Easter's almost here!

couldnt resist doing this cartoon!

Pulp fiction the animated series. final!

Its in the hands of the judges now. This NCN sponsered contest just ended today. I guess i'll know the results tommorrow. Lotsa fun! Big fun!

Pulp Fiction the animated series by subwaysurfer

Let's not forget Samuel L Jackson's character, "Jules" from the same movie. My task now is to combine the two characters into one picture. i will probably take the suit off of Sam and put him in his skivvies, like John.

here are two earlier versions of Vincent that i thought I'd go with, but i think the first one of him getting hosed down is the strongest.

pulp fiction the anmated series

FINALLY got a likeness of John Travolta's character, Vincent, from the movie "Pulp Fiction" that Im satisfied with. here it is...

"Larger than Life"

I am working with a comic writer on a teenage strip called, "larger than life" soon to be coming to the web. These are all original characters I creadted for the strip.

Pulp Fiction the Animated series

Im having a blast participating in a NCN character design contest drawing Characters from Pulp Fiction, The Animated Series. Its been a great exercise so far, and one of the judges is my favorite character designer, Steve Kim Possible Silvers.

caricature noir

This is a caricature of fellow caricature NCN artist, Kathy Bailey.(pictured below) I didnt want to do a run of the mill traditional caricature of her, so I experimented using black paper and neon prismacolor art stixx I kinda like my experiment and she did too...or at least she SAID she did

and yet another attempt....

Caption: Well, for the record, YOUR BREATH is pretty rotten too!

Again, not hilarious stuff, but Im in there swinging....and missing! LOL! The art director said that my toons were "too cartoony" last week, this week he said they were"too corny!" LOL! cant wait to see what I;m gonna be "too" next week!

another attempt at the New Yorker Magazine

Caption: We'll have your test results as soon as your check clears...

Okay, I aint gonna win any commedy awards writing stuff like this, but if you've ever read The New Yorker Magazine, you realize in no time that it aint exactly mad magazine. The cartoons seem kinda bland, and stuck in a 1950's time warp , but they do pay well providing you can get one in! I started a habit of going every week to take a gamble. I figured that sooner or later I gotta hit! and i also get the opportunity to rub shoulders with some really old school cartoonists.

New Yorker toons

Just to see if i could do it, I went along with him to The New Yorker Magazine to sell my toons... This one didnt make the cut, and neither did my other four .... I get to try again next week...

Made fun of Japanese Style!

Japanese Caricature artist, Masakimi, made fu of me in this great caricature at an October NCN Convention.

New Perspective..

Thought I'd try a rapper from a new perspective... at least for me. These guys like to appear larger than life, so i thought id draw him that way.

Not ANOTHER self Portrait!

I cant get enough of drawing this guy... I see him every day....

New Year New Faces

a few faces from my sketchbooks on my subway rides in December. The season was so busy forgot to post em.

I was bored...

tis the season after all...

I was trolling through some old sketchbooks and found this cartoon I submitted to The Canarsie Courier Newspaper, waaaaayyyyyy back when I was a struggling artist just starting off my freelance career....I was so trilled that they even wanted to PRINT it that I didnt mind NOT getting paid for it! .... boy have I changed!

Larry Youngstein HAVIN' A PARTY

I recently had the pleasure of doing a character design logo for my very first Agent, Larry Youngstein Of Havin' A Party in Canarsie Brooklyn, Larry took a chance on me 10 years ago when I walked into his shop on Ave L to audition for the nonexisting job of a caricature artist. I'll always be grateful for him for giving me a shot, treating me with respect, and teaching me the business of live entertainment. Even though he cant afford me now, LOL! I still to this day, use many of the things he taught me about how to run my own business, and he never steered me wrong.

Clinton...again

He's too much fun NOT to draw too!! Im doing this as part of a storyboard that i cant talk about yet!

nudes

My animation teacher ALWAYS has us drawing the model for one 20 minute pose and 5 1 minute, and 5 30 second poses. At first I resented this and wanted to get to the "real" drawing and not waste time. I would even angrily caricature my nudes at first, since I hated doing this so much. Over time, however,I changed my mind, when I began to notice the gesture of my cartoons changing. Now I look forward to drawing nudes and really try hard to get it "right".

TD Jakes Caricature

Did this caricature of Pastor T.D. Jakes while he was "on a roll" preaching up a storm. This guy is reallllly animated! and he sweats more than James Brown eating a blate of hotwings on a hot stove in July!

drawing my room....

I figured if im going to include storyboarding to one of my many ways of finding income, iI'd better focus as much on drawing scenary as I do on cartooning and the figure. It's rather dry and boring at first, but when you get into it, you start to really open up.

arnold schwarzenegger caricature

He's too fun NOT to draw! I was going for an "animated Saturday morning cartoon" feel...

celebs

My attempt at drawing Gov Arnold, Rosie O Donnell, Jen and Tom Cruise for an upcoming storyboard animatic project. I think I did great on Arnold and rosie but missed 0n Tom and Jen a little.

me again

another self caricature. I actually have a pink jacket that I wear to my live drawing gigs , as well as a black fedora, blk and wht spotted tie, and wht and blk "ganster" style shoes.

drawing a crowd

I am currently working on a storyboard for a client where in one of the panels I had to draw a crowd scene. At first i shuddered at the thought of doing such a massaive drawing and was concerned that everyone would end up looking stiff and boring. But, once I got on the subway and started drawing, the work just seemed to flow out of me. It was a great exercise also in studying body language.

Too Sexy?

Recently submitted this idea to a clothing manufacturer. They loved the concept, but rejected the drawing. According to them, the kitty was a little "too sexy" for the doggie who looked innocent...

1950"s Caricature

Im studying a great 1950's Cartoon book that is called Cartoon Modern. Here is a cartoon I did of caricature artist, Alison Gelbman , in a simple style.

Japanese Storyboards

I recently did a job with a Japanese Advertizing company called , Wasabi Kikaku, Inc. in NYC. It was a promotional board done for Continental Airlines and a Japanese Airline firm targeted towards their Silver Elite Frequent Flyer Customers. The job was an education in Japanese Culture and i had to really work at making my work simple as that was the look they were looking for. Here are some of the isolated drawings and boards.
They rejected the color drawing and the first girl I did, and told mw she was ugly!

Cute cartoons chibi style

Cutie pie drawings!

I am currently doing a series of character desgns to be used on childrens apparel for a major clothing manufacturer whose name I'm not allowed to say...
Anyways I had to depart from my caricature style to do cutie pie drawings that make you saw "AWWWW" and that dont give children nightmares. Here's 3 in a series that I'll be posting.

My ugly mug

My ugly mugg

No new post today, just my ugly mug. I SOOO seldom take a GOOD picture that I had to post this one.