Cartoon Concept Design

Alex Toth Bionic 6 Model Sheets

2012-02-27T00:46:00.000-08:00

Here are some more great Toth model sheets

LOST IN SPACE

JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS IN OUTER SPACE

LI'L PIMP BACKGROUND DESIGN AND COLOR

2012-02-17T14:41:00.000-08:00

Color Bgs for the Li'l Pimp direct to DVD film

These wre for the amusement park scene.

Bgs designed by hand. Colored in Illustrator and Flash.

Stop-motion film about an entomologist's nightmare

2012-02-06T22:32:00.001-08:00

Alex Toth Model Sheets

2012-02-06T11:44:00.000-08:00

Some cool pencil tests from YOUTUBE

2012-01-14T21:48:00.000-08:00

Piglet from New Winnie the Pooh Movie: Bruce Smith from Jamaal Bradley on Vimeo.

Alex Toth Model sheets

2012-01-08T14:41:00.000-08:00

Glen Keane Treasure Planet Jim Hawkins 2

2011-12-27T23:56:00.001-08:00

another pencil test by Master animator Glen Keane from Treasure Planet

MERRY CHRISTMAS!-Santa Claus by Thomas Nast

2011-12-25T11:02:00.000-08:00

Thomas Nast is credited with creating our popular image of Santa Claus. This is a very early Nast drawing of Santa Claus created in 1865. The image at right is an original leaf from an 1865 Harper's Weekly where the picture first appeared. The illustration is captioned, "A Merry Christmas to All", and features a portrait that all today would recognize as Santa Claus. From this picture, we can see that our modern image of Santa has changed little in the last 140 years. The image of Santa is surrounded by smaller images showing the typical Christmas Traditions of the 1860's. This is a classic Thomas Nast picture of Santa Claus.

More Alex Toth Model Sheets--BIRDMAN

2011-12-21T18:27:00.001-08:00

Alex Toth Model Sheets

2011-12-20T19:17:00.001-08:00

Alex Toth Model Sheets -- Herculoids

2011-12-16T10:32:00.000-08:00

These are Misc. Model Sheets

Alex Toth Model Sheets -- Space Ghost

2011-12-14T15:38:00.001-08:00

Star Wars:The Clone Wars production art--layouts

2011-12-13T18:59:00.000-08:00

These are great layout drawings from Star Wars The Clone wars--This type of job doesn't exist here in the USA much anymore, so it's great to see these.

Alex Toth Model Sheets-Space Ghost

2011-12-09T11:34:00.000-08:00

Alex Toth Model Sheets-Johnny Quest

2011-12-08T17:32:00.000-08:00

Iron Giant Storyboards

2011-11-29T19:18:00.000-08:00

Emile Cohl - Fantasmagorie 1908

2011-11-28T18:18:00.000-08:00

THE FIRST CARTOON?

Iron Giant Storyboards

2011-11-28T10:19:00.000-08:00

Thanks to:
http://www.ultimateirongiant.com

and everything else too: Yeast Baking & You

2011-11-26T08:36:00.000-08:00

Here's an example of 60's design from the AND EVERYTHING ELSE TOO blog. This is how you can draw inspiration from non animation sources. Old commercial ads, illustrations and magazine cartoons are great places to look for interesting design styles

and everything else too: Yeast Baking & You: Hey, it's Turkey Day 2011, and we're buzzin' around the kitchen with last minute preparations for today's feast: turkey's about to pop, gree...H

MIGHTY ARE THE NAKED-NEW Jim Smith Sketchbook

2011-11-18T10:51:00.000-08:00

Here's a sneak peak--debuting at This weekend's CTN Expo. Signed and numbered with an original sketch.

Ren and Stimpy layouts--Jim Smith

2011-11-16T10:39:00.000-08:00

These are layout drawings by Jim Smith--not too many studios do layouts anymore. Spumco always did and it showed in the final product. You can more specifically tell the overseas studio how you want the drawing--otherwise they go from a rough storyboard and a model sheet. Sometimes it comes back looking like ass.

Teen Titans Model Sheets

2011-11-15T09:56:00.000-08:00

Starting a YOUTUBE Channel

2011-11-10T19:17:00.000-08:00

So this is my youtube Channel for my original animated shorts

www.youtube.com/gooncartoons

Here's short i did called The "Struggle". It ran in a bunch of Film Festivals.

I think it's important for anyone wanting to do original content to get a YOUTUBE channel and start making shorts. if you're tired of getting turned down by networks with your pitches, then start doing it yourself and start building a fanbase. One example of a web cartoon than got picked up by a network (Nick) is MAKING FIENDS.

http://www.makingfiends.com/

Other very popular web cartoons are Mondo Media's HAPPY TREE FRIENDS

and DICK FIGURES

Another popular web series is THE ANNOYING ORANGE

All of these shows have gotten MILLIONS of views and are part of the YOUTUBE PARTNER PROGRAM

http://www.youtube.com/partners
http://www.youtube.com/t/partnerships_benefits

I suggest you look up and study who successful YOUTUBE partners are and how they got there. Also look up YOUTUBE stars--These may not be animation people, but they are doing original content and making money from advertisers. The trick is to be all original and upload frequently--then use social media to promote your channel. You used to not be able to make money on the internet with ads, but now with the YOUTUBE PARTNER PROGRAM and adsense, you can. You also want to sell the prescrolling ads that run before the YOUTUBE videos play--these pay even more money.

A site that analyzes YouTube partners is TUBEFILTER- It's like THE SOUP for YOUTUBE.

www.tubefilter.com

So, yes YOUTBE is the place to be for original content--and you can make money. It just has to be good and frequent.

Milt Kahl Pencil test

2011-11-08T22:02:00.001-08:00

Tom and Jerry background layouts

2011-11-07T00:09:00.000-08:00