Classic Looney Tunes animated shorts are now available for download on iTunes, priced at two for $1.99. Right now if you go to the iTunes store and click on "TV Shows", you'll see a box in the middle area of the screen that says "Looney Tunes Studio Just Added". Click on it and you'll see 60 classic shorts organized by...
(Illustration by Paul Fricke/Blue Moon Studios. All rights reserved.) It's my pleasure to welcome another Minnesota illustrator to the blogosphere! My friend and fellow illustrator Paul Fricke (owner of Blue Moon Studios) has just launched a spanky new version of his website--complete with a daily blog. Paul has been freelancing for over twenty years now. He has a background...
I've had the privilege of being a member of the National Cartoonists Society for about five years now. Since I live in Minneapolis I belong to the North Central Chapter. Most of the NCS chapters are centered on the coasts, where you can find a high concentration of cartoonists in a relatively small geographical area. Since this is the...
For last Saturday's episode of 3-2-1 Penguins! I had the privilege of not only designing the misc. characters but also most of the props (over two dozen!) It was a lot of work for one episode but also a ton of fun. Here's a sampling: (All artwork is © copyright Big Idea. All rights reserved.) This water pump is not really a...
As promised, here's some of the character design sketches I did for last Saturday's episode of 3-2-1 Penguins!: (All artwork is © copyright Big Idea. All rights reserved.) In this episode, the Penguins visited a planet inhabited by lawn flamingos and garden gnomes who were fighting each other for control of the water supply (the episode was about learning to share)....
Another Episode of 3-2-1 Penguins! airs tomorrow morning on NBC. For this particular episode I designed not just the alien characters but also the various props and gadgets. I think I did more work on this episode than on any other episode during the season. And as always, it was a blast. On Monday, after the episode has aired, I'll post...
