I don't know if folks are still stopping by, but I'm mostly on tumblr now.

Here's a little painting I did awhile ago for an in-house art show at CN - I jumped at the chance to do a tribute to Samurai Jack. I really enjoyed making up a place that Jack might have visited on one of his adventures.

Samurai Jack - Cavern of Worlds - 14" x 8.5" - Gouache

Clone Wars BGs/Key paintings

A nice fellow I know from the internets is selling 4 original BGs/keys from Tartakovsky's Clone Wars series on ebay. All these were painted in-house by Scott Wills or his crew. http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_nkw=Star+Wars+Clone+Wars+Miniseries+Original+Background+Color+Key+Gendy+Tartakovsky&_sacat=0&_odkw&_osacat=0&_ssn=freaky_styley_store

Titan Tomorrow

Don't forget, Friday evening is the premiere of Genndy Tartakovsky's Sym-Bionic Titan at 8pm on Cartoon Network. I have feeling it's gonna be a great time. So put down your boombox and tune in, or just set the old VCR to record so you don't miss out on all the glorious-ness.

Not psyched enough yet? Check out Kevin Dart's Titan posts and get yourself all fired up.

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Kevin Dart and Scott Wills Titan BGs

For those of you anxiously awaiting Genndy Tartakovsky's upcoming cartoon Sym-bionic Titan, hustle on over to Kevin Dart's blog where he's posted some of the superb background paintings for the show. They're taking TV to another level.

Samurai Jack Tribute

Those of you who know me, know that I love some Samurai Jack. I've been planning to do this epic-movie-poster-type painting for some time but never had an excuse to work it into the rotation. So when the chance to swing by CN last week arose, I decided to paint it up and give it to the show's creator as a thank you for the inspiration. It was a big thrill to meet the man behind it all. In hindsight I wish I had executed the painting a little differently to illustrate another take on the subject, but what's done is done.


18" x 24" cel vinyl acrylic on watercolor paper

Latest from Scott Wills

For those of you who have been wondering what Scott's been up to lately, wonder no more!

Besides wrapping up art direction on Monsters vs Aliens, Scott teamed up with Genndy recently to produce a short for CN called 'Maruined'. Scott painted all the final backgrounds himself over an incredibly short span of time... around 50 in about 2 months (on top of his full-time job)! It's uncertain if Maruined will ever air on TV, but Scott sent over a few of his BGs and as you can see, they are absolutely spectacular. Looking at them again, I'm still having difficulty comprehending the brilliant artistry. To say the least, they are like nothing I've seen before. How often can that be said these days?

Before you ask, they were painted mostly by hand (except for the characters and a few digital elements for animation purposes, I believe). Images are Copyright © Cartoon Network.

Zappo Change-O!

What do you get when you combine Genndy Tartakovsky and Scott Wills on a Dexter's Laboratory Golden Book? You get one helluva Golden Book, that's what.

Below are some choice scans from Dexter's Laboratory: Zappo Change-O! I found it online, and what a find it is! This book is full of really fun drawings and gorgeous paintings... just another excuse to love Genndy and Scott Wills (if you need one). Track a copy of it down, you won't be sorry!

Copyright CN, Genndy Tartakovsky, Scott Wills, and Golden Books.











Any other Scott Wills Golden Books out there? Please let me know!