At long last-- EL SUPERBEASTO

Yes, that's right-- The long-in-the-making Rob Zombie cartoon flick I worked on so many years ago, THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO was finally released last month, so that means I can finally share my artwork from the film with you. (I've been sitting on this stuff for 3 years!)

Robot guy that I am, I got to do all the motorcycle transformation
gags for Murray. Except for the really dirty one--
that was Carey Yost.
Not sure what happened with the final Krongarr that's in the movie;
He looks like he was based on some of my earlier roughs...
Talk about fun: For the first few months my only assignment was to
draw a strip bar full of monsters getting drunk and having lap dances!
Most of this was all rough conceptual stuff; Never got the chance to
flesh 'em out, so you barely see them in the background of the final film.
Blink, and you'll miss these guys:



Dr.Satan's devil slave girl clones got cut early on.

Rob had us sprinkle the movie with in-jokes for his fans,
like Morris Green from "The Devil's Rejects"

Again, I'm not sure what happened to the final Lenny that's seen in the movie; It doesn't look like one of my drawings...
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That's it for now; I've got more ESB stuff to share with you,
so check back later!

Thought Processor Show!

Heads up: I'm taking part in Phoneticontrol's THOUGHT PROCESSOR group show @ Munky King on Thursday, Sept. 3. Come on down and see fun papercraft art by L.A. area artists and animators like my pals Martin Hsu, Jim Mahfood, and Robert Ryan Cory as we show off our interpretations of SF artist Phoneticontrol's creation. This is the L.A. leg of a multi-city touring show, each featuring local talent. Here's mine, combining chaos and kawaii in one iron-clad package-- "Destroyer":




For sale with each Thought Processor will be an original piece of art by it's respective creator. No funds for big art purchases? No biggie--After the show you can download PDFs of all the TPs from Phoneticontrol's site and build one (or more) for your desktop! See you there...

THOUGHT PROCESSOR L.A. SERIES SHOW
9.3.09 – 9.24.09
Thursday, September 3rd, 7-10pm
Munky King Gallery
7308 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA
Directions are HERE.

Let's contribute to the economy, shall we?

The GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT DVD is now in stores! Since I'm a cartoony guy, I rarely get the chance to work on action-adventure stuff, but last year I got to have some fun doing designs for all the alien weaponry for DCU's latest animated film:



My guns about to contribute to some serious mayhem.



My contribution is small, but the real draw here is the amazing work of artists like Jose Lopez, LeSean Thomas, and director Lauren Montgomery. Go get it, and while you're at it, get last year's WONDER WOMAN, too; It kicks ass.

My pal Nina Paley's self-produced, multi-national-award-winning film SITA SINGS THE BLUES is finally available on DVD! While you can download the film for free, why not support indie animators like Nina and get a real, tangible record of her solo animated film? Go to Amazon.com and BUY IT!!

... and CORALINE is out on DVD & Blu-Ray, too! A bunch of my pals worked on this, and the results are spectacular. It even comes with a buncha 3D glasses! Buy this one, too.

I'm hard at work on my first ever papercraft art piece for a group show next month, so I should be able to give you all a sneak peek by the end of this month!

Voodoo Love

This spring I was one of 50 artists worldwide invited to contribute a piece for the Argentine art magazine GÖOO. The theme for the issue was "brujeŕia" (witchcraft), so I came up with this little cautionary tale. Basically, you should be careful how ya treat the ladies, 'cause one of these days you might cross the wrong one. Göoo #7 will be available at göoo's booth this weekend at the MAD 009 Design Festival, held at the Palacio de Congresos, Madrid.

Find out more @ the GÖOO blog!.......................
Here's some of my rough sketches and an almost-final version
before some last minute tweaks:
Originally I had planned on doing a vertical piece, but when I found out the magazine's format called for double-page spreads, I had to change things quickly...
You can probably see where the schoolgirl exploration I posted a few months back came from. Almost there, but not saucy enuff...
Pretty close to the final, but she looked too pleasant... not "wicked"
enough. The doll went through some various versions, too.
Here's a pic of the print version. Maybe next time
I'll do better planning for that double-page spread :P
(Thanks for putting up with the long delay in posting this one.
Had to wait for publication B4 sharing)

Doodle Dump II

Got super-inspired by my pals' pieces for the Jab Strong Fierce show @ Nucleus a few weeks ago and wound up doing this Cammy sketch.
Yeah, it's Sedusa... AGAIN. So I like drawing a villainess who
wears fishnets and thigh-highs. Sue me.
This one's from the "Running with the Rainbow Unicorn"
episode of THE MIGHTY B
Gnomey doncha know me?

Tease

Can't share this one with you just yet, but here's a small taste:




What is it? You'll find out next month ;)
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Thought I'd take a moment to plug the upcoming GREEN LANTERN DVD. I only did about 2 seconds worth of work on this one, but I'm DAMN proud to have been a part of another kick-ass production from Bruce Timm & the gang @ WB. The crew includes heavy hitters like LeSean Thomas, Jose Lopez, and director Lauren Montgomery, so be sure to check it out this July!

Higher Education

When did the school girl look come back in such a big way?
Whatever the answer is, it's still workin'.

Mojo Jojo-a-Gogo

What was one of the best parts of returning to CN to work on the PPG Anniversary Special? Getting to draw lots of everyone's favorite evil monkey super villain MOJO JOJO!! ....................... MY FRIENDS ARE AWESOME! I am not bragging, I just think my friends do indeed RAWK and I want to share their work with you. I'm sure you'll agree once you see it. My partner in crime on Dexter's & PPG, Andy Bialk, has given in to peer pressure and finally started a BLOG! Check out his awesome designs from MADAGASCAR 2!

PUFF it up!!

Like I said in the last post, the Powerpuff 10th Anniversary Special was done completely at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, with nothing going overseas. This time the girls were animated in Flash by the FOSTER'S crew. This lead to some of the most accurate on-screen images of the series-- What we drew wound up 100% faithfully translated to screen.

Here's more comparisons between my original drawings
and the final product: (Clean-up by Erik Elizarrez)
Yes, the original was drawn on Post-Its. (Sharp-eyed viewers will recognize
the 3 cons on the left from the original ep. "Powerpuff Bluff")
It wouldn't be a "special" episode without a giant robot!!
Next post: MOJO JOJO!!!...................................

... and go see CORALINE this weekend, OK?

POWERPUFF GIRLS RULE!

Naw, that's not an idle boast-- That's the title of the ALL NEW PPG SPECIAL celebrating the girls' 10th anniversary airing Monday, Jan. 19, at 8 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network!*


Last spring I returned to CN to work on the special, which was written and directed by creator Craig McCracken, and featured the Art Direction of my fellow OG PPG crew member Sue Mondt, as well as the fine work of SAM JACK/CLONE WARS colorist Leticia Lacy, FOSTER'S vets Ben Balistreri and Shannon Tindle, Shane Prigmore, C. Raggio and more!

This is the first Powerpuff Girls ever animated ENTIRELY at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank by the Foster's Flash crew, led by Pringle.


Stay tuned, 'cause in the next few weeks I'll be posting some of my designs from the special. Man, it's been tough sitting on these babies for almost a year!

*Yeah, I know it already aired in Europe and Asia, but just go with it, OK?

Can you draw Chris Battle? If so, you could have an exciting career in commercial art!!

Forget about Tippy the Turtle or Patchy the Pirate-- apparently, the toughest thing an artist can attempt to draw is yours truly. Take a look at what happened when the gang at Cartoon Network set out to capture the uniqueness that is me:

Nobody tried harder to figure out the magic formula
for drawing me than Paul Rudish and Clay Morrow.
Paul's are above and Clay's are below.

Being office mates on Dexter's and PPG placed current Dreamworks hotshot Andy Bialk in a unique position to study me. Here's two takes from him:


Dan Krall has known me the longest of any of the CN gang,
so his is brilliantly savage (and probably the most accurate):

But wait, there's more:
Andy Suriano
Chris Reccardi
Aaron Springer
Mike Stern
(This is back when I had more facial hair.)
Then there's my guest turn on the Powerpuff Girls
thanks to Stef Choi.
I finally wound up taking a crack at it myself a few years ago.