For the last #Twifridoodle session of 2011, I had some special guest doodlers. Since it was the holidays and school was out, I enlisted the help of my children. Any request got a two-for-one doodle. Here are the results:

For @davidsizemore: “Macaroni and cheese playing a friendly tennis match against each other.”

Jayro’s doodle:

 
The 5-year-old’s version:

For @caseyligon: “Mother Nature, personified.”

Jayro’s doodle:

The 2-year-old’s abstract expressionist version:

Here are Jayro’s contributions to Alex Griendling‘s futuristic raygun-a-week armory, Raygun52. Behold the Tree Spirit Ray and Dragon Ray! Here is some background field data to accompany them:

Tree Spirit Briefing: New technologies developed in 2056 allowed scientists to see and capture powerful life forms inhabiting trees and plant life for study. Particularly potent spirits were consequently discovered deep in the Amazon in various species of trees. Through research and development, scientists were able to replicate and contain these life forms to harness, project, and weaponize their inherent energy. For maximum power displacement, each weapon is made from the indigenous wood the tree spirits inhabit. As such, the housing is capable of being recycled indefinitely. When reserves run low, the Spirit Ray’s Photochloric Power Chamber can also synthesize energy from sunlight.

Dragon Ray Briefing: As objects became more and more mass-produced and look-alike in the future, the desire for more bespoke and individualized objects increased dramatically. The Dragon Ray is the answer to those who want a more unique and fierce-looking method of particle-based destruction.

In addition to the Raygun52 project, Alex is putting together a really nice Time Travel calendar for 2012. Check them both out!

Here is Jayro’s contribution to Ellis Latham-Brown’s (aka Yankee Quill) weekly-updated site, Beast Every Week. Take a look – there are some really fun and creep-tacular contributions from some great folks in the bestiary!

For @littlenono: “A Squid Pirate!”

Jayro was recently contacted by Fulton Hawk, the hip, Curator-of-Cool-and-Super-Nice-Guy-Commander-in-Chief* of  Salvation Army’s WARdrobe program, to design a shirt that would support one of their global causes. In addition to some really primo designs from some supremely talented designers, proceeds from all the WARdrobe shirts go directly to helping those in need. How could we refuse?

While working on that yet unreleased tee, another opportunity arose to design a shirt to support all the volunteers who brave the elements, stand outside of retail stores, ring the bell, and collect funds in the red kettle for those in need around the holidays. The result of the collaboration with Fulton is the Bell Ringer Association tee. Shirts are printed on incredibly soft red Tultex Blend Tees and are available for purchase HERE.

*-Not his official title

The entire Knick Knacks series from the Pixar Times blog has finally been released and here is Jayro’s contribution to the project. Our piece was inspired by the Pixar short Day & Night.

There are some really wonderful contributions and a few waves of releases, so check them out here: Pixar Times Blog.

Friday’s session was a blast. Everyone had some great requests and there were some really funny results. As a reminder, every Friday at 10 AM I take requests via Twitter, doodle them live and tweet them back.  If you’d like to submit a request for a doodle, find me on Twitter as @jayrodesign and send it to me.

Here’s the recap:

For @dain who was having some problems with gnats swarming: “there are too many gnats in my kitchen”

For @theartofHERO who wanted an iPhone 4S doodle: “Siri, what’s the weather going to be like tomorrow?”

For @LittleJohn312: “a Platypus!” In researching the Platypus, I discovered that they have venom and sense their prey electrochemically. Who knew that Platypii were such badasses?

Jayro just wrapped up a cool project for the Pixar Times Blog. Inspired by the Vinylmation project from Disney, Jayro was among several artists tapped to create some custom Pixar artwork within a common character shape. Things have not been officially released yet, so we can’t share anything except for this, but when everything is live, we’ll share the full link. We’re sure that there will be some knockout work, so stay tuned!

I can’t say much that hasn’t been said already. Goodbye to one of the biggest visionaries of our time, your impact is immeasurable. Rest in Peace, Mr. Jobs. It truly is a sad day for us all.

We had a fun #twifridoodle session today, the theme was animals. Here’s a recap of today’s festivities:

For @jpillustration: Koalastein

For @bishopia: “gorilla businessman can’t wait for the weekend”