This was a freelance design I did for a web add last year. I illustrated these all in illustrator CS with the wacom tablet. Came out pretty good, I think I'm getting a little use to drawing with the Wacom. Anyway, I posted an illustration of a walking castle a few posts back which was rejected for this same project. Scroll down and check it out.


Below is an old sketch I had laying around for a custom MUNNY design.

Random person SKETCH

Sorry, no Throwbck today. I did, however manage to sketch out this kid I saw walking last week with his skateboard. No Lie. I thought the imagery was pretty funny and I tried to capture his motion best I could. If you could only see him moving. Anyway, I think I captured it.

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I had to revisit the last caveman throwback for this week. I actually started this project the week of the last throwback post, but due to freelance and other duties it took longer than expected to finish up. I incorporated the bird from the last post at the end of this and recorded the ending audio with my youngest daughter Madison (Her first acting gig. lol) I recorded myself doing the bird call in quicktime pro. (yeah that's yours truly) Loads of fun. I experimented with letting flash motion tween some parts, but really didn't like how it turned out. Other parts of the animation I used my knowledge of animation timing and tricks of the trade which made the motion look WAY more fluent.

Random Wacom sketch

I needed a bird for the end of this flash thing I'm doing. I also need to get used to drawing with the wacom (ya know, save a tree and stuff like that) So this I did super quick in photoshop. He'll do.
Reference used below...

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"Captain CAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!!" Another one of my favorites as a kid. Sorry to all, I've been swamped with other artistic duties and have fallen behind on my usual Thursday bit. Hopefully this strikes a cord out there for all you cartoon finatics. Captain Caveman's powers include super-strength, a variety of useful objects hidden inside his fur, and a club that allows him to fly and from which pops out different tools he uses to fight crime (Genius). And who might you say are the lovely ladies flanking to the left and right of Mr. Cavey there? The Teen Angels of course. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–1980) was a Saturday morning cartoon created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It was originally broadcast on ABC as part of the programming block Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics, which also included Scooby-Doo, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, and Laff-A-Lympics.

Last resort of a panty sniffing Pup

I was sketching dogs in my book and this fellow wondered out of my pencil. I started with this really cool shape, then I added the character to it. The hard part was turning it into an image that told some sort of story. I added an awkward arm and tried to figure out what to put in his hand. Oddly enough it ended up being a pair of tidey whiteys, his face followed through in response. I pictured him as a perverted panty sniffing puppy who'd ended up scrapping the bottom of the barrel. After searching high and low this was all he could find. The question is, will his canine urges allow him to take pleasure in sniffing a pair of DIRTY DRAWLS? (his bowtie says no, but the canine screams YES!)


Another Panty sniffing Pooch study.

TRANStesP

TRANStesP, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

Here is my official version of the "TRANSPLANT" flyer for the gallery show I'm part of in March. The original piece is hand painted with acrylics, paint stick and pencil.(7.5x14 inches) I'll probably be posting pics of me working on various pieces throughout this month. so keep checking back.

This was my alternative version...

CASTLE KING

Sorry that I've been slacking on the throwbacks. I've been working on a few freelance projects aside from catching a cold. Anyway, here's a freelance reject that was never used. They asked for a fairytale land with a castle in the background. The client liked my style, so I figured I wouldn't draw just any plain old castle. In the end I think he was too much for the client. I think all fairytale castles should look like that. lol.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

I came across an article on John K's blog where he talks about executive's beliefs in the animation biz. One comment hit home...


"Execs think that characters by themselves have inherent value. "This character is worth millions". They never get that the artist who is able to create great characters is the thing of value.

Bugs is a great character, right? Then why hasn't anyone been able to do a good cartoon with him in 50 years?

Because they don't have Clampett, Avery or Jones to direct him. These guys created scores of great characters.

This obvious fact of history that repeats itself over and over again is completely over the heads of executives."
-John K

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Today's throwback is a cereal throwback. Though I never ate Quisp cereal as a kid, I've always been a fan of the Jay Ward commercials. I didn't have much time to ink or color these, so I'm just posting the sketches for now.

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Ludwig, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

Ludwig Von Drake was Donald's uncle and Mother Goose's grandson, who only appeared on TV. He hosted 17 television featurettes. I remember him mostly from his accent and screwy know-it -all segments that surrounded the Sunday night Disney movie specials. My goal was to do this piece only with the wacom, totally digital. I really need to get the hang of drawing directly into the computer. This is my first real attempt to draw straight in photoshop. I hope to get better at it this year, although I'll still continue to use pencil and paper on the regular.

Here's an additional sketch I did using good ol' pencil and paper.

TRANSPLANT Carousel

IMG_1213, originally uploaded by saxtonmoore.

This past weekend me and 3 other atrists contructed a 7 foot carousel to promote our upcoming art show in March called "TRANSPLANT" The display is in the window of a vintage toy store called BIG FUN here in Cleveland. What a way to start off the new year.

Each artist picked another artist to paint riding on a human organ. My painting of Jorge Lacera is on the far left.