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hi?

Green Girl

Gorillas and Guns

Vietnam concept

Lil' Devil

Memory drawing

Soldier

Here is one I did a while ago. I've been trying to get a bit more painterly with my approach lately. This was done from a really rough sketch in sketchbook pro. I then went over it in photoshop. Hi?

Lunch Time Memory Drawing

Me and my friend Alex Chavez drew at lunch today and we did an exercise called memory drawings. We pick someone we see and take mental notes, then draw the subject from memory to see what we remember. It's a great way to build up your observation skills. My buddy Stephen silver introduced me to this exercise. Try it!

Hillbilly Bob's

Just some hillbillies. Hi?

About time!!!

I have been having fun with photoshop. Sorry for not posting more often.

Comic Kizzle!

Thanks to everyone who came out to see us at Comic Con this year! I had a a great time seeing all the familiar and not so familiar faces. I thought I'd share this piece that Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch) did for me this year of Whaleboy. He is the BOMB!!!!

My friend Chris Chaplin happened to be walking by whenChris Sanders was working on it and snapped this photo.

BOOTH 5032 at Sandiego Comic Con

I will be located at booth 5032 in San Diego this year. Be sure to come by to say hi! We will have Our Whaleboy toys along with mine and Taesoos books. Here is a pic from my latest book "Undertoe" that was inspired by comic con that I did for my friends John and Kenny. You can buy my book right here on my blog too.

COOOOOOOL!!!!!

I was asked to be a part of a book of Character designs that is coming out soon. To my surprise, they are using Whaleboy for the cover. Pretty Cool!!!! It's a German book publisher called Zeixs. They do big thick books on various subjects like typography, illustration, graphic design etc... WhoooooHooooo!!!

Baba Booey!!

I did this for my friend Steven.

The nose

This started as a phone doodle. I've been trying to do more digital painting whenever i get the chance. It's actually a lot of fun. Hi?

STELLA!!!!

I don't know! It looks like that's what he'd be saying to me. I drew this at Wondercon last month. I added some extra color in photoshop.

Cow-Whaleboy

Here is a piece I did for the upcoming Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo that I'll be attending. This is my third year attending and I got to say it's one of my favorite conventions. Their theme every year is cowboys, so I did a Cow-Whaleboy for the booklet they distribute at the Con. They also auction off the original artwork for charity. See ya there April 26th and 27th.

My 1st Grade Pic

I just went home for a week and I came across my 1st Grade picture. What a Bad Ass. Check out that collar! Boy time flies. I gotta post some drawings dammit!!!!

"Charred Heart"

I just wanted to thank everyone who came out Saturday to the show I was a part of. Thanks again to Shane Sato and Buckwild Gallery for putting it all together.

I thought I'd share the painting I did for the show. They asked all the artists to paint on a skateboard. The theme was kind of an anti Valentines day type-o-thing. Mine is a dragon breathing Hot blue fire an a charred heart. Kept it pretty simple, but it got me excited about painting again. This piece and all the other pieces are for sale and will be on display at the gallery for the next month. Go and check out the show if you can!

cheers,
Patrick

Group Show coming up in Febuary

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I just wanted to let you know that I will be part of a group show on Saturday Feb 9th in Los Angeles California. Check out the flyer! I'll be selling a few selected original pieces from my 3 books along with a couple new oil paintings I am working on not to mention I will have some "Whaleboy" Vinyl toys available for purchase as well. Thanks to Shane Sato for putting this show together. See ya there!

cheers,
Patrick

The gallery is at
Buckwild Gallery
12804 Venice Blvd,
Los Angeles CA
90066

Awwww Crap! Look what Fifi did on the new carpet!!!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've been pretty busy with my new gig. I've been having a lot of fun just drawing right in photoshop at work. I did this silly creature pretty quickly in photoshop, trying to adopt a more painterly approach. I don't know if it's successful or not, but I wanted to share. It's my first stab working this way. It's fun trying out new techniques. C Ya!

Force, Character Design from Life Drawing

Sorry for not posting too much since Comic Con. I've been quite busy with my new gig. I started over at Heavy Iron studios as a video game concept designer. It's a great job. Wonderful people, and I am learning a bunch of new stuff.

This is a piece I did for an upcoming book called "Force, Character Design from Life Drawing". It's a really cool book that I was asked to be a part of. All the artists choose from a bunch of photos that were given to us, and then we explain our process of doing the piece. I think it's gonna be a really cool book, with a ton of amazing artists who I am honored to be put with. Thanks to Mike Metesi for letting me be a part of it. I think it will be out early next year.

cheers,

Patrick

COMIKIZZLE WAS DA BIZZLE!!!!

I just wanted to post and say thanks to everyone who came out to say hi and give their support at the San Diego Comic Con this year. I had an incredible time!!! It was great hanging with all my friends, as well as making some great new ones. I am already looking forward to next year.

Pics from Top to Bottom

#1 The Great Jose' Lopez on the phone when he should be drawing something for all his adoring fans. Photo by Louie Del Carmen

#2 Tom "The Bomb" Perkins stopping by to pose with our "Goth" version of Whaleboy. Photo By Eduardo Acosta.

#3 Myself and Taesoo "Heknowswhattodoo" Kim manning our booth. Photo by Louie Del Carmen

#4 The Great Octavio Rodriquez and the Magnificent Stephen Silver. Photo By Eduardo Acosta

#5 Myself and the incredibly talented Deanna Marsigliese and Robin "THE MAN" Mitchell at the Munky King Party. Photo by Eduardo Acosta

#6 Myself and Cartoon Networks own Heather Kenyon at the Munky King Party. Photo By Eduardo Acosta.

#7 Ed Acosta Hanging with Aaron Douglas and Shane Sato at the DC Party. Photo By ?????

#8 The Man himself, Mr John "You Can't Touch This" Nevarez doing what he does best. Photo By Eduardo Acosta.

#9 I am done! See you next year.




Cheers,
Patrick

MY NEW BOOK

Well it's that time of year again. Comic Con is coming up and I'll be releasing my third book called "Undertoe". It's thu Alberto Ruiz'Brand Studio Press. A HUGE THANKS goes out to my buddy Alberto for helping me get this out. He is THE MAN.

I'll be in San Diego selling my new book along with our "Whaleboy" toy. I'm sharing a booth with my Whalebizzle partners Taesoo Kim (who is debuting his first book also thru Brand Studio Press) and Ed Acosta. We'll be sitting near John Nevarez, Jose Lopez, Stephen Silver, Alberto Ruiz and a whole slew of other fantastic artists.

Here is the cover

cheers,
Patrick

THANKS!!!

I just wanted to thank Patrick and everyone at Munky King for having us host our Whaleboy release party last night. I also wanted to thank all of these awesome artists that contributed amazing pieces of art for the Whaleboy Gallery.

TOM NEELEY
JOE VAUX
JUSTIN RIDGE
KRISTEN LESTER
LOUIE DEL CARMRN
JOSE LOPEZ
JOHN NEVAREZ
GRISELDA SASTRAWINATA
BOBBY CHIU
JOHNNY "Kmnd_z" RODRIGUEZ
MARK COVELL
RAUL GUERRA
ANDREW BURRELL
LOUIS GRANE

...and of course a thanks to everyone that came out to support us, to get a toy, or hang out. See you all soon.

cheers,
Patrick

I'll try to post some pics of the show soon

Whaleboy Toy Release Party!!!!

We are going to have our Toy release party on July 5th at Munky King on Melrose in Los Angeles. We will be selling our extremely limited "Goth" version of Whaleboy. Come on down and hang. It's gonna be a blast. There will be a gallery of drawings and paintings from some killer artists take on our little blue fella. Some come on out!

The Toy is now available for order at WWW.WHALEBOYTOY.COM

For any of you that want to get the Whaleboy toy, it is now available at www.whaleboytoy.com.

On another note my buddy Bobby Chiu did this for our toy release next month. Bobby is the BOMB!!! Thanks my friend! You can see more of his work at http://www.imaginismstudios.com/

Spaghetti Western

Here is a piece I did for the Calgary Comic Expo that I will be attending at the end of this month.

SLICE!!!!

Sorry for the lack of posting lately. This is a piece I did for My man Paul at "House of Secrets". Paul is the owner of my favorite comic shop in LA. He is going to release a comic with a whole slew of artists contributing a panel each. This is what I did. Paul Supplied the same paper and colored pencils to all the artists, so the book can have some sort of uniformity.

cheers!

Wizard Con Los Angeles this Weekend

I will be at Wizard Con In Los Angeles this coming weekend. I'll be in artist alley sitting next to my buddy Alberto Ruiz. Stop by and say hi.

cheers,
Patrick

Wondercon 2007

Hey everyone! I am off to Wonder Con. I will be sitting with my good friend Jose Lopez. John Nevarez was supposed to join us, but had to bow out due to unforeseen circumstances. I may have some of his books with me to sell for him though. Come visit us in Artist Alley. I will be taking pre-orders for our Whaleboy vinyl toy that is coming out and we will have the "actual" toy on display. C U there!

Patrick

The Toy...

We just got the toy samples in, and with the exception of a few minor tweaks, I couldn't be happier. It's taken a bit longer than I had hoped to get them out, but I think it will be worth it. The toy should be getting here sometime in April, if I am not mistaken. I honestly thought we would have had them by now, so I am sorry. We are going to be selling them at www.whaleboytoy.com. Keep checking back!


Photo By Brian (The Man) McCarty
Sculpt by Brannon (MF) Wright

Gunhead and Astronaut

Both done on the Cintizzle.

Cintiq sketch

?????? No real story to him, just experimenting with the Cintiq.

My first Cintiq drawing

I just got a Cintiq. and here is my first drawing on it. Just a quick sketch in sketchbook pro. threw some color, and then touched it up a bit in photoshop. I love, not having to scan stuff.

I still haven't calibrated the cintiq, so I'm not really sure how the color came out.

Oil Painting

A couple of weeks ago, I started taking a oil painting class at the LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF FIGURATIVE ART with Rick Morris. It's a really cool class. Rick is awesome.

I figured that it was about time I get off my lazy ass and start painting. It's been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time since I've really painted, and I am starting to like it.

The first class was a bit tough. I did a pretty stiff figure painting. It was quite uninspired. The second week I did this one. It's certainly not perfect, but I felt more comfortable with it. I figured that instead of doing a bunch of realistic paintings, I'd rather paint some figures, the way I like drawing them. Kinda, "Jacked up." It's more in line on how I'd like my paintings to be. It made sense, and I had a lot more fun.

This is a study on value using black and white paint only. I am finding for me that painting is a different mind set. I really need to take my time more, learn to slow down a bit.

Back to class tomorrow night. Wish me luck.

paparazzi

This is something I did as freelance a while ago. I have no idea if they ever used it.

Gary

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Hi

I needed a break on friday at work, and just startd doodling this fella. He's not based on anyone in particular. I haven't been posting much lately, so I figured I'd put this up. C-ya!

Caricature Wars

Sorry that it has been so long since I've posted anything. I've been real busy with my new gig. I'm really enjoying working with some ridiculously talented artists John Nevarez, Sam Michlap, Michael Humphries, Kristen Lester and Greselda Sastrawinata just to name a few. Check out the links to their sites in my link list.

Kristen Lester has the habit of doing enormously funny drawings of her co-workers. The first one is of John Nevarez and Myself. I had to strike back. It's all in good fun, but my bud Carlos Ramos had good advice for when you caricature someone. Even if you love the person you are drawing more than anything in the whole wide world, you have to hate them for the time you are caricaturing them. It will make your drawing much funnier. You have to draw from your dark side.

Get my new book at Stuart Ng books

Stuart Ng has a bunch of my newest book if you want to get one. Visit him at www.stuartngbooks.com to get yours today!

Comic-Con was Awesome!!!

Sorry it's taken me this long to post about Comic-Con but it's pretty much taken me all week just to rec0ver. First off thanks to my booth partners Jose' Lopez and John Nevarez along with my Whaleboy partners Ed Acosta and Taesoo Kim. It was so great to put faces to all the Blog names that came by too. Thanks to everyone who came by and picked up my book. I hope you like it. Thanks to all the amazing artists that I got to hang with that continue to inspire me and all my friends who came out to support me.

see you next year,
cheers,
Patrick

p.s. I got to start posting more often.

Whaleboy paint variations at SDCC 2006

Come by our booth at San Diego Comic Con, and check out our three "One of a kind" custom paint variations of our Whaleboy sculpt. These are resin molds that were made for our upcoming vinyl toy. Ed Acosta came up with his "Blingboy". I came up with my "Gimpboy" and we are waiting to see what Taesoo Kim comes up with.

These three pieces will be for sale, at an unamed price. Make us an offer we can't refuse. We will be at Table G3. See ya.

Patrick

San Diego Comic Con 2006 (table G3)

Well, it's that time of year again, and I couldnt be happier to be sharing a booth with my pals John Nevarez (www.john-nevarez.blogspot.com)and Jose Lopez (www.desoluz.blogspot.com) at the San Diego Comic Con. We will be at table G3. Jose will have his killer new book "Mariachi Samurai" and John will have his amazing new book "Bits and Pieces Vol. 2". I just got my new book in froom the printers just in time too. So if you are coming to the con, please stop by to say hello.

Another piece for the Power in Numbers show.

I have no idea what I was thinking when I came up with this fella, but if you like him, he can be yours at the "Power in Numbers" show.

POWER IN NUMBERS June 17th-24th

I am honored to be a part of this really great gathering of artists who are contributing peices for an upcoming gallery show. It's called Power in Numbers at Nucleus in Alhambra California. All the peices are in a 4X6 format and are priced at 100.00 each. A portion of the profits will be donated to the Red Cross. I'll have 4 maybe 5 peices in the show. Here is one of them. It's titled, "The Bitter End".

Please check out www.gallerynucleus for more info on the event

Paper Bag

Here is a quick sketch I did on a paper bag. I kinda liked the looseness of it.

NEW BOOK!!! Coming very soon.

Well, I just approved the samples for my next book. I should have it just before San Diego Comic Con. Here's the cover. I went with the same motif, but changed it up, enough, to make it different. It's the same size as Vol. 1.

Once I have it, it will be available to order here, just like my last book.

There are some photos of a Fantastic Comic convention that I went to in Calgary, Canada. Thanks to Kandrix and Laurie for having me. They did an amazing job and the convention was an absolute success. This was the first anual Calgary Comic Expo. Check 'em out at www.calgaryexpo.com/

Super-Duper-Man

Sorry I havent been posting much new stuff lately. I've been busy trying to get my new book finished and out to the printer for San Diego Comic Con. Here is a peice that will be in the book. I drew it while I was at Wonder Con in San Francisco.

Speaking of conventions, I wanted to thank Stephen Silver and Alberto Ruiz once again for the great company up in Seattle at the Emerald City Comic Con. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. We had a lot of fun.

Emerald City ComicCon Seattle

I'm off to Seattle this coming weekend to share a booth with Stephen Silver and Alberto Ruiz. Alberto made this great promotional peice for the event. If you are in the area this weekend, come on by. We'd love to meet you. It should be a blast. We'll be at booth 633.

Wizard Con was AWESOME!!!

I just want to say how great it was to meet everyone at Wizard Con this weekend. There were so many cool people that we met. Thanks again to Alberto Ruiz and Stephen Silver for the great company and freindship. You guys are the best! See you at the next convention!!!!

cheers,
Patrick

ALBERTO RUIZ and I at Wizard Con (Booth 1323)

I can't say what an honor it is to be sharing a booth at Wizard Con with the enormous talent of Alberto Ruiz. I have been a huge fan of his work for a long time and I am so glad to have become friends with him over the past couple of years. Check out this piece here and at http://processjunkie.blogspot.com

I'll be displaying our Whaleboy Vinyl Toy Prototype as well as selling t-shirts, and my sketchbook. I will be also displaying samples of my new sketchbook that will be premiering at the San Diego Comic Con ths year.

Alberto Ruiz and I will be at Booth 1323 at Wizard Con this weekend. It's held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. See you all there.

Doodle

Just a quick doodle that I thought was kinda funny. On another note, I'll be sharing a table with Alberto Ruiz at Wizad Con from March 17-19. I'll let you know where we'll be as soon as I have the rest of the info.

cheers,
Patrick

More Wondercon Photos

Here are a few more pics from Wondercon. Flo was kind enough to model our shirts as well as pose for a photo with Louie and Octavio, as well as me posing with our toy. Thanks Tommy for the pictures.

cheers,

WONDERCON WAS A BLAST!!!!

Wondercon was The BOMB!!! It was such a great time.

Here we are at Wondercon last week from Left to right is Myself, Flo (she was kind enough to model our new Whaleboy T-shirt around the Con the day before), Ed Acosta, John Nevarez, and Jose Lopez.

Thanks to all the people who came by over the weekend to say hi. We had such a blast meeting everyone.

I feel so fortunate to be sharing a booth with my pals Jose Lopez and John Nevarez. They are two of the most talented people I know. John was selling his amazing sketchbook and drawing like a man possessed, Jose was previewing his upcoming sketchbook featuring "Mariachi Samurai" which should be out in April, and selling prints and original sketches. Check out their Blogs at http://john-nevarez.blogspot.com/
http://desoluz.blogspot.com/

Ed Acosta, (one of my Whaleboy partners. (Taesoo Kim couldn't make it)) was there too. Thanks Ed, I had such a blast hangin' and promoting Whaleboy with you. Ed plans on getting a sketchbook out by Comic Con. He is a character Designer for Family Guy. His drawings are hilarious.

Next to us were John and Shelly Loter, who were awesome. We couldn't have asked for better neighbors. check out their site at http://www.loter.com

Around the corner from us was Louie Del Carmen and Octavio Rodriguez who were both selling their amazing books. Pure inspiration. Check out thier blogs at http://www.randomanomalies.blogspot.com http://www.thecano.blogspot.com. It was great to finally hang with the legendary Octavio. He came to hang out for drinks and dinner on Friday and Saturday night, and he shared the pain of getting up early for the Con with a hangover.

My bud David Coleman was there selling his sketchbookbook and prints. That guy is amazing, and a great fella. http://davidcolman.blogspot.com

It was great to see Alberto Ruiz too. He came by to chat as well. His stuff is ridiculous. check his work at http://processjunkie.blogspot.com/

I picked up some sketchbooks from Sean "Cheeks" Galloway and Alina Urusov. Truly amazing work and very nice peoople. I wish I was able to chat with them more. They are at http://cheeks-74.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://ayanimeya.deviantart.com/gallery/

It was great to see my bud Justin Ridge. He moved to the bay area to work for Lucasfilm on the Clone Wars. Glad he's doing well. http://justinridge.blogspot.com

Anyhoo, Comic Con is coming up soon, and John Jose and myself will be exhibiting together ther too. Can't wait. See you there.

cheers,
Patrick Morgan

Whaleboy toy Prototype.

I got the prototype back. It was sculpted by my pal Brannon Wright (check out the links for his site) and painted by my bud Darren Henke. and I don't think I could be any happier. What do you think?

WONDERCON!!!!

Well I'll be driving to San Francisco this Thursday with my buds Jose Lopez and John Nevarez to Wonder Con. We'll be at booth #548. Come by to say hi.

I'll be displaying the prototype for the Vinyl Whaleboy toy we are producing. Here are some pics of the sculpt, before the mold process and before being painted. The final toy will have faces with differnt expressions that are interchangeable. I'll post some pics of him fully painted as soon as I can. Brannon Wright an amazing sculptor did the sculpt and Cranky Toys will be helping us distribute him.

I will also be selling my sketchbook, some Whaleboy T-shirts, prints, and original artwork. See you there.

cheers!!!!

Nice Old Lady at the Mall

Here's another memory sketch, this is one where we take someone and then choose an ocupation. We saw this nice old lady at the mall. Can you guess the occupation we chose? Check over at www.sketchclubeast.blogspot.com to see what the other guys came up with.

Wonder Con Feb 10th, 11th and 12th

I'm going to be at Wonder Con this year. I gotta say how great it is that I'll be sharing a booth with two of my pals Jose Lopez and John Nevarez. It shouldbe a blast.

I'll be selling my Sketchbook, along with some New Prints, and these fabulous Whaleboy T-shirts. I also hope to have some prototype Whaleboy vinyl toys for everyone to check out.

Memory Sketchin'

Another Memory Sketch. I think this guy knew I was studying him. I was a bit obvious about it too. He looked like he was up to no good. Check out the others at www.sketchclubeast.blogspot.com

Phone doodles

Here are a couple of phone doodles, that I thought were kinda fun. It's interesting what you come up with when you arent really thinking. I just threw a bit of color on them with marker and photoshop.

Honey and Perscription Drugs

Here's another memory sketch I did recently. We saw this guy coming out of Costcos. Check out the other memory sketches my friends Mark McDonnell and Chad Wood have done over at www.sketchclubeast.blogspot.com. I've included the first quick rough I did, and I felt I wanted to push him a bit more.

cheers

Happy Holidays!!!!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I hope to get back to it any day now. The Holidays get busy as you all know. Hope everyone has a fantastic (paste your Holiday here) and a Happy New Year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Camel Toe Joe and Lemmy

Here are a couple of strange characters. I was just filling up pages of loose sketches of monsters, and here are two more developed ones I chose to color up. I think I like drawing monsters.

Food Court Memory Sketch

Heres a memory sketch I did. We saw this guy at the food Court in Burbank. Check out www.sketchclubeast.blogspot.com to see what the other guys came up with.

cheers

Dinosaurs

This is some development work that I did recently. It's just a start.

Pin-UP

This is a pin-up for an Image comic called Season of the Witch, that will be out soon. I'm not sure if it's done yet, I need to sit on it, but I thought I'd post it anyways.

cheers

The X's are coming

The show I've been working on for the past year is about to air on Nickelodeon this Friday night at 8:00. It's called the X's. I've been doing background painting, but have recently been promoted to Design Supervisor. It's a great show, and was created by Carlos Ramos. Carlos has been fantastic to work for, and I think this show is gonna be a big hit. Make sure to tune in this friday.

Memory Sketch 3

Here's another memory sketch that we did at our local Burbank Coscos. Mark Mc Donnell. Chad Woods, Dave Coleman and Kelsey Mann should have some posted as well. Check out theirs too.

Patrick

Rock T-shirt design

This is a t-shirt design I did a while ago for Steve Vai's World tour. It was a lot of fun. It was a hoot, to go to the concert and see people wearing it in the audience. I drew it, then cleaned it up in Illustrator.

Memory Sketch

Here's a memory sketch that I did this week, while at lunch with my friends Chad Woods and Mark Mc Donnell. We saw this guy coming out of Tony Romas. Stephen Silver is a big fan of this excercise. It helps train your memory. Check out Marks and Chads on their Blogs too. Maybe we will start "Sketchclub Burbank". Who knows.

I colored him with Marker and Colored pencil.

Sketchclub

Here is a piece I did after going to lunch with Stephen Silver. We chose this guy to draw from memory. Just observing, taking mental notes, and seeing how similar, or different the drawings come out. This was a blast, and a great excercise. Check out what Stephen comes up with over at http://sketchclub.blogspot.com/, once he post's his.

Character Design Interview

I have an interview on the character design blog at http://characterdesign.blogspot.com/. Check it out!

Whaleboy characters

I am off to New York, to get away for a week. I'm not going to have time to post while I'm gone, but I thought I'd post a couple more Whaleboy characters, The Evilshaman and one of the native characters. I hope to do a lot of sketching in NY. I'll post some of it when I get back.

Patrick

Frankenpatrick and the Bride of Frankenpatrick

Here are some pics of Gwen and I from Saturday Night at our Halloween Party. Gwen made the head peice I'm wearing, as wll as the wig she wore. She definately has talent. Hope everyone has a great Halloween. Chad and Jolene are pictured here as well.

Patrick

Here are a few Random sketches from my sketchbook.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

As I pulled into my driveway, I noticed on my wood gate, that there were a bunch of these Knots all over it that looked like creepy little faces. I pulled out my sketchbook and drew this in my car based on one of these set of knots. There are faces in everything. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Inspiration pt.3: John Nevarez

For my third entry for the people who have been an inspiration to me, this man probably needs no introduction. John Nevarez. I met John at the Animation Academy in Burbank a few years ago. His drawings just flowed out of him. I wish I had gotten a chance to know him better then, but I finally got the chance to this year at the San Diego Comic Con. He and I shared a booth this past year, and immediately, I remembered not only how amazing of an artist he is, but what a genuine, fantastic, guy as well. I just watched how effortlessly he would draw at our booth. One picture after another, and so generous too. He was giving away drawings, like they were Halloween candy. This is the only one I got, and if I remember correctly, he didn't even care for it. I snatched it up. I love this! John, you are too humble.

John is one of the nicest, most humble and most talented, truly someone I consider "real", and proud to call my friend. Thanks John! Lookin forward to sharing a booth with you next year in San Diego. Check out his blog (I'm sure you already have) at www.john-nevarez.blogspot.com/

Gladiator throwing

Here's a Gladiator that I did. Colored him in photoshop. I want to do a longer peice showing what happens to his victim as he is impaled. MMmmmmmm...Violence (in Homers voice).

Whale Boy and Sucka Vinyl Toy Design

I added sucka to the turnaround. Did a bit more color work, and layed in some shadows. This is gonna be one KEWL vinyl toy.

Whaleboy Toy

I just finished this turnaround in Illustrator for a Vinyl Whaleboy Toy that will be coming out soon. I'll post more news and pics of the sculpture as I get them.

wacked out figures

These were done in a Figure drawing class taught by my friend Mike Metesi at Nickelodeon. We were told to really push the proportions. Mike is a fantastic teacher. He has just opened a school in Passedena called the Entertainment Art Academy and has classes for figure, animation, illustration, storyboards, you name it. Great classes! Great teachers! check out the link for more info. www.enterartacad.com/

Heads

These are some head sketches from life drawing. Some are the model, some are the other artists, drawing the model.
I have been taking classes from Karl Gnass (bottom right) for a couple of years now. He is truly a master of the figure, a fantastic teacher, and a friend. I want to express my appreciation to him, and thank him for the knowledge that he is constantly sharing. You rule Karl! Check out his site, and buy his book at www.spirit-of-the-pose.com. His book is amazing.

P

Whaleboy and Sucka

This is a two pager short of "Whaleboy". This was published in the latest issue of Komikwerks and is my Sketchbook that I've published. You can order my sketchbook at www.patrickmorgan.com or komikwerks at www.komikwerks.com.

Whaleboy is a character that we are pitching to Nickelodeon right now. We are also in the process of creating a vinyl toy of him. I'll let you know how it goes.

P

Head Sketch

I drew ths inside one of my sketchbooks that I sold to someone. I liked it, so I scanned it before I gave it to them. He's kinda silly.

P

Neanderthal

I was a bit bored at work, not due to a lack of work, just kinda burnt. We were watching a Steve McQueen movie called The Cincinatti Kid and there was this piano player singing in a bar. She had this "Face" that was amazing. We paused it, drew her and then I drew her again, without looking at the first drawing or the TV. It's a great excercise. Stephen Silver showed me this excercise. It's a lot of fun. The drawing that you do from memory, tends to come out better than the one, copied from the source. try it.

P

More Random Crap

Here's some more random sketches. Just having fun.

P

Review of my sketchbook

Hey! Check out the review I got on this website for my new sketchbook that I've published. Pretty cool!!!

Go to http://www.thefourthrail.com/features/0705/sketchbooks2005.shtml

Random Crap

Some of these I drew at Costcos during lunch. There are always interesting people shopping at Costcos. The rest is just a bunch of random crap from my sketchbook.

Inspiration pt.2: Taesoo Kim

I've decided to give props to another friend of mine, who can draw circles around anyone I know. He's also one of the most modest people I have ever met, and he's about to be a father within a week. He and his wife Michelle are two of my very favorite people in the world as he is one of my favorite artists.

I met Taesoo at Disney, and immediately he pissed me off. Not by anything he said, but it was how f%$#in' amazing he could draw. We got along right away. We would sit and do drawing challenges, by saying, "OK, draw a Leprechaun”, or “Draw, a Platypus", or whatever, and we'd compare drawings. I'd be humbled every time. He's one of those guys that can draw anything.

Since I've known him, we have worked on many projects together and have learned so much from him. He is the Co-Creator along with myself and our friend Ed Acosta of a character we’ve been pitching for an animated series, called "Whaleboy". I have high hopes that this character will take off, cause it would be such a pleasure to work along with someone as talented as Tae again.

I also just want Taesoo and Michelle to know that my thoughts are with them during the birth of their son Tesoo Jr. You guys are going to be fantastic parents. I can’t wait to meet Lil’ Tae.

Here are some of his drawings from his sketchbook. Check out Tae’s Blog at www.taesookim.blogspot.com and www.michelleyi.blogspot.com.

Inspiration: Stephen Silver

Every week, I'm gonna try to give props to fellow artists who have been an inspiration to me. Certain artists you might not have heard about. Other artists, like this guy, Mr Stephen Silver you have.

I met Stephen at the Animation Academy in Burbank, and was immediately blown away by his work. I remember all the students and teachers surrounding his portfolio in awe of his artistic abilities. A year or two later, I would start to go sketching with Stephen, Justin Ridge, Sean Charmatz and Chad Woods from Nickelodeon during our lunch hour. We'd always be searching for the best places to draw, be it Starbucks,Hooters, Costco, or any other place, where interesting characters might be lurking. During that time I learned much from him, and we also became good friends. He has since been working at Sony, designing characters for a feature film, which will surely look incredible.

Stephen has also shown me a lot about self publishing. He truly encouraged me to self publish my own sketchbook, and the business that goes along with it. It's rare to meet such a patient artist so willing to share their knowledge with others, the way Stephen has, and I can't express how much I've appreciated it.

These two caricatures of me were generously drawn in his books that I got from him. BAM!!! He just busted these out on the spot. Pretty amazing stuff. Thanks man! Let's get together and draw soon!

Check out his blog at www.stephensilver.blogspot.com or his website at www.silvertoons.com.

Wolverine!!!

Here's a quickie of Wolverine. I colored him in Photoshop.

Here are the pencils for the Batman sketch. I think i like this better than the color. I need to redo the color.

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The Dark Knight

This is my take on the Bat-Man.

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's...

Well, It's not Burning-Man. It's Super-Man!!!

Burningman

Well, I'm off to Burningman. I'll be back in a week, and I'll be posting a bunch of pictures. No new posts until after Labor Day I'm affraid. See you when I get back.

cheers,
Patrick

More Heads!!!

Here are some sketches I did at lunchtime. I colored them up quickly in photoshop.

Gentle Ben

This is a Character that my friend Chad and I are developing.

Sketches Sketches Sketches!!!

My New Book!!!

I've released a new full color hardcover book. If you are interested in ordering it, go to www.patrickmorgan.com and e-mail me. There are some samples of the stuff thats in the book on my webpage. The books are 15 bucks. What a bargain!!!!! Check out the review at http://www.thefourthrail.com/features/0705/sketchbooks2005.shtml

This is Dave. He's the Director for the show called the X's that I work on at Nick.

Armidillo

I did this for a video game. It's not done yet.

Homer

This is a drawing that was influenced by a documentary I was watching, about appalachian families. The people in the documentary were very interesting to say the least.

This is my first post. Hi.