Category: Art Blog

Espio

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Not my best rendition of Espio, but then again I wouldn’t post this stuff if I didn’t like it in someway. Keep in mind that I am drawing these Sonic characters in their old school designs. I’m not too thrilled of their 2000s revamp. This is how Espio looked in Knuckles’ Chaotix in 1995, before Sega made him a ninja chameleon.

Yes, of course Sonic

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When I was growing up with his first Sega games, he was in his classic design. Simple black eyes, and a practical proportion of his trademark spines. I started collecting Sonic Comics from the very beginning in 1993 and was blown away by other Sonic renditions by artists like Scott Shaw!, Manny Galan, Sam Maxwell, Jon Gray, and my personal favorite Patrick Spaziante.
When Sega wanted to revamp him in 1998, Sonic took what I think was a turn for the worse. He looked meaner, stingy, and malicious with his new slicked spines, green eyes, and smirk. Here’s to a classic video game character when he was in his prime (1990 – 1995).

Fairly OddParents

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Butch Hartman’s Fairly OddParents is a guilty pleasure of mine. I just love his retro character design and super quick humor that is showcased in every episode. Here’s to you Butch!

Fairly Odd Parents are copyright Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon

Lionel Lineman: Scared

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LOOKY HERE! It’s my first animation since I finished my senior film in May! I still got it!!

Here is my new minor character that I’ll be showcasing on here, Lionel Lineman.
I’m trying out a new animation program and I was just goofing around with it when I came up with this little animation test. I want to try and do at least a 3 second animation test once a week.
So without further ado, Lionel getting spooked in a typical character animation test.
Welcome to the MatTOONArt cast Lionel!

Lost Art: Clash of the Elements

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It took 9 years but I finally found it: One of my best cartoon drawings as a teenager.

I’m guessing I drew this in (probably) 2001. I had a huge idea to draw Globber-Man and the other Element Agents fight against the equally powerful Man Made Agents in a all out battle royal that would fill up an entire page of violent chaos!
I have begun to hate myself for my drawing skills in the past. This was all done in pencil, but was all drawn on the first try. Now days, I draft line all of my characters in action and it takes longer to finalize them. Back then I was so confident in my line work that it seemed that my pen or pencil was doing all the work! I am amazed at how much is really going on in this drawing and it was a nice little reminder of how passionate I was with this little character and that I would spend my whole afternoon to draw 20+ characters fighting and evading each others attacks.
Looking at this really inspired me to re-draw it with the new drawing skills that I have learned since then. Who knows, maybe soon there will be a “10th Anniversary” rendered print of this piece.