I'm Tooned in! What do I mean? 'Toons' or cartoons is western style of art. Kinda like Disney and Dexter's Lab. Stuff that's not in the complex anime style but in a much more simplified style.

So a lil' discussion starter:
talk a lil' bit about your art, when'd you start?
If you do who influences you and can you show some examples? :)
Do you draw anime and toonage? Do you draw one more than the other?


I don't draw anime anymore I never picked up on it in the 8 years I attempted it...in one year I got so good at tooning I got offered a job doing the video game art for a small company known as Dazalem...so that's pretty neat!
I still practice some anime once in a while...you can clearly see the influences in my drawings.

I am heavily influenced by Shane Glines, Butch Hartman, Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken...the last two especially.


if you wanna see my junk most of it is over here: http://pixelcake.newgrounds.com/

Did... did you seriously have to explain what a cartoon is? I'm pretty sure we all know but nevermind:

I started drawing before kindergarten so don't remember how long. My first drawing were kid doodles ya know? Later on I saw Digimon and drew them a LOT! I got really serious about drawing for two reasons:
1. people always commented me about it and it made me feel special since i didn't really have any friends or anything.
2. I saw artwork from both Romitas on the Marvel comic book side of things and was inspired. (Thank you spidey!)

Anywho, I too was heavily influenced by Craig McCracken and LOVE the guy! I mean love him and his work, especially Powerpuff Girls which is my favorite show from the US next to Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Then a thing called Yu-Gi-Oh! came out and I was so inspired to draw that artstyle, before I ever knew the word anime or even what it was. Ever since then I drew both cartoon and anime until finally 3 years ago I decided to completely stick with anime. I evolved over the years so much it's amazing. My stuff from three years ago was HORRIBLE and now I love my artwork (though not satisfied).

Right now my artwork is heavily influenced by Kazuma Kondou and Takeshi Obata.

some of my stuff is available here.

@solarguardian
you'd be surprised. Every couple of days I have to explain to someone at my college what anime is. A lot of people don't know the term 'toon' either, which is surprising cause I live in a city that's heavily influenced by art and is constantly pumping it out :B

Yes! Disney 2D is awesome!! I reckon better then 3d!! Hehe
My favourites is:

1. Alice ion wonderland
2: snow White: Favourite Character
1. Dopey
2. Angry
3. Sneezy.
3. Treasure Planet
and more!!
Im just glad there are are other people out there that love Disney 2D!!

I drew anime for all my life and now I'm trying to go to 'toon' style. It's really hard and I really respect cartoonists now.

Butch Harman definitely has a huge impact for me since I watched most of his shows since I was a kid til now. The comic artists who do DC comics and Marvel comics, are truly amazing. Lilo and Stitch and other Disney works inspired me also. I'll really miss Disney's 2-D animation. I believe the Princess and the Frog will be their last 2-D animation project. They are going all 3-D after it. =/

I like your style TOTL. Your stuff is pretty damn awesome. Just thought I'd mention that. :3

I'm deffinatly tooned out. I like my anime/manga style and I started drawing after I got seriously into anime because I wanted to create that. I also aspire to be able to do realistic digital paintings in addition to my anime style.

I have to say that I don't like Disney that much, I can't get past the childishness of much of it, particularly the animals and any male with too much chin. That said, the Princesses, Alice, Ron Possible, there are some diamonds in there. (yes, I am a closet fan of Kim Possible, Ron's the coolest guy ever)

I like your style also TOTL, as you may remember I have one of your pictures as my wallpaper.