Kidd Video

My Saturday Morning Cartoons entry - better late than never, right?  I went with Kidd Video - remember that?  80s cartoon, MTV inspired?  No? ...Yeah, this is probably the dorkiest thing I've ever drawn.  Totally shoulda' gone with Thundarr. Sigh.

7 mins late, crap!

Heart of Ice

My favorite cartoon ever is Batman the Animated Series.

Lords of Light here is my Saturday morning piece...Demon Dawgs!

Fromage Homage

So I only remember watching this show on Saturday nights, but it's Hanna-Barbara if only in name. And I love this show and especially this episode, so this is what you get. Just a quick marker sketch.

Underdog Redesign

The show my mom tells me I enjoyed most was Underdog.  I went back to the original designs and realized how lame underdog looked,  with that baggy shirt and misshapen head.  Here's a new one, and a bonus Simon bar Sinister sketch.

I blame the hip hop

Man I really dug this weeks topic! I was just youtube surfing all of the old school cartoon intros and remembering so many of those shows I used to watch and forgot about. It brought me to the realization that I was completely obsessed with cartoons as a kid....well lets be honest I'm still obsessed with them now! I guess what I mean is that you don’t really know how deep it was until you actually look back on it. Anyhow I couldn't really decide on a specific show or a favorite because there were so many classic shows to choose from, so I ended up doing a painting of JEM as I thought it would be funny.  XD

8 1/4" X 11 1/4" Watercolor on Arches Hotpress 140lbs paper

I also figured I share this experiment. I’m still playing around with the last sheets of the  Arches 140lbs Hot Press that I have. That’s how I paint, I did both the JEM painting and this on a half sheet of paper I stretch and then cut them off of the board. There are some things I’m starting to like about working on the Hotpress,  but I think for the most part I will always prefer watercolor painting on cold press. Still I like how this one came out so I think I will try to do some more works like it. 

8 1/4" X 11 1/4" Watercolor on Arches Hotpress 140lbs paper 

~Don 

Donatello

Curse of Anubis

"Curse of Anubis" ... digital by Robert Elrod.

My Saturday Morning Cartoon Favorite was always Jonny Quest. I fell in love with the show from my first exposure. I've always been a fan of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Jonny Quest combined a lot of those elements and made it fun. Here's my homage to one of my favorite episodes.



To check out more of my artwork, please visit www.robertelrodllc.com.

Mojo Rising

I am starting production on a couple new comics and I have been wanting to try some new color schemes and styles for these new books so from now on until I am satisfied I am going to use Timberline as a testing ground.

The first comic that is up is Never Make a Monster and I really want to use a limited color scheme so I tried that out here.  I am not sure how successful this is but I like the idea of the slight shading on the figure, think I may have to play with it more.

Anywho, there were a million characters I could have drawn for this but when my lovely girlfriend suggested Mojo Jojo I decided that was the one.  I couldn't pass up the chance to draw a monkey in a cape.

D&D, baby!

One of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons was Dungeons & Dragons, a campy little cartoon based upon the role playing game of the same name. Only lasted three seasons, from '83 to '85. The main villain was this dude. Venger. Drawn in my little Moleskine sketchbook, pic from my iPhone.

Cheers
Patrick