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Caricature live drawing

Here are a few examples of my caricature "quick sketch" product, which I produce for live drawing events...the tone has been added for better web display. Unless specific arrangements are made, all sketches produced in live events are composed in black ink on white paper.

American Kids Dance Stand

American Kid's Dance Stand was a one –shot compilation of animated and live vignettes intended for release on a vhs cassette tape, a format still dominant in the mid-nineties. Child star Jay Love from Nickelodeon was the live action MC, and I was brought in to design and animate a group of kids to round things out. I really enjoyed the job, and understand the release was later troubled by a copyright dispute over some of the songs featured.

Cartoon commissions

My earliest commercial job was a commission from then aerospace giant Martin Marietta, way back in 1978 drawing Pepe LePew as a mascot for one of their divisions, Quick Reaction facilities. We actually received permission from Warner Brothers…and collectible coins were minted for the staff! I returned to the Loony Tunes gang fourteen years later for a Blackthorne Comics promo illustration, before Marvel or DC gobbled up the rights…I forget which.

Alien Pyramid

Way back in 1994, The Alien Pyramid was originally conceived as a classic style…or “retro” science fiction film, complete with a monsters rogue gallery and a series of semi romantic sub-plots between events of shocking carnage and destruction. These color sketches began my efforts to find a unique visual look to compliment the playful…but not satirical… tone of the original script, and I was attracted by the artwork of comic book icon Jack Kirby…specifically, his work on National’s Challengers of the Unknown in the early sixties.