Pixar artists on their day off

November 27, 2004 7:46 AM

What do Pixar artists do on their day off? Ronnie Delcarmen is a story artist, story supervisor, character designer and an illustrator who works for the Incredible Company. His sketchy art style and fluid lines renders a beauty of itself. He has a weblog that discusses his groovey comic book, Paper Biscuit as well as give updates to his life as an artist.
posted by Hands of Manos (12 comments total)

A better link to the journal, which is quite interesting.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:56 AM on November 27, 2004

Loathed The Incredibles. Love the journal.
posted by inksyndicate at 9:11 AM on November 27, 2004

Loathed The Incredibles. Love the journal.

Really? I thought, visually, that was one of the best Pixar films yet (3d cartoon people have to be a bitch to animate/model. It's much easier to animate/model a space toy or a cowboy toy). I saw the Polar Express the other day...it's the first time, in a long time that I said "hey, the story was great but the visuals were horrific!"
posted by Hands of Manos at 9:33 AM on November 27, 2004

I really enjoyed The Incredibles. Another person told me that he thought it was the worst movie he'd ever seen... but then again, he also voted for W.

I really can't relate to his point of view.
posted by bryce at 10:24 AM on November 27, 2004

These are wonderful sketches. I can really see his influence in the Pixar films, especially in the credits sequences of Monsters Inc. Great post.
posted by odinsdream at 12:20 PM on November 27, 2004

Hey, I saw his work at last year's APE. Nice that he got a gig at Pixar to pay the bills -- he has fantastic illustrative skills.
posted by Down10 at 2:36 PM on November 27, 2004

visually it was such a compelling story, you know, visually.
posted by Satapher at 4:55 PM on November 27, 2004

Let me go out on a limb here, inksyndicate-- You're not a fan of superhero comics. Am I right?
posted by Faint of Butt at 8:02 PM on November 27, 2004

I really like the combination of sketchiness, cartoon style, and graphic simplicity, which would fail him if his grasp of color and figurative expression weren't so spot-on. Thanks, I need some inspiration these days.
posted by furiousthought at 8:25 PM on November 27, 2004

I can't get Delcarmen's gallery to load.

Did he work on Helen Parr / Elastigirl? Because man, I have got to tell you, that particular character is what for want of a better term can only be described as hot.

And I don't even read these... whaddayacallem... superhero comics, Faint of Butt. Which, I fell compelled to add, Elastigirl is not.
posted by soyjoy at 9:19 PM on November 27, 2004

I see a lot of Mirage in these sketches, in addition to Helen Parr. He's also great with expressions.
posted by odinsdream at 12:13 AM on November 28, 2004

I don't read superhero comics, I'm sure I missed a lot references in the movie because of that.

Helen Parr...yeah, they have a way of mixing cute with sexy. Of course, I think Holly Hunter has always been easy on the eyes.
posted by Hands of Manos at 12:24 AM on November 28, 2004