Chris Sinderson

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  • Way back in 2002, I took a leave of absence from my programming job at IBM and moved to Japan to teach English for a year. I initially purchased Sinderson.com during that year so that I could share some photos…

  • My buddy Michel Fiffe created a video series examining the work of famed comics artist Keith Giffen and asked if I’d like to help him with it. After getting all the cameras and software setup, Fiffe did his magic by…

  • My good friend Paul gave our family the children’s book Not-A-Box (now a TV show?) back when our kids were babies. It was a favorite in his house and quickly became a favorite in ours. For Paul’s birthday this year,…

  • I had the pleasure of helping put on the 2nd annual PS 261 Comic-Con at my kid’s school once again this year. We had an amazing lineup of authors come to Brooklyn to talk with the community about creating their…

  • I made another music video for the guys over at Puppet Holiday. Though the Popcorn Monster video I made for them was released earlier, this was my first foray into animating a full music video. Originally, this was drawn as…

  • I auctioned off a family portrait as part of a fundraiser for my kids’ school. This was what I came up with for the winner. It was a real challenge!

  • I drew this for my friend’s son, Niam, who was really into sharks on his 3rd Birthday. Inspiration came from Jesse Lonergan’s brilliant Panda Shark.

  • I illustrated and animated a music video for the children’s band, Puppet Holiday. What started as a 10 second loop of a popcorn monster chasing the Puppet Holiday characters Fin and Otis, evolved into a full music video complete with…

  • I made our holiday cards by drawing a vector portrait image of our family and using an AxiDraw machine to custom make each card. Because I was limited only by the pens I used, I was able to get some…

  • I read 86 books this year (assuming you count listening to audiobooks as reading – which I do)! Most of the books fall under the category of easy reading – the kind that doesn’t take a lot of brain power…

  • What a great year for movies! I had the privilege of being able to see so many films in the theater which was great for stirring my creativity. Here’s what I saw in chronological order: List of Movies Seen in…

  • I’m fortunate to have a job where I can listen to music while working at the computer or drawing table. As long as I’m not writing anything or trying too hard to solve a problem, I can use both parts…

  • Happy 2023 from the Sinderson fam!

  • For the 2022 midterm elections I spontaneously offered friends on social media to draw the animal of their choice if they voted. It started as a way to keep me from doom scrolling the fate of our democracy but ended…