Its A Cartoon!

14/10/10

2010-10-14T13:43:00.000+01:00

from 'Draftee Daffy'

13/10/10

2010-10-13T13:42:00.000+01:00

from 'Draftee Daffy'

12/10/10

2010-10-12T13:39:00.000+01:00

from 'An Itch in Time'

11/10/10

2010-10-11T13:38:00.000+01:00

from 'Draftee Daffy'

08/10/10

2010-10-08T13:37:00.000+01:00

from 'Kitty Kornered'

07/10/10

2010-10-07T13:35:00.000+01:00

from 'Kitty Kornered'

06/10/10

2010-10-06T23:37:00.000+01:00

from 'Draftee Daffy'

05/10/10

2010-10-05T23:08:00.000+01:00

from 'Draftee Daffy'

04/10/10

2010-10-04T23:02:00.002+01:00

from 'The Wise Quacking Duck'

The Wacky Wabbit

2010-10-01T23:29:00.000+01:00

Hare Ribbin'

2010-09-30T23:28:00.000+01:00

Tortoise Wins By A Hare 3

2010-09-29T21:20:00.000+01:00

Tortoise Wins By A Hare

2010-09-28T21:19:00.000+01:00

A Corny Concerto

2010-09-27T21:17:00.000+01:00

Buckaroo Bugs 3

2010-09-25T20:30:00.000+01:00

Buckaroo Bugs 2

2010-09-24T20:29:00.000+01:00

Buckaroo Bugs

2010-09-23T20:28:00.000+01:00

Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid

2010-09-22T20:25:00.003+01:00

Falling Hare 5

2010-09-21T20:22:00.002+01:00

The Wacky Rabbit

2010-09-20T21:26:00.001+01:00

Hare Ribbin'

2010-09-18T21:25:00.000+01:00

Falling Hare 4

2010-09-17T21:25:00.000+01:00

Tortoise Wins By A Hare

2010-09-16T19:21:00.003+01:00

Falling Hare 3

2010-09-15T07:45:00.000+01:00

Falling Hare 2

2010-09-14T07:25:00.000+01:00

Falling Hare

2010-09-13T07:33:00.000+01:00

Mighty

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Tom

2010-07-24T14:01:00.001+01:00

Pete

2010-07-23T13:05:00.000+01:00

Meathead 2

2010-06-27T12:45:00.000+01:00

Meathead

2010-06-20T15:15:00.000+01:00

Porky Pig's Feat

2010-06-19T14:53:00.002+01:00

18/06/10

2010-06-18T10:30:00.005+01:00

Hello? Err... is this thing on? It is? Okay...

The Art of Earthworm Jim

2010-03-12T20:22:00.008Z

I DID NOT MAKE THIS, BUT IF YOU CLICK HERE YOU CAN FIND OUT WHO DID!

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates - I've been real busy with uni work, but I've just gotta post this. Mike Dietz has posted a load of artwork from the making of Earthworm Jim, the videogame that made me want to be an animator. This is stuff I've never seen before, from a game I've loved all my life, and it has inspired me all over again.

'...DEAD!'

2010-03-01T21:00:00.003Z

'Floyd's...'

2010-02-21T21:46:00.002Z

Part one of my attempt at clean-up on a Ren & stimpy scene by John K...

Fox and Crow

2010-02-17T19:17:00.001Z

Woody Shoots Hoops

2010-02-13T16:21:00.002Z

The John & Ken Show

2010-02-12T08:58:00.004Z

Two young men, driven to the edge by 21st century life, are overcome by a primal urge that harkens back to the earliest days of man; the urge to fight dinosaurs.

OR...

Ken and I got bored in the studio one day and thought it would be fun to fight a T-Rex.

Check out Ken's blog!

Toy Story 3

2010-02-11T16:43:00.001Z

TOY STORY IS BACK AFTER TEN YEARS AND OH MY GOD ITS BUZZ AND WOODY AND AN EXPLOSIONS AND MONKEY AND ARRRGH ITS SO AWESOME GO WATCH THIS TRAILER RIGHT NOW!!!

Concept Art 04

2010-02-09T18:29:00.001Z

Concept Art 3

2010-02-04T20:35:00.002Z

I've taken him right down to the basics now. It's a simple design (he's a rectangle in a hat!) but a flexible one - fun to draw in various poses and such.

More Concept Art

2010-02-03T19:28:00.002Z

Round two of my concept art for A Productions. I've taken the design they picked out from the first batch and tried to nail him down - he's starting to take shape but as you can see I'm still playing with a few ideas. The main thing I'm trying to do is keep it simple.

A Productions

2010-02-01T13:05:00.003Z

I've just done a week of work experience at A Productions and I had a really good time! Here are some rough character designs I've done for a project they are working on. Been trying to break out of my usual style with these, going for a more graphic kinda look.

Petey Pinfeathers 2

2010-01-27T20:24:00.003Z

A wee experiment o' mine - I took this sheet from the Preston Blair book and tried to apply it to that Pinfeathers guy. Turns out he's just Jerry with a beak!

Gorillaz Plastic Beach

2010-01-22T12:47:00.010Z

In 2010 we shall bear witness to the third coming, of the last half-decent work of pop culture we have left. It is time once again for cartoons, music, and simians to save the world. Ladies and gentlemen... the Gorillaz!

Yeah, I'm excited.

Mr Dog & Dog Jr

2010-01-20T20:27:00.001Z

Yep, I came up with those names all by myself.

Bear Balls

2010-01-19T21:06:00.003Z

Woah, my drawing of Yogi's head gets weirder every time I look at it!

Donald Bastard Layout

2010-01-15T19:51:00.004Z

More of my efforts to learn the art of layouts - this time starring that well 'ard mallard, Donald Bastard.

1. Hmm, I don't think I got the negative space quite right on this one.

2. I had to redraw Ernie's left foot to keep it from shifting, which I hope didn't screw up his pose too badly.

3. This drawing has the most changes from the original - I drew Ernie lower than John K had drawn him, which meant I then had to adjust Donald's pose.

Petey Pinfeathers

2010-01-14T21:47:00.001Z

All the Cats Join In

2010-01-14T19:44:00.003Z

I've not seen this cartoon, but I like the drawings!

Out-Foxed

2010-01-11T18:31:00.002Z

One of my favourite Tex Avery takes, from towards the end of 'Out-Foxed'. This well-bred fox has been very calm up until now, when he goes crazy at the mention of 'steak'. The whole thing consists of only three drawings and is over in an instant - the fox reverts back to his dignified self as quickly as he came out of it.

Daffy Duck bookends

2010-01-08T16:54:00.000Z

Curly Fuzz Poodle

2010-01-02T18:02:00.003Z

More sketch-to-layout stuff, based on this John K drawing:

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T15:14:00.000Z

A quick sketch of Jim I did on Nathan's shiny new Cintiq.

Mickey Mouse 2

2009-12-27T19:34:00.000Z

Fred Moore again

George Liquor Layout

2009-12-24T17:07:00.009Z

My attempt at laying out a sequence from this John K comic. This was a fun challenge; rather than doing just one drawing, I had to create several images that work as a sequence. I don't have my lightbox, so this is gonna look a bit rough. But the drawings do 'flip'!

Some of the details in the comic are quite sketchy, like the roots on the tree, so I had to interpret 'em a bit. I also had to redraw the way George holds the saw - he switches from one hand to the other.

I thought I'd make a few changes to this drawing to bring it in line with the next, (the position of the saw for example) but I'm not sure if that was the right decision... should I have done it the other way around?

The Wacky Wabbit 2

2009-12-24T12:03:00.004Z

Two seperate poses (that relate to each other) combine to form a clear overall shape.

The Wacky Wabbit

2009-12-23T19:27:00.000Z

Some studies from that great bit where Bugs yells 'BAM!' at Fudd.

Slab & Ernie 2

2009-12-17T14:08:00.001Z

The contrasts are a little toned down, but I think the proportions are pretty good.

Puffy Yogi 2

2009-12-17T13:02:00.005Z

The main thing that stands out to me on this one is that Yogi's face looks much rounder in the photo - my own drawing looks kind of flat. Also I did a crappy job on the belly.

Danny Kay

2009-12-16T16:34:00.009Z

From 'Book Revue', here's Danny Kay - err, Daffy Duck.

For a long time I had no idea what was going on in this cartoon, as I had no idea who Danny Kay was. So today I looked him up on Youtube and here's what I found:

Wow! Is this guy talented or what? I can see why Bob Clampett liked him!

Drawin' in the Library

2009-12-15T15:05:00.002Z

Stuck in the library with a 2,500 word essay to write, our brave hero (that's me, folks) knows what he must do - forget that dumb ol' essay and draw funny pictures!

(Or at least, you know, copy 'em...)

Puffy Yogi

2009-12-14T13:54:00.003Z

This Yogi Bear toy is a bugger to draw - John K sure knows how to set an exercise!

Here's my attempt at describing the texture and form (I believe the technical term is 'balloonability'). This took about 1,278 tries until I got one that was kinda-sorta okay...ish.

Charlie Dog

2009-12-10T19:37:00.005Z

The poses came out pretty good, the heads... not so much.

The Bastard

2009-12-09T20:44:00.001Z

Donald Bastard is a bad-ass, so I tried to do him justice. With any luck my drawing isn't quite shoddy enough to provoke him into kicking down my front door and tearing my face off...

Uh oh, I hear the flipper-flap of angry duck feet.

Bobby Bigloaf

2009-12-08T21:15:00.001Z

Mickey Mouse

2009-12-07T19:59:00.001Z

From a Fred Moore model sheet

Slab & Ernie

2009-12-07T14:02:00.001Z

Boy, what a week! 3rd year Animation is hard work, kids.

Anyway, I'm back with more John K layouts. Here's Slab and Ernie about to knock seven shades of snot out of Booby Bigloaf - As you can see, I'm a bit out of practice!

Kaspar No 11

2009-11-30T19:42:00.003Z

Got a big deadline this Friday, so it's not easy to find the time to do these. The good news is I get more confident with each new drawing!

Kaspar No 10

2009-11-26T18:31:00.000Z

Kaspar No 9

2009-11-24T19:21:00.003Z

Woah, that left foot came out waaaaay too big! But I quite like the face - wasn't sure how I was going to handle it at first.

Kaspar Layout 8

2009-11-23T19:28:00.000Z

Kasper No 7

2009-11-18T16:31:00.001Z

Kaspar No 6

2009-11-17T20:45:00.003Z

Looks like Kaspar put on a little weight in my layout!

Kaspar No 5

2009-11-16T20:15:00.001Z

Toes

2009-11-15T12:53:00.002Z

Re-drew the toes from the last layout, trying to make 'em more varied in shape.

Rotating Mammal

2009-11-13T15:39:00.000Z

Underpants

2009-11-11T17:41:00.002Z

Damn, this one isn't nearly as close as I thought it was. It's odd how a drawing can look good on paper, and then turn out to be crap when you scan the bugger!

This one's going on the 'draw it again!' pile.

More Stuff

2009-11-10T09:45:00.003Z

Drew a few corrections that John K pointed out

- redrew some fur so it doesn't cut into the construction
- adjustments to eyes and nose
- pushed left shoulder up a bit

My drawing is still toned down from the original, but I'll try to avoid that with the next layout.

EDIT: And here it is!

Kaspar Layout

2009-11-08T19:34:00.003Z

My attempt at a layout drawing, based on this John K sketch.

Porky Pullin'

2009-11-07T15:46:00.001Z

Porky Antic

2009-11-06T19:55:00.001Z

Popeye Toy Turnaround

2009-11-04T20:55:00.005Z

EDIT: more of my crap!

Snap Crackle and Pop

2009-11-04T17:01:00.001Z

The Art of Glamorgan Animation

2009-11-04T11:36:00.007Z

One of my tutors just came into the studio with a copy of 'The Art of Glamorgan Animation' which is full of beautiful art by the many talented folks on the course - and much to my surprise has some of my drawings on the cover!

The people in this book are not just great artists, they are also my friends, and I feel very lucky that my work is to be shown side by side with theirs.

You can see a preview of the book here - Laura and Beth are in there too!

The Man with No Shirt

2009-11-03T21:13:00.006Z

To those who came into the studio this morning and were amused to find me studying a photo of a half-naked man: IT WAS JOHN K'S IDEA!

Anyway, this was a nice change of pace from my usual stuff. The exercise is to draw this photo as closely as you can in order to figure out the forms, and then draw a cartoony one using what you learned from the first drawing. I've been doing more life drawing these days, and I think I'm starting to loosen up a bit!

Field and Scream

2009-11-02T12:46:00.002Z

Wilma Kills Fred

2009-10-30T14:17:00.003Z

Zeotrope

2009-10-29T11:29:00.004Z

Last Tuesday I went to a local bar to attend the GAG (that's Glamorgan Animation Gathering, kids), a meet-up held by the mighty Matt Simkins where us geeks can kick back and relax.

This week Matt used his powers to turn a sewing machine into a zeotrope, and by drawing 24 frames on long strips of paper we were able to create animations.

Here's a monkey I drew with a little help from a pint of lager!

That Big Chicken

2009-10-27T19:07:00.001Z

Monkey Day

2009-10-22T18:41:00.002+01:00

JoJo Gets A Job

2009-10-21T17:28:00.001+01:00

On those long, slow days when I can't think of any good ideas, I draw monkeys.

McKimson

2009-10-20T18:52:00.000+01:00

Eisenburrrgh

2009-10-18T15:17:00.001+01:00

John K said to 'start with the big shapes first', so here we go!

Roger Ramjet

2009-10-17T13:36:00.003+01:00

This show rocks. I got it on DVD about a year ago, and it did a lot to cheer me up at a time when I felt a bit down.

2 Minute Sketch

2009-10-15T20:54:00.002+01:00

Tweety Bird

2009-10-14T19:10:00.004+01:00

Copyin'...

My own drawings... (now in yellow, 'cos I'm tired of all the white on this blog!)

Tuesday

2009-10-13T12:46:00.002+01:00

My copy of a George Liquor key frame.

Harvey Eisenberg

2009-10-11T18:21:00.001+01:00