Tomic describes himself as self-taught and his love for drawing began in kindergarten, but he didn’t take it seriously until he was around 16-years-old. In his most recent work, he’s created 17 subjects with 153 characters and the results are brilliant.

The pandemic inspired him to create something new, “Since I’m stuck inside due to the coronavirus, I wanted to try out something new,” Tomic told Bored Panda. The portraits may not show off his skills as much as some of the other impressive projects he’s completed, they’re a much-needed distraction during these times.

He’s designed everyone from Keanu Reeves, Johnny Depp, and Robert Downey Jr. to Bob Ross, Donald Trump, and Billie Eilish.

“When I want to expand the series and reimagine someone new, I usually simply listen to my fans and pick one of the famous people they’ve suggested,” he continued.

Take a look at more of his work below. Do you have a favorite?

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His audience, as it turns out, was much bigger than his small group of friends. Based in Brighton, Edler jokingly refers to himself as a “dirty commercial artist,” with selected clients including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, and Vanity Fair.

“I’m a comedy nerd and grew up loving everything from 50s radio comedy to modern sitcoms,” he relayed, referring to Tony Hancock, Seinfeld, and Alan Partridge as sources of inspiration for his work.

But like most creative vocations, his work requires not only intuition but mainly – practice, as Edler refined his comedic voice “I’m sure everyone is creative in some way,” he notes. “But to make good stuff, you need to spend a lot of time practicing – finding what you’re good and bad at.”

Take a look at some of his good stuff in the gallery below.

The post Leon Edler’s Cartoons are Funny and Thoughtful appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I was really into dinosaurs and their fossils as a little kid. When I got older, I thought skulls were very badass, so I would draw them often,” the artist said. “Skulls were among the first things that I had at least some idea of how to sculpt. The first one I was proud of looks terrible in retrospect!”

According to him, it wasn’t always easy to come up with a skull that looked real-life so he had to guess a lot of it.

“Obviously, a mouse skull wouldn’t have ears or that arching pointy part defining the eye shape, but without the ears and clearly defined eye shape it just didn’t look like the cartoon at all!”

Scroll down and check out his series below.

The post This Artist Imagined How Skulls of Famous Characters Would Look appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Alongside his cat cartoons, the artist has “dabbled in almost all elements of cartooning.”

“For example, I’ve resided as an in-house cartoonist for an agency where I created Red Bull cartoons for worldwide advertising campaigns with storyboards, print ads, digital ads, and television commercials,” the artist shared on his personal website. “I also have a syndicated series, Break of Day, that is read daily worldwide in print and online.”

His work has been featured in various media, including MAD Magazine, New York Times, greeting cards, books, ads, etc. and he’s worked with big brand names such as Disney, Scholastic, and Warner Bros.

If you are interested to see his cartoons, check out the gallery below.

The post Nate Fakes Created a Series of Cartoons Inspired By His Cat appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I always doodled as a kid according to my parents,” she explained in an interview with Concept Art Empire. “But I don’t think it was until sophomore or junior year of college when I narrowed down my career path to art.”

Of course, this all changed a couple of years later when she found herself working for some of the biggest names in the industry. Currently working as a storyboard artist for Netflix, she’s also worked in the past for Marvel Animation, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., and Cartoon Network. An impressive CV to say the least.

Now fully committed to her anime-inspired art, she admits it took her some time to feel comfortable with her “geeky” preferences. “In high school a bit and in college, I was afraid to like anime,” she admits. “I thought I had to exclusively like Disney and that enjoying series like Naruto and One Piece was a bad thing. It took me a while to accept and understand that there are a lot of people that like both, and that’s totally fine!”

According to Chiu, when it comes to storyboarding, it’s best to showcase a bit of variety. “Action, comedy, and drama. If you can hit all 3 of those beats in, let’s say, 1 large sequence and 1 or 2 additional shorter ones then that’s pretty good,” she says. Inspiring illustrators and animators, take note!

The post Inspiring Animators? Take Note From Netflix’s Storyboard Artist appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I don’t think I would’ve gotten into to researching old animation if it wasn’t for the Looney Tunes shorts,” the author of the video writes on Youtube. “Shows like Toon Heads and the Bob Clampett Show that used to air on Cartoon Network we’re my first gateway to animation history.”

Entertainment company Warner Bros produced Looney Tunes for 40 years. The first cartoon they made was titled Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid and it came out in 1929. The series ended with Injun Trouble, which was made in 1969. Many generations grew up watching Looney Tunes and this video is an amazing tribute to the animated series.

The post This Brilliant Montage Shows Every Looney Tunes Cartoon Made, One Second at a Time appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Who are we kidding, everybody has.

No offense to the cartoon characters we grew up watching, but they didn’t exactly look great. Not that they needed to though, because they were created to maximize entertainment value and not be that hard to draw at the same time.

As a result, their designs could use a little bit of work.

Pennsylvania-based illustrator Isabelle Staub is one such artist who thought that she could add her own creative flair to everybody’s favourite cartoon characters, and what do you know, her works look arguably better than the original designs.

A life-long artist, you can clearly see Isabelle Staub’s talent and passion from every piece of work she’s created. As for the quality, it’s undeniable. The insane amount of detail in every artpiece is just so unbelievable that you’d wonder why this freelance illustrator isn’t animating her very own cartoon series yet.

Make sure to scroll down below to see exactly why Isabelle Staub’s re-imaginings are getting a lot of attention.

The post These Reimagined Cartoon Characters Look Better than the Original appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Annie is a young artist from Pennsylvania who works part time in a winery, and apparently she uses the rest to make astonishing artworks. She may have received her inspiration from the Face Off show, but this 28 years old artist has been drawing from the age of five. It takes from 2-7 hours to apply her makeup to make a complete transformation into a cartoon character. She uses water activated paints so they are really easy to remove.

Her looks are very lifelike and catch the spirit of the character. She can literally turn herself into every character: Mr. Krabs and Patrick from Sponge Bob, the evil Jafar from Aladdin and even Hades from Hercules. This talented artist proves that there are no limits for her and her imagination!

Enjoy her artwork and the various cartoon characters she turns herself into!

The post The Artist That Turns Into a Cartoon Character appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I love the personalities of animals,” she told Creative Boom. “They are so varied. Pugs, in particular, are such characters; they are very silly and funny. I like imagining what animals might say if they could talk.”

Originally from Norwich, Gemma now resides in California with her two pugs and boyfriend and works as a freelance illustrator, with clients that include Hallmark, The New York Times, Oxford University Press, Chronicle Books, and The Observer.

Her web comics, shared on her Instagram page, is highly delightful, drawn in her distinct, and somewhat childish, style. “I’ve drawn in a similar style since I was a child – always focusing on characters and humor and using simple line art,” she explained.

“I knew from a young age that I wanted to draw and write for a living. I was always encouraged to draw by teachers and friends. Once I realised that I could use art as a tool to get out of PE lessons, I was even keener. At primary school, I was sometimes allowed to stay in the classroom and make posters for upcoming school events rather than put myself through the humiliation of falling over and generally being terrible at all of the sports.”

Check out some of her work in the gallery below.

The post Gemma Correll’s Cartoons Are the Meaning of Relatable appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Artists Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III work in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, large-scale experiential installations, live performances, and more recently, virtual reality and animation. The results are joyful and interactive, inviting us to come along for the ride.

“FriendsWithYou’s mission is to cultivate moments of spiritual awareness and powerful, joyous interactions,” the two artists write on their website.

But it’s not all fun and games. “Our work is not only about positivity,” said Borkson in an interview with Fader. “It’s about facing the darkness with no fear and the entire spectrum of the human experience. Our work is a reflection of what we want for ourselves and then people have the choice to see it as they like.”

“The goal is to create communal experiences that make you feel something beyond the self and into the whole, basically the goal of all spiritual endeavors, and in doing so we use a very simple graphic language,” added
Sandoval.

Enjoy!

The post Artists Spread a Message of Magic, Luck, and Friendship Through Their Work appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Tomic describes himself as self-taught and his love for drawing began in kindergarten, but he didn’t take it seriously until he was around 16-years-old. In his most recent work, he’s created 17 subjects with 153 characters and the results are brilliant.

The pandemic inspired him to create something new, “Since I’m stuck inside due to the coronavirus, I wanted to try out something new,” Tomic told Bored Panda. The portraits may not show off his skills as much as some of the other impressive projects he’s completed, they’re a much-needed distraction during these times.

He’s designed everyone from Keanu Reeves, Johnny Depp, and Robert Downey Jr. to Bob Ross, Donald Trump, and Billie Eilish.

“When I want to expand the series and reimagine someone new, I usually simply listen to my fans and pick one of the famous people they’ve suggested,” he continued.

Take a look at more of his work below. Do you have a favorite?

The post Dino Tomic Creates Celebrities in Different Cartoon Styles appeared first on MobiSpirit.

His audience, as it turns out, was much bigger than his small group of friends. Based in Brighton, Edler jokingly refers to himself as a “dirty commercial artist,” with selected clients including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, and Vanity Fair.

“I’m a comedy nerd and grew up loving everything from 50s radio comedy to modern sitcoms,” he relayed, referring to Tony Hancock, Seinfeld, and Alan Partridge as sources of inspiration for his work.

But like most creative vocations, his work requires not only intuition but mainly – practice, as Edler refined his comedic voice “I’m sure everyone is creative in some way,” he notes. “But to make good stuff, you need to spend a lot of time practicing – finding what you’re good and bad at.”

Take a look at some of his good stuff in the gallery below.

The post Leon Edler’s Cartoons are Funny and Thoughtful appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I was really into dinosaurs and their fossils as a little kid. When I got older, I thought skulls were very badass, so I would draw them often,” the artist said. “Skulls were among the first things that I had at least some idea of how to sculpt. The first one I was proud of looks terrible in retrospect!”

According to him, it wasn’t always easy to come up with a skull that looked real-life so he had to guess a lot of it.

“Obviously, a mouse skull wouldn’t have ears or that arching pointy part defining the eye shape, but without the ears and clearly defined eye shape it just didn’t look like the cartoon at all!”

Scroll down and check out his series below.

The post This Artist Imagined How Skulls of Famous Characters Would Look appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Alongside his cat cartoons, the artist has “dabbled in almost all elements of cartooning.”

“For example, I’ve resided as an in-house cartoonist for an agency where I created Red Bull cartoons for worldwide advertising campaigns with storyboards, print ads, digital ads, and television commercials,” the artist shared on his personal website. “I also have a syndicated series, Break of Day, that is read daily worldwide in print and online.”

His work has been featured in various media, including MAD Magazine, New York Times, greeting cards, books, ads, etc. and he’s worked with big brand names such as Disney, Scholastic, and Warner Bros.

If you are interested to see his cartoons, check out the gallery below.

The post Nate Fakes Created a Series of Cartoons Inspired By His Cat appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I always doodled as a kid according to my parents,” she explained in an interview with Concept Art Empire. “But I don’t think it was until sophomore or junior year of college when I narrowed down my career path to art.”

Of course, this all changed a couple of years later when she found herself working for some of the biggest names in the industry. Currently working as a storyboard artist for Netflix, she’s also worked in the past for Marvel Animation, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., and Cartoon Network. An impressive CV to say the least.

Now fully committed to her anime-inspired art, she admits it took her some time to feel comfortable with her “geeky” preferences. “In high school a bit and in college, I was afraid to like anime,” she admits. “I thought I had to exclusively like Disney and that enjoying series like Naruto and One Piece was a bad thing. It took me a while to accept and understand that there are a lot of people that like both, and that’s totally fine!”

According to Chiu, when it comes to storyboarding, it’s best to showcase a bit of variety. “Action, comedy, and drama. If you can hit all 3 of those beats in, let’s say, 1 large sequence and 1 or 2 additional shorter ones then that’s pretty good,” she says. Inspiring illustrators and animators, take note!

The post Inspiring Animators? Take Note From Netflix’s Storyboard Artist appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I don’t think I would’ve gotten into to researching old animation if it wasn’t for the Looney Tunes shorts,” the author of the video writes on Youtube. “Shows like Toon Heads and the Bob Clampett Show that used to air on Cartoon Network we’re my first gateway to animation history.”

Entertainment company Warner Bros produced Looney Tunes for 40 years. The first cartoon they made was titled Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid and it came out in 1929. The series ended with Injun Trouble, which was made in 1969. Many generations grew up watching Looney Tunes and this video is an amazing tribute to the animated series.

The post This Brilliant Montage Shows Every Looney Tunes Cartoon Made, One Second at a Time appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Who are we kidding, everybody has.

No offense to the cartoon characters we grew up watching, but they didn’t exactly look great. Not that they needed to though, because they were created to maximize entertainment value and not be that hard to draw at the same time.

As a result, their designs could use a little bit of work.

Pennsylvania-based illustrator Isabelle Staub is one such artist who thought that she could add her own creative flair to everybody’s favourite cartoon characters, and what do you know, her works look arguably better than the original designs.

A life-long artist, you can clearly see Isabelle Staub’s talent and passion from every piece of work she’s created. As for the quality, it’s undeniable. The insane amount of detail in every artpiece is just so unbelievable that you’d wonder why this freelance illustrator isn’t animating her very own cartoon series yet.

Make sure to scroll down below to see exactly why Isabelle Staub’s re-imaginings are getting a lot of attention.

The post These Reimagined Cartoon Characters Look Better than the Original appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Annie is a young artist from Pennsylvania who works part time in a winery, and apparently she uses the rest to make astonishing artworks. She may have received her inspiration from the Face Off show, but this 28 years old artist has been drawing from the age of five. It takes from 2-7 hours to apply her makeup to make a complete transformation into a cartoon character. She uses water activated paints so they are really easy to remove.

Her looks are very lifelike and catch the spirit of the character. She can literally turn herself into every character: Mr. Krabs and Patrick from Sponge Bob, the evil Jafar from Aladdin and even Hades from Hercules. This talented artist proves that there are no limits for her and her imagination!

Enjoy her artwork and the various cartoon characters she turns herself into!

The post The Artist That Turns Into a Cartoon Character appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I love the personalities of animals,” she told Creative Boom. “They are so varied. Pugs, in particular, are such characters; they are very silly and funny. I like imagining what animals might say if they could talk.”

Originally from Norwich, Gemma now resides in California with her two pugs and boyfriend and works as a freelance illustrator, with clients that include Hallmark, The New York Times, Oxford University Press, Chronicle Books, and The Observer.

Her web comics, shared on her Instagram page, is highly delightful, drawn in her distinct, and somewhat childish, style. “I’ve drawn in a similar style since I was a child – always focusing on characters and humor and using simple line art,” she explained.

“I knew from a young age that I wanted to draw and write for a living. I was always encouraged to draw by teachers and friends. Once I realised that I could use art as a tool to get out of PE lessons, I was even keener. At primary school, I was sometimes allowed to stay in the classroom and make posters for upcoming school events rather than put myself through the humiliation of falling over and generally being terrible at all of the sports.”

Check out some of her work in the gallery below.

The post Gemma Correll’s Cartoons Are the Meaning of Relatable appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Artists Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III work in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, large-scale experiential installations, live performances, and more recently, virtual reality and animation. The results are joyful and interactive, inviting us to come along for the ride.

“FriendsWithYou’s mission is to cultivate moments of spiritual awareness and powerful, joyous interactions,” the two artists write on their website.

But it’s not all fun and games. “Our work is not only about positivity,” said Borkson in an interview with Fader. “It’s about facing the darkness with no fear and the entire spectrum of the human experience. Our work is a reflection of what we want for ourselves and then people have the choice to see it as they like.”

“The goal is to create communal experiences that make you feel something beyond the self and into the whole, basically the goal of all spiritual endeavors, and in doing so we use a very simple graphic language,” added
Sandoval.

Enjoy!

The post Artists Spread a Message of Magic, Luck, and Friendship Through Their Work appeared first on MobiSpirit.