16/04/14 17:59 Filed in:
Flashback Wednesdays | ArtFlashback Wednesdays... on a Wednesday!. ^.^
This week’s Flashback is a rough-pencil - no inking was requested, for a line of limited prints sold at the
Warner Bros. Studio Stores. For some reason, I was asked to draw the instrument’s details - knobs, keys, etc, on a second layer. After its run and with the closure of the WB stores, the image is now sold has a large-size poster, which I have signed quiet a lot-of during the last few years.


(
Click for a larger image).


The painting was done by
David Edward Byrd.
Bob
Tags: Art, WBCP, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester Cat, Taz, Blueline, Final Art
03/04/14 10:20 Filed in:
Flashback Wednesdays | ArtHi again;
This is Flashback Wednesdays… on a Thursday. This post is about a very-common task many Artist have to do, specially in the Consumer products field: the recreation - or update, of an old piece of art for merchandising…


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More after the cut...)
Bob
Tags: Art, Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, WBCP, Rough, Blueline
07/04/14 10:20 Filed in:
Other | Art | MagazineHere is the cover of the December 1996
Variety Magazine I worked on, announcing
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. acquisition of
Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc.’s intellectual property.
The (
WBCP) artists that illustrated this issue were myself - drawing
Fred Flinstone, senior character designer
San Wei Chan -
Bugs Bunny and
animation director Frank Espinosa -
Tom and Jerry.The issue was published right before Christmas, which made for a nice Christmas’ present.

Bob
Tags: Art, Fred Flintstone, Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, WBCP, Hanna-Barbera, Final Art
26/03/14 18:14 Filed in:
Flashback Wednesdays | ArtOne more Flashback Wednesday. =) Today I’m posting more designs I did while working for
WBCP.
The first one is a progression example of
Lola Bunny’s design, from a rough blueline, pencil ink to a final cleaned drawing (vector-based) drawing using
Adobe Illustrator.

The second one is an approved tight blue line ready to be penciled-inked with
2B graphite pencil.
You will find more art for
WBCP on the
gallery. Enjoy!
Bob
Tags: Art, Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, WBCP, Rough, Blueline, Looney Tunes
21/03/14 20:40 Filed in:
Flashback Wednesdays | Art
Well, yesterday posts was a weak way to (almost) get out of the Flashback Wednesday’s showcase (darn). This
post is about of one should not enamor itself to a projects’ rough or concept, because you will (always) be overridden by your client’s final decision.
More after the cut...
Bob
Tags: Art, Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, WBCP, Rough, Blueline
20/03/14 22:56 Filed in:
Artists Resources | ArtA received a nice package on the mail today: The commercial version of our
Warner Bros. Consumer Products’ departmental tutorial book, renamed “
How To draw The Looney Tunes”. A hard to find book, ranging from $39.99 to $400.00. The trade-off here is actually quite acceptable; “...sign and draw me a sketch on one of them and you get to keep the other.”

A review of the book on the
Animation World Network. “…The credits list art by
San Wei Chan…
Mark Christiansen,
Jerome Moore and
Robert Guthrie. Text is by
Frank Espinosa, co-written by
Marie Taylor….”

I’m really surprised to see the changes that occurred when our tutorial went public: It lost around 94 pages, most a lot of the written history of WB, animation and verbal instructions. The cuts were probably made for costs reasons and the instruction were more geared how to teach all WBCP artists in depth.


Still, a very nice final product, kicking myself that I signed and gave away the 10 copies I got from WB. Oh well . =)
Bob
Tags: Art, Book review, Bugs Bunny, WBCP
26/01/14 23:17 Filed in:
Flashback Wednesdays | ArtHere is the original design (blue-line) that we I did for the international version of the
Space Jam poster. In the final poster,
Duffy Duck’s design was changed because in the original design, he was wearing a “prop” costume that only appeared on-screen for five-seconds.
Here is the
original design - click on image to enlarge.

And here is the
final poster.

Bob
Tags: Art, Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Taz, SpaceJam, WBCP, Rough, Blueline
24/01/14 22:35 Filed in:
Flashback WednesdaysHere’s the final color for the
Bugs Bunny stamp we did at
WCBP for the
U.S. Postal Service. We worked on this stamp series back in 1997.

I will post the original sketches and other designs in my
WBCP gallery , plus additional information on the project.
Bob
Tags: Art, Bugs Bunny, WBCP