The Cartoon Cafeteria Sketchblog

2011-12-14T14:46:00.008-05:00

CN Bumpers Looney Tunes from optimusprimeownz on Vimeo.

Something I animated and laid out over the summer.

2011-12-14T14:13:00.011-05:00

Sweet'N Low "Sun Moon" from Nathan Love on Vimeo.

Hey Guys...Long time not post! Sorry about that, lately my time has been a wierd mixture of Lazyness/Insane Arthritis Pain/Cookie Baking, but here is a commercial for sweet and low I worked on durring Sept/Oct! Its came out awesome but the reason for that is, I worked on it at my favorite Studio with my favorite People! Anca Risca Directed the spots, my buddy Brian Muelhaupt was the animation Director on it and his wife Maasa Kuwana and I were animators. Enjoy!

Motionographer.com

Cold Hard Flash

PS - A really close friend of mine is trying to get something AWESOME started in NYC, check out the link make a small donation if you can...win some Art and if your lucky you might even land one of my crappy prints...lol

Kick Starter - The Productive

2011-10-03T12:51:00.000-04:00

2011-05-09T15:46:00.001-04:00

- Wip

2011-05-08T21:06:00.005-04:00

Soccer Playing Fruits, Vegetables and Junk Food characters for two fifteen second spots I did last month for a live action an instructional soccer video for kids. The sequences are about the importance of nutrition, I'll post some fun animated stuff later when I know its ok to.

2011-04-01T09:27:00.005-04:00

I got around to doing these last week...it is a page from a project bid for something I really wanted to direct that unfortunately didn't work out in my favor--meh. Oh well.

--- I hope I dont get in trouble for posting these this soon.

2011-03-07T18:05:00.004-05:00

2011-02-22T13:16:00.001-05:00

2011-02-07T17:13:00.004-05:00

2011-01-31T08:48:00.004-05:00

Florida OJ/ Nick preschool from optimusprimeownz on Vimeo.

2011-01-17T19:20:00.005-05:00

2011-01-16T12:57:00.004-05:00

First Post of the New Year!

Here is a quick peek of something I was doing for work...the thing should air in the next few days so after its up I'll post sketches and animation and tell you guys all about it. Anyway I have still have a bunch of drawings to clean up so I'm off.

2010-11-03T22:37:00.003-04:00

...and we're live--Go ahead and check it out!

http://www.superfansweepstakes.com/

I was the Art Director, Character/Prop Designer and an animator on the project.

2010-11-03T17:55:00.003-04:00

2010-10-31T20:48:00.004-04:00

Sorry I've been MIA for the last month but i was working a small gig at one of the coolest animation houses in town. The project was for Verizon and the LA Lakers, and to make up for being gone all last month I'll make sure to post a chunk of work I did on the project over the next few days but till the site goes up you'll have to make due with just this page of exploration scribbles for there character...enjoy!

2010-09-24T11:46:00.005-04:00

2010-09-19T01:36:00.007-04:00

This kid I know asked me to do him a favor and come up with a t-shirt & a logo for this company he wants to get off the ground, so I did these when I had some spare time one night...thought I'd post it since I've been procrastinating all week on Character work for the portfolio.

2010-09-16T13:42:00.007-04:00

2010-09-14T09:51:00.010-04:00

I wanted to take another crack at the World War II soldier I drew last month since I really wasn't very happy with it.

2010-09-10T19:37:00.010-04:00

The Astronaut is all finished...I'm kinda happy with it even though its not the most original character but considering how horrible the original rough was, I like where it ended up. I decided to dress him in orange entry/launch suit because I've always like the color..lol.

2010-09-08T16:37:00.006-04:00

I've been falling behind on my post quota for September...I should have four guys up by now. Btw anyone who doesnt know who this character is, really needs to brush up on their old Universal Monsters...or perhaps your just more used to seeing him in black and white.

2010-09-06T23:07:00.009-04:00

I found these two pieces thru Google Images and I loved it so much I really wanted to try my own little version of it. Here are some scribbles of what I'm working on...I wanted to do one in the cliche black suit and then one without any clothes in the same pose where his whole body tattoo is visible, its not "Secret Yakuza" like the original but it'll give me an excuse to draw some super cool tattoos...I'll post the final as soon as its done.

2010-09-04T17:49:00.009-04:00

Ape Sacred Scroll 29 - Verse 6

" Beware the beast man, for he is the devils Pawn...Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust, or greed. He will murder his brother to posses his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him, drive him back into his jungle lair for he is the harbinger of death."

--I always thought that line in "Planet of the Apes" was pretty intense as a kid...I really want to get the DVD collection.

2010-08-31T12:32:00.011-04:00

Here is a scribble of the Host/Writer/Producer of one of the best and one of my favorite Televisions shows of all time.

--On a side note...NINE POST IN ONE MONTH! I've never done that before...hopefully I can keep the ball rolling.

2010-08-30T16:10:00.006-04:00

2010-08-23T00:16:00.002-04:00

Almost a whole week with no post...I cant let that happen this month! This is Perseus...the Medusa scribble got me into reading about the old greek god stories again so of course another sketch came out of it. I'll have to finish him up in the next day or so...need alot decently drawn characters to fill up the blog.

2010-08-17T18:34:00.003-04:00

2010-08-13T02:42:00.006-04:00

Here is an image I just did of Skeletor finally getting back at He-Man for always foiling his plans

-I've pretty much been going out of my way to post as much as I can to make up for the lack of stuff in the last few months. I hope no one minds.

2010-08-11T16:21:00.004-04:00

It's not my favorite scribble, something bothers me about it...but I'll call this one "Shit, I'm out of Quarters".

2010-08-09T20:48:00.004-04:00

I call this sketch "Riding thru town on my Fixie"

2010-08-06T18:17:00.002-04:00

It takes awhile to eat a Choco-Dile!

2010-08-02T22:49:00.007-04:00

Sketched this out really quick this morning, his costume is pretty cluttered and I rushed into clean up so I didnt nail a clean silhouette but I kinda like it. The wierd border is just a cheat till I can fix him up and give him a lower half.

2010-07-28T03:39:00.009-04:00

Was anyone else as pleasantly surprised by this movie as I was?

2010-07-19T00:27:00.005-04:00

PBR the Official Beer of Brooklyn NY

2010-07-15T00:44:00.006-04:00

Sorry....I've been MIA for a while. A bunch of new post coming and hopefully and new Blog Layout and Website, I know its a lot to promise for the next month but I'm sure I'll deliver..lol. Btw here is an a colored version of one of the old Hostess characters I was doing a while back....I sketched him out but never cleaned him up till recently, enjoy!

2010-05-12T08:33:00.012-04:00

I can't believe it took me four and a half years to get to Post #100...its pretty embarrassing to be perfectly honest. Anyway heres something I drew for myself since Hallmark doesn't sell any blogging related cards.

On a side note--I'm all packed up and I'm off to Japan for a friends wedding...see you when I get back!

2010-03-14T14:27:00.001-04:00

MIND BLAST!

--One Down! Two to go

2010-03-07T17:15:00.005-05:00

Morning Scribbles!

I'd love to do more of these...it would be kinda fun to fill up a page of about 20 or 28 and clean them up.

2010-03-07T02:09:00.005-05:00

--So recently in an attempt to drag myself out of an artistic slump, I decided to start studying something new...take a guess at what I chose! I've been taking some classes and this is my first assignment. "Take a room you are very familair with and model it in Maya" so I used my office. I feel its been coming out pretty decent considering I've never really modeled something this intricate before. Hopefully I can model the rest of the stuff in there and have it done by Friday so then I can try throwing light and texture in the mix.

2010-03-01T13:06:00.007-05:00

It's March and you know what that means!

MARCH MODOK MADNESS

2009-12-29T00:05:00.008-05:00

2009-12-27T19:01:00.011-05:00

2009-12-24T01:25:00.003-05:00

Rough Layout/Character scribble for my entry for the Star Wars Uncut Project!

If you don't know what it is, you can check it out here --- www.StarWarsUncut.com

2009-12-18T01:18:00.007-05:00

Someone liked my Hostess Mascots sketches so much that I got a quick freelance gig to do in my spare time. A Black and white Mascot for a small burger place here in the city! lol, its not much but its what they wanted, simple, round and no sesame seeds.

I liked him better with no arms but apparently that didn't fly with them.

2009-11-01T13:23:00.004-05:00

...To all our fallen Hostess snack cakes, Captain Cupcake salutes you

2009-10-19T18:34:00.006-04:00

Boredom invokes strange thoughts.

--I have to do a Captain Cupcake one too...lol

2009-10-11T12:52:00.005-04:00

A friend of mine does suspension shows so I thought it would be fun to do a piece...still working on it though...the line texture doesnt show up in this pic so, I'll have to export a higher res one later

btw for those of u who have no idea what human suspension is--check it out here

2009-09-21T12:47:00.014-04:00

2009-09-16T04:00:00.003-04:00

MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.

...a little inspiration for you

2009-09-11T00:58:00.013-04:00

Shit...

2009-09-03T12:30:00.003-04:00

...cleaned up one of the zombie fighting scribbles

2009-08-30T16:41:00.007-04:00

...Quick character scribble for a fun project I've had in my head for a while

2009-07-26T01:10:00.005-04:00

Been on a huge Planet of the Apes kick...more sketches coming

2009-07-26T01:06:00.008-04:00

Metro North Scribbles

I should be observing people & drawing them but I though zombies & a chick in a bikini would be alot more fun

2009-06-24T12:26:00.006-04:00

...more junk

2009-05-15T15:42:00.013-04:00

It always amazes me how many garbage scribbles I have to do to get a decent piece...lol

"100 Ways to the Dark Side" a portrait of Darth Vader...not sure what's going on with the project but I had a fun time with my submission

2009-05-06T00:51:00.005-04:00

...a Rough Scribble from a commission I'm working on!

2009-04-14T02:04:00.003-04:00

Test_Truck Out from optimusprimeownz on Vimeo.

Found it on an old hard drive...College animation Thesis scene test. It made me laugh so I thought I'd post

2009-04-06T23:04:00.012-04:00

[ Long Rant Deleted ]

-No one reads anything on Art Blogs...They come here for the pictures! So enjoy! They're not the best but at least they keep me from getting a real job...lol

2009-03-16T23:25:00.002-04:00

...sometimes you forget how much fun Animation really is

2009-03-04T14:46:00.004-05:00

SR122_Sc038-039-Anim from optimusprimeownz on Vimeo.

6_legs from optimusprimeownz on Vimeo.

...Random animation junk
(SR Scene, Capt Mac and Really old 6 legged walk)

*for the Capt Mac Scene, Pat Tuorto did these amazing layouts for the scene....I did the timing, In-betweens, and clean up

2009-03-04T12:53:00.000-05:00

Clean up went in a completely different direction...lol

2008-11-27T20:12:00.001-05:00

Last Capt Mac Related Post....I Promise

2008-11-20T02:14:00.005-05:00

I hope my letter gets to Santa this year cause I'd kill for a Cintiq, and since the screen on my tablet PC looks like its on its way out....I'd prefer not to get a Wacom Tablet, cause I'm sure you guys all know how I feel about those things.

2008-11-20T01:52:00.008-05:00

Rough Layouts

I kinda liked 'em....except for that middle one, the forearm is so wonky, it drives me nuts.

Also, Quick reminder...Please Dont Steal...its very rude

2008-11-15T14:26:00.004-05:00

A random sketch for a fun day off...maybe it'll look pretty cool once I make the pose a bit stronger and clean it up.

by the way...a project I did some work on has a behind the scenes documentary online, check it out if anyone gets a chance.

2008-11-07T16:05:00.007-05:00

Hey Guys! Long time, No Post! Sorry about that....After AC wrapped on season 1 of Speed Racer I was so tired of not seeing daylight I packed my bags, bought a plane ticket and lived in Italy for the month of September and then when I got back, I rolled right into another production for October but now that I'm out and have some free time on my hands again, I'll have to get this Blog rolling again...more post coming soon and maybe even some animation I did at work...lol. BRB

By the way these characters are Copyright of Animation Collective & DayStar Television Network, so Don't Steal 'em

2008-08-20T21:37:00.000-04:00

2008-07-25T18:31:00.002-04:00

No! You cant have one....Why does it always come back to Kittens with you!

2008-07-19T13:21:00.000-04:00

“If you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life”

2008-05-23T00:32:00.007-04:00

Usually I'm not a big fan of old television Anime but I have a soft spot for the Muscle fest that was Dragon Ball Z...lol I used to get up at 5am in the morning to catch episodes they used to play before Saturday morning cartoons way back before Cartoon network came around. Anyway I came across these two original, sequential animation drawings on the World Wide Web for nine bucks each! They have the key numbers and color notes on the side...I just had to grab 'em....I know this is'nt an art related post but I was so excited about it I had to make a post on it.

2008-05-21T18:22:00.006-04:00

Here are some quick layout roughs for work that I did...I'm kinda happy with 'em so I decided to post them! Also for the only two people that probably check this blog I promise this will be the last SR related post for a while...lol. I feel like its kinda cheating to post this stuff instead of my own person work but I've been away from the blog for a few weeks now busy with work and writing, something needed to go up here.

I hope you guys enjoyed my SR extra of me...maybe he'll end up in an episode...hmm

All Speed Racer: The Next Generation Images and sketches here are Copyright of Lionsgate studios, The Speed Racer Company and Animation Collective

2008-05-16T22:53:00.003-04:00

Unfortunately...I too crashed on my Qualifier

2008-04-16T22:11:00.008-04:00

Thanks for all the inspiration!

Ollie Johnston 1912-2008

2008-04-15T17:46:00.013-04:00

Too bad the Grindhouse movies tanked in the theater a while back...I kinda liked them and I thought it was a really cool experiment but it looks like I'm in the minority as usual. Anyway here's a scribble I did during a break at work cause I'm so tired of working in someone else's style everyday...and cause the character was on my mind from watching "Death Proof" last night.

....I know it doesnt really look like Kurt Russel
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*Update*
I decided to give him a lady friend...I kinda like the way they look together so I think I might use these two as a basis for a project I want to develop for myself

lol...Would anyone out there watch a short with these two as they hunt zombies in their 1974 Camaro?

2008-04-10T13:54:00.012-04:00

Another Shane Rip I know..but I just got his art book off Lulu press and its so amazing

2008-04-07T18:13:00.008-04:00

Here's a quick doodle I did before I left work today....I'm not a huge fan of it..pose & style feels like a copy of the iron man one I did before. Maybe later tonight I'll update this post with a cool night wing pose! Oh...and I based off this little statue i saw.

Post number 03 on day number 07...better get my act together

2008-04-04T23:31:00.004-04:00

Post Numero Dos! I'm not usually too good with animal characters so I decided to give one a try! And what better animal than a camel to start with...if I could have one as a pet, I totally would and life would be awesome!

2008-04-03T23:32:00.007-04:00

SUPER DELUXE POST CHALLENGE!

I'm not sure if you guys have made it over to Adam's Blog yet...but we've challenged each other to at least a post a day all thru the month of April so thats at least 30! we're on day 3 and I'm two days behind...lol...so it looks like over the weekend I'm gonna have to do some make up post. Anyway here's a doodle of Iron Man since he's finally getting his own movie...I'm not too happy with the sketch but its the best one I've done in the last 3 days...I hated the other ones so much I don't even wanna post 'em. Oh..and if anyone else wants in we got an extra blog going so let me know if ur up for the challenge.

Wish me Luck...it's gonna be a tough month!

2008-03-25T23:09:00.010-04:00

Another Post this month?!?! I haven't done four post in one month in a long time! Anyway this sketch needs a bunch more work...just like everything else I do but its a scribble I was working on for a piece I wanna do based on this WW-cover I found... It might be fun to do a bunch like this for some of my other favorite Supers too.

...was on a Shane kick this week so thats where this stemmed from

2008-03-22T17:52:00.004-04:00

May 6th...Check it out!

IMDB

2008-03-21T17:57:00.016-04:00

....SR Related Scribble, Enjoy

2008-03-20T13:31:00.005-04:00

My Final for Schoolism.com!

I was a little short on time for it so I borowed a pose from an old drawing of mine for this new character...fixed it, cleaned it up nice, and colored it.....I know its not perfect but I'm pretty happy with it.

2008-03-16T21:28:00.009-04:00

My first quick attempt with the Good Doctor's Turn around....it still needs work, especially the front view, but I'm semi-happy with it....by the way I'm working on a really fun Wonder Woman piece in Painter...I'll post it as soon as I get some free time to finish it!

2008-02-23T00:35:00.016-05:00

Hello All! Work has been great but kinda slow these last few weeks while we're waiting to get on the next batch of episodes so its given me a bunch of time for scribbling and my homework. I wanted to post these two sketches I did in flash cause I kinda liked them...I just realized as I'm typing this that they're both Nintendo fan art and if you have no clue who these characters are...the angel dude is Pit from kid Icarus and Smash bros brawl and the beaver looking thing waiving at you is a little Pokemon named Bidoof! so please dont hurt his feelings and wave back.

2008-02-14T22:10:00.010-05:00

Ever since I was a kid I've always had a crush on Wonder Woman...the coolest DC super heroine ever...so here's a really quick doodle of my real valentine! Shh...don't tell my GF about my Wonder Woman fetish...I already get enough weird looks from her for just being an animator...lol.

2008-02-04T23:49:00.003-05:00

Here are some more scribbles & notes that I did during my breaks for this weeks class

2008-01-28T09:58:00.001-05:00

Jekyll and Hyde home work scribbles...enjoy!

2008-01-20T16:47:00.001-05:00

These are the sketches for my first assignment from Stephen's Class...I kinda like how the final sketch came out but the final color looks like crap so I'm not gonna post it...someone needs to teach me how to do clean up!

**note** They're are way to many fat guys posted on this blog...I really have to start mixing it up over here.

2007-12-23T23:19:00.001-05:00

"Ya see, me and the Lord...we have an understanding."

2007-12-18T00:38:00.001-05:00

I Promise I'll post some new art in the next day or so....I've been really busy all over the place with freelance projects, interviews/meetings/test for a bunch of studios and looking for my new job that I've neglected the Blog, but till I toss something new up I just wanted to let everyone know how excited I am for classes to start! Go Stephen Silver! On an unrelated note, I just bought the coolest little piece of art from Justin Coffee...I've loved his stuff since I found his page on deviant art a few years back so when I found out he was selling a few pieces thru MySpace I jumped at the chance to get one. Nothing beats owning a little original artwork from a fellow artist to boost Inspiration. Sorry for the long rant and no art...I'll fix that later.

2007-11-17T21:40:00.001-05:00

Sporticus! In Yo Face!

2007-11-05T12:44:00.000-05:00

2007-10-24T14:52:00.001-04:00

2007-09-22T21:29:00.001-04:00

Here's a quick scribble from my sketchbook that I kinda liked so I'm posting it. The Blog needs new art, Right!

*Hey Guys...Don't let ur Blogs Die!

Post, Post, Post!

2007-09-22T21:28:00.001-04:00

"Hey Meng"

I did this months ago and it still makes me laugh...so I'm gonna post it. Its my "Mexican Mattress". I didn't have much cash for furniture while I lived in NJ so...

Bed - Frame = Mattress on floor (Mexican Mattress)

2007-08-27T12:21:00.005-04:00

I'm not really a big fan of Fast Food like Wendy's or McDonalds ...but I am a fan of Mascots!

*Apparently this post was saved as a draft a while back and I forgot to put it up

2007-08-21T20:28:00.000-04:00

New Blog...New Post...New Beginning!

2007-08-21T13:05:00.001-04:00

New Blog Template Test....sorry give me a sec to put the links and some new art up...

2007-06-07T16:08:00.001-04:00

I'm Luke Skywalker...I'm here to rescue you.

*Updated Version...Thanks Ian