Time Magazine's all-time top 25 animated films

Richard Corliss put together a list for Time Magazine of “25 All-Time Best Animated Features”. Here it is:

1. Pinocchio (1940)
2. WALL-E (2008)
3. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
4. Dumbo (1941)
5. Spirited Away (2001)
6. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
7. Up (2009)
8. The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
9. Finding Nemo (2003)
10. The Little Mermaid (1989)
11. Toy Story 3 (2010)
12. Toy Story (1995)
13. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
14. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
15. Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
16. Happy Feet (2006)
17. Akira (1988)
18. The Lion King (1994)
19. Tangled (2010)
20. Paprika (2007)
21. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
22. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
23. Yellow Submarine (1968)
24. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
25. Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Horton Hears a Who?! Also, HAPPY FEET?! Ughhhh. I was at a free screening of that film and I wanted to walk out. Where's Iron Giant? & The Nightmare Before Christmas? Anyway, there are some pretty hilarious comments about this whole thing on Cartoon Brew. Someone said it sounded like he just wrote down every & any animated film he had seen. Teehee.

Teddy Bear Savers, #2

Trampoline Tea Time!

The sketch

& the finished product.

Unicorn & Talula

Christopher has a tradition of commissioning an artist to paint a birthday present for young little miss Talula. It's her 4th birthday & the theme is unicorns. Christopher's description of her: She is like a giggly little circus performer. She loves animals of all kinds, and usually takes one wherever she goes. She usually dresses in bright colored dresses and crazy patterned tights, and the occasional princess dress. She has already had her first punky pink hair extension put in, and pink is probably her favorite color. She just rode her first rollercoaster at disneyland this weekend, and loved it!

Apparently they're making unicorn horns and decorating them at the party too, so hoorah!

Happy 4th, Talula!!
Thank you, Mickey, for the referral!
& thank you Christopher for the opportunity :)

Wedding Card for Ariane

A wedding card I made for Ariane to give to her sister the bride :)

My instructions were to include the couple, two geese, a cat & chicks, and to make it colorful & fun. So to prevent it from being too cramped, I spread the illustration all the way to the back :) Tada!

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I'm slowly getting through all my painting custom orders... please have patience if you're still waiting. There's quite the queue! I'm averaging one a day. Not too shabby imo.

bring your pet to school day!!

Don't ask me how I come up with these things... haha.

Custom Order for Helen

Oh I really love how this one turned out :)
A couple of kids reading in the light fall drizzle.