Patrick Mate

#555 Congratulations to all recipients!

2012-02-05T12:12:00.000-08:00

I was very moved by Borges' video appearance. Borge being one of the animators who showed me the ropes back in 1985 while working with him on my first feature film. I'm so glad his talent got acknowledged once again!

#554 Aquaplaning

2012-02-01T17:36:00.000-08:00

Yes, if you are wondering , I am "carless".

#553 For all my British Family

2012-01-31T18:51:00.000-08:00

Thinking of you all, Love Love Love.
A little drawing of horsie for you Rosemary

#552 The miller elder sons.

2012-01-28T08:46:00.000-08:00

These two also, didn't make it to the finish line

#551 The mean cutsi troll

2012-01-22T15:33:00.000-08:00

Yes him too was at one point in the script.
I keep finding files that I totally forgot about.I was looking at the date of some of them,they go as far as 2006.Of course All these images are property of Dreamworks,I'm just giving some of those files a spring clean before showing them to you

#550 And then the Survivor !

2012-01-22T01:21:00.000-08:00

Humpty was a quite a different kind of egg back then.

#549 Simple Simon and his doppelganger

2012-01-22T00:31:00.001-08:00

As the Prince and the Pauper, had a part in Puss in Boots first draft too!.

#548 Yes, him too ,could have been in Puss in Boots!!

2012-01-21T21:58:00.000-08:00

The Empereur with no clothes,or almost, the underwear are for rating purposes.
I must dedicate this image to my friend Tom Sito!

#547 Another victim of the death of the first draft of Puss in boots

2012-01-21T21:07:00.000-08:00

The Old "Rambo" Musketeer.

#546 And neither did he !

2012-01-21T18:27:00.000-08:00

No fictional Marquis de Carabas for you mister.I believe he still roped to a tree, naked, waiting to be rescued!.

#545 Neither did they!

2012-01-21T16:26:00.000-08:00

#544 From the Puss in Boots that never was

2012-01-21T16:13:00.000-08:00

Or the story of the witch that did not survive the death of the first draft

#543 More From Puss in Boots

2012-01-17T16:01:00.000-08:00

This page is also a compilation of models I made to find the Giant. A Giant that got replace by a Goose in the picture. Guillaume Aretos my Production Designer did the rough pass of the face for two of them (the red hair giant on the left of the fake Vermeer right bottom row,and the baby face second on the left top row).
All the other characters of the movie ,Humpty, Jack and Jill ,Kitty, Mini Puss and Mini Humpty etc.... can be seen on the Annies ballot Pages.

#542 From Puss in Boots

2012-01-17T15:26:00.000-08:00

Here is a compilation page of some models I made of various animal for the Dreamworks movie "Puss in Boots". I wanted to share those with you .

#541 Schuss

2012-01-16T23:11:00.000-08:00

#540 Arm Resting

2012-01-16T13:26:00.001-08:00

#539 Jail Jam

2012-01-15T23:12:00.001-08:00

#538 Nunchucks Ping Pong

2012-01-08T16:33:00.000-08:00

#537 Fire in the House !

2012-01-08T12:51:00.000-08:00

#536 Playing Chicken

2012-01-02T21:03:00.000-08:00

#535 Sharky

2012-01-02T12:20:00.001-08:00

#534 Duel

2012-01-01T19:10:00.001-08:00

#533 Creating Life

2011-12-31T18:32:00.001-08:00

One more thing... I wish you the best of everything for 2012!

#532 Happy New Year !

2011-12-31T08:45:00.000-08:00

#531 To the Rescue

2011-12-30T11:37:00.000-08:00

This image is inspired by a painting my Dad made for me when I was a toddler.

#530 The "Gator Way"

2011-12-29T18:13:00.000-08:00

#529 Ah! ca ira, ca ira, ca ira

2011-12-28T18:01:00.001-08:00

#528 Horus?

2011-12-28T12:32:00.000-08:00

#527 Who is there?

2011-12-28T12:00:00.000-08:00

The Elephant was designed by my friend and colleague, the amazing animator and uncanny draftsman Gabriele Pennacchioli !. He started me on this blog almost six years ago and now here we are 527 posts later, still trying to keep it alive and entertaining. With this drawing, I wish you all a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

#526 Some doodles from yesteryear

2011-12-04T21:50:00.000-08:00

#525 Steeplechase

2011-11-27T18:37:00.000-08:00

#524 Jungle Patrol

2011-11-27T09:31:00.000-08:00

#523 Thanksgiving

2011-11-26T09:28:00.000-08:00

#522 Kentucky Fried Bison

2011-11-25T21:47:00.000-08:00

#521 Inspector Morse

2011-11-25T10:38:00.000-08:00

#520 Too Late !

2011-11-19T11:23:00.000-08:00

#519 The Patsy

2011-10-23T15:52:00.000-07:00

#518 Antelope vs biker

2011-10-12T15:38:00.000-07:00

#517 Corruptible

2011-10-11T07:45:00.001-07:00

Way to go Serpico!

#516 October 28

2011-10-09T08:02:00.000-07:00

Put your boots on, and lets go purr together!

#515 Amitabh Bachchan in Widescreen

2011-10-02T17:16:00.000-07:00

#514 Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

2011-09-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

#513 Don Quixote

2011-09-25T14:04:00.001-07:00

#512 Samson

2011-09-24T22:49:00.001-07:00

#511 The Minotaur

2011-09-24T08:42:00.000-07:00

#510 Looking for some peace and quiet?

2011-09-12T18:59:00.000-07:00

#509 Where was the Sheriff of Nottingham ?

2011-09-06T16:29:00.000-07:00

#508 Le Coq Sportif

2011-09-03T08:48:00.000-07:00

#507 Photo Opportunity

2011-09-02T15:31:00.000-07:00

-Ok ,who look like a real prat in this picture !

#506 Back to square one

2011-08-31T16:27:00.000-07:00

#505 The Gladiator

2011-08-30T10:01:00.000-07:00

#504 Sauna

2011-08-29T11:24:00.001-07:00

#503 Don't pick on me!

2011-08-29T08:36:00.000-07:00

#502 wake up call

2011-08-28T16:12:00.000-07:00

#501 BlackBeard the Parrot

2011-08-27T12:53:00.000-07:00

#500 The Ugly Duckling

2011-08-26T13:15:00.001-07:00

#499 Air Mail

2011-08-25T18:14:00.000-07:00

#498 Goodbye

2011-08-25T18:10:00.000-07:00

Kisses from the UK

2011-07-30T04:47:00.000-07:00

#497 Hot Hot Hot

2011-07-20T18:28:00.001-07:00

#496 French Kiss

2011-07-20T11:53:00.001-07:00

#495 Ninja

2011-07-20T08:39:00.001-07:00

#494 Ebony Wed Ivory

2011-07-19T20:34:00.001-07:00

#493 What is the question?

2011-07-19T10:27:00.001-07:00

#492 In the Eagle Nest

2011-07-18T15:19:00.001-07:00

#491 Thin Crust with Pickle

2011-07-18T11:21:00.000-07:00

#490 Clin d'Oeil

2011-07-17T12:16:00.001-07:00

For Mr Jean Giraud

#489 Le Dindon de la Farce

2011-07-16T20:08:00.001-07:00

#488 Beach Cruisers

2011-07-16T15:07:00.000-07:00

#487 Sticky Tongue Pickpocket

2011-07-15T20:35:00.001-07:00

#486 At the Watering Hole

2011-07-15T10:13:00.000-07:00

#485 Flagrant Delit

2011-07-14T19:41:00.001-07:00

#484 Castor

2011-07-14T15:39:00.001-07:00

#483 Surprise Ending

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

#482 Box Office Smash Hit

2011-07-13T11:42:00.001-07:00

To celebrate the 14th of July , here is my version of one of the best French movie of all time and certainly one of my favorite.

If interested check out "La Grande Vadrouille"aka "Don't Look Now:We're Being Shot At"(1966)

#481 Cut

2011-07-12T09:49:00.000-07:00

#480 Critical

2011-07-11T18:28:00.001-07:00

#479 Sprint to Finish

2011-07-11T10:28:00.000-07:00

#478 Dubbed

2011-07-10T12:34:00.001-07:00

#477 Punch line

2011-07-09T20:10:00.000-07:00

#476 Rerun

2011-07-09T10:29:00.000-07:00

#475 Season2

2011-07-08T13:29:00.001-07:00

#474 Episode2 Act2

2011-07-08T09:22:00.001-07:00

#473 Episode 2

2011-07-07T15:44:00.000-07:00

#472 Who Killed the Mockingbird ?

2011-07-06T09:58:00.000-07:00

#471 Crime Buster

2011-06-28T20:56:00.001-07:00

This is my idea for a new Columbo Mambo Jumbo

#470 Just One More Thing!

2011-06-27T18:43:00.000-07:00

#469 Cool Cats Don't Look Back

2011-06-26T16:26:00.001-07:00

#468 A Fond Farewell to My Hero.

2011-06-25T14:48:00.000-07:00

#467 Protect your Kittens!

2011-06-23T09:16:00.000-07:00

This shocking picture is a reminder to keep our kitten safe from the Invaders.

#466 More Purplely

2011-06-17T13:29:00.001-07:00

#465 Prince

2011-06-16T15:35:00.000-07:00

My friend Paola told me recently that in Italy Purple is not a lucky color...apparently not for everybody .
Pour mon copain Bibo.

#464 Preliminary Sketches

2011-06-12T21:54:00.001-07:00

This is just a sample of the drawings I made before painted the post 463

#463 The Lost Ogres

2011-06-12T21:32:00.000-07:00

I generally do not put any production work on my blog but here are the inspirational illustrations for the rough models of my previous posts.

#462 The Fist

2011-06-12T21:28:00.000-07:00

#461 The Axe

2011-06-12T20:35:00.000-07:00

#460 the bow

2011-06-12T20:27:00.000-07:00

#459 The Three Ogres

2011-06-12T20:09:00.000-07:00

#458 Pierrot le Gigolo

2011-06-11T20:30:00.000-07:00

#457 101 Little Chocolate Men

2011-06-11T08:22:00.000-07:00

Many thanks to my friend and modeling mentor,the amazing Philippe Brochu!!!!..

Sorry for the resolution of the image, I guess that's the best Blogspot can publish.