While researching Nuclear Reactors I can across this beautiful colored map.

Here's an illustration that is in the works, the arm was behind the head trying to look like he's (I'm) running late but it ended up looking more like a fashion pose which I didn't want. So I may try snapping fingers or hold sheet music?

Th pin stripes on the overhauls will look better and simplify the drawing if the are in "light gray" instead of black. I'm really trying to keep this simple. Ha! I may add some halftones to add sparkle.................?

These are just traced from images I got off the internet.

After tracing these I think I have a much better idea how to draw these characters.

I didn't want to make them fancy or in my own style or anything, just the character we all love in a line drawing placed on stars.

These old posters are great, they show the power of color. Even if the characters are a little off model, bold color, composition and contrasting lettering are great design elements to keep your interest.

I love this old Donald Duck. Everything feels just right here.

This 80's Mickey is great, drawing front views of characters can be the most difficult drawings to pull off...well beside a 3/4 rear!

Again great color and wonderful how they got floating heads against the ocean musical stream...

This Pinocchio is just the angle and expression that I need for the final page in my book.

The work done here on the lettering here is so right on for the movie.

Amazing how life - like and child- like are these very loose drawings. They really were excited about what they were doing. At least they're work shows this excitement for me.

Primary colors work fairly well.

This pan looks to me like a sericel.
Walt Disney's Pinocchio clip art reference for a page in my book "Happiest Music on Accordion".

"It's not much of a tail. but I'm sorta attached to it."

- Eeyore the Donkey

One of my favorite lines from the original "Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" (1967). I was thinking about backgrounds for my cartoon and was curious, what environment and style I'd like to put him into. The first thing that came to mind, were the backgrounds in the opening titles of this film.

These backgrounds have a simplified "storybook" look. They started with an over all "solid color" that covers the entire frame (Emerald,Teal or Shamrock) then with a few blended charcoal elements using colors (brown, grey & yellowish green). And lastly, a cel xerox of a pencil line (pencil turns to looking like a black inked line ) sitting on top of the artwork.

The lines are broken and allows color to enter and exit freely. The same with the grass, each blade is free to sit however it wants. The last element for me, are the white high-lights on the tree (light green in the tree leaves). In the rest of the film, the leaves are more detailed but here, they are just simple "puffy" clouds.

I better add that this background pan is most likely a 16 field which is larger than television 12 field which can hold more detail. If one would want this quality they should consider that too!

Hands are in silhouette but are 3-D with volume. My drawings of hands are getting better but are far from this masterwork.
These multi-drawing effects had to be done separately then combined. They are too perfect.
The animator here probably played the piano, he drew the fingers (while most of the hidden) actually pressing the keys. Hand of GOD was working here.
This reminds me of Ren Hoek. Really funny even after seeing for the 15 times!
The duck has no eyebrows yet he's got some angry looking eyes! Look how the left hand is in silhouette on shirt and the cuff throughout the scene, always favors one side.
This distortion reminds me of Bob Clampett. Could be Ward Kimball.
These arm are stretched but they maintain the mass. This is so hard to draw! That door is animated too, talk about time consuming/painstaking work.
Donald is mad at the guy who just left the door.
I would love to see Popeye and Donald in a fight.
These are so extreme yet they stay on model! Great effect, simple shadows, not easy to pull off yet these guys did it like they were breathing.
Bottom of feet!

If you only knew how many times I would try getting a 3/4 foot on a pose like this. Not needed. Look!!
Some distortion but really stay in realistic proportion.

These poses of Donlad Duck are really extreme. I guess the animators really took animation to it's fullest potential. Not to mention the great background that some falls under 'animated background' as well. These were all hand inked too! The amount of skill and talent back then is incredible.

Everytime I see the owl from Bambi, he reminds me of George Liquor. Such a weird thing because John HATES Disney. Must be my own point of view but something with the eyes and the red nose and orange beak.

You can find similarities in all characters. I think it's impossible to be total original but John is one of the most originals out there. The Friend Owl was voiced by Will Wright, I'd be interested in finding out who animated him..

Bill Justice "Mickey Mouse Club" Animation Director dies. Probably one of the most exciting children's Show songs ever created. Thanks to my mother for sending me this article.

Walt Disney had the idea of Mickey Mouse but did not make actually draw the cartoons of Mickey and friends. He found the best draftsmen in the business from New York and paid them to bring his dreams to life.

Bob Clampett's mother made the very first Mickey Mouse doll. Bob Clampett almost worked for Disney but went to Warner Brothers instead. Bob Clampett, next to Tex Avery animated the wildest cartoons ever made.

Making a 3-d doll out of a cartoon character can be very difficult and time consuming but once you got the prototype approved, you can have many of them made. Do your best hire a designer and or a Toy Company or Doll Maker. This way you are getting someone who as already profession experience in that area.

This image is great.

Oliver the Other Reindeer (1999)

Voices of Drew Barrymore and Dan Castellaneta

I finally watched this DVD I bought a few years back. Wow really great Christmas Cartoon. Produced by Matt Groening.

'When one of Santa's reindeers is injured, little Olive journeys to the North Pole to offer her services as a substitute. Santa is skeptical at first but not only can Olive fly, she i.d.s the mean mailman who's been sending Santa hate mail and sniffs the bandit down to retrieve Santa's bag of toys. GOOD DOG. You've earned those antlers!'

New Classic Tale with a new animated look, even though it's 12 years old.

Pumpkin carved by Original Simpson Director Wes Archer.
Here's the Bart template for carving a pumpkin, the eyes may need adjusting to get it to really work (move pupils to the edge of eyes.)

Also this is a relief carving, intentionally leave the inner "yellow" of the pumpkin.

This is a super great collection of many different Cartoon Companies using Colorforms to promote their characters.

Bugs Bunny • Beany and Cecil • The Dinosaur Kit • Malibu Barlie

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"It's more fun to PLAY the Colorforms WAY!

"Colorforms are more FUN than anything."

"It's just like magic, the fun never ends."

"Make up all kinds of stories."

"Colorforms what a Toy!"

"All you need is Colorforms"

"It's Colorforms fun!"

This exists! My favorite cartoon when I was I child on at 7am every morning!

Resizing experiment:

"Loathsome Worlds" (png) was boosted up to 150 resolution. Wonder if the image will be larger when you click to "Open Large"?

What is a "PNG"?

Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is a bitmapped image format that employs lossless data compression. PNG was created to improve upon and replace GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) as an image-file format not requiring a patent license.

This takes longer to "Open Large" and it is much bigger when you click on the magnification.

I never noticed the other element used to make this poster/drawing more exciting. The shape of the chairs, tongue, shoe and head of Lupo are all the same. The sharp 'teeth-like' shape adds to the volume of sound of this image. For all that's going on in here, it's very simple to unite all these elements and keeps them point your eye in the same direction.

Here's some fantastic late 80's Original 'One-of-A-Kind' Production Art from Ralph Bakshi Productions by John Kricfalusi creator of "Ripping Friends", "Ren and Stimpy" and "George and Jimmy". His extreme cartoon style pushed cartoon history to the edge of the future!

The way the gun is in silhouette makes it very clear who's going to get out alive. Lots of black in all of these.

These images were from "Unfiltered The Complete Ralph Bakshi"

This one was found on the internet. All these are inked line on large cels and rear painted. The attention to detail and excitement of shapes are beyond words.

Joe Barbara, John Kricfalusi, Bill Hannah, , Friz Freleng taken in 1992.

Today I saw they have released some retro styled covers of Cap'n Crunch cereal. I absolutely love the lettering and simple graphic. It's not screaming at you to buy it, it's just looks like its saying enjoy your breakfast.

There is also this great one with the Crunchberry Beast. The drawings and lettering are incredible.

This one is an older one. His boat turns into a bowl of cereal. This is the stuff you can do in cartoons that people have forgotten. Get rid of the tatoos and bring back the kazoos.
I think this character is a lot like my Laughin' Larry character. Same enthusiasm!!

so weird how they both have spots

This is a good one too but not the one I saw at the store. The one I saw had Crunchberry Beast going nuts.
These other older cereal box designs are so right on, I had to post them. The fact they thru in realistic fruit for a few letters makes these more tastier already!

Make me a t-shirt of this already. Wait I think I may already have one.