Happy Night Of Terror
Here's what Shawn Dickinson is wearing tonight, so when he says "Trick or Treat" make him draw you a cartoon for his sugar.It's ok to offer him a cigarette because his costume isHere's demonic voice actor Auralynn swathed in the sweet blood of her latest victim.Here's some really scary costumes thanks to Mike Fontanelli.Here's a mask actually of him.Nothing is scarier than a duck wearing a
Using The Medium - Fredrikstad Seminar
One of the subjects I'm going to talk about is taking advantage of what animation can do that you can't do as well in other media.You can do abstracted designs...You can do extreme exaggeration. This type of gag would just look grotesque in live action.Like this:Although both Jerry Lewis and the 3 Stooges did some similar things, but not anywhere near as exaggerated.People are much more eager to
Happy Birthday Dad
Hey Dad, remember when you looked like a movie star?I love how these 50s Kodachrome photos look. I always wanted to make a cartoon using this type of color and lighting.Here's Dad in the air force. He'll tell you that every kid needs to spend at least 2 years in the service "That way, you'll learn some Goddamn DISCIPLINE!"Here's that hot chick he snagged with his rugged looks and manly jaw.My Mom
Bristol Encounters Festival in England Nov 16 - 20
John K./Spumco Cartoon Screening and Signing Thursday Nov 17 2 PMCome and hang out, shake hands and watch some of my cartoons. I think I will show a nice clean uncut "Boo Boo Runs Wild" that Cartoon Network has graciously given me...and some other rare things..During the signing, you can bring me t shirts or whatever to sign, or you can have me draw you a caricature for a measly 12 LBs! 12 lbs of
Specific Heads, Specific Expressions, Specific Gestures and Mannerisms
At both upcoming animation festivals, they asked me to do a seminar and talk about and show some of my influences. Obviously I'm really influenced by classic cartoons and I love cartooniness and magic - the stuff that the cartoon medium does most naturally and better than other media.But maybe the one thing I do differently than most cartoons is the acting. I'm not that influenced by cartoon
Fredrikstad Animation Festival (Norway) November 9 - 13
Here's my welcoming committee.Highlights:Don Hahn on the 80s-90s Disney RenaissanceDon was production manager and producer at Disney's in the late 80s and through the 90s and will talk about the behind the scenes stories that went on during the making of their animated films. Many cartoonists and animators who are friends of mine or who I have worked with help make these films and I'm sure Don
I Wish There Was a Good Drawing and Inking Program
AN UNFINISHED LOAFI can't seem to find a single drawing program that has all the fundamental tools you need to do good clean finished drawings in it.I have to use at least 2 programs to get a clean drawing done and then I have to spend a ton of time fixing up details. - There oughta be quick and easy clean up tools in the drawing programs.The way I'm doing it now is I import my rough drawing into
Li'l Buggers: Slab 'N' Ernie
Slab 'n' Ernie are real little buggers.They crave trouble and terrorize the other kids in the neighborhood and are a bad influence on all small things.Their uncle George Liquor loves the little buggers and thinks they are the greatest kids in the world. Wet clay that he can mold into God-fearing decent Americans.He steeps them in superstition because he believes that only a big dose of fear of
Simpsons Interview pt 2: Models and Abandoning Inbetweens
CHARACTER MODELSSo I did some character models to give them an idea of how I would draw the characters as caricatures of the Simpsons and then explained that even drawing them that way wouldn’t be enough to achieve what I wanted to do.I’m even bored with the pose to pose style animation we did at Spumco where the only control we had over the look of the cartoon characters’ acting was in the held
Sasha and Brandon's Homer Hallowe'en
Look what they made. Nice job! That'll sure attract the ghouls for some free candy.
Fredrickstad, Norway
Does anyone live there that can tell me where to find some historic sights, buildings etc?
Simpsons Amid Interview-Longwinded Answers pt 1
AMID: 1.) First things first, what's the backstory here? How did you end up animating a Simpsons opening?Matt Groening and Al Jean asked me to do it. They showed me an opening that Banksy did that satirized the animation production assembly line system in Korea and told me it was really popular, so they wanted to do something similar with me.StoryboardAt first they just wanted me to do a
Watch Adult Swim
Click the pic to see the flickassisted by:Jojo BaptistaTommy TannerGeneva HodgsonCG Moon, Stars, FX: Paul GriswoldCamera and tech help: Alex VassilevEnglish voice by Auralynn When, Japanese voice by Hitomi GriswoldThanks to Jason DeMarco and Mike Lazzo...and the helpful folks at Toonboom, Karina, J.R. Ron, BernardI hope I spelled everyone's name right...
Wacky Cartoon T Shirts At My Dizzy Virtual Store
Hey if you've bought any of the colorful t shirts in the store and wanna be a model in my next ad, send me a photo of you wearing one.Thank Alex for his wonderful 3d store magic. And thank Ella below, Dad just above and Layla at the top of the page.Here is what we have in stock ready to go:Blen and Kubercheebie womens: 6-M 2-XLBlen and Kubercheebie mens: 1-S, 5-M, 3-XL, 5-XXLGeorge Liquor
Surprise
I'll put some more production art and rough animation tests later in the week.Meanwhile here's an interview about t with Amid on Cartoon Brew:http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/exclusive-john-k-talks-about-his-simpsons-opening.html#more-50701I also have a longer version of the same interview that I can put up.
Do You Have McKimson Bros. Art For a Book?
Hi folksI wrote the forward to a book about Bob, Tom and Chuck McKimson.Does anybody have any original art from their cartoons, storyboards, comics, backgrounds, coloring books etc that you could scan to be printed in the book?You would get an acknowledgment and the world of cartoon fans would owe you everlastingly.
Howie Post Drawing Like Owen Fitzgerald!
HOWIE POST DOES STARLET OHARA STYLEBTW, something fun is happening tomorrow. I'll tell you about it after it happens. Maybe you'll find it on your own.
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