William Marchant

Adult Swim, Before Cartoon Network!

This is one of those Golden Oldies that simply has to live on!

Why can't cartoons be like this nowadays...something the kids can REALLY benefit from!

 

How does he DO that?: The Secrets of Drawing a Face

Here's a GREAT video on one caricature artist's process.  He goes pretty in depth about his study of one particular subject, Conan O'Brien.  It runs a bit long, about a half hour, but it is totally worth it if you are interested enough to start watching!

 

VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE I GOT THIS FROM!

 

"Get Behind Me Conan" - Museum of Conan Art (MoCA)

This is one of my newest illos done for the the Fan Art section of TeamCoCo.com.  

Basically, I wanted to do something that would make Conan and Andy (Richter) laugh.  I thought of doing it like the White Stripes' "Get Behind me Satan" album cover since Conan is such a fan of Jack.  Giving Andy tits was, for me at least, the icing on the cake.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out...and I'm VERY happy that it got on the site.  Now, hopefully I'll see it on TV in the near future when they come back from commercial break.

Go check out the other great stuff in the MoCA!!!  There's some really great stuff!

Maurice Sendak On What It Means To Be An Illustrator...

This is great...enough said by me...

The End of Publishing - The Future of Publishing

I found this video on Elizabeth Bluemle's PW Blog...very VERY cool...

What Goes Into Making a Book Cover

Although children's books are a bit different than novel covers, I still think this is pretty interesting...especially since I've worked through a similar process many many times in my design work...

"Forever Young" - A Bob Dylan Children's Book

I found this book yesterday called "Forever Young," written by Bob Dylan, illustrated by Paul Rogers.  Here is a promo-video for it:

 

Just One More Book Podcast

I found one of the most amazing websites yesterday called www.JustOneMoreBook.com.  It is a podcast where they just talk about their passion for children's books.  They bring in books to discuss and interview writers & illustrators.  They have a lot of "hidden gems" that they feature...books that aren't just on the main display at Borders or Barnes & Noble.  Also, they have a long list of great links to different blogs websites on the topic.

It seems like they are very well established because of the obvious connection they have with all the different authors and illustrators.  This is definiely a site that I am going to start checking daily.

Click Here for Just One More Book!!