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Dudes, was there ever a band in the history of rock and roll that cut as cool a silhouette as Roxy Music?

Any band that can do THIS and THIS equally well, demands your respect.

Scientific Research

I’ve been engaged in some serious scientific research into the wiggliness of children.


Thanks, everyone for stopping by so often to read about my misadventures in parenting. There are kind of a lot of you following, and you know way more about me than I do about you. If you guys are drawing fun things too, leave a comment below so I can see what you're up to. Take care!

Power Suit!

Be your best you today!

Movember Rain

My Movember mustache has been frightening my children. Luckily the month is over, and we are all a little more aware of men's health issues.

Happy Anniversary

Making Babies from Anthony Holden on Vimeo.


Today my dear wife and I celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary, so I made her this little cartoon to apologize for impregnating her again.

On the plus side, more children means that probably more and funnier family comics are on the way. Stay tuned!

Fan Art Friday: FF6 Locke Cole

I know, I'm a day late. But I figured if you guys love Final Fantasy 6 as much as I do, then you won't mind.

Time for Tea

Just playing around. Tea, anyone?

If you're interested in the Photoshop brushes I used to make this, download HERE.
And a short tutorial on Photoshop brush making HERE.

Fanart Friday: Penny and Brain

I loved this show as a kid.

Happy Halloween!!

Hope everybody has a safe and fun Halloween this year!

Recent Sketches

Some recent watercolor sketches.  I've been going out during lunch to draw--sometimes with my pal Ovi, sometimes by myself.

Dear Internet: A Confession

I love drawing dudes with swords.

If You Can't Take the Heat...

True Story.

Stuff

Thought I'd give this a shot, to see how it turned out.  :)

A Sneak Peak

I've been finishing up a short for a comics anthology that I'm in with some friends.  The Kickstarter campaign is wrapping up this Saturday.  If you wanna pitch in, now's the time!

Check it out.  :)

The Indomitable Spirit of Carrie Liao

Carrie is one of my favorite people.  You love her too.

Comics!! (in an easily digestible anthology)

Hey, everybody!  Remember that time when my family moved to Portland, and then I never posted any more drawings ever again?  Well that time is through!  Here are some drawings of a comic I've been working on.  Some friends and I have put a comics anthology together.  If you dig, you can support us on Kickstarter HERE.

Thanks, and I hope to get back to posting regularly again soon!!

Print Give-Away! Apple Dames

Print Give-Away Contest!

Hiya, folks, how’s everything?  We’re still getting settled in Portland, and my studio stuff is all still in boxes on a moving truck right now—so no new drawings to speak of, BUT I do have 3 copies of the Apple Dames print that are available, 12"X18" matte on archival photo paper, ready to frame and hang on your wall!

For those of you who are new here, you should probably know that I’m kind of obsessed with giving things away.  To enter yourself in the drawing, just like my facebook page and like or leave a comment on THIS IMAGE.

Good luck, and hopefully I’ll have more new stuff up soon!!

Holdens on the Move!

Guess what, everybody?  We're moving to Oregon!  These past couple of years at DreamWorks has been amazing and leaving is bittersweet, but opportunity has come a'knocking and we are northward bound.  I'm very excited to be starting at Laika soon and I hope to be back on my bicycle and posting more cartoons when we get settled in.

Take care of the internet while I'm gone!  (And don't forget to feed the fish.)

How To Make Animated GIFs: a Brief Tutorial

Dudes and dudettes of internetville,

In my spare time, I'm making a lot of looping gifs these days.  I've been hearing from lots of folks who want to know how I'm making these little moving images.  Making them has been so much fun, so I figured I'd try and share a little of what I know.  Keep in mind that this is, of course, just ONE WAY of making animated gifs, so it's hardly authoritative or exhaustive.  Mostly it's just a working method that I've discovered--and it's bound to change over time.  I'll update again when I figure out some new things.  "Like" my page on Facebook to check out when I'm putting stuff like this up.  Also, feel free to drop a line and ask questions about whatever.

Until then, on to the show!

In-process line drawing of Usopp-kun

 

Magic Tofu

My family stayed on vacation in Washington without me.  I miss them.  Especially at dinner time.  The most interesting things happen at our dinner table.