Showing posts with label Aidan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aidan. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Most Productive Artist In My House

It's true. I have been working some long hours here at the day job. My current project has just been born, and it still a bit wobbly on it's young legs. It will be fine, but right now it needs a bit of extra love.

Next week, I will re-start my regular blog posts. No really! I will. But for today, I just wanted to share something with you that I thought was pretty cool.


My son Aidan, who just turned five, loves to draw. When I get home late in the evening, I find sketches waiting for me on the kitchen counter. Fantastical drawings, featuring some of the coolest robot designs I have ever seen. He is better than I was at five years old, and his understanding of advanced robotics is really quite extraordinary.

Over the weekend, Aidan received a pad of tracing paper. While tracing paper might be frowned on later in your career, as a very young artist I frequently traced over some of my favorite artist's work just to get familiar with their lines. I couldn't have been prouder when Aidan asked me to sketch up a robot for him to trace.


He worked very, very hard to make it just right.


Steady hand...

... and presto! Better than Dad's.

I think this kid has a future in robotics.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Aidan Draws Robots

A guest artist this morning on the blog.
Aidan Vanhoozer, age 4.
The caption reads "I just made a robot."
Dad is proud.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Monster Bot On The Moon

My lead concept artist (who also happens to be four years old) turned this in the other day, and I finally got around to adding color. I don't think I captured all of his magic, but I hope he is satisfied.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

My New Concept Artist

My son Aidan is four years old, and his imagination is a powerful thing. He will talk to me for twenty minutes (without taking a breath) about robot aliens attacking an alligator that lives in a volcano on the moon. On many days, I will arrive home after a lengthy commute, only to be greeted by a rosy cheeked Aidan holding drawings that he did for me that day. As a geek-artist Dad, there may be nothing better. This is a "super robot alien" that he designed on his Fisher-Price Magna Doodle Pro.
This is my take on his awesome creation. It doesn't have the "oomph" that his version delivers, but I hope he is proud of my effort.