Winter Girl 2010

The weather in SF Bay Area since the holidays has been pretty stormy and we had a bit of a cold snap with a rare snow occurrence down to about 500 feet in December. Lots of people bundled up for both cold and rainy weather, somewhat unpredictable. But Winter Girl is a constant, at least I hope she continues to be – making her appearance in a variety of places, only the past two years these Winter Girl sightings have been in grocery stores – not a complaint, just an observation.

I saw this lovely young lady in SF at the top of the stairs that leads into Whole Foods Market from the cafe/bistro below. She wore warm leggings, rough boots and had black flowing hair and gray-blue eyes. She reminded me of a cross between Megan Fox and Jennifer Connelly. I would have at least said “Hi” as I passed, but she was on her cell phone and deep in conversation. But her memory lives on in this year’s drawing.

I used AutoDesk Sketchbook Pro 4.1 for this one. I like the fact that you can rotate the canvas and now has some good ruler and ellipse tools in the new version. It also allows you to work with layered Photoshop files where before, you could only save out in that format.

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Tom has worked for over two decades in television, advertising, and feature film animation. Tom was Character Sculptor and Effects Animator on the Warner Bros/Lorimar Gumby Adventures‚ TV series (1987-1988) and Gumby Movie‚ the stop-motion feature film (1991). In 1991 at Colossal Pictures, Tom's Animation Direction debut Coca-Cola Watch‚ won a Clio Award. In 2000 he became Co-Partner at Way Out West Prods in San Francisco. Tom joined Maverix Studios in October of 2002 and was a dedicated principal member of the group until September 2011. Tom is now an artist for hire.
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2 Responses to Winter Girl 2010

  1. Chris Boyd says:

    Yikes! a cross between Megan Fox and Jennifer Connelly!!?

    Now I really wish I lived out there. 😀

    Yay Winter Girl. Always happy when she makes her appearance.

  2. Yeah she was uber-lovely!

    Thanks for stopping by Chris!

    -Tom

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