Mooshe Blend No. 27

Penn Jersey Roller Derby Design

2012-01-29T11:23:00.000-08:00

Here are some slides I designed for Penn Jersey Roller Derby for use in a looping slideshow showed before games as the crowds start to file in and take their seats. They feature important rule trivia, terms, and player profiles to get fans familiarized with the game before it starts.

Currently the slideshow features animated transitions, but will eventually have animation to the cards as well. Not before animating video title cards shown during a live demo that helps familiarize the crowd with game play.

The Adventures of Layla and Kyle

2012-01-22T16:33:00.000-08:00

Two select images of the book The Adventures of Layla and Kyle written by Shelly Patton and illustrated by me. A fabulous, cute book about two cute kids that love imagination and play. Buy the paperback on Amazon. Hardcover edition coming soon!

What Are Girlfriends For Issue 2

2011-12-12T12:26:00.000-08:00

Pieces from "What Are Girlfriends For 2"

Flier design

2011-06-11T14:25:00.000-07:00

Coloring Book Page

2011-05-04T14:25:00.000-07:00

Who wants to join in on the Renaissance of coloring books? I say it's about time we revamp the medium.

PJRD Game DOUBLE HEADER

2011-02-04T10:55:00.000-08:00

Poster design for PennJersey Roller Derby's February 19th double-feature creature-beater.

A Sketchy Tuesday

2011-01-11T14:42:00.001-08:00

Some sketches for a thing, and a PREVIEW for the RE-LAUNCH of www.bringyourownbread.com

PJRD Announcer Tryout Poster

2010-11-15T22:21:00.000-08:00

Galendar Collaboration

2010-11-03T22:43:00.000-07:00

LA Derby Dolls Spec Flier

2010-10-15T16:12:00.001-07:00

A spec flier designed for the LA Derby Dolls (this seasons' fliers are covered so this is for the "back-up" pile) featuring the ladies from the Tough Cookies and Varsity Brawlers on their April 17th match (long since past...) because the colors of these two teams are AWESOME.

I know it has been derby art all the time lately, but you have to admit roller derby is the best use of the wheel. Also I recently joined the PennJersey She-Devils rookie program, so you're seeing what's in the front of my brain!

Flat Track Gals

2010-10-04T09:43:00.000-07:00

Hello! Hello! Anybody in Portland?!

2010-10-03T17:30:00.000-07:00

Here's one of two pieces I'm showing in Monsterbation at Pony Club in Portland. More info here: http://studiojfish.blogspot.com/2010/09/monsterbation.html

It's called "Manti-SOFTCORE" and its companion is "Manti-HARDCORE" for only the bravest chimera eyes.

Opening on Thursday October 7th, 6-10pm, and closing party on Halloween! RSVP here!

Miss Who?

2010-07-28T17:34:00.000-07:00

Miss Who is a board game I made May 2009 with the help and patience of Ned Hugar, Kevin Strickland and David Haines. It has been awareded the highest honor, the Allee Willis Certifikitsch of Authenkitschity!

If you haven't checked out her Museum of Kitsch do that, and if you haven't checked out my submissions to the museum do that too! Allee Willis has become a major point of reference and inspiration for all my favorite things.

GIRLS -- buy some GIRLS

2010-07-17T21:03:00.000-07:00

I was recently accepted as a member of Girls Drawin Girls. FANTASTIC. In celebration I drew a bunch of original art and shipped it off to San Diego Comic Con for you to buy at the Girls Drawing Girls merch table! Check it out! I am also selling Zines and Buttons!

Anibom Sesame Street Awards

2010-04-04T20:00:00.000-07:00

Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom

Hey, everybody! I submitted a short to Aniboom's Sesame Street Awards. Check it out and rate me, even if it doesn't' matter because Neil Patrick Harris picks the winner!

P.S. I promise the source video has a full fade out. It even has a title card, but it appears to have been cut for submission. Poo!

Ladies Night Out: NYC Y'All

2010-03-30T18:08:00.001-07:00

If you're on Facebook I bet you'll find my face in a LOT of photographs from Ladies' Night Out. I will always be the stranger in the background forgetting to look away, or perhaps just looking disinterested!

Don't be fooled, though! I'm really interested in the ritual "Ladies' Night Out." Perhaps its because I don't have a gaggle of lady friends to go out with, or perhaps its because I don't own a Friday-Night Shirt (you know, the dip-neck sparkly things that lightly brush the stomach rather than cling so ya' know-- you don't look fat!)... but I love it when other ladies go out with their bestest of best friends, drink drinks with blue curacao and you know-- have Ladies' Night Out.

These ladies are from what I'm sure they consider a "funkay" Tiki bar in Brooklyn, circa July and havin' lots of Ladies Night Fun. I watched them for hours, and they got some pretty unwelcome solicitations from ugly guys and a few awkward hot guys, too. I think. Honestly I have a fuzzy memory of this. I wouldn't have remembered how great this group of gals was if I didn't unearth this sketch!

Kittens Grow Into One Year Old Cats!

2010-03-21T16:57:00.000-07:00

Girl Show (Full Line-Up)

2010-03-11T04:06:00.000-08:00

Fun Facts: Aries & Pisces are sisters (born 11 months apart)
Scorpio is treasurer of her community college improv group.
Libra is blind, but her guide-Serval is not.

Sagittarius, Taurus & The Virgo Sacrifice

Girl Show & Fetal Shark Previews

2010-03-08T04:06:00.000-08:00

Here's four favorite designs from my "Girl Show" lineup until I finish coloring Capricorn. Until then-- Aries, Cancer, Scorpio & Pisces.

This second set of characters is from another quick project featuring a fetal shark! I've seen a lot of shark egg cases lately. So much so I had a dream I almost kept a fetal shark as a pet until I filled his cup with tap water instead of sea water. The short I'm doing about Fetal Shark is not nearly as tragic.

Down for Roller Derby

2010-02-28T14:46:00.000-08:00

Postcards Bound for Europe

2010-02-21T15:30:00.000-08:00

"Mes petits enfants et moi même serions tres heureux de pouvoir ajouter votre enseigne a cette collection que nous affectionnons beaucoup."

A French grandmother and a German skateboarder recently contacted me for promotional postcards/stickers/trinkets for collections. Although I'm sure the requests were intended for the skateboard company Mooshe, the cartoonist Mooshe has decided to take the opportunity to draw some animal postcards to send overseas.

I hope the gift is a SLAM DUNK in their books!

GA-GA-GA-GIRL SHOW

2010-02-01T12:55:00.000-08:00

I've adopted your favorite hobby from when you were thirteen: drawin' a bad-ass, big-tit Zodiac-derivative teenage superhero team! Bad ass!

Also: www.BringYourOwnBread.com begins updating. Mon & Wed & Friday, OK?

Bring Your Own Bread

2010-01-06T23:14:00.000-08:00

http://bringyourownbread.com/

I'm going to start up my webcomic Bring Your Own Bread this February. Get ready, and get set!

Bread Brothers: Coming 2010

2009-12-05T15:48:00.000-08:00

Express Lane: 5 Tons or Less

2009-11-29T22:57:00.000-08:00

I drew three grocery-shoppin' elephants for an auction for The Elephant Managers Association to support elephant conservation! The auction will end December 5, 2009.

BID HERE: http://www.cmarket.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auctionId=93810035

Butter People Character Designs

2009-11-16T21:01:00.000-08:00

Character designs pitched for an illustration gig. Did you know you cook pie with that sexy cold stick of butter? Biscuits, too! You use warm butter for cookies, and hot butter over popcorn.

SAY HEY TO DEBBIE

2009-11-13T10:11:00.000-08:00

"Let Me Hear You Sing Once More Like You Did Before"
feat: ABBA circa 1979
(5:25 feels like 1:53)
Watch here!

Ketchup With Mommy

2009-11-12T20:57:00.000-08:00

"Ketchup With Mommy" illustration

Shoctober 31st

2009-11-02T11:01:00.000-08:00

This year I used my Halloween costume as an excuse to make a giant donut model! I meticulously painted hundreds of sprinkles because I hate when donut models skimp on the sprinkles.

New York or LA?

2009-10-08T12:40:00.000-07:00

Which ladies are from New York? Which ladies are in Los Angeles?

HINT: I draw at Borders in LA while I drew at a Starbucks in NY.

"A" for "art" and "E" for "education"

2009-09-02T18:57:00.000-07:00

During college I collected a heavy box of magazines and magazine clippings. Surely this is an impractical thing to keep moving state to state, so I decided to combine the best of the past four years into a book of collages. I started this project in April, set it aside during a move, and finished it this week (before another move).

The compositions are all untitled because I haven't found a way to name them without injecting 100cc of meaning. A small sampling:

Please feel free to participate in the game "O-face or Game Face" in Collage #2!

doodles with crayons

2009-07-19T08:28:00.000-07:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/84568447@N00/3726093921/in/set-72157619489637806

Doodled this at Frederator's Drink & Draw. During my recent move I didn't bring a scanner with me. If I had, you would see a variety of food pin-ups and sketches of Dunkin Donut regulars.

Jeremy! senior thesis

2009-05-08T11:15:00.000-07:00

Jeremy! from Mooshe Nickerson on Vimeo.

Art In The Raw 2009 - April 24th

2009-04-21T10:18:00.000-07:00

I have three drawings for show and sale this Friday (April 24th), in the the B. Matthew gallery's Art in The Raw (http://artintheraw.me/).

I'm displaying foot fetish erotica, which everybody knows is the coolest kind!

Jeremy!!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-29T13:16:00.000-08:00

I'm cleaning up this mess, and was surprised to find some funny inbetweens!

Dreams Cum True At Coney Island

2008-12-01T13:40:00.000-08:00

Here are two B&W preview pages of a comic I'm submitting to the 10th Detroit Dirty Show-- wish me luck!

Betty Boop & Strippers

2008-11-28T19:29:00.001-08:00

SCAD musical theater put on some sort of production that was highlighted in the local newspaper Connect earlier this month. The girls in the pictures were absolutely adorable, and so fun to draw. They're all thick-legged, strong-willed dancers with long hair and big mouths for singin', but there was a ton of variety between them. They're darling.

You can also catch a peek at some strippers I really admire! I think the only girl on this page I wasn't so keen on was the one who was talking like she was either in the middle of a first date or job interview, and kept talking about her views on marriage and marriage counseling while simultaneously sounding like she was gossiping about something! It was amazing, but not as amazing a those strippers.

Some women are just too cool, guys!

Curating an Art Show - NOW - JULY 14th

2008-07-08T18:32:00.000-07:00

Now until JULY 14th 2008 log onto MySpace and view the first exhibition I've curated: "Curating an Art Show."

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

Using ten poignant pieces of public media streamed from users of file-sharing website YouTube, "Curating an Art Show" takes musical cues from the Magnetic Fields to focus viewer attention on the overwhelming crisis of intentional irony in contemporary Art.

Coordinated for Myspace by Mooshe Nickerson, Curator, Username mooshetehbetterone.

Major support is provided by an indemnity from absolutely nobody.

Additional funding provided by Mom Nickerson.

The accompanying education programs are NOT supported in part by Google Inc. & News Corp, but made possible through provided facilities.

jail on horns

2008-06-15T18:58:00.000-07:00

My summer project is to be called Jail on Horns. It is a collection of autobiographical and observation strips, which is absolutely ordinary and dull, except that most of the strips are from the biographies of other people, and is actually a personal study on American immaturity and commodity.

But mostly its just comics, which will keep me busy before I start work on my film Jeremy! and while I learn all about the exciting world of broadcast design as a summer intern at MTV LOGO.

MY BOYFRIEND

2008-05-17T18:57:00.000-07:00

Final

2008-03-13T04:39:00.000-07:00

This production is [clearly] unfinished; when I'm in better health and spirits I would love to give it quality animation and clean-up. I hope I didn't get anybody sick-- cheers, class!

2008-03-06T05:03:00.000-08:00

Eating up my time, but filming will be done Friday so I can pull out all the clean-up stops this weekend!

class 17: progress

2008-03-04T06:11:00.000-08:00

I promise you there is progress on this, but it ain't quick and it ain't easy! Alright, it is incredibly easy compared to all the building and shooting in stop motion (which had demanded a majority of my attention for weeks). Clean-up is just my least favorite part of drawing. My favorite part of animation is the promise that someday somebody else will be paid to fill in the many gaps of work I hate.

stylus review

2008-02-26T05:07:00.000-08:00

Before using this stylus and the Cintiqs I had been using a Toshiba tablet PC for digital work. This stylus & the Cintiqs are 12,000x more comfortable because they don't lag as much as my computer, and they are more pressure sensitive. That said, they still can't convince me to spend my days working in this godforsaken pit of disgusting dim florescent lighting and coughing, hacking, virus-spreading workaholics. Yeah, I said it: SCAD can buy all the best equipment in the world, but without windows Montgomery is still the worst place on earth.

rough animation in the works

2008-02-21T05:14:00.000-08:00

No pressing progress to speak of; I'm just updating. There's a Zine Fair down at River Club tomorrow starting at 12pm-- you should come and buy some Kitty Cats Jetson from the Team Fun table!

selected layouts

2008-02-14T05:08:00.000-08:00

Background Preview

2008-02-07T06:38:00.000-08:00

One third of my ridiculously long pan!

Storyboards (animatic)

2008-02-07T05:09:00.000-08:00

There should be no excuses, but... 1.) There's a section that's a little bare, and that's because I spent last Thursday's class (Jan 31st) cleaning up those Flash-pencils into something beautiful, but overwrote the file this morning. (I'll kick myself for that one, thanks.)

2.) I plan to use the song "Hypnotist of Ladies" from They Might Be Giants over this video. I loaded the MP3 up into AfterEffects and it said "NO." It's not timed to the animatic yet, but you can get a preview with this classy YouTube video:

Tutorial 05, lip synch

2008-02-05T02:17:00.000-08:00

From: Mooshe
Date: Feb. 5, 2007 5:25 AM
To: Zach Braff
Subject: RE: Garden State

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>To: mnicke20@student.scad.edu
>Subject: Garden State
>Date: July30, 2004 11:59 PM
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Tutorial 04, a walk!

2008-01-31T05:03:00.003-08:00

Storyboards will be up soon. It feels like I'm relearning to draw.

Character Turnarounds & Expressions

2008-01-24T19:47:00.000-08:00

Picture of Me

2008-01-24T05:25:00.001-08:00

We keep getting reminded to post a picture in our blog, and although I have a picture in my blogger profile here's a really INTENSE photo of me:

Tutorial 03, Rotoscopes!

2008-01-23T22:21:00.000-08:00

"Hi, baby girl! You are a precious treasure!"

My Favorite Book Discussion

2008-01-20T19:18:00.000-08:00

The book Picture of Dorian Gray has nothing to do with pornography.

I am not entirely sure this song better illustrates the themes of The Picture of Dorian Gray, but it is getting closer!

Perhaps my favorite part of this book is the claim during the preface: All art is quite useless.

stop motion concept design fever

2008-01-17T18:55:00.000-08:00

Premise & Script

2008-01-17T05:33:00.000-08:00

premise: A house cat wakes up his owner. Owner ties a tie around his neck, and puts a briefcase-shaped backpack on his back: the cat is going to work! As soon as he gets to work he falls asleep on the bed. This looks very comfortable, and mattresses are sold!

script: "Buy Me A Catress!" (working title)

INT. GIRLY BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING

A redheaded GIRL is asleep in a very comfortable bed. A very fluffy CAT effortlessly leaps onto the GIRL's back, and begins to kneed. The GIRL swats behind HER at the CAT, but the CAT is not phased. The CAT soon moves to stand on HER neck. From here he is able to pull on HER hair until SHE flings herself (and the CAT) over. Finally awake, the GIRL crawls out of bed. SHE slips on slippers and the CAT dashes in front of her. The CAT leads the GIRL through the bedroom, hallway, living room, hallway, and kitchen. As the GIRL stumbles after the CAT, SHE ties a tie around HIS neck and straps a briefcase-shaped backpack on HIS back. Once through the kitchen, the GIRL opens the back door for the CAT, and the CAT leaves.

EXT. GREEN BACKYARD AND BIG CITY - DAYLIGHT

The CAT walks through HIS backyard to the big city, and through the big city to a mattress shop. The cat walks through a cat door into the mattress shop.

INT. MATTRESS SHOP - FLORESCENT LIGHT KIND OF DAYLIGHT

The CAT claws a time card, and proceeds to a mattress. The CAT jumps on the mattress. After a moment of standing, the CAT kneads the mattress a little, and lays down. HE falls asleep.

Two LADIES walk by the mattress and coo over the sleeping cat. THEY sit down on the mattress. Almost as immediately as the CAT, the LADIES fall asleep.

Another LADY walks by and is interested in the odd scene. SHE reaches down to pet the CAT, and also ends up curling up and falling asleep on the bed.

An ANGRY MANAGER walks storms through the mattress store. As HE approaches the scene HE abruptly stops. HE gives a devilish smile, and continues HIS tirade int he direction HE was going.

Five more LADIES jump on the bed and fall asleep, as well as a STAUNCH OLD WOMAN.

This is when a YOUNG BUSINESSMEN approaches the scene. HE is overtaken with disbelief and joy upon the sight of NINE WOMEN curled up on a mattress! HE loosens HIS tie and picks the mattress up above HIS head. HE lumbers as a hunchback through the mattress store, throwing a handful of credit cars at the ANGRY MANAGER before he leaves.

This is the CAT's cue to jump off the mattress.

The ANGRY MANAGER scratches behind the CAT's ear, signaling the end of the CAT's workday. The CAT claws his time card and heads out the catdoor.

EXT. BIG CITY STREET PARKING - DAYLIGHT

The CAT begins his walk home.

The YOUNG BUSINESS MAN is using rope to tie his mattress of ladies to the roof of his SUV.

doodles!

2008-01-08T18:54:00.000-08:00

I haven't drawn anything exciting, but during Pre-Columbian art class I drew a goose rapist and a bald eagle cultivating a baby rainbow! HAPPY NEW YEAR.

animation is cool

2008-01-08T05:57:00.001-08:00

Look! My cat is dating Kim Kardashian! I will be creating an animation about house cats having jobs! If my cat, for example, had a job, he would be a mattress salesman! Everyday he goes into work and sleeps on the mattresses, making them look more comfortable than they are!

I don't have any flash animations to share with the class, but I do have some pencil tests, stop motion clips, and After Effects projects on http://youtube.com/profile?user=mooshenick

Here's an example of a pencil test! I did this once upon a time!

This animation is one of my favorite Flash videos! I have a full list of animations that inspire me right here.

Represent!

2007-11-29T18:54:00.000-08:00

SCAD was all, "GRRRRL, we gonna represent ya' on the main page!" Baby steps in keepin' my vibes out on this internets, babes! Baby steps!

team fun strikes BCST

2007-11-14T18:52:00.000-08:00

self portrait

2007-10-30T18:52:00.000-07:00

PIMP my minimalist

2007-10-09T18:51:00.000-07:00

Add Glitter to Pictures

PIMP MY MINIMALIST is my newest, most favorite art project.

Kitty Cats Jetson IMAGINATION

2007-09-25T18:50:00.000-07:00

In the tradition of Muppet Babies and Baby Looney Toons I present Kitty Cats Jetson -- a comic based on characters straight out of Ned Hugar's Cats Jetson.

This strip isn't going to make it into the 24-strip series, but so consider it a bonus.

more of the same

2007-08-31T18:49:00.000-07:00

Once again I prove how differently I draw when holding a slightly different pen:

With the strange appearance of a real blue-haired woman at the zoo, I fear the only influence on my drawing and design style is that strange Maxine lady on Hallmark cards. I hope I'm just overreacting.

can I touch you there?

2007-08-27T18:48:00.000-07:00

Jazzing around with "Left Side First Always" before the strip starts back up fo' realies. My typical method of warming back up for drawing the strip involves using a bunch of new designs and forced humor.

skaetch-dump

2007-08-12T18:47:00.000-07:00

I don't draw for others how I draw for myself.

designing generic characters

2007-07-21T18:46:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to design some fairly generic teenagers for an animation I should have worked on weeks ago. Generic teenagers wear sandals, right?

nothing to observe lately

2007-07-16T18:45:00.000-07:00

babies are disgusting

2007-07-12T18:45:00.000-07:00

more ladies, more sunglasses

2007-07-07T18:33:00.000-07:00

It's one of those images that's more hilarious in a larger size.

featuring ladies with sunglasses

2007-06-29T18:43:00.000-07:00

Assorted interesting people, especially ladies in large sunglasses!

only draw from observation!

2007-06-27T18:42:00.000-07:00

Inconsistancy: What kind of black magic changes the way I approach drawing everytime I sit down?

In case you were wondering, the zoo is a very nice place to see people. I'm not sure about the animals yet, but when I get around to animal-watching I'll let everybody know!

word of advice for sexually active youth

2007-06-25T18:41:00.000-07:00

real webpages are such a pain in my ass

2007-06-24T18:40:00.000-07:00

Pain in my ass or not, I finally updated it: http://mooshe.net/gallery.html

oh, grandmother!

2007-06-18T18:39:00.000-07:00

Filling Out The Page

2007-06-16T18:38:00.000-07:00

I called him "Your Future Longterm (Boyfriend)." Amanda pointed out she's already married, so if that's also a problem for you just think of him as your neighbor, or my future longterm boyfriend (until he realizes my un- girlfriendable flaws, confronts me about it and allows me to deny such claims all so he can move on to a nice, charming and caring woman-- or man).

Rhinocorn: Adopted Story

2007-06-09T18:34:00.000-07:00

My friends have been kind enough to share this video on their blogs, but with the christening of my own WordPress art-blog it seems fit to post it myself.

I'd feel bad about all the spam this video has caused, but this took thirty hours to filming during finals week, as well as all that pre-production and puppet building. I think that's enough work for soccer mom syndrom to set in and shine. My only regret is I haven't bothered to upload it to my actual webspace as a high-res video.

healthier generation

2006-09-15T19:18:00.000-07:00

baby bird

2006-08-15T19:21:00.001-07:00

shoo fly!

2006-08-15T19:21:00.000-07:00

Robert Stack

2006-08-15T19:20:00.000-07:00

a little mousse

2006-08-15T19:19:00.000-07:00

spring comixtravaganza

2006-07-15T19:23:00.000-07:00

Spring Comixstrvaganza: the exciting conclusion to a cable-knit themed quarter!

these aren't strips!

2006-07-15T19:22:00.000-07:00

Concept sketches that never made it to a strip:

lost strips 2006-2007

2006-07-15T19:21:00.000-07:00

An assortment of the "Left Side First Always" strips published in the SCAD District from Sept. 2006 through May 2007. I'm a horrible clerk, so they're out of order and missing the other half of the strips.

yesterday I was a rock

2006-01-13T19:17:00.000-08:00

Hank Hill trips when he's prideful. Yesterday somebody called me tiny and one of my charcoal drawings from last quarter was sent to Atlanta to hang out in a climate-controlled gallery for a little while. This post is what caused a headache to develop.