Doubtsourcing

I've been helping some friends start an animation studio in Pune, India. We are beginning to pitch our first production, Doubtsourcing. It’s a 2D animated sitcom about global collaboration, or the lack thereof, centered on a dysfunctional IT company in Bangalore, India. Even though most of the characters are Indian, the show is written for Americans. I've had a blast working with the talented crew. Check out the site http://www.badmash.tv/.

Madagascar 2

Teetsi poses: graphite/ marker
Cape Buffalo color: marker/Photoshop
Dik Dik color: marker/Photoshop
Dik Dik poses: grahite/ prismacolor pencil
Generic male and female Hippos color: marker/ Photoshop
Generic male and female Hippos: graphite/ prismacolor pencil
Turtle, Oxpecker, Flamingo color: marker/ Photoshop
Moto Moto poses: graphite/ prismacolor pencil (based off a design by Andy Bialk)
Moto Moto expressions: graphite/ prismacolor pencil ( based off a design by Andy Bialk)
Zuba color: marker/ Photoshop (based off a design by Andy Bialk)

About two years ago I had the opportunity to work on Madagascar 2 as a character designer. The amazing Dreamworks/PDI art department was led by, production designer, Kendal Cronkhite. I had the honor to work closely with character designers Craig Kellman and Andy Bialk. Congrats to the entire crew!

The film premieres this Friday, November 7. Go check it out! Also, The Art of Madagascar book by Jerry Beck is now available. The book is full of beautiful artwork. I highly recommend it. 

more light studies

digital
digital

light study

digital

up or down

digital

Apartments

Mumbai, India

pencil/ digital

Alley

Mumbai, India

pencil/ digital

Sleeping Lady

Pune, India

pencil/ digital

Honeymoon in Tahiti!

7'' X 5''

gouache

7.5 ''X 5.5'' 

gouache
7'' X 3.5''

gouache

Jane

I'm helping a friend illustrate a children's book. It's about an ant named Jane.
watercolor/digital

India

Just returned from India. Here are some sketches from my trip. pencil/watercolor/digital

Cereal Killers

Did this for the Cereal Killers book. There are a lot of amazing artists contributing. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Thanks Von Kreep!

Cereal Killers

Happy Holidaze

Venice Beach

I spent the other day in Venice Beach doing research. This guy was skating around talking to pigeons. I love Venice.

More Commercial Development

Character Design Blog

A few months back Randall Sly published an interview with me. Go to http://pete-oswald-interview.blogspot.com/ and check it out. Also, check out all the other interviews, there is some amazing stuff. Thanks Randall!

Cinque Terre

Commercial

Some friends and myself are making a mock commercial. This is some visual development for the idea.

DWA artshow

These were done for the "Out of Character" art show on the DreamWorks Animation campus. It's personal artwork by DWA Character Designers. Should be some amazing work by Nico Marlet, Devin Crane, Andy Bialk, Tony Siruno, Patrick Mate, Shane Prigmore, Shannon Tindle, and myself. Not sure if it's open to the public, but if you know someone who works here stop by and check it out.

Sketch

Here's a sketch I did for a painting I'm working on.

Business Men

I saw these guys at the airport.

Cowboy and his cattle

Fall

Here's a painting I did for the Power In Numbers show at Nucleus. The show opens this Sunday (June 18th). Go!

Trumpet Dance

Faces

Tree Trumpet Player

The Bus Stop

Collage!

Merry Christmas!

more paintings

I just finished painting these for my niece and my little brother.

Oli

I painted this for my nephew, Oliver.

Cartoon Brew!

Thank you Amid Amidi for the mention on www.cartoonbrew.com. And thank you everyone else for the wonderful words of encouragement. It’s so great to communicate with all these talented artists.

Imaginary Friends

Here are some imaginary friends I designed for "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" here in lovely Burbank at Cartoon Network.

Children's Book

My girlfriend and I are in the middle of writing a children's book. The book is about little kids who look like their pets. Here are some rough designs I did in marker.

Main Title Intro

Little over a year ago I was hired to art direct the main title intro for a pilot of a reality show. The show was never picked up, but I had a lot of fun with the minute and a half intro. Here are some of the designs.

Halloween in New Orleans

Well, after getting pressured by a few friends I decided to give this whole ‘blog thing’ a shot. So here’s my first post. This is a painting I did for a New Orleans benefit art show on Halloween. It was hosted by my friends Tony C and Steph Choi at Six Point Harness Studios. The painting is acrylic on wood, 22x22 inches. Thanks you guys for the great party!