The Easter Surprise
Posted: March 30, 2013 Filed under: Comics, Video | Tags: animation, Annie Poon, bunny suit, cartoon, cheerful, children's animation, children's film, colorful animation, easter, easter basket, funny, happy, heart, holiday, Puppy, stop motion, video Leave a comment »
Happy Easter! Enjoy this little animation made with friend Chris Uphues.
Mormon Women Project interview
Posted: February 18, 2013 Filed under: News | Tags: animator, Annie Poon, artist, interview, mormon artist, mormon women Leave a comment »Click HERE for the full interview
Click HERE for the full interview
by Neylan McBaine
Love is: Letting Him Win
Posted: February 13, 2013 Filed under: Comics, Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, board games, cartoon animals, chess, dog, doodle, drawing, duck, games, love, Puppy, romance, Valentine's Day, what is love? Leave a comment »
Love is: For Cuddlers
Posted: February 9, 2013 Filed under: Comics, Drawing | Tags: animats, Annie Poon, cartoon, cozy, cuddle, cuddles, cute, doodle, duckie, hibernation, hug, Illustration, love, nest, nighttime, Puppy, romance, sleeping, sleeping couple, squirrel Leave a comment »
Love Is: Waiting for her… for years
Posted: February 8, 2013 Filed under: Comics, Drawing Leave a comment »
Love is: Sometimes Inconvenient
Posted: February 7, 2013 Filed under: Comics, Drawing | Tags: alligator, Annie Poon, cartoons, cat, crocodile, crush, dating, doodle, drawings, duck, love, Puppy, quotation, romance, Valentine's Day Leave a comment »
Love is: A fluffy feeling
Posted: February 6, 2013 Filed under: Comics, Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, blue, bunny, cartoon, comic, dandelion, doodle, drawing, duck, love, oh puppy, pink, poodle, Puppy, romance, valentine Leave a comment »
Love is…
Posted: February 5, 2013 Filed under: Comics, Illustration Leave a comment »
more Puppy Fun at ‘ohpuppy.net’
The Little Friends Gallery
Posted: February 1, 2013 Filed under: Comics 1 Comment »
O Productions Press is publishing an iBook about Puppy’s Super Delicious Valentine’s Day Biscuits this February! In the next few days it will come out, so I will let you know. It will have a story, a movie, and two ‘how to draw’ tutorials, and printable Valentines!!! In the meantime here are some little friends’ drawings by children who tested out the drawing tutorials…
For more Puppy and Valentine’s day fun, go to ‘OhPuppy.net’
O Productions Press is publishing an iBook about Puppy’s Super Delicious Valentine’s Day Biscuits this February! In the next few days it will come out, so I will let you know. It will have a story, a movie, and two ‘how to draw’ tutorials, and printable Valentines!!! In the meantime here are some little friends’ drawings by children who tested out the drawing tutorials…
For more Puppy and Valentine’s day fun, go to ‘OhPuppy.net’
Puppy wants to help you keep your resolution!
Posted: January 2, 2013 Filed under: Comics, Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, Father Time, handwriting, how to keep your new year's resolutions, inspiration, new year's resolutions, Puppy Leave a comment »
Puppy wants to help you make your New Year’s Resolutions! This poster has an inspirational original poem that will help you simplify your goal down to ONE and record it in a place you can see and reflect on it throughout the year!
The poem reads:
At last! At last! The year is new!
A time to change our point of view!
If what we’re doing hasn’t worked,
and goals from last year have been shirked,
Then let’s be wise and simplify
our lofty aims that scrape the sky!
Simplicity is elegance;
To just one goal give deference.
Strike up the chorus! Start the band!
Let’s start with ONE but make it grand!
No fears will keep us from our fate,
2013 will be GREAT!
The size is 9″x13″.
Signed on back.
Printed on Moab Bright Archival Entrada Rag Paper. The ink is fade proof, Epson Ultra Chrome K3 archival. It is printed with and Epson Stylus Photo R3000 printer for highly nuanced color and detail. Available here on ETSY.
Nutcracker Christmas Cards
Posted: December 15, 2012 Filed under: Illustration, Painting | Tags: Annie Poon, christmas cards, decorations, greeting cards, merry christmas, nostalgic, nutcracker, painting, the nutcracker, watercolor, winter Leave a comment »Hello friends! I know it’s getting awfully close to Christmas, but I couldn’t help making these Nutcracker Christmas cards now available on ETSY. They are inspired by the fierce Nutcrackers my dad put over our mantel every year that couldn’t seem to crack nuts. I think I might have broken one trying! Each nutcracker has his own personality and will escort you on an imaginary journey into the heart of Christmas. Blank on the inside. Comes with envelope.
You can buy individually or as a pack of six. And just in my defense, a lot of Christmas cards don’t get opened exactly by Christmas morning… so I bet they could still squeeze into the mailbox on time!
BYU Exhibit: We Could be Heroes
Posted: November 27, 2012 Filed under: News, Video | Tags: animation, Annie Poon, art show, BYU MoA, BYU Museum, exhibit, installation, We could be heroes Leave a comment »To all my friends in Utah! Below is my installation view sketch… BYU was nice enough to find me a ratty old seventies couch to use. I’m going to put my favorite teddy bear that I sleep with on the couch.
Christmas Cuddles
Posted: November 26, 2012 Filed under: Video | Tags: animated gif, animation, Annie Poon, chris uphues, christmas gif, Christmas Tree, cuddles, cute, gif, heart, holidays, hug, hugs, love, paper cutouts, paper stop motion, presents, Puppy, record player, stop motion Leave a comment »
This gif was made in collaboration with Chris Uphues. The heart’s little Santa hat kept falling off! Merry Christmas everyone!
Animated Short: Die Wicked Die: Laban
Posted: November 7, 2012 Filed under: Video | Tags: animation, Annie Poon, art video, beheading, book of mormon, book of mormon stories, cartoon, doodles, drawing, drunk, gore, humor, Laban, LDS, lds art, mormon, Mormon Art, Nephi, stop motion animation, video, violence Leave a comment »The young Nephi sneaks into Jerusalem to claim the golden plates. On his way he must take out a troublesome relative who opposes his plan. Based on the story from the Book of Mormon.
Click on the image to watch the video.
Character Design: Laban
Posted: November 6, 2012 Filed under: Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, book of mormon, book of mormon stories, cartoon, character design, doodle, drawing with highlighters, drunk man, green and yellow, Laban, LDS, Mormon Art, paper cut out, rosy cheeks, underground comics, warrior Leave a comment »
Skillcrush Feature! The Year of the Dog
Posted: November 6, 2012 Filed under: Comics, News | Tags: Annie Poon, artist interview, interview, Puppy, skillcrush, social media Leave a comment »
Skillcrush was created by two friends of mine who are dedicated to empowering women by teaching them to use technology.
Click HERE to read the extensive feature on Puppy and I that Skillcrush created for their newsletter. In it I answer questions about how to keep that ‘homemade’ feel to your work and also talk about inspirations/aspirations Curious? Click below to read more!
Then leave a comment and let me know how social media and the web have helped your practice…
Screening Announcement: Museum of Modern Art
Posted: November 3, 2012 Filed under: Events, News, Video | Tags: animation, Annie Poon, films for kids, for kids in NYC, free events in NYC, free films, kids events, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, runaway bathtub, stop motion animation Leave a comment »This is just to let you know the details of my screening at the Museum of Modern Art. The museum will be showing ‘Runaway Bathtub’ from their collection on December 8. as part of the program ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors: Let’s Play! This is a favorite film of mine inspired by my childhood fantasy of the bathtub turning into a boat and floating to the ocean. My twin and I would survive on live fish and rainwater tea! I will be giving a Q&A afterwards so I am really trying to lay off the cupcakes to look my best for y’all! Hope you can come out for this special event. Admission is free! Please click HERE for more details.
Character Design: the Young Nephi
Posted: November 2, 2012 Filed under: Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, book of mormon, book of mormon stories, cartoon, character design, doodle, highlighter drawing, LDS, Mormon Art, Nephi Leave a comment »
In my mind Nephi kicked off the Book of Mormon as a scrawny kid with big faith whose muscles had yet to catch up with his bravery. Here he is ready to sneak onto Laban’s property. I gave him slanted eyes to show that although he’s a righteous dude, he’s cunning when he needs to be…
Die Wicked Die: Teancum Video
Posted: October 29, 2012 Filed under: Video | Tags: animation, Annie Poon, book of mormon artwork, book of mormon stories, cartoon assassin, dagger, doodles, drawing with highlighters, Kris dagger, LDS, murder, paper stop motion, stealth, stop motion animation, teancum, video, warrior Leave a comment »Click on picture to watch video:
Halloween Cupcake Toppers
Posted: October 27, 2012 Filed under: Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, cartoon ghosts, cupcake toppers, cute halloween ideas, fun halloween ideas, ghost, ghosts, Halloween, halloween dessert, halloween ghost, halloween ideas, halloween treats, spooky, spooky halloween ideas, sweets 1 Comment »I made these cute ghosts for my comic class to use as cupcake toppers. Just tape to a toothpick and you are good to go. I suggest a chocolate cupcake because after all, ghosts love the dark, especially dark chocolate.
Click on the picture for a full size version if you would like to print off your own to cut out! 
Teancum
Posted: October 26, 2012 Filed under: Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, assassin, book of mormon, book of mormon stories, cartoon, cartoon character, dagger, dangerous, die wicked die, doodles, drawing, drawing with highlighters, hairy legs, Kris dagger, LDS, mormon, nephite, ninja, teancum Leave a comment »
He stole into the wicked king’s tent and pierced him through the heart without even waking a servant. In my animation I’m giving him the appropriate attributes of a ninja. With trademark hairy legs.
Make Your Choice…
Posted: October 17, 2012 Filed under: Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, axe, blade, bow and arrow, club, dagger, doodles, drawings, kris, noose, ray gun, slingshot, weapons Leave a comment »The knife with the curly blade is one I saw at at the Asian Civilization museum in Singapore. It’s called a Kris, and is a ‘magical’ dagger originating in Southeast Asia. These weapons appear in my short ‘Teancum’. The main character gets to pick one and sneaks into the enemy’s camp to slay the king.
Animation: Shiz
Posted: October 8, 2012 Filed under: Video | Tags: animation, Annie Poon, art, battle, beheading, blood, book of mormon, book of mormon stories, cartoon, gore, history, LDS, LDS Movies, LDS Shorts, mormon, paper animation, paper cut out animation, punk music, scriptures, shiz, stop motion, violent, war Leave a comment »Not for the little ones…. This is a true story from the Book of Mormon about two men named Coriantumur and Shiz. Both unlucky in battle but one had an especially memorable and unfortunate end… CLICK IMAGE TO WATCH.
Arts and Religion Intersect at ‘BONCOM’
Posted: October 5, 2012 Filed under: News | Tags: ammon, animation, Annie Poon, Boncom, book of mormon, Cultural Event, doodles, highlighters, LDS, Lecture, mormon, paper cut out animation, stop motion Leave a comment »This year I was invited to speak as part of a panel at the Cooper Union on Saturday, October 13th fron 2-3:30. The event is run by Bonneville Communications, the same people who created the ‘I Am A Mormon’ campaign. In addition to Q & A I will present some video clips including new work and share how my faith influences my art practice. All are invited to the panel, mormons and non. If you would like to attend you must register in advance for this free event at this site.
Come cheer me on as I brave POWERPOINT!
Below: Animation still: Ammon saves the king’s flocks
Puppy’s Bar Mitzvah!
Posted: October 4, 2012 Filed under: Comics | Tags: animals, Annie Poon, art for kids, cartoons, costumes, doodles, drawing, fun, pumpkins, Puppy 1 Comment »Our little boy has become a man… yes that’s right, Puppy now has his very own website! It’s http://ohpuppy.wordpress.com/. Come on by and grab a handful of candy, no costume required.
I have put up a lot of Halloween material just in time for the Great Pumpkin’s visit to earth. Wouldn’t you like to stop by and see where Puppy lives? xoxo annie and puppy
Vintage Indie Magazine Interview
Posted: September 15, 2012 Filed under: News, Writing | Tags: Annie Poon, ceramic figurine, fine art, interview, poodle, Puppy, vintage 1 Comment »
Let’s get to the nitty gritty… Just who is this cute tail-less poodle? And are you interested in how my mom bribed me into memorizing famous painters? Or maybe you want suggestions on making your first piece of art? Click HERE for my interview with Vintage Indie Magazine.
Official Product Page for Mormons at the Met
Posted: September 14, 2012 Filed under: Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, blue and white illustration, chagall, glen nelson, Illustration, Mormons, new york, Opera, painting, singing, the metropolitan opera Leave a comment »Official ordering and product info for my latest collaboration with Glen Nelson can be found here.
Peek into my studio…
Posted: September 12, 2012 Filed under: News | Tags: Annie Poon, devil, maurice sendak, miniature house, miniatures, natalie l'ete, nutshell library, puppies, snowman, stacking dolls, studio, vintage by crystal, where the wild things are, worsted wool dolls Leave a comment »
Today I was doing an interview for a vintage inspired magazine and I took some pictures of some of my favorite things in my studio… here’s a little pic of some of the things I like to stare at all day! My brother in law once observed to me that my family tends to love ‘creepy little things’. I don’t find these creepy but I can understand where he’s coming from…
The cotton statues are ‘Vintage By Crystal’, the framed picture is from ‘Natalie L’ete’s Paris postcards series. The stacking doll puppies are from my trip to Beijing. The little house is from my stay in Croatia as a missionary, and finally the little nutshell library is one of my favorite items, by the late Maurice Sendak of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. Did you know that the title of his most famous book was once ‘Where the Wild Horses Are’, but Mr. Sendak couldn’t draw horses it turned out, so he just made the main characters ‘Wild Things’ instead!
Book Illustrations: Mormon’s at the Met
Posted: September 8, 2012 Filed under: Drawing | Tags: anna bolena, Annie Poon, arts and culture, book binding, chagall, Das Rheingold, die walkure, drawing, glen nelson, gottendammerung, Illustration, Khovanshchina, manon, mormons at the met, new york, Opera, pink and blue, siegfried, singing, The Enchanted Island, the Met Leave a comment »
Finally I can tell you all about a wonderful project I worked on this summer with writer and bookmaker Glen Nelson. It’s called ‘Mormons at the Met’ and follows Glen’s personal passion for opera through an entire season at the Metropolitan Opera as he examines the performances of a group of LDS opera singers. This is a very fun book because Glen is so honest about his reactions to the performances, dissecting every moment from what it’s like to try to get tickets in the dawn rush, to moments when the singer just couldn’t reach that expected note, even describing deaths on the stage! I am still working my way through this book but would recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about Opera in the Big Apple.
Glen asked me to illustrate the book and I am posting the picture I did for each opera as well as some behind the scenes. He has created a beautiful collector’s edition with multimedia as well as an original drawing by myself, the crowning piece being a beautiful silk book hand bound by Glen with a recessed label for the title.
Anna Bolena
Manon
Siegfried
Das Rheingold
Khovanshchina
The Enchanted Island
Gottendammerung
Die Walkure
Ink Drawing: War Horse
Posted: September 5, 2012 Filed under: Drawing | Tags: Annie Poon, armor, battle, black and white horse, black horse, drawing, equestrian, historic, horse, ink drawing, joust, war horse 2 Comments »For my husband, whose Chinese Zodiac animal is the horse…
Inspired by the scene in ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ when the horse armor in an English museum comes to life and charges onto the field. It was a very creepy scene but it really stuck in my mind. There is a hidden hallway in the Metropolitan Museum of Art where you can find statues of armed horses like this charging down the center, with all sorts of warrior gear along the walls. I hardly ever run into it when I visit but when I do it is awe inspiring!
Vintage inspired custom greeting cards
Posted: September 3, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Annie Poon, art, cards, ceramics, deer, etsy, greeting cards, kitsch, owl, painting, poodle, toy, toys, vintage, watercolor, whimsical, works on paper Leave a comment »A nice activity for a lazy long weekend… These are inspired by items I crave on Etsy.
My comic book is HERE!
Posted: August 30, 2012 Filed under: Comics, News | Tags: animals, Annie Poon, book, cartoons, childrens book, comic, comics, crush, cute, dog, doodle, drawing, fun, fun book, funny, funny book, gift, gift item, heartache, kwaii, love, new york city, Puppy, relationships, underground comics Leave a comment »I was shaking with joy when the doorman called me down for my special package today… it’s PUPPY! The compendium! 176 pages of glorious pastel colorful cartoons, glossy paperback cover, super happy super fun for everyone…
I spent two years drawing these comics which appeared every week on Fred Flare.com. In this book young Puppy explores the Big Apple having grand adventures and always in pursuit of the beautiful but fickle ‘Miss Duck’. Their relationship was sort of inspired by Schroeder’s crush on the little redhead (from Peanuts) and by every relationship I’ve ever been in! Sometimes Miss Duck is me, sometimes she’s a friend (or enemy) but it’s always way too close to truth. Find out if he wins her in the end! Available on Lulu…
Hex Nut Friendship Bracelet Tutorial in Neon
Posted: August 24, 2012 Filed under: Style | Tags: bracelet, braided bracelet, DIY, fashion, friendship bracelet, hardware style, hex nut, hex nut bracelet, homemade bracelet, neon, pink, style, teen fashion Leave a comment »Here is a revised version of the Hex Nut Friendship bracelet that works for women and men. I designed this version and my sis made it for herself. For instructions see the previous entry of the men’s bracelet tutorial. But this time, use neon ‘Mason Line’ from the hardware store and smaller nuts, this time out of zinc #8-32. It comes in flourescent yellow and pink. All available at Home Depot. Be sure to tie the ends with tape while you are working, and to double up the strands on this bracelet so the nuts are not too chunky for the thin string. I have to say it is a bit slippery once tied so you have to tie the large knot first, then tie the individual strands in mini knots with eachother for a secure fit. Remember to leave extra line to tie around your wrist once again after the bracelet goes around. Just looks good that way!
Sneaker Fest!
Posted: August 24, 2012 Filed under: Comics, Style | Tags: cartoons, customized shoes, diy style, doodles, oh puppy, sneakers Leave a comment »I customized these sneakers for my lil’ sis when she came to town this week. Love the pearl details on the toes!
Goons chase the king’s flocks
Posted: July 25, 2012 Filed under: Video | Tags: ammon, animation, book of mormon, highlighter, lamanites, monsters, mormon, paper cut out, scriptures, sheep, thugs, yellow 1 Comment »Here’s how the movie is turning out…
Animation: Prepping to shoot some Lamanite goons
Posted: July 23, 2012 Filed under: Video | Tags: cartoons, chase, drawings, flock, flourescent, goons, highlighters, lamanites, mormon, neon, religious art, scared, scriptures Leave a comment »Creating paper cut-outs from the Book of Mormon story of the Lamanites who tried to scatter the king’s flocks.
Watercolor: Etsy Crave
Posted: July 20, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Annie Poon, brown, cartoon, drawing, equestrian, etsy, horse, trot, watercolor Leave a comment »This fellow is inspired by a broke-down looking horsie pull toy from the 1940′s. He looks just like our cartoons today! I just put legs where his wheels would be. Tally ho!
Watercolor: Stuff I want on Etsy
Posted: July 19, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Annie Poon, art, bears, ceramic, etsy, kitsch, painting, vintage Leave a comment »Making these watercolors is my midnight guilty pleasure…
Animation: Korihor
Posted: July 17, 2012 Filed under: Video | Tags: Alma, Annie Poon, antichrist, art, book of mormon, cartoon, deception, drawing, forked tongue, Hero, highlighter, Korihor, LDS, mormon, paper, Prophet, screenshot, scriptures, stop motion, stop motion animation, storytime, superhero, video, villain, works on paper 1 Comment »From my new animation: Korihor, an Antichrist from the Book of Mormon, goes about trying to deceive the people. Here I introduce him with a snake’s tongue to show the misleading nature of his words. This animation fits into my ‘Die Wicked Die’ series. In it, Book of Mormon villains are vanquished by spiritual superheroes filled with God’s might. Below is Alma who will slap him silly in the next scene, making Korihor’s mouth fall off.
Drawing: Sealed with Love!
Posted: July 17, 2012 Filed under: Comics | Tags: animal, cartoon, cute animal, design, drawing, envelope, funny, highlighters, pink, pink seal, seal, seals, stationery Leave a comment »I was writing a thank you card and this fun idea just popped up from nowhere! Maybe I was thinking of Hoover, the ‘talking seal’ who learned to say his name and call out just like the people in the crowd! Hoover died in the eighties but you can hear him calling his own name in a Jersey accent ‘here‘ . They say the seals are returning to these waters and one was spotted just the other day!
I decorated the outside of the card like this, and inside with a pretty underwater black and white drawing of swimming seals. I hope to make a set of related cards… Oh I love highlighters!!!
Watercolor: Deer Ceramic
Posted: July 14, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Annie Poon, art, baby deer, ceramics, deer, etsy, fawn, kitsch, painting, watercolor Leave a comment »Craving more ceramics on Etsy today as always. I wish I could have a whole wall filled with tiny shelves for kitsch ceramics like the one that inspired this painting. In college around 1997 I painted my first deer and it touched off a craze in my art that many other artists were picking up on at the same time. Something about a collective consciousness. One of my teachers wanted to buy one and I really should have sold it to her! I think to this day that deer and owls are some of the hottest themes in our back-to-nature culture. Although all this psychadelic geometry is really giving it a run for it’s money!
Watercolor: Kayak Alaska!
Posted: July 12, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: adventure, alaska, art, cold, journey, kayak, landscape, mountains, painting, seascape, travel, trip, water, watercolor Leave a comment »Based on memories of an incredible adventure to Alaska when I was 16. Sea lions, icebergs, boobies and whales! The stores sold furry nose warmers! The boat we were on had once belonged to Shirley Temple, a tiny teak covered yacht. The steward rebelled. We had to leave him on an island with population of 3. The charge? Mutiny!
Watercolor: Vintage Ceramic Kitties
Posted: July 10, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: art, cats, painting, vintage, watercolor 1 Comment »Just a small excersise. Experimenting with my own personal style in the watercolor medium. Right now I like a simple pencil outline with minimal light washes. Although I have seen incredible watercolors that were as lush and thick as an acryllic painting.
Painting: Purple Shade Cuckoo Clock
Posted: June 27, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Annie Poon, art, blue, cuckoo clock, kitsch, painting, purple, time, yellow 2 Comments »This is the last of my cuckoo clocks for now, I installed the show today at Tavern on Jane. They look great! I love this particular painting because it is intensely dark but floats on a sky of naples yellow, one of my favorite colors. It’s such a strange yellow that doesn’t really appear a lot out in the real world. 
Painting: Ultra Pink Cuckoo
Posted: June 22, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Annie Poon, art, chalet, clock, colorful, cuckoo clock, kitsch, painting, pastel, pink chalet, pink cuckoo clock, time 2 Comments »I’m so excited to say that my cuckoo clock paintings which you have been seeing for so long here, will be going on display at ‘Tavern on Jane’ in the West Village on June 26th. I will keep you posted, trying to see if I want to try having an event attached to the show. xoxo
Circus Elephant Watercolor
Posted: June 20, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Annie Poon, art, circus, circus elephant, cute elephant, elephant, pachyderm, painting, watercolor wash 2 Comments »
Painting: The Bronze Squirrel Cuckoo Clock
Posted: June 15, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: acryllic, Annie Poon, bronze paint, children's artwork, clock, clockwork, cuckoo, cuckoo clock, forest, green, kitsch, nature, squirrel, time, vintage, vintage frame Leave a comment »This painting was inspired by the light airy vintage frame. As for the colors, I found a picture of a Victorian house in San Francisco where the whole house was painted in beautiful pea and mint greens with embellishments. The light from the residents inside was a positively glowing through the window. I wanted to join them!
Watercolor: Girl with Braid
Posted: June 13, 2012 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Annie Poon, art, beautiful, braid, decoration, fine art, girl, painting, pretty, studio, watercolor Leave a comment »
