I WISH MY BROTHER GEORGE WAS HERE

Movie Stars of Yore

Shirley Temple was the biggest movie star to ever hit the screen then growed up to be a major diplomat. Want a caricature of your favorite star? For a reasonable price (whatever you can afford) you can have one on your wall to worship for all time.

Sketchbooks for sale cheap

Chock full of funny animals and humans, and classic gross-out scenes from beloved TV and web cartoons! Only a few left so hurry! Buy some now so George the cat can have fresh litter :( Still only $10 plus shipping. Please send checks or money order, the paypal is out for now. Email me at jimsmithcartoons@gmail.com for the mailing address.

Animation art

Hey cartoon fans, you can own a piece of history! This here is an original animation drawing of the Creeper from Disney's "The Black Cauldron" released way back in 1985. $200.00 In blue pencil are 3 animation drawings of Sebastian from "The Little Mermaid" $25.00 each for the full body drawings. $10.00 for the partial. The 2 images from Fat Albert are $10 each. Very rare!

Sketches of my roommate Tish's cats - Sally and Sammie and George chilling at home. Drawing friends and cats, dogs, mother-in-law is good practice and reference for life in intimate settings.

Art from Robin Hoek

Ren & Stimpy season one episode - having fun with classic adventure tales. Color image is still painting of my layout though I'm not sure who did the final color painting. Pencil sketch is rough layout drawing.

New cartoons on the interweb

Big shot movie star Tom Hanks has a new cartoon on the web called Electric City, a futuristic type of hitman story with eye-gouging, groin punching, and adult action for all ages. Don't let the kids watch it. I did layouts and a little animation. There's a good interview with the director on Cartoon Brew also. http://electriccity.yahoo.com, /ep1-en-truth-or-consequences.html

Oooops!

Sorry about that empty post, my blog won't let me post imagery all of a sudden. I'll try to get 'er going thanks for the puzzled comments. Yeah that's it - minimalism - snowman in a blizzard, very avant garde.

CG version of Conan sketch from Lonely are the Naked. CG turn around model of Chestaclese, thanks to fine work by Ryan Whearty.

Cool shots from classic movies

These are from "Great Expectations" directed by David Lean. Some of the best compositions and cinematography in the business. Also check out Lean's "Oliver Twist" if you have never seen it. Some really cool shots and great acting, too! Maybe Alec Guiness's finest moment along with "the Lady Killers", circa 1955.

Drawing Tips from Famous Smart-Alecks

This is the final art for the project. Drawn in pencil from photos, then colored with markers.

Drawing Tips from Famous Smart-Alecks

Send me a picture of your kid and I'll draw him. This shows a step-by-step demonstration starting with the photographs, then the first sketches, to the final cartoony version. Start by just sketching from the photo, sort, of realistic, to get warmed up, and to know the subject. Next step, try to cartoon-ize a little, caricature as you go. Layout out your final composition with light blue pencil, adding, details in order of importance. Before applying the marker color remember to erase most of the pencil so as to avoid smearing.

Amazing shots from silent movies

All these shots are from F.W. Murnau's Faust, 1926. This movie is one of the finest examples of art direction and composition in cinematic history. Disney's Night on Bald Mountain sequence in Fantasia borrowed heavily from Faust. I strongly recommend seeing this if you can get it on dvd. Murnau also directed Nosferatu and Sunrise. Sunrise is maybe the most brilliant movie ever filmed. You have to see it if you love movies.

Elvgreen

Marker study of Elvgreen. Great color scheme.

The Cow's Lair

Background painting of the villain's hideout, from the Cow episode of Mighty Mouse, 1987. I may have posted this before, but forgot. This one just sold.

Western Study

This marker study of a famous painting was done a while back. Good exercise to pick up some knowledge.