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THROWBACK THURSDAYS 4-11

2011-03-30T22:41:00.000-07:00

I know I've posted a painted Throwback pic of Super Chicken wayback when, but I needed to do this version to add to the massive Throwback Thursday pic I'm putting together. Still one of my favorite Jay Ward creations (corny jokes and all) All of the character designs and villain concepts were so fun and pleasing to the eye. I use to run around as a kid clucking to the Super Chicken call. Funny thing is, when I see cartoons like this, I can taste fruit loops (weird I know)

OH! Btw, I almost forgot to mention, from here on out each original Throwback illustration will be up for Sale each time I post on Thursday. For the low low price of $25 for an original, one of a kind Black & White inked illustration on animation paper signed by yours truly. Once it's sold, that's it. Just "CLICK THE BUY NOW BUTTON BELOW THE ILLUSTRATION" and you'll be able to have your very own Throwback to cherish those childhood memories.
(Super Sauce Not Included)

Throwback Thursday 3-11

2011-03-03T14:05:00.000-08:00

Today's Throwback goes H.A.M. I'm on this WB kick for this month, so I might as well roll with it. When I was animating commercials for Cartoon Network, I was the go to guy to animate Porky Pig. He is hands down the hardest character to animate. Stuttering made for a lot of accent and anticipation poses along with keeping track of lipsync. Below is one of my favorite Porky episodes.

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THROWBACK THURSDAYS 2-11

2011-02-23T18:36:00.000-08:00

Well folks, it looks like we're back again with another Throwback. Does anyone remember "Ariba! Ariba! Ondelay! Ondelay! Arrrrriiiiibbaaahhh!!!! and Senior Pussycat? One of the best match ups of all time. Speedy would always save the day by nabbing the cheese from the evil Sylvester and feeding all the hungry mice of Mexico. The mice expressions in the clip below are priceless. Enjoy your Thursday and be sure to leave comments below.

Vezi mai multe din Desene animate pe 220.ro

BTW, if you would like to participate in each weeks' Throwback Thursdays feel free to submit your illustration each week to the NEW THROWBACK THURSDAYS GROUP on deviantart I'll announce the newest subject on Fridays.

Throwback Thursdays returns (for now)

2011-02-16T21:03:00.001-08:00

My earliest childhood memories goes back to watching Woody Woodpecker cartoons in a highchair at my grandparents house. My Dad says I was waaaayyy too young to remember that, but who could forget that laugh. I guess you could say that Walter Lantz toons were my very first cartoon experience.

Here's a sneak peak on what I plan on doing with all of these illustrations in the end.

THROWBACK (Uh...Not Thursday)

2011-01-31T05:28:00.000-08:00

I came across this old, unfinished throwback. Thought I'd finish it up and post it for ol' times sake. Hope ya likes.

Mosaic

2011-01-14T10:04:00.001-08:00

Yin the Master of Yo! BOOKS ARE HERE!!!!!!

2010-12-02T06:44:00.000-08:00

THE WAIT IS OVER!!! The books have finally arrived. I am so so grateful for those who have supported me thus far. Without you all this would not be possible. These books look fantastic. Brandstudio Press did an amazing job on the printing. The production of this book was a dream come true for me. With the aid of my super talented friends who helped me out along the way, this book is a true testament to my creative vision and showcases what I'm truly capable of. I'm living proof that anything is possible. This first run of the book is limited to 1000 copies and is sure to become a collectors item. It's packed with 40 full color pages of wonderful artwork by yours truly. The eyepopping text & design by DanisGood is sure to attract. And it also has a special forward by the U.S. Yo-Yo Master Steve Brown The story is fun and enjoyable for all ages. So what are you waiting for? Start your Christmas shopping by giving the gift of reading! All you have to do is click the add to cart button there on the top right and order as many copies as you want!

Click the play button below to see more art on the inside.

Wednesday Bumper Godzilla #2

2010-11-24T08:23:00.000-08:00

Here's another animated bumper for this Wed. I had another Godzilla bumper layin' around, so I figured I'd share it as well. Enjoy (even though it goes by pretty quick) 5 seconds of fun.

On Wednesdays I've been posting some of my old commercial animation over on my youtube page. This week's post is CN Godzilla bumper. post comments and feel free to subscribe to the page for video updates.

Countdown to Halloween / 10

2010-10-21T15:11:00.001-07:00

Before you go out to Trick or Treat
Beware the leaves beneath your feet
For they have watched you all year 'round
the ones who make the rustling sound.
Fall has brought them death and now
thousands fall onto the ground
You may blow and you may rake
But they'll return to seal your fate
So hold a hand and peal your eyes
cause on that night the leaves will RISE
If the lawn you cross, you hear a crunch
it just may be that you're their lunch
Don't slip and fall, they'll wrap you tight
So watch your step this Hallow's night.
©Saxton Moore

Countdown to Halloween / 10, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

#10, The Candy Corn Kidz cometh.

An animated blast from the past. Throwback Thursdays

2010-10-20T14:59:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of posts. In the spirit of Throwback Thursdays, here's an old commercial I directed for Cartoon Network. In this spot, Spike the dog and wolf are paramedics for cartoon stars. I really had fun animating that truck.

WE DID IT!!!!!

2010-08-20T15:30:00.000-07:00

we finally reached our goal, and then some. I am so so grateful for those who helped contribute. We couldn't have done it without you. I want to thank all of my dear friends, family and those of you who believed in this project as much as we did. It's such a blessing to have people like you in our corner. I am so elated right now. I can't believe we did it! Just to let you know, any additional funds we raise will be used to take our book to conferences and conventions. I will be putting in our print order for the book next week and I will keep posting updates on the process. We really appreciate all of you so much for your help in making this dream come true.

A LITTLE DEVELOPEMENT ART AND BACKSTORY

CHECK OUT THESE YO-YO MASTERS WITH THE NEW G5 YO YO!

SACKS10 workspace 2010

2010-08-11T09:33:00.001-07:00

SACKS10 workspace 2010, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

Click over to the Pixel Pirate Studio Blog to get a peak at my workspace.
PixelPirateStudio
Don't forget to click the follow button to keep up with my current works.

Celebrating Explorers who've made history on Nickelodeon

2010-06-07T12:41:00.000-07:00

This is a postcard I designed (above) to celebrate the new explorer spots my studio animated now airing on Nick jr. These spots were done in the same style as the Black History Month interstitials that I've posted about here before. I had a to of fun illustrating these. I get a lot of kids from my childrens school who have said they've seen these spots. It's a good feeling to know that your work is not only being recognized, but educating as well. Watch Nickelodeon to catch the actual interstitials on the famous explorers below.
Sue Hendrickson

Sacagawea

Mathew Henson & Robert Peary

Jacques Cousteau

BILLY JO/ No JIVE No color

2010-04-08T09:06:00.000-07:00

I know this Throwback deserves more color than what I've posted, but the truth is I'm on a deadline. I will have to go back over it and do it some justice later. Just wanted to make sure I had something for this Thursdays post. Billy Jo Jive and Smart Suzy Sunset was one of my favorite segments on Sesame Street. I believe they only produced 3 episodes, "WRONG WAY WILLIE" ,"BAD NEWS BARTON" and "HAUNTED HOUSE"
There's also a really cool article about Ray Favata online. He's the guy who animated Billy Jo Jive, and then some. Click HERE for the article.

Nick Jr/ Bessie Coleman

2010-04-05T17:56:00.000-07:00

Bessie Coleman interstitial as seen on Nick Jr.

SEE MORE BY CLICKING HERE TO NICK JR.COM!!!!!

Bessie Coleman, the first American to hold an international pilots license.

Throwback Thursdays returns (for now)

2010-04-01T04:29:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Gleek club. Gleek was a blue "space monkey" and the pet of Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins. Gleek was often used as comic relief for the animated series Super Friends. Gleek was also known for his bizarre space monkey gibberish.

THROWBACK SPONGEBOB

2010-03-25T14:13:00.000-07:00

Here's a Spongebob 10 year Anniversary poster I designed some time ago in my Throwback Thursday style. Not quite a Throwback yet, but he's a future contender.

My first indy kids book is almost done.

2010-03-02T13:29:00.000-08:00

Here is a spot illustration I did today for my first independent kids book. It's been literally 7 years in the making (off and on) of me trying to get this book done. Thanks to a few of my close friends for helping me out here and there as well as them urging me to finish. I'm finally nearing the end. I'll be posting more updates as I finish things up. For now enjoy the new art.

B&E Paintings

2010-02-21T10:53:00.000-08:00

Here's a before pic of 2 paintings I'm working on.
This is the final result. Bert & Earnie on canvas. I originally did 2 other paintings in this style on wood (one being on a broken chair back). They both sold, so I wanted to recreate them once again.Here are the original pieces that sold...

Nick Jr/ Suzan Lori Parks – Playwright

2010-02-14T11:50:00.001-08:00

Nickelodeon Celebrates Black History Month
“Meet Suzan-Lori Parks! When she was a little girl, she visited lots of libraries, read tons of books, and wrote oodles of stories… because she wanted to be a writer!”

“When Suzan-Lori grew up, she’d read her stories out loud, and act like all the different people she made up, just like actors do in a play! So she wrote more and more stories. Once, she even wrote a story every day for a whole year! Pretty soon, people were acting them out on street corners and stages. Now her stories are performed all over the world!
For Suzan-Lori Parks, ‘all the world is a stage!
Below are a couple of early storyboard samples.

Learn more about Suzan Lori – Parks and find great Black History Month activities at parents.nickjr.com.

GO HERE FOR ACTIVITY PACKS!

The Great Valentines Day MixUp NOW ON SALE!

2010-02-02T16:37:00.001-08:00

I posted a while back about the Valentine's day book I illustrated. Well it's now available to order online. You can get your little loved one a copy now by clicking on the image in the book scroller above, or do a search on Barnes and Nobles or Borders books. The book really stands out from other Valentines books because of it's bright blue color. I've posted some sketches and page samples below. Feel free to leave comments as well. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

PIX_pirate_CARD

2010-01-17T12:49:00.001-08:00

Here's a postcard design I did real quick to help brand my studio. Playing around with cute pirate imagery. I even changed the logo a bit to make it a little more loose. I'm still trying to explore ideas and this is just the start.

Coffee Pirate

2010-01-14T16:10:00.000-08:00

Experimenting with coffee on watercolor paper. Haven't drawn anything on paper for a while, so I decided to jump start my creativity by exploring a new medium.

CandyCORNKilla

2009-10-20T23:55:00.001-07:00

CandyCORNKilla, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

This is a new creep character in the spirit of Halloween. If you see him while trick or treating, RUN!

HALLOWEEEN TEES ARE AVAILABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-04T03:44:00.000-07:00

Just in time for the Halloween season. Get your kids into the Halloween spirit by ordering them a spooky T-shirt. These fun custom designs are sure to bring smiles and laughter to kids everywhere. Click on the image and get yours now!!!

Comes in guys/ girls/ and kids sizes. Multiple color shirts available.

Comes in Kids sizes only. (Black or Orange)

Dropped off signed copies.

2009-09-24T21:13:00.000-07:00

I dropped off signed copies of my new Halloween book @ the local indy toy store WORLD OF MIRTH. If you live in Richmond VA and you swing buy to buy the book, you get a signed print to boot.

BirdsOfAFeather_T-Shirt

2009-09-21T16:22:00.001-07:00

BirdsOfAFeather_T-Shirt, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

Here's a new design I did for my new line of t-shirts. This one's for the birds, I mean girls. My daughters wanted me to do a cute girls t-shirt so I came up with this composition. Leave a comment and lemme know what you think.

13 Rooms of Halloween book

2009-08-27T13:58:00.001-07:00

Sorry I haven't been posting much as of late. Moved once again to a new city and swamped with freelance. In the meantime here's a new Halloween book I've illustrated for Penguin Publishing. I've seen it available online to order, so get your spooky copy now before Halloween gets here. Hopefully when I get a case of books I will be able to sell a few on the blog with signed limited edition prints as gift. keep checking back for updates. I will try to post new news at least once a week now. (cross your fingers)

Here's a look at an interior page of the book.

This is a rough sketch layout of the above image.

Order on Amazon
on Barnes and Noble
directly from Penguin Publishing
or here at Borders books

SPREAD 12 (Step)

2009-06-17T21:03:00.001-07:00

As I posted before, above is my layout sketch for spread #12 of my book. I roughed it out in photoshop on my computer, adding shadows here and there. I used the shadows to frame up the main focus which is the unsuspecting dog walking by. The buildings in the background also frame up the text and help bring focus to the yo-yo that's knocking over the paint.

Here I sketched out various poodles in my sketchbook. I knew there would be a poodle on this page, but had no clue what it would look like. I started by using a light blue Tombow brush and drew vague poodle like shapes across the book. I then thought about the attitude of the dog and took a black pen to begin sketching different kind of stuck up poodles around the blue blobs of color. I ultimately chose the dog in the middle.

Next I needed to find a color palette. For this, I chose a scene from an old Tom & Jerry cartoon (Jerry Go Round-1966) with beautifully colored backgrounds by Philip Deguard. I loved that these colors were a little washed out and really complimented each other. I grabbed a still from the episode and began picking out similar colors for my palette.

The first step in coloring my page is blocking in simple shapes with color. This way I can see if these colors I chose are working well together on my image.

Now I start adding the small details to the background and Character.

Then I add in the remaining elements and rough out my angry poodle to the right of the page to get a clearer idea of what that looks like.

I finish up the last details on my Blue painted poodle and give it all one last look (which for me is staring at it for what ends up being 30 minutes to an hour) When I snap out of it, I'm done. One down 3 more pages to go.

SUSHI PACK COLORING BOOKS

2009-06-15T15:21:00.000-07:00

Look what came in the mail today. The Sushi Pack coloring book from Golden books I illustrated! My kids and I were so excited when we opened the box. The book has 100 pages including games and activities. We got our books, now go out and get yours. You can also order them HERE ON AMAZON. Here's the cover below. The actual book has a reflective foil cover (fancy).

Time to grab your Crayons and your pencils!

Let the good times begin. It takes focus and a steady hand to crank out a masterpiece such as this.

Coloring is no mere child's play.

It takes a true master to scribble in (or outside) the lines.

What are you waiting for? Go and unleash your pint size Picasso.

Poodle sketches

2009-06-12T11:48:00.001-07:00

Here are some various poodle sketches from my sketchbook. I had to design a poodle for a page of my children's book. I really like the one that's in the center. I think I'll roll with him.

Valentine's Book pre-order

2009-06-09T05:49:00.000-07:00

I noticed on Amazon today that they've posted my Valentine's book I illustrated available for pre-order. I know it's a long way from now (and I will plug it again)but I wanted to share the cover with you. I've also added it to my publishing carousel above along with my other published works. Feel free to click HERE to purchase it in advance or just click the image in the carousel. The book has a decoder game inside to help kids get the valentines to the right person. Lots of fun.

Mountain top

2009-06-08T05:15:00.001-07:00

This weeks sketch from life.

Below is a rough layout for spread #12 to my children's book.

Sketch on the Square

2009-05-31T05:49:00.000-07:00

Scattered,Covered,Smothered,Chunked

2009-05-14T10:11:00.000-07:00

Did some sketching at the Waffle House this morning. For some reason I'm drawn to the design of the place and the colorful characters who frequent and work there. The lady was painted on a small canvas earlier with acrylic and the booth was done in photoshop. The signage was taken as I left the place this morning. Waffles are GREAT!

Sample page to my kids book

2009-05-13T09:00:00.001-07:00

I just finished this 2 page spread to my kids book this morning and thought I'd share it here. It takes a lot of dedication to do your own thing. I catch myself wanting to go back over and redo certain things, but I force myself to press on and knock out these pages. It's all about getting the story out, right? (At least that's what I keep telling myself) Well, back to work on the next page. I'm hoping to have all of my illustrations for this thing done by the end of the month.

THROWBACK THURSDAY "Rise from the DEAD"

2009-05-07T15:17:00.000-07:00

Throwback Thursdays rises from the dead. My inspiration below...

I spent yesterday working on reviving throwback Thursdays with this piece. I almost forgot how much fun it was to draw in this loose silly carefree style. When I was a kid I remember watching Saturday morning cartoons and being equally entertained by the animated cereal commercials during the breaks. These characters stood out the most to me. Frankenberry cereal and watching funny cartoons go hand in hand. If you like monster cereal be sure to swing by the MONSTER CEREAL BLOG There's a lot of interesting memorabilia there. I'm gonna try kicking this thing back up again with hopes of launching a throwback thursdays book eventually. Keep checking back weekly and if you have any Throwback suggestions, leave them in the comments section below.

CAVS sketches

2009-05-04T15:24:00.000-07:00

I did these sketches of the Cavaliers a few weeks back in my sketchbook as I watched them in the playoffs. Next stop Atlanta vs. Cavs. My 2 favorite NBA teams face off tomorrow night. Keep your head up HAWKS. I may do some more basketball sketches while I watch the game.

INCREDIBLE

2009-05-01T15:06:00.000-07:00

I did this piece of Wes Montgomery "The INCREDIBLE Jazz guitarist" as I took a quick break from my children's book I'm working on. I've been listening to his "A day in the life" album for inspiration. Check him out.

Happy Earth Day!

2009-04-22T05:44:00.001-07:00

This is one of my many properties for children's books. This story teaches young ones how to show the earth some love by planting and recycling.
Go out and plant something today or save energy.
Here's a link to some cool Earth day videos on youtube!

Kid Cudi sketch

2009-04-15T17:44:00.001-07:00

I've been listening to Kid Cudi tracks online to get the creative juices flowing.
Just did this sketch to see if I could capture his likeness.

BLOCK 1/ New York Perspective

2009-04-07T18:24:00.000-07:00

I did this BLOCK piece to commemorate my recent trip to NY. I must say that the trip was well worth while. I meet a lot of great genuine people who welcomed me as well as my art with open arms and enthusiasm. I was able to meet a lot of people whom I've only known through phone conversations that turned out to be just as cool in person. I can only hope that our relationships can grow even greater throughout our careers and lead us to more amazing opportunities to collaborate. I was also able to reunite with close friends and colleagues that continue to do well despite our economic hardships, may your talents continue to shine through with success.

Reviving an old concept

2009-03-20T05:50:00.000-07:00

This is an old project I'm reviving and developing with a couple of friends. I can't really spill too much about it, but I wanted to share some images.Maybe I'll post more next month. I've got tons of illustrations for this concept.
For some reason I had to make her dog a little black terrier. I personally think he's cute. The name Algebra kind of fits him too.

Noggin Celebrates Barack Obama

2009-03-11T15:56:00.000-07:00

Last but not least, here is the Barack Obama spot I did for Noggin/Nickelodeon. I carried over the style I used for the African American inventors clips. If you didn't know enough about President Barack Obama, now you can learn about some of his favorite things.

If the voice sounds familiar, it's because it's the voice of Tyrone from the Backyardigans.
Here are some of my favorite stills from the movie.

This Shepard Fairey poster was my color inspiration for the spot.

NICK JR/ NOGGIN CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS 3

2009-03-06T05:03:00.000-08:00

Here are the other 3 spots I did with the Nick Jr/Noggin team. These were really fun to work on as well as informative. My hats off to the writers and producers over there for allowing me the great opportunity to bring these short clips to life. My personal favorite is George Crum, inventor of the potato chip. According to one version, on August 24, 1853, a customer complained that Crum's french fries were "too thick." The angered cook was frustrated by this remark, so he decided to give the maximal opposite of what the client was complaining about: he sliced potatoes paper-thin, over fried them to a crisp and seasoned them with an excess of salt. When the crisps were prepared, he gave them to the customer, who loved them. The chips became popular, and became known as Saratoga Chips. Crum was able to open his own restaurant with the profits he made selling his new crisps.

NICK JR/ NOGGIN CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS 2

2009-03-01T13:31:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd add a couple of my favorite stills for these 3 movies. Also check out the George Washington Carver boards below.

Here is my reference for George Washington Carver's peanut combine.

I just got the OK from Nickelodeon to post these spots I animated. Enjoy and feel free to leave some feedback in the comments section.

These are the initial boards I did for the GWC piece.

NICK JR/ NOGGIN CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS

2009-02-22T06:18:00.001-08:00

All this month you can catch a few black history month spots I did on Noggin and Nick Jr. I had the great pleasure of creating commercial spots showcasing African American inventors. When I get the green light from the network, I will post Hi res versions of the spots on my blog. In the meantime, you can get a peek of them HERE on the Nick jr website. Feel free to post comments below. I would love to get some feedback.

Here is my original character design lineup of all of these wonderful inventors.
From (L to R) Lonnie Johnson (Inventor of the Super Soaker), George Washington Carver (Inventor of Peanut Butter), Garrett Morgan (Inventor of the traffic signal), Alfred Cralle (Inventor of the Ice cream scooper), George Crum (Inventor of the potato chip), Jack Johnson (Inventor of the wrench)

This project gave me the great opportunity to experiment with a style I've been doing for some time. These are a few examples above. It's a real simple style that is a mix of my own with a little Abstract and a few other inspirations.

BTW, You can also see an additional spot I did for the network Celebrating Barack Obama and some of his favorite things.
Be sure to leave comments below.

JOHNNY 2X4 DOWN BY LAW

2009-02-16T10:18:00.000-08:00

I stumbled upon an old animation clip in my files of Johnny 2x4 that I animated some time ago. It actually loops and I added a little music to it. Enjoy!

PIXEL PIRATE T-shirt

2009-01-29T09:58:00.000-08:00

PIXEL PIRATE is my new brand. Everything I do from here on out will be produced through PIXEL PIRATE STUDIO. Childrens books, prints, toys and limited edition art. Support the brand and represent by purchasing one of these new T-shirts. Profits go towards the production of other merchandise. They come in all sizes(Kid sizes too!) and different color choices as well as the option to print on American apparel tees. More cool designs to come every month. What are you waiting for?

REX marks the spot book

2009-01-23T10:13:00.001-08:00

Here's the cover illustration I did to a new Sushi Pack kids book. Go to your local book store and ask for it, or click on the banner above to buy your copy NOW!

HERE'S AN ACTUAL CLIP FROM THE EPISODE...

NOTHING WRONG WITH A LITTLE CHANGE

2008-11-11T06:39:00.000-08:00

As many of you have noticed, I haven't been posting much lately . All due to taking on tons of freelance work. GOOD NEWS is, most of that work is off of my plate now and that I am planning on starting anew. I'm changing the look of the blog (this is only a temporary template for now). I promise to have tons of new art to share as well as the occasional Throwback. Just keep checking back for updates or sign up for a feed update. A lot of my projects throughout next year will be animated, so updates wont be as frequent as it is for sketches. So please bare with me during this positive transition into 2009. It's time for a CHANGE. My joyful congratulations go out to our new president and his wonderful family. I'm fired up and ready to go for the next few years.

9/25 Sketches

2008-09-25T23:44:00.001-07:00

I really want to start sketching more often. Mostly without too much thought. I started off my usual way by making random shapes with a brush marker, then turning each shape into a character. Below is a character collage from an older sketchbook.

SAX Jr ROCKS GH3 "DragonFOREST"

2008-09-25T20:25:00.001-07:00

Lil' Sax wanted to try out Guitar Hero, so I had him try out the hardest song on the game to see what he would do. I captured his performance and speed it up for fun. All his moves were made up on his own from his tiny little head.

Zombies

2008-09-02T10:56:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of Zombie concepts from my sketchbook.

Finished unfinished

2008-08-27T22:54:00.000-07:00

Pushing 2 deadlines so I grabbed an unfinished character from my laptop and fished him up. Falling asleep as I tyyyyppppppp.........zzzzzzzzzzzz

THROWBACK THURSDAY "I got no strings"

2008-08-21T04:55:00.000-07:00

I have a new addiction called Guitar hero. I've tried to play real guitar and thought it was really difficult to maneuver my fingers on the strings. When my niece stayed over for the summer, she brought this game over and I was hooked. It became an all out battle between she and I on the Wii for top score. When I began to get the true hang of it, I began to crush her in points (I'm really competitive) I started talking trash and for some reason I yelled out "I GOT NO STRINGS TO HOLD ME DOWN!" Later on I realized that this was a song from Pinocchio, so I quickly did a rough sketch which ultimately turned into today's Throwback Thursday.

This song is pretty fun to play....

(Not me btw)

OH! I forgot to drop this little bit of animated knowledge on ya about the Guitar Hero 3 game. There is some really cool 2D animation throughout the career mode of the game done by a great animation studio out west called Titmouse. The head of this outfit is a great animator I've had the pleasure of chatting with off and on by the name of Chris Prynoski. You might be familiar with his work if you've seen things like MTV Downtown, the opening credits of Afro Samurai, The opening animation of Avatar on Nick and Adult Swim's Metalocalypse. He's bean around in the animation biz for a while and I love his work. Peep the clip below....

This is why I like Bakshi

2008-08-07T05:02:00.000-07:00

I've always loved the work of Ralph Bakshi. I came across this video of him at SD comic con over on Cartoon Brew. It's a MUST SEE. Bakshi tells it like it is, blunt and to the point. Make your own film.
Go out and get this book while your at it.

Kid stuff

2008-08-04T13:30:00.001-07:00

This is an unused kid I designed recently for a new project of mine. He's got the moppy haired Marty McFly look going on. I think I'll store him away for another project.

ERNey from my sketchbook

2008-07-23T13:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a collage/ painting from my sketchbook of Earnie. I really enjoy drawing Bert and Earnie in different styles and situations. This one is in my blocky style with a little abstract twist.

STRAWBERRY THROWBACK

2008-07-11T08:39:00.001-07:00

Here's the way I visualize Strawberry Shortcake. Kinda like a rag doll with straw like legs. I also added this massive berry in her hat which covers her big curly yarn hair. She's still cute, but fun. These 2 images were my concept for the new strawberry makeover look which didn't get used, but I still think they're cool.

Here's the classic clip...

HEAVY ROTATION

2008-06-29T16:54:00.000-07:00

As I'm working on a few new sketches and other personal projects, I've been listening to this English band called "The Go! Team". Their music is fun and full of energy. My kids love to dance to them as well. I recently saw a clip of their newest single on Cartoon Network as an interstitial. Very cool pixel style animation similar to the White Stripes lego video. Anyhow, I tracked down the full video and thought I'd share it with you all.

The GO! TEAM - "Milk Crisis"
Uploaded by Cooperative-Music

Seems that most of their videos involve animation, here's another.

The Go! Team - Doing it right
Uploaded by subpoprecords

GO! SPEED GO!

2008-06-21T15:34:00.001-07:00

GO! SPEED GO!, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

I've been horrible at posting as of late. Especially with the Throwbacks (forgive me) Hopefully this will get me up to SPEED. LOL. I had this sitting around in my sketchbook all week, so I just gave it some color for the post. Speed racer the movie got slept on in the theaters this summer, but after seeing it for myself I thought it was worth every penny. Good movie, check it out when it hits DVD.

My color inspiration, the classic speed pose in front of the Mach 5.

OLD SCHOOL CLASSIC SPEED.

NEW SCHOOL SPEED ON SPEED.

The directors did a good job (in my opinion) on keeping the tone of the cartoon. The actors did a great job as well. A lot of people are quick to judge without actually seeing the movie for themselves.

more SPACEmen and Pussy cats

2008-06-18T13:12:00.001-07:00

COOL BMW CONCEPT

2008-06-12T07:37:00.000-07:00

This is just SICK! Very cool concept and a different way of thinking..

Gain The World Music video

2008-05-22T07:57:00.001-07:00

Find more videos like this on Channel Frederator RAW

This is an animated music video for the band Morcheeba, directed and designed by the talented mastermind Joel Trussell and animation collaboration with your's truly (SACKS10) I felt like sharing it here mostly because the youtube version that was posted on the web was a horrible representation. The animation was limited purposely to lend to the director's stylization. I hope you dig it as much as I do. Feel free to comment below.

Strawberry Shortcake card design

2008-04-28T09:33:00.000-07:00

I did this graphic approach to the Strawberry Shortcake character for a Licensing show greeting card. The original design was much more cartoony, but I went with more of a sophisticated look for a change. I really don't do a lot of graphic illustrations, but this worked. A bunch of other talented artists did their take on other characters like Madballs and Sushi Pack for greeting cards as well. I will add links to their art whenever they upload them to the web.

This month (actually last month) I've been reading the bio on Walt Disney. AMAZING book. I strongly recommend this read. I also stumbled upon this rare gem called "The adventures of Isabel". I usually check out books to read to my kids from the library and I lucked up on this find. I really enjoy kids storybooks. This one had a really cool old school limited color palette. The story was pretty strange too. The little Isabel nibbled on a one eyed giant who was going to grind her bones into bread. Afterwards she beheaded him with a pair of scissors (no lie)

I GOT JUICE !

2008-04-23T07:33:00.001-07:00

These 2 images have been floating on my computer for quite sometime unfinished. I actually made an effort to finish them up finally. These characters stemmed from my first college sketchbook years ago and eventually turned into cool concept of mine. The pink bunny (BETA) is our hero who fights off these red hooded trouble making CREEPS who like to multiply and trash everything.

Tek1 Robot/ SUSHI PACK GAME!!!!

2008-04-07T10:37:00.001-07:00

This is a robot illustration from one of my properties that I'm using for Channel Frederator's awards booklet. The theme was "Robots in metropolis"

If you like Sushi and enjoy playing games online, you should definitely click over and play The NEW SUSHI PACK "Beat the Heat" game. I illustrated all of the character art for the talented Mr. Brian Emling who concept and put the game together. I don't play many games online, but this one is loads of addictive gaming fun. Click on the "Beat the Heat" banner to the right and check it out. Lemme know what you think. Let the kiddies play and explore the Sushi Pack webpage.

I also did this illustration and logo above as well.

SPACEMEN & PUSSYCATS

2008-04-03T09:55:00.000-07:00

I draw these blocky headed characters from time to time and friends seem to like them. So I'm thinking of doing a series of paintings with them. As a theme I somehow thought that they would look cool with Spacesuits. Then I saw my cat curled up sleeping on my bench and thought how peaceful she was and how I would love to take her on a space exploration. So now I'm going to include pussycats with fur painted to represent each planet's colors in our solar system. This is my first page of many conceptual sketches to choose each painting. Feel free to lemme know which ones you like the most as I post to help me choose which ones I'm going to paint.

More sketches.

Beaten Heart

2008-03-31T16:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a character I designed over the weekend for a scene in my little short film I'm chugging away at in the wee hours. His hobbies include collecting left hooks and right crosses to the face.

This guy is a double stack of FEAR who gives Beaten Heart the latest updates on what's new in the world of Knuckle Samitches. To the right is his insperation, KIMBO SLICE!!!!!!

My Mojo Jojo interview animation.

2008-03-11T14:13:00.000-07:00

I was really excited to see this posted on YouTube. I did this animation of Mojo Jojo for the Powerpuff girls movie DVD as a special feature. I never got a solid copy of the final thing, so I was happy to see this posted. I also did the animated interview of the mayor as well.

The Extra guy at the end of this one was animated by the talented Mr. Jeff Fastner over at Primal Screen.

Just had to post.

2008-02-28T14:12:00.000-08:00

Found this pic in a 50's ad book. I have no clue where it came from. Jellystone park maybe? Looked really cool so I just had to share it witcha. If you have a clue where this was taken, post a comment to let me know.

Someone in the comments section asked why there weren't any African Americans in the Flintstones world. Within my mental log of cartoon imagery I distinctly remember seeing something of this nature, then I had to track it down to share with you all. I present to you the "BLACKSTONES" (and I thought the first photo was bizarre)

Daft Punk Fan Video

2008-02-25T12:19:00.000-08:00

I've been jamming to a lot of Daft Punk to keep me awake in the wee hours of the night as I work on freelance gigs. I came across this which I thought was really clever, not to mention difficult. At first it seems dumb and boring, but watch it as the video progresses.

Daft also have an animated movie in anime style based off of their music. No dialogue whatsoever. Worth checking out. FUNKY.

BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT

2008-02-18T06:55:00.000-08:00

Much similar to the Animatrix, DC has taken the anime approach to a series of Batman short films coming out direct to DVD summer 2008. Bruce Timm is involved as directer as well as anime studios such as Studio 4c (Tekon Kinkreet), Madhouse, and Production IG (Ghost in the shell). Even though I'm a big Marvel fan, I am anxiously looking forward to seeing this film. I hope you enjoy this sneak peek I found on youtube.

48 frames of YO! LOVE

2008-02-10T23:54:00.000-08:00

Find more videos like this on Channel Frederator RAW

Here's the short piece of animation I did for the 48 frames of love contest. It features my main character Yin that I created years ago when I started to get into yo yo-ing and our cat Lilly. Lilly the Cat falls in love as Yin woo's her with his heartwarming yo yo trick for valentines day.

Oh, and if you've ever wondered how Yo Yo's are made, check out this cool clip I found of the YoYo factory in Arizona. Edited to the tune of the Chemical Brothers (I love this song)

...And yes, the YoYo really does float.

AND THE WINNERS ARE....

2008-02-07T11:15:00.000-08:00

There were a lot of great submissions to the GIJOE Throwback Thursday contest. I had Madball artist Jim Groman Judge the artwork since he donated some of the prize winnings and use to work @ Hasbro toys. He had a tough job choosing amongst the many amazing entries. It wasn't easy folks. HERE ARE THE WINNERS!

The grand prize winner is Robb Mommaerts!

And the 2nd place winner is Kevin Evans!

Jim also had 2 honorable mentions for Jim Mehsling who was 1st to answer the call of duty and uploaded not one but five entries, and Hasdrubal who entered 7 3D pieces. A hearty YO JOE! goes out to these 2 soldiers.

A BIG BIG thanks to all who entered and made this contest a success. Keep your eyes pealed here and on Channel Frederator for future Throwback contests. If you have any ideas for future contests subjects please feel free to share them in the comments section below.

Also to see all of the entries for the contest, go HERE or HERE @FLICKR.

Pearce Sisters short film

2008-02-02T07:17:00.000-08:00

I've been waiting a while to see the pearce sisters short in it's entirety, and thanks to the post by Amid over at cartoonbrew, we can all see the woderfully crafted short film. It was interesting to see the process of how this film was created. Check it out HERE.

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CONTEST SUBMISSIONS DUE TODAY!!!!!!

2008-01-31T00:40:00.000-08:00

THROWBACK THURSDAYS CONTEST PAGE!!!

If you haven't gotten them in yet, GIJOE throwback illustrations are due today. We have a pretty solid turnout this year. Thanks to everyone who has entered and have joined the Frederator RAW community. Below is a photo of the what the grand prize winner will get once chosen. An Original framed Madball illustration by James Groman,2 new signed madballs and one GIJOE 25th anniversary figure.

And here's a prize for the runner up.....

These are a few entries that came in throughout the week....

Kevin Evans

David Sones

Harry the bastard

Jim Groman (Not in the contest)

Hasdrubal

GET A GRIP SHOW!!

2008-01-27T22:09:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately I was unable to get to NY for the "Get a Grip" show, but a SACKS10 piece was REPRESENTING! Below is a clip of the opening night at MyplasticheartNYC. Thanks Kano!

Here's my submission for the MyplasticheartNYC moneyGRIP show. I call him "Knuckle UP", you can call him Trouble.

UPDATE!!!!....KNUCKLE UP SOLD!

EVENTS AND CONTESTS

2008-01-23T05:53:00.000-08:00

Dan Meth and Frederator present the 1st NYC Drink and Draw event.
The first Drinking and Drawing event in NYC is Wednesday January 23rd 8:00 p.m. at M1-5 Bar @ 52 Walker St. (Church+Canal)

HEY, After you get your Drink and Draw on, take a couple of Airborn (great for hangovers) and head over to MyplasticheartNYC on friday for the MONEYGRIP show. A lot of great artists put their twist on this 4 inch vinyl toy by artist kaNO! Keep an eye out there for a SACKS10 original MoneyGRIP as well. ^-^

Show your love this February by submitting a 5 sec short piece of animation to the Channel Frederator Love Fest contest. Swing by the RAW page for details.

IRONMAN ADVENTURES

2008-01-21T19:31:00.001-08:00

Being a big Ironman fan, I was ecstatic when I came across these clips on the new Marvelkids.com. In my opinion, this is what all marvel direct to dvd movies should be like. There are 3 clips in the trilogy. Each one introduces a surprise guest appearance. The only other way I can see doing a direct to dvd marvel movie in 2D would be by letting one of the marvel vets like Jack Kirby,John Romita (Sr/Jr) or Tim Sale stylize the whole movie. Aw, I can dream cant I?

GIJOE CONTEST SUBMISSIONS DUE JAN.31ST

2008-01-09T18:35:00.000-08:00

The submissions for the GIJOE THROWBACK THURSDAY CONTEST are looking SWEET over at Channel Frederator RAW forum. A lot of soldiers have aided in the call of duty. The submission deadline is January 31st, so there's still time to get in. I've posted a few of the artists submissions below as a sample. Swing by the contest forum HERE to see all of the submissions. Also, I'll be posting pictures of the prizes over the weekend. We still need more art, so spread the word to fellow artists out there.

CLICK HERE to join the THROWBACK THURSDAYS FORUM

Jorge Lacera

Hasdrubal

Robb Mommaerts

Jim Mehsling

Carlos Villagra

I'M ON CHANNEL FREDERATOR!

2008-01-09T08:08:00.000-08:00

LOOK Ma, I'm on channel frederator. My 4 second winter themed animation made it on the current episode on Channel Frederator. Check it out and leave some comments!.Subscribe while your there. Spread the Fred.

A brief summery:
I don't know about everyone else out there, but I hate going out in that cold, snowy weather. To see those die hard smokers out there braving the cold on a dedicated smoke break always gives me a good laugh. This one's for all you smokers out there taking your winter drags, I see you. Be Cool, but don't catch cold.

YO JOE! THROWBACK THURSDAYS 32/ CONTEST

2007-11-28T15:40:00.000-08:00

We need a few good men and women to enlist in the GIJOE illustration contest. Join in the THROWBACK THURSDAY FORUM HERE on channel Frederator RAW and start uploading your own stylized illustration of your favorite GIJOE character(s) for a chance to win prizes. The contest will end mid January, so everyone has the holiday break to get some doodling in. Have fun with it! It could be a sketch, digital painting or kick ars sculpture, you decide. We'll have a guest judge in the end giving all of the pics a once over for a grand prize. It's a great opportunity to strut your stuff, show your talents and join in an amazing animation community. I must also note that this contest is FOR FUN and is not in any way affiliated with or endorsed in connection with the Hasbro toy company or the GIJOE brand.
YO JOE!!!!

YO JOE! I'm back on the throwbacks with a vengance. As a kid I collected G.I.Joe figures and indulged in the 80's cartoon. One of the most remembered characters for me was Destro. Looking back now as an adult, he looks kinda pimpish, so I had to throw the Barroness in this pic. For the backdrop, I tried to replicate the toy packaging. I drew the characters on animation paper, scanned them in, then colored it all in photoshop.
NOW IT"S YOUR TURN TO DRAW YOUR FAVORITE JOE! BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR DRAW YOUR VERSION OF YOUR FAVORITE JOE ( or Joes) AND SUBMIT IT FOR A PRIZE! CONTEST DETAILS WILL BE POSTED SOON. START SKETCHING NOW BECAUSE "KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE!"

INTERVIEW WITH MADBALL ILLUSTRATOR JIM GROMAN

2007-11-08T11:45:00.000-08:00

SACKS10: How much fun is it to redesign the old Madballs?

JG: Are you Kidding?
I am lovin’ it! My first job out of college, (I attended the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1981 to 1986 graduating with a BFA in Illustration and Graphics and a minor in Cinematography) was at American Greetings when the first line of Madballs hit the toy shelves. The originals were designed by an amazing group of artists that eventually became mentors of a sort for me. The first few waves of Madballs were designed by: James Elliott, Mark Spangler and Tom Kuebler to name but a few. I came in at the time that AG was initiating the Madball action figures with the spring-loaded launching heads, and ended up designing a lot of those little guys. In school I did a lot of monster/comic/horror stuff, and it was great to actually find a company that appreciated that type of artwork.

SACKS10: How long have you been in the toy biz and where do the Madballs originate from?

JG: When I graduated from college, I intended on a career as an illustrator working on paperback book covers and such, but when I was offered the position at American Greetings with Those Characters From Cleveland, I was suddenly thrust into the wonderful world of toy design. So when all is said and done, I would say that I have been working on toys for pretty near 20 years now! Yikes!
As far as where the concept of Madballs came from, I guess I’ll begin with an old saying I’ve always agreed with: ‘Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.’ And Madballs being such a success, you may hear a number of claims from different folks on who came up with them. I believe it started with a new version of the game ‘Hot Potato” that someone at TCFC was working on. Some drawings were done of the potato having a face on it, and streamers coming out of the back. Someone, (and I am not saying who, ‘cause I don’t know for sure…) said’ get rid of the streamers and make it a ball with a face, and we got a product line!”
But I say a lot of credit has to go to the talented design team working on the balls in those days, because I truly believe that the idea would not have worked as well if the characters in the line weren’t so damn cool!

SACKS10: Were you a fan of the Madballs and which is your favorite Madball character?

JG: Because I am such a fan of the Madballs line, it is somewhat tough to pick a favorite. They all have their own, personal ‘charms’. But here goes…
Anybody out there remember an old 1958 movie called ‘The 7th Voyage of Sinbad?’. If not, go rent it. There is a giant Cyclops in the film that is one of the coolest monster concepts in cinematic history. The creature was designed by special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. I happen to know that at least one or two of the guys working at TCFC in those days were fans of Mr. Harryhausen’s work, (as I am…) and I like to think that the character of Hornhead is a ‘homage’ of sorts to Ray and his wonderful fantasy creation. And for that reason Hornhead is my favorite Madball.
But then again, I love Skullface…and then there’s Bashbrain…
Oh hell…

Jim Groman, sculpter of the infamous OOZINATOR

SACKS10: Are there any other things that you've done art- wise in the past that we might remember?

JG: While at TCFC in the 1980’s and 90’s, I worked on a toy line called BlurpBalls. Now Blurpballs were very similar to Madballs in many ways, but different in one very significant way. When squeezed, a BlurpBall would spit, or ‘wretch’ out a smaller ball from it’s mouth. We did a shark that spit out a scuba diver (Sharky Skull-Squirt), a vampire that spit out a human heart (Count Heave-a-Heart), as well as a skull, a dinosaur, baseball player, pig and a cat. I was the sole designer of this entire line. I also conceived and designed a line called ‘Barnyard Commandoes’ that was produced by Playmates Toys. These were little vinyl pigs and sheep that came with high-tech weaponry that strapped to their backs and such. This line spawned an animated mini-series that consisted of 5 episodes that ran on television over the course of a week when the product was released.
Over the years I worked on many, many toy lines. One of the more memorable would be a redesign of the toy Stretch Armstrong for Cap Toys. (I also worked on the packaging and illustrated the origin comic book that came with the figure).
I am also a sculptor and have sculpted patterns for a number of model kits and action figure lines. I sculpted a plastic model kit of Universals ‘The Mummy’ as well as a kit based on “Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow’ and ‘The Creature from the Black Lagoon.’ I’ve done two huge Godzilla model kits, one being an exclusive release with Toys-r-Us. I sculpted just about the entire line of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer action figures for Playing Mantis toys, and designed Transformers and Star Wars toy lines when I worked at Hasbro Toys a few years back.

SACKS10: Will we be seeing more Madballs in the near future?

JG:
I hope you will be seeing lots and lots!! So far the character’s ugly mugs have graced a greeting card line and sticker sheet at Target stores and have sold like crazy! The first wave of Madballs toys are shipping as I write this, and should be on shelf at Toys-R-Us in mid-November. The line consists of 6 regular foam Madballs, and 3‘Sick’Series balls. The Sick series have a special feature that causes their eyes, brains and other organs to bulge out when the ball is squeezed.
Basic Fun Toys (the toy company that is the master licensee of the Madballs line) has also created a Madball Bazooka that fires off mini-eyeball projectiles. It is really cool.
Alls I can say is buy them up and we will continue to make them!!

SACKS10: Are you just refaceing the old Madballs, or will we be able to see some brand new characters?

JG: Our first wave of product consists of 5 re-designs of some of the original Madballs characters, with 1 all-new character design. Series 2 will do the same. 5 redesigns, 1 all new design.
For a few months I did nothing but design Madballs, so I have a pile of designs just waiting to be reproduced in foam for your collecting pleasure. A couple of my fellow designers at AG had worked on the line for a while and have a ton of designs as well. A lot of them are redesigns of existing characters, but many many are all new monstrosities. I believe the key to keeping interest in this line of product is to constantly offer all-new, creative concepts and products to keep it fresh.
And keep you wanting more.

SACKS10: How do you come up with characters and what kind of process did you use in thinking of the designs?

JG: As I said, a lot of them are based on old, existing designs. What I tried to do with the recent line is freshen them up a bit for a new generation. Add detail and more character.
Many of the designs that we come up with are riffs off of familiar things in the horror genre, (monsters, aliens, zombies, pirates, animals ect.) We also try to think of things that just plain gross us all out. Like, ‘What if this guy’s face just split down the middle and half his flesh slid off his skull? Or,‘What if a bunch of maggots just poured from this guy’s eye socket?’
What if a dude had a zipper in the middle of his face?
What if bugs were infesting his brain?
As you can see, our processes are all somewhat complex and sophisticated.

SACKS10: What are your influences?

JG: I am a science fiction, fantasy and horror fan from way back. Movies, television, comic books and toys. I ate it all up as a kid, and still do to this day. My greatest influences are movies like King Kong, Universal and Hammer Studios Horror Movies, 50’s Sci-Fi, Steven Spielberg, Ray Harryhausen and old 1960’s Hanna Barberra action adventure cartoons. Art-wise my favorite illustrators are Frank Frazetta, Allen St. John, Bernie Wrightson, William Stout, Mark Schultz and Frank Frazetta. (I know I said Frazetta twice, but I really like Frazetta!!),

SACKS10: Where can we see more of your work?

JG: I have a blog at jgroman.blogspot.com. This showcases much of my sculpting work, comic book stories and full-blown illustrations and toy designs. I have also been working as one of the designers on two new Saturday Morning animated shows. One of the programs is called Sushi Pack, and the other is Tinpo. I’ve been busy designing monsters, heroes, robots and vehicles for the shows. Both programs run on Saturday Mornings on CBS, so check your local listings!

SACKS10: OK, I'm sold! When and where can I get my Madballs fix?

JG: The product line is being produced by a toy company called Basic Fun, and can be ordered off of their website at basicfun.com. The line is shipping to stores as you read this, and should be on shelf by mid-November. Toy-R-Us will get them first as an exclusive for a short time, then they will go mass to all other retailers shortly thereafter.
And as I said before…. buy them up! We’ll make more!!

IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE MADBALL DEVELOPEMENT ART SWING OVER TO MADBALLS CENTRAL

GREAT BIG SUSHI PACK PREMIERE POST

2007-11-02T08:50:00.000-07:00

For the past 3 years I've been doing character design/ developement for a new show called SUSHI PACK which airs this Saturday morning on CBS. The show is really geared toward a very young audience but is a cool concept created by Leo Espinosa. The developement team at AGP helped mold it in to what is today. I've gotten the go ahead to post some of my early designs and concepts for the show and pasted them below.
If you want to learn more about these Tasty morsels of might, go to the SUSHI PACK Homepage

On side note, another premiere happens tonight on Cartoon Network for a new show called CHOWDER I've been really looking foreward to this show. It looks like Sooooo much FUN, and that's what cartoons are all about. So dig in to a bowl of popcorn tonight for the Chowder premiere, then wake the kiddies up Saturday morning for a bowl of cereal and an eyefull of animated SUSHI.
YEEEEAAAAAAHHH!!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

2007-10-31T12:11:00.001-07:00

I did this illustration for a halloween card.

HALLOWEEN is spooky fun for everyone. GO LITTLE SAX!

A gang of hungry squirrels ate the face out of our pumpkin. Watch out!

TRICK or TREAT!

BURT & URNEY

2007-10-19T12:46:00.001-07:00

A B&E sketch I did this morning. I love drawing these guys. They still live together as roomates after all these years. I think by some means that falls under a form of common law marriage doesn't it? Hmmmm.

The ART of G.I.JOE online

2007-10-16T12:16:00.000-07:00

I came across this site after visiting Steve Lambey's blog. Seeing all of this G.I.Joe art again brought back a lot of childhood memories. The art showcased on this site is based on the toy packaging. A lot of good stuff on here catagorized by the year of it's release. CLICK HERE travel back in time.

I remember looking at my Joe toy list sheet and spotting "Blowtorch". I ventured every toystore at that time in search of this figure. I finally got him and was in fiery heaven.

I remember getting this vehicle for Christmas. HMMMMMmmm, I feel a throwback coming on.

Twin_skies2

2007-10-15T19:44:00.000-07:00

Something I drew up some time ago. Jamal and Jada, Twin characters from one of my many projects. Thought I'd share it with my fellow artists. Illustrated on paper with pencil, colored in photoshop with a photo I took on a plane. Some color enhancements on the sky.

BTW, I've added a new shirt design on bountee for girls on the go. Only 50 shirts available.

PRETTY FREEKIN SCARY books out NOW!!!!

2007-10-10T13:43:00.000-07:00

Today I got my copies of the Pretty Freekin Scary books I illustrated along with fellow artist Carlos Villagra. The books came out pretty good. The story is dope as well (good read) Get online and grab a couple for you and your morbid friends.
We illustrated 4 books all together. The 3rd book below is coming out soon and is now available for preorder.

On another note. I got an illustration printed in this months issue of Animation Magazine.

There's an article about a new show I'm working on at AGP called Sushi Pack. I worked on the early development of the property based off of characters created by talented illustrator Leo Espinosa. I now pretty much design characters and approve show elements for each episode. Read the article below for more info on the show.

TINPO and AG Kidzone

2007-10-03T00:53:00.000-07:00

Over the past year I did some early developement work with my team over at American greetings on some intersticials called Tinpo which now airs on CBS saturday mornings. I think the creative team as a whole did a great job at creating the look and feel for these shorts. Want to see more? Swing over to AGKIDZONE.com and click on the video section under TINPO.

THROWBACK THURSDAYS 31

2007-09-27T07:22:00.001-07:00

I wanted to really clean this one up and go all out on the colors, but time did not permit. I used to enjoy watching the gummie bears get loaded up on Juice and bounce all over the place to save the day. I feel the same way when I drink Patron. I couldn't squease 2 of the bears into the composition (Grammi Gummi and Gruffi Gummi) The show had a pretty decent run of 95 episodes.

SIM_SIM

2007-09-25T20:31:00.000-07:00

I scanned in a pic from my sketchbook of Hadji from Johnny Quest. I Netflixed the new JQ DVD's and sketched this out, it was fun to relive my childhood memories of watching this show. The style of the show was ahead of it's time with amazing designs by Alex Toth.

BREAK BEATS

2007-09-14T00:05:00.001-07:00

WOW! voted most wanted on Bountee.com. Hurry while supplies last.

If you don't like light blue, nab one of these manly grey Tees.

BUY NOW!

BREAK BEATS, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

Here's a BRAND SPANKING NEW T-shirt design I posted up over on www.bountee.com This also marks the 1st introduction of the Blue cancerous CREEP (who likes to tear things apart). Hurry and grab one quick there's only a limited run of 50 shirts for adults and 20 for kids!

Oh! make sure to click on the bountee banner ad on the right in the links column to cast your vote for the design.

Breakdown BANANA Boogie

2007-09-11T05:49:00.001-07:00

BANANA_Breakdown, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

I decided to play with my food today. I got a little inspired when I saw Spacesick's "Food with faces" so for the past few days I have been doodling with the wacom over some food photos I took a while back. I'm taking it back to the OLD SCHOOL with a classic B-Boy theme. I popped in some classic breakdance dvd's like Beatstreet and Wild Style to get in the zone.

Sorry I haven't had a chance to sketch out any new Throwbacks this Thursday. I did however come across some old Top Cat pencil test animation from back in the day. It was a great chance to animate to the wonderful sounds of Louis Prima. I hope this can tide you over until next Thursday. Oh! don't forget to click the pause button at the beginning of this post header to silence the hip hop beats.

Shinji Hashimoto DEMO

2007-09-09T06:06:00.000-07:00

I like good Anime, and from time to time I see scenes in one that blow me away. Come to find out, animator Shinji Hashimoto tackled a few of them. He was also the one who directed the animation in "Kids Story" from the Animatrix. I love his sketchy style of animation and the way he incorporates the handheld camera effect. I came across his demo reel on youtube and thought I'd share it with you.

SUSPECTS

2007-09-06T07:56:00.001-07:00

SUSPECTS, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

Here are a few sketches of some shady characters for a project I'm working on. Just a couple of characters involved in a dice game outside a barber shop.

Just thought I'd go over these characters with some thicker brush lines. Below is another shady character.

THROWBACK THURSDAYS 30

2007-08-24T20:37:00.001-07:00

How RICH can you get? You'll never know 'til you've met... RICHBOY RICHIE. Hanna-Barbera premiered "The Richie Rich Show" in 1980. Rappers, Ballers and shot callers don't know jack compared to the richest kid in the world. One of my favorites of the 80's. This kid had it made, mansion, yacht, Butler and his very own robot made(Irona). Oh, I forgot to mention his goofy dog dollar. I plan on doing some more sketches of this cartoon so keep checking back.

MORE RICHIE

Jerry Beck over at Cartoon Brew has just announced the upcoming release of a Richie Rich Harvey comics classics book. This is a definite buy for me. Click over to Amazon and reserve your copy NOW!!!

More Richie Rich comics I found on ebay...

CREEPdoodle

2007-08-14T15:14:00.001-07:00

CREEPdoodle, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

Cancerous CREEPS like to play DIRTY.