Yearly Archives: 2017

Out Come the Wolves

Posted 2017/12/03 by Sterling

I've been sitting on this painting for a few months, it wasn't concept art for the show, just a fan…

Major Crash

Posted 2017/11/22 by Sterling

This website has been offline for a few months now for reasons beyond my control.

Escaping to the mine

Posted 2017/09/12 by Sterling

The old miner makes his escape drawing Dick and Don towards his mine.

Desert Painting

Posted 2017/09/11 by Sterling

Couldn’t sleep so I watched Super Troopers and painted a desert.

Chinatown Street

Posted 2017/09/10 by Sterling

Thinking about my comic project with Dick and Don and how it winds its way around San Francisco.  

Angel Island

Posted 2017/09/10 by Sterling

angel Island beach doodling

Gotta Run

Posted 2017/09/08 by Sterling

The boys stumble out of the poison oak. The old miner has a head start. Will they catch him?

Best to Bail

Posted 2017/09/07 by Sterling

There is a commotion in the bushes and the old miner catches wind of Dick and Don.

Itching for a fight

Posted 2017/09/02 by Sterling

Dick and Don were itching for a fight with the old miner, now they get to have an itchy fight.

Way down yonder in the miner key

Posted 2017/08/31 by Sterling

Dick and Don spy on the old miner

Chipped tooth

Posted 2017/08/29 by Sterling

After the long fall.

Virtual Reality, circa 1938

Posted 2017/08/23 by Sterling

Visited the birthplace of the view-master, aka the Oregon Caves. The caves themselves were awesome and wonderous yet it was…

Upper Sacramento River

Posted 2017/08/20 by Sterling

Painting of the Upper Sacramento, in Dunsmuir CA.

Clan Fighters

Posted 2017/08/19 by Sterling

Our boys take a brief break from their normal adventures to kick the snot out of the clan.

The Millionaire

Posted 2017/08/17 by Sterling

At the old miners camp, the wild eyed mountain man is preparing a feast to celebrate his new found wealth.

Rocky Shoal

Posted 2017/08/17 by Sterling

A quick beach painting I made while my boys got ready for bed. Kids are jumping all over the place,…

Head over heels

Posted 2017/08/14 by Sterling

The boys find a faster way down the mountain.

Woman in a Hat Shop

Posted 2017/08/13 by Sterling

Went to the Legion of honor this weekend to check out the Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade Show.  The…

Bowler

Posted 2017/08/12 by Sterling

Finally found a good hat but it's behind glass and there are three guards between it and the exit.

Drawing party

Posted 2017/08/11 by Sterling

Drawing party with the boys.

Lake Sketch

Posted 2017/08/11 by Sterling

A lake sketch I painted to test out ArtRage on my new iMac.

Old dragon sculpts

Posted 2017/08/10 by Sterling

Sculpture by the kitchen window

Overwatch

Posted 2017/08/09 by Sterling

Dick and Don find the old miners campsite.

Up the Cliff

Posted 2017/08/09 by Sterling

Our heros climb and give chase to the old miner who stole their gold.

Over the Falls

Posted 2017/08/08 by Sterling

Gasp! Our heroes are swept down the river.

Rock Hoping

Posted 2017/08/08 by Sterling

Playing with some new photoshop brushes.

All Washed Up

Posted 2017/08/08 by Sterling

Dick and Don, go for a little swim in the river.

Dead tree bridge

Posted 2017/08/08 by Sterling

cartoon: Dick and Don Try to cross a river

Crags

Posted 2017/07/31 by Sterling

Visited Sugarloaf Ridge State Park last weekend and painted this on my iPhone while chilling in my tent at night.

Death the Cat

Posted 2017/07/27 by Sterling

Quick one hour painting done in Photoshop.

Gearing up

Posted 2017/07/21 by Sterling

Gonna try and post more

Winding path

Posted 2017/07/02 by Sterling

Long overdue. Don’t think I’ve sat down and done a pencil drawing in a while. Computers are sucking my soul…

Star Wars Blips: Lightsaber

Posted 2017/05/04 by Sterling

May the 4th be with you! Here’s a fun little BB-8 short I storyboarded.

How to bake egg tarts

Posted 2017/04/16 by Sterling

My son Silas made an instructional video for baking Dan Tat, Hong Kong style egg tarts. I think he did…

Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Trailer

Posted 2017/04/15 by Sterling

Hot off the presses, here is the Star Wars Rebels Season four trailer.

Storyboard Reel 2017

Posted 2017/04/12 by Sterling

The above storyboard reel shows some of my work from the second and third seasons of Star Wars Rebels.  Whats…

Lego minifigs

Posted 2017/03/12 by Sterling

It is very satisfying to hold lego minifigures of characters you have worked on. They feel less like toys and…

Rebels Season 4

Posted 2017/03/06 by Sterling

Star Wars Rebels season four announced. This explains how I’ve been able to pay my rent. 

Star Wars Rebels on Boing Boing

Posted 2017/02/22 by Sterling

Always fun to see rebels show up on my favorite blog.  http://boingboing.net/2017/02/22/star-wars-rebels-thrawn-gets.html

Little Bridge Sketch

Posted 2017/02/20 by Sterling

Doodling while waiting for some downloads to finish.  Painted this washed out little bridge.

Upside down mirror world

Posted 2017/02/16 by Sterling

While visiting the Exploratorium with my boys and we stumbled upon the most amazing giant concave mirror. I felt like Link…

Heart of a Warrior

Posted 2017/02/09 by Sterling

Made Sabine cookies with the kids today.

ArtRage 5 realeased

Posted 2017/02/07 by Sterling

Hell yeah, ArtRage 5 just launched. Can’t wait to try it out. The new brush creation tool looks great.

Sierra Side Painting

Posted 2017/02/06 by Sterling

After spending all day storyboarding action and drama, taking two hours to paint a landscape where nothing happens is pure…

Retro Pie game boy

Posted 2017/02/01 by Sterling

I’ve been tinkering with my raspberry pie and have decided to build a game boy. I ordered some supplies today,…

Abyssrium

Posted 2017/02/01 by Sterling

I find the iOS game Abyssrium to be rather addictive and terrible at the same time.  It’s not fun but…

Storyboard team farewell

Posted 2017/01/28 by Sterling

Storyboarded a lot of really great Rebels episodes with this talented woman. Now shes off to Hollywood to sign one…

Sabine Wren cookie cutter

Posted 2017/01/25 by Sterling

Made a cookie cutter today in preparation for Valentine’s Day. I’m going to call them, heart of a warrior cookies.

Half drawn

Posted 2017/01/23 by Sterling

Half way through my current sketchbook. If all goes well it will be completed in about a month, but realistically,…

Raspberry Pie

Posted 2017/01/22 by Sterling

Baking up some fun with my new raspberry Pi 3.  The plan is to build a new Game Center for…

Cartography

Posted 2017/01/20 by Sterling

My boys are really into drawing maps. I owe this to their obsessive viewing of geography songs on kids learning…

Code Gremlins squashed

Posted 2017/01/19 by Sterling

After months of procrastination I have finally resolved some major errors in the code for this site. These gremlins prevented…

BAMPFA

Posted 2017/01/19 by Sterling

Took the kids to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and randomly stubbled into the Fisher Family Art Lab.  Community…

"Trials of the Darksaber" cuts deep.

Posted 2017/01/18 by Sterling

"Trials of the Darksaber" cuts deep.

Snowy Peak

Posted 2017/01/05 by Sterling

If I can’t go to the mountains then the mountains will come to me.  Painted this snowy landscape to remind…