ME AND MANDY!!

The next person I bumped into was Mandy! She was her usual pissed off self, but I could tell she was happy to see me.

ME AND BILLY!!!!

This was the first person I saw when I entered the Cartoon Network Studio!

In good company.

I want to give a big THANK YOU to the guys over at IT'S JERRY TIME for giving me a nice link (with a way cool banner and everything!!!) on their WEBTOONS PAGE. CHECK IT OUT!!! It's amazing to be mentioned in the company of some great, super popular, sites like JIB JAB, ODD TODD, JOE CARTOON, OOOH BITEY, and FREDERATOR. I have been a fan of many of these sites for a long time. Keep up the great work!!

I'M IN

Happy happy joy joy!

COME ON IN

I'm about to to enter the coolest place EVER.

Me in Burbank

I just got back from Burbank California. Here is the first pic of my trip. I got to pitch an idea to the Cartoon Network!

Color variations

My choice would be the bottom left, with the purple hair.

color variations

Here are a few color options for the bully character. I like the last one on the right best.

BULLY

Here's a very funny looking bully character. I drew this, but I can't take credit for the very cool design. He was designed by ERROL BURKE. He is very fun to draw, because he looks like Angus Young from AC DC. I was told the 'T' stands for TROUBLE. Perfect!

DR. JOHNNY FEVER from WKRP in Cincinnati

Next up is Dr. Johnny 'Fever' Caravella as played by Howard Hessemen. Definitely not a morning person, but he was really cool.

Bailey Quarters from WKRP in Cincinnati

I am working on a pic of the whole cast from the show. It was one of my favorite shows of all time. Every single character was unique, interesting, had an individual look and was an archetypal character. This BAILEY QUARTERS. JAN SMITHERS was perfect in this role; shy, quiet, smart, but bursting with potential and ambition underneath those glasses.
My approach for this WKRP drawing, is not do to caricatures in the traditional sense. By that I mean I am not necessarily doing a caricature of Jan Smithers here. My approach is more like a character design approach. I am not trying to get a specific likeness of Jan Smithers, I am trying to capture the essence of her Bailey Quarters character.

I’m still working on her. I think I’m getting close to what I want.

Here she is…for now. She may be tweaked a bit before the final design is drawn. But I am pretty happy with this one. Now, onto the next WKRP character.

Still no pic....

...but there is one coming soon. I am working on a caricature that I wanted to do for a long time. Years, in fact! I don't want to ruin the surprise, but I will be posting the roughs soon. Until then, here is a link to FEED- animation_vfx_design blog. There is a nice post about the Ottawa Animation Festival. Look for the post dated Monday, October 2, 2006, called ONLINE OTTAWA X2. My propaganda parody films are mentioned.

WHAT?! No pic?!

No pic in this post, just a link to an article in BROADCASTER MAGAZINE. There is an article on the OTTAWA ANIMATION FESTIVAL, and my propaganda shorts are mentioned. I like their description of the Z-FILES, "zombie-filled, outrageously comical twist on 1950's nuclear propaganda films."

GOD VARIATIONS

These are the options for the GOD design. In the final design he had slippers, not Jesus sandals.

GOD

This is GOD. I did a bunch of variations of his beard. I went with this one because my girlfriend liked it best.