Hao Kai-lan seminar with Nickelodeon. I met a couple of artists that I have known through email and phone for awhile… others that I knew the name but not the persons…

I also met a few people from around the Nick publishing world and even a few guys from the Nick animation studios here in LA.

This is the Viacom/Nickelodeon building right in Times Square NY

This is my friend Warner McGee and I. You can see his work at: www.warnermcgee.com

And here I am with Andrew Brandou, www.howdypardner.com the art director for Ni Hao, Kai-lan at Nick Animation in Burbank, and Martin Hsu, the lead character designer. www.martinhsu.com

I’m now an approved SpongeBob Illustrator. Just got the word from Nickelodeon today.

By the way, I was approved by Nickelodeon on the Ni Hao sample I did. I’ll be going to NY on the 17th-18th for a seminar to meet with the shows creators and get tips on how to draw this property.

Doing some sketches for a Madagascar 2 book. The second movie features the penguins more heavily. I’ll see if I can get some sketches up soon.

Another test done for Nickelodeon on a newer property. Ni Hao Kai lan is a show about a chinese american little girl that aims to teach kids some elementary chinese words and phrases. Here is the test pic.

Finished it and sent it to Nick, so I thought I would upload the pic here.

this has a half inch bleed as well as space at the top for text.