Message from Scott Wills

Scott Wills contacted me recently and was kind enough to set me straight on the artwork I purchased and the process behind doing backgrounds on Samurai Jack. As much as I wanted to keep this stuff to myself, I thought somebody else might be able to benefit from this info too. Especially considering the time and effort put into this detail breakdown.

Scott wrote:

Hi Drake,

The paintings that you bought are "production backgrounds" painted at Rough Draft in Korea. They were n...Read more

Acquisitions

I have recently acquired these beauties from Samurai Jack. The internet can be a magical place sometimes...

From Jack and the Hunters.

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Milt Gross + Hanna Barbera BG Study

Here's my attempt at a Milt Gross drawing mixed with Hanna Barbera style painting from the 50's, ala Bob Gentle and Art Lozzi. This is a little exercise John K posted awhile back that I wanted to try. There are a few sloppy areas and the colors look better in person. I have another color version I'll post soon.

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AnD Malfunction?

For some reason, I haven't been getting any email notifications upon blog responses here, even though I've systematically gone through and viewed all comments. So if my response is slow, I apologize! To top it off, my latest post has not auto-imported from blogger like my previous posts. Anyone else having this issue?

EDIT: Importer is working again. Thanks, Patrick!

Croc Card 3

Another little business card sized painting. I played with some wet in wet technique to get the splotchy spots. The colors on this look way better in real life, though I did my best to save them. Even my camera couldn't capture them!

In other news: I'm going to find a river and throw my scanner into it.

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Ninja Sketch

Quick ninja drawing for my friend Phil's birthday. First time trying out some cel vinyl ink. Goes on even smoother than it's cousin, black cel vinyl acrylic.

4"x 6" cel vinyl ink on watercolor paper.

Chris Reccardi Mono Show @ Roq La Rue

Last night I had the great pleasure of attending the opening of Chris Reccardi's new solo show Mono at the Roq La Rue gallery. The show is packed with absolutely amazing paintings that can only be appreciated up close and in person, but if you're not in the area, check it out online.

While at the sh...Read more

Art Lozzi BG Study Process

Here are the pics from the BG study I did, in case you're interested. Please refer to the post below for more accurate colors.

1. Taped down the bg paper (in this case, 2 ply bristol).

2. I brushed on the flat salmon color. In the future I'd use a roller to get it nice and e...Read more

Art Lozzi BG Study

I've been wanting to do some background studies from cartoon screencaps, so here's a study of a partial pan background from Yogi Bear by the amazing Art Lozzi. I tried to do this accurately to the original and in doing so, learn more about how the HB background painters used color and texture. I approached the painting by using the methods that Art described in some posts on John K's blog, using cartoon cels to mask out the...Read more

Zappo Change-O!

What do you get when you combine Genndy Tartakovsky and Scott Wills on a Dexter's Laboratory Golden Book? You get one helluva Golden Book, that's what.

Below are some choice scans from Dexter's Laboratory: Zappo Change-O! I found it online, and what a find it is! This book is full of really fun drawings and gorgeous paintings... just another excuse to love Genndy and Scott Wills (if you need one). Track a copy of it down, you won't be sorry!

Copyright CN, Genndy Tartakovsky, Scott Wills, and Golden Books.