Marlo Meekins

Oil Painting of my friend Eric

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Michael Cera Caricature Oil Painting

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Did this last year for Caricaturama 3000.

Kamen Rider vs. Super Sentai show

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Original piece

At Q Pop Gallery in Los Angeles

Oil on canvas

26”x31.5” framed

SEW YOUR OWN SKETCHBOOK

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All ya gotta do is place drawing paper over heavy stock or something else for a cover. Install a heavy duty needle in your machine, sew the center and fold. DONE
I trimmed mine into this shape for a composition challenge. Enjoy.

I was on TV in Japan!

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(a drawing of Derek)

P.S. Here is a time I was featured on American TV.

I WENT TO JAPAN!

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© Klaas Op De Beéck

A DREAM
I couldn't miss a caricature event just because it is financially out of reach. I haven't been able to work legally since I moved to Canada from the USA. I've only been able to perform small freelance jobs. In order to obtain residency, my Canadian husband, Nick Cross, and I had to hire a team of lawyers and endure the long and expensive application process. After a year of patience, I finally received my Visa just last week. (now I will return to teach university, and work in animation like I did previously) The one advantage to all of this down time, is that I was able to work on a series of large paintings.
IDEA!
I thought, there has to be a way to get to the ISCA Japan mini-con. Nick suggested starting a fund raiser because he's had so much luck obtaining money for his indie films. So, I released one painting for sale as a print, which helped raise funds for this trip, (Please stay tuned for release of the rest of these paintings!) as well as commissioned drawings. Fortunately, this worked! (see previous blog post)

Thank you to all who purchased or shared. There is always a way, so surrender to your dreams!!

LANDING IN OSAKA
Due to an Air Canada error, my luggage was stuck in Tokyo. I had no clothing or art supplies. This did not matter, because I was thrilled to be there! I wasn't worried, I guess I was just happy to survive the flight, ha. The next day, I took the train (I asked bystanders for help in broken Japanese) to hotel #2 at Osaka Castle where I met my friend Klaas. There we did some sight seeing, window shopped and got stared at by the local inhabitants. I found a couple dresses on a sale rack, which I had to re-wear several times. The food in Japan is incredible and not expensive like I expected. Art is everywhere and is very respected. I learned useful phrases before the trip, or the first few days would have been impossible.

© Wilfred Lee

ISCA MINICON (July 4-7, '11)
When we got to the convention, we had to pay hotel and registration with cash and the only way to get cash was to get on the subway back to the airport and use the international ATM there. This ate about 5 hours out of the day, causing me, Klaas and Wilfred to miss the dinner and opening ceremonies. That night, I gave myself a break and started drinking heavily which resulted in a serious hangover. Somehow, I recovered and was easily able to do my caricature seminar the next morning, which turned out really well! I did a live caricature demo of a surprise subject, a local news reporter. My drawing was filmed and broadcasted on a large plasma screen. I did an intro in Japanese, but thanks to Chihiro for interpreting! The reporter subject interviewed me earlier, and assumed that I was not an artist but my friends were. I made sure to show him that I was indeed an artist by giving him a good "beasting."

The luggage arrived 5 hours after the competition time ended. (thank you to Tomo, Derek and Chihiro etc for your help) I think my competition work was okay considering my situation and lack of supplies. I pre-mixed all my colors and tones in labeled tubes and have specific supplies in mind, but I was without them. So, I managed to do an oil painting with only burnt umber, burnt sienna and white. I did some ink drawings with only a few colors. Thank you to those who offered their supplies: Wilfred Lee, Derek, Tom, Tomo and especially Klaas. The days went smoothly without my little suitcase because I am a minimalist by nature anyway. I ain't no hoarder. It was like camping in a way.

There were a couple really cool seminars. My favorite was with Kenichi and his portraits performed at hospitals of people who are terminally ill. It was so beautiful to watch filmed reactions of people who have lost hope, but seeing themselves in paintings gave them a sense of self again.

AWARDS BANQUET
If any of you have ever been to a Caricature convention, you'd remember the beautiful kimonos the Japanese attendants wear during the awards dinner. To my surprise, I was offered to wear one on loan. All the women changed in a dressing room and I was wrapped up. This was a very special experience. Thank you to those who helped!

I managed to place in the top 10 caricaturists, which I could not believe since there are so many talented and hard working artists there. (nothing was mini about this con) My work was limited, but I won anyway. However, just going to Japan by myself, on a budget, with no stuff was the achievement in itself. I even stayed chill the whole time. (BTW, the banquet food was unbelievable!)

I did some more drawings, but the photos are out of focus. Maybe I'll post them later. I also have some commissions to post.
The convention itself is a very low price. The hotel was only 40$ a night, imagine that room shared? I strongly recommend attending the next one!!
The best reason to attend these conventions is to see old friends and make new ones. I was in Japan for 9 days, which was way too short. I will miss you all and I hope to be back soon! Thank you to all the members of the Japan ISCA board for making such an amazing experience for everyone and doing such a wonderful job, and also your personal assistance. Thank you to Chihiro, Tomo and Derek and many others. You have all my love and respect. This was the most dream-like and exotic experiences of my life, and I can't wait to return to Japan. Hopefully I will attend the Korea and Japan cons to come. Wa-shoi!

-- Marlo Meekins マルロ

Please help me get to Japan?

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This July, I am hoping and dreaming to travel to the Osaka, Japan Caricature Convention.

With your support, I could go!
for 25$ or more donation, you get this limited edition, signed, 11"x17" print of my brand new piece:

"Dog Head Lady" Oil on Linen, 24"x36"

^ Please check out my funding page for more info ^

me and my

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husb

thanks in advance for your encouraging and witty comments

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Brent, Ben and Steve

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This Blog is 5 Years Old, Today!

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If this blog was a human, she would be attending Kindergarten. Oh, how adorable! I am going to celebrate my blog's anniversary and so should you. Here are some drawings that I did today just for this post.

I am in the top-selling Australian men's mag, "ZOO"

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I was featured among "World's Hottest Bloggers" in the latest Zoo Issue! The photo is by Laura Kicey! (Styled by 28 Crash! Vintage)
Here's a clip from when I was on TV..... and here's another article.

EXCITING BLOG POST TITLE

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These be fresh from last week @ a He-Man themed Dr Sketchys, Toronto....(because we moved here!) I went with Seo, Dylan and Noam....& met some great new folks too.
Also, I was asked to make propaganda for the Cripple Convention, NSFW! I sing at the end!!!

#4

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Happy Birth, Kristen McCabe

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Kristen is one of my true and dearest chums. We've been through thick and thin mustache-wearing and bed acrobats. When you are with her, all your problems go away because not only will she do impersonations and make clever wise-cracks, but she will lend an ear and hold your hair back. Today is her Birthday and I slaved over this hot oil painting of her to show my love. Thanks for the friendship and beautiful drawings you've always done for me.

New Show: Episode 2

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Watch!

WATCH THIS! Watch the premiere of my show!

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Comic Panels!

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This is actually part of a finished comic that I am going to use for something fun. (I'll post it soon) I've been doing straight-to-ink comic panels since my inking is pretty clean and they just get finished faster. Plus I get better flow when not looking at a pre-sketch. I'm learning now that it's more important that something is complete rather than absolutely perfect. Cartoony stuff should never be serious anyway. Thoughts?

Sample Painting for Mighty B Book Series

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(Digital) Digital painting is a lot easier than natural media, but I don't prefer it. What do you prefer and why?

Podcast Interview (on Caricature) at the Animation Archive!

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00:03:56 Marlo Meekins Interview

It was fun! Thanks guys.

Direct Link & Animation Archive Post

Mary Blair Study!

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here's my small study of a MB concept painting, that I actually did back in 2003. I toned down the harsh yellows and unmixed blues. Color has always been one of my strengths. I hope to find some more studies lying around this joint.

Albino Werewolf Oil Sketch and Film (By Me)

2010-03-20T02:17:00.001-07:00

People Ask Me About My Palette

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So here it is. I like browns and turd colors because I think that warms get an emotional reaction from the viewer. Sometimes I do sketches within my palette, if I feel the need to take a break and do something unserious.

Sokol Study #2

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Here is my study of my favorite piece by Erich Sokol. (Sokol's) Scroll down one post for my Sokol Study #1. I prefer muted toned which is why I removed pinks and yellows...enjoy!

Erich Sokol Study #1

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Here's a Marlo version of an Erich Sokol! Instead of watercolor and gouache on hot press, I used acrylic, gouache and watercolor on treated linen. (I prefer oil) I also did a couple Dedini studies that are still in the Spumco archives.... maybe I'll scan those one day. (Here is the one by Sokol) By the way, well over 20 comments were erased somehow in the last two posts!!!! Please comment again please? I appreciate your comments and they really validate having a blog and show popularity to advertisers etc. thanks!

Ultimate Live Job!

2010-03-14T15:33:00.000-07:00

A couple of wild fans of my blog flew me out to LA to draw a hundred unflattering portrait favors at their wedding! Would you want me to draw at yours? Here's a video:

News!

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I have been extremely busy since exclusively returning to PAINTING! It is about time to start posting my new work with you, starting with some convention pieces painted on site.

In November, I won Caricaturist of the Year: The Silver Nosey at the Ohio ISCA convention! I put everything I had into producing a collection of work that met my own requirements, so it was a difficult week. (I won eight awards)

In January, I won Best Overall at the Texas Cripple Convention for my paintings. I am most proud of this one!

I'm currently finishing up a gallery series that I have been working on since last spring.

unfinished sketches

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my summer post

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Nickses etc

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"butter face"

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look a new one

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life drawing gremlin

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oh no!

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hand injury disaster! Whilst transporting a terrarium, the glass suddenly exploded into my hand... causing a bucket of blood and 5 stitches at the ER. The accident was suspiciously painless, so hold your concern. This is just a reminder to take caution to dangers that may damage your hands, my fellow artists!

new "Squirrel Bayou" Painting Print

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NEW PAINTING "Squirrel Bayou" Glossy print on 11" by 13" recycled paper stock printed in a "green" shop. Signed, numbered and dated. Brand new painting print: only 25$! See how it will look in your house if you were a dirty old man?

Flight of the Conchords Giclee Painting!

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Cripple Con !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I'm off to Cripple Con

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But here's a commission I did of Lauren and Hiland. Thank you, guys!

:)

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trash trade

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unwanted painting commission!

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In rejection, he politely explained that the image was him, but dead and in hell. :(

UPDATE! a kind blogger purchased my painting! yaaaaay!

Serge's Birthday

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he is drawing his phantom penis

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(_Y_)

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colors

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Here's some work from the "International Society of Caricature Artists" Convention in North Carolina. I traveled/roomed with my beloved friend, Emily (bottom photo) Join now: Caricature.org

fond regards to all

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George

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My friend's kid left for school in Thailand. At his goodbye party, I used prisma stix, which I hate.

I was on tv!

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I was just featured on TV's G4 on Attack of the Show: "Women of the Web" (00:58 on the player)

and wtf is with the black box on my boob? I'm not naked.

Carica-shirts

2008-08-28T17:33:00.000-07:00

Emily Anthony and I were shipped almost to Canada (christ!???) for a coupla' days to make some Tshirt action. I'll post more.... if you are good.

Patrick sketches

2008-08-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

This is Patrick! he takes the pot.

THE #1 song and video of all time:

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Mr Eric Wareheim, friend and fellow Philly native, just used my Tim/Eric caricatures for promotional use... thank you, sir.

Superstar web comic creator John Allison happens to enjoy only the best music. Therefore, I presented the perfect gift from a fan:

Steve

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It's like this, see. Today's BBQ boasted this new specie of human to catch mine eye.

"Behold, a wizard on meaty back-blade," I whisper. I am then treated with beer-stink tellings of the unfortunate split wizard slaying by a broken beer bottle bar battle. As a drawer, I needed to draw him a drawing of this backnefied cloud wizard with wizardly creationist bolts of magic shooting down to Earth. If America was a person, it would be Steve.
(the BB cap tanline is a lie, my brain laid that idea)

Meekins' girls' houswarmin'

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that's me (L) and Meekins #2 (R)

So we moved 4 blocks down to a huger joint. (philly phriends invited)

I finally drew myself out of my long drawing rut. Expect millions of Marlo posts.

most of these people exist! enjoy

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(Tim and Eric)

rare!!!

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Another Cripple

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Didn't catch blinky bonnet boy's name because I think it was communicated through blinking Morse code.

Some from Cripple Con

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Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie

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I have not seen much of the show, just glad to have some current celebs on here!

Hey I'm Marlo Meekins

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Caricature Convention

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Enjoy:

the unlikeness competition

"cheers, buddy"

Secret photos of friends posing with my awards. (surprise!)

Everyone go to caricature.org and join right now.

Stay tuned for crazy Caricature Convention Art!

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Your best friend, Marlo

Sam's new hairstyle

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Yesterday's fun......

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(Iza and Gary Clair)

2 treats, if you like

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This is my dear confidant, Emily Anthony. We think I got her likeness. She's difficult if just size-contrast is considered... most people only caricature size differences. (nothing about her is very big or small) Caricaturing texture or shapes that represent awkwardly/stupider make for a funnier likeness of someone who lacks a small or huge feature.

Here is an unrelated mysterious gentleman from the future

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That first one was drawn at that Marriot Sketch night.

Comic Con FUN

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(Saturday's caricature gig drawing as a bonus)

Comic con appearances

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Booth 5507 (National Caricature Network)

Thursday: 4:00 - 7:00 pm

booth AA7, the Autograph Area (Spumco-ish folks)

Friday: 3:00-4:00 pm

Saturday: 2:00-4:00 pm

We are nice and I will give you attention and draw you or anything at all if you want! So come see me and Kali, Jim Smith and some NCN folks and mingle and whatever!

uh oh, the sun does drugs!

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and will July 07' only get funner?

Me and Kali will be doing some signings/sketches at Comic Con:

booth AA7, the Autograph Area

Friday: 3:00-4:00 pm

Saturday: 2:00-4:00 pm

TWO FRIENDS!!!!!!!

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I dread my younger readers will be traumatized, but here's some selections from the San Diego Caricature Convention last month ("C4"). They are of caricature artist friends, Aaron Philby and Beau Hufford. I won the funniest award and I also won the speed drawing thing. It was lots of fun!!!! (sorry these are from photos, not scans)

P.S. is anyone going to comic con?

it's all human drawings except one

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welcome to more marlo drawings. here we have: 1. Julianne Moore's daughter, Liv 2. ? 3. girl at Foxy's, Glendale 4. Family at Coral Cafe, Burbank 5. Kali 6. i dunno, some weird Marlo doppleganger i guess.

which one do you like?

loose doodles

2007-06-29T01:07:00.001-07:00

Here's a very small segment of my "extra fun" work, which is more about just laying something out really fast for an instant thrill usually on scrap or sketchbook paper. What kinds of stuff do you draw just for mindless entertainment or on the phone?

hair metal !

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I made these guys up, no particular band. please enjoy!

Guess the Celebrities:

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Tell me if you got them right! The answers are first in comments section.

More to come....

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Sequence

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UPDATE: you can watch this:

Story Animatic

THANKS PATRICK

Once apon a muff, Marlo & Katie wait patiently for Kali's calling.

Katie: I hope she sings for us!

Marlo: She's here!

So while Katie had an excitement happy attack, I Let Kali inside.

PLEASE SING FOR US KALI??

Then we all sang!

My drawing is on the left

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Extremely talented comedian voice actor friend, Eric Bauza
and I drew ourselves over pies.

1 and 2 point Perspective

2006-11-02T16:19:00.000-08:00

Here's some realism: one and two point perspective sketches I did. 3 are from photos and the last one I made up as a typical hallway one-point. I like it best because I made up the edge-softening fabric to give a less-cold feel. I used to do storyboards in this style.

Tenacious D Music Video!!!!

2006-10-31T08:56:00.000-08:00

(click for detail)

Today Jack Black's Band, Tenacious D, released the music video that I worked on!
Enjoy:

Classico

This is my favorite watercolor background that I painted. I bet you didn't know I was a painter! Color is my other passion, next to caricature.

Check out John K's post on it too:
www.johnkstuff.blogspot.com

The Tenacious D website offers this cool desktop background, with swooning bunny with quite a keen resemblence to the beautiful Katie Rice!

more uncle eddie

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as per request:

Watch Eddie's cartoon:

Halloween adventures

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Here's some images of Me, Katie, Kali, Uncle Eddie and Bauza. ENJOY! oh, Check out their blogs--->

Me and Uncle Eddie performed intense interpretive to classical score!

P.S. i made my elf costume!

KATIE DREW THIS!!

2006-10-25T03:44:00.000-07:00

Hope this scratches an itch for all you katie fans! here's a hilarious observation by katie!

Happy Birthday to Skippy Meekins

2006-10-20T20:08:00.000-07:00

Here's a Birthday card for my dad, he turned 62.
I like how my redheaded pale corpse gray flesh came out.

More Caricature Con stuff!

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Here's me working on the convention hall floor of my caricature of Celestia and (me shoved in her anus)

Emily's son George showed up with an old caricature i did of him on his t-shirt! What a great surprise!

an EPIC and boisterous Karicature Kon for all!

2006-10-11T00:58:00.000-07:00

I went to the NCN con pre-planned to compete with some moody paintings of some extreme and only sort of silly caricatures, hoping to impress. After an eon of laboring (only to produce a bland overworked thing) I decided to give up and just get wasted with my caricature pals. I only started drawing some entertaining sketches thanks to Jert! Who convinced me to draw "for myself" over some syrup-soaked bacon. Thanks, Cowpussy!

Here's my on-site observations of fellow caricature artists:

I can't and don't want to remember what i said to Jan in this photo!

I am going through post-con parting pains, 6 days was not enough time!

eeeee!

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Only 3 days until the caricature cult in florida! wish me luck?

Unrelated Thingers

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Enjoy:

Weird self-portrait phone doodle, cropped to hide sinful dirty things.

This was a sketch i did a couple months ago for Katie, I looked at it again recently and now i like it.

I taught cartooning to prepubescents:

Here's me at my first caricature convention. I was innocent then.

FIN

Tawny Scrawny Marlo

2006-09-16T04:38:00.000-07:00

I started drawing really young. Here's me in 1988 with my charcoal drawing of a plaster cast.

I was about 7 in these pictures.

your Mom and Dad did it on New Years!

2006-09-15T08:27:00.000-07:00

Nine months ago was New Years, and now it's everyone's Birthday! Great cartoonists and friends: John K and Katie Rice had a birthday this week and today It's David Gemmill's Birthday!

Here's my marker sketch of my endearing Virgo friends....

Go to their blogs and worship them right now!

and click here to give David birthday wishes today!

Cartoon David

Ghost Story Theatre

2006-09-14T01:58:00.000-07:00

I turned on my flashlight and lit my face.... now listen to the true and scary story of "THE MOST HORRIBLE THING I EVER MET"

When I first moved to LA I arranged to temporarily stay in a guest house.

So I arrive and the place is a huge gorgeous mansion!!!!
I follow written notes to the ridiculously extravagant backyard: waterfalls, pools, outdoor kitchens, a Chinese bridge, tiki huts and my gorgeous guest house.

There were real turtles all around the pond having picnics and practically greeting me, "Care for a massage, Marlo?" It was Heaven.

But just then,

Satan arrived.

A tiny man with tiny swim trunks and a tiny brain was standing right in the room and didn't knock first. Both his nipples were pierced and his areolas were the same length of his legs.

In the whiniest voice he shouted, "HEY BABE, I"M SCOTTY YOUR ROOMIE" then he started laughing, like he had just told a joke. "Dude, everyone who meets me loves me and you will too, Holla! I'm a funny and goofy type of guy! I am a model, an actor and a musician and I have my own reality show. Dude, it's hot in here, you should go sit on my bed in my room it's cool in there. Dude, your hair is red, are you single, wanna take a dip in the pool?"

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????!!!!

My chest ached with fear and disgust as I decided to escape... I said, "well it's nice to meet you but...." then something hideous happened, he pointed to my shirt and said, whats this? then poked me in the face.

At this point I believe my soul left my body.

Scotty then laughed super hard and followed with more slang and oral diarrhea.

All this happened within moments! and as I managed to drive away, he ran after the car screaming, "DON'T LEAVE MARLO, OR I WILL SEND NEGATIVE ENERGY!" I also recieved a series of threatening and insulting text messages and phone calls over the next few months.

I've never met anyone like scotty: He just exists and pretends that he's a real person!!!!!

Drunken Cartoonisty Time

2006-09-13T00:52:00.000-07:00

Try and spot your blog favorites in these nerd artist socialite pictures!

Me, Uncle Eddie, John K, Kali, Katie Rice, Steve Worth, David Gemmill's arm and some archive volunteers.

Steve was naughty at this party.

(Marc Deckter, Mike F, Eddie and Steve took these)

Pretend Kool Kouple

2006-08-24T10:19:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I invited my first guest over to my new house! Who else would I invite but friend Katie Rice! We did a whole pile of fun drawings.... here's a collaboration:

Be my friend too and add me on myspace!

http://www.myspace.com/marlomeekins

The Secret Society of Face Destroyers

2006-08-23T01:19:00.000-07:00

The Caricature Convention (big deal for me) is Coming again Oct 1st in Orlando and I'm very very excited. About 400 (?) Caricaturists from around the world compete against each other for a week! Caricature bigshots like Krueger, Hirschfeld, Sergio Aragones and some fancy character designers and more Mad Mag artists have been been competitors at previous conventions!

The best one wins the Golden Nosey Trophy !

There's a bunch of categories like, best likeness, most exaggerated, Funniest and other fun stuff.
In the spring, I beat the record at Bruce Blitz's stand for most caricatures drawn in a day, and I hope to bring that skill with me for the speed competition.

ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy!

Here's one of my live Caricatures I did Last year at the Vegas Con of the lovely Lar!

With this Lar, I won "Best Color Technique" 2nd place.

I wouldn't miss it! Info: www.Caricature.org

(I want my LA cartoonist friends to join me! John said he doesn't understand why people want to torture each other...ha!)

Woah

2006-08-14T12:11:00.000-07:00

One of the ways to continue with an interest for a lifetime is to take a break from one craft and do something else for a while. Create a new identity for yourself throughout the day, even. I'm not always a cartoonist, i'm only one when i'm drawing. I think a lot of artists use it as their entire identity! and if they fail at their craft.... they give up completely because the failure is too overwelming and destroys unrelated parts of their ego.
Here are products of the days where I was a costume designer! (just for myself) I created these costumes from scratch! and i'm proud of them! I "Draped" these costumes, meaning i made them up from my head and i sewed them myself. self taught (learned from internet and books) I made a couple other costumes, too.

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Live Drawings at John K's "when cartoons were cartoony" show

2006-08-11T06:01:00.000-07:00

John's show was enlightening and superiorly entertaining. Those old cartoons were hilariously wacky! Cartoony cartoons aren't made anymore, but maybe some of us can try and squeeze some funny drawings into animation again.

Eddie, John and I did caricatures and drawings for everybody. Here's some of mine:

I was lucky enough to draw caricatures beside Eddie Fitzgerald! here's a side by side comparison of what we saw in this fellow.

I see an eager 10 year old boy in steve.

this John likes hotdogs.

It was crazy fun last night! Don't you wish you came now? and got a free caricature?

MEET ME IN PERSON?!!??!?!!!??!

2006-08-09T15:48:00.000-07:00

in sherman oaks at the cartoons cartoony show tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's the
Info

If it's sold out, just come after 9.

Presents

2006-07-26T13:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I took a lunch break over at nickelodeon where Katie works her day job. (she's doing all kinds of creative stuff for a new show that hasn't come out yet)

So, I did this marker sketch for her, now displayed in her cubicle (L)! On the far right is an old drawing I did on a napkin while we waited for the tow truck to come save us. (long story) Katie did the middle one of her and Luke. Katie's hairstyle reminds me of cute puppy ears.

Here's a quick Coral Cafe sketch of friends: Mike Fontanelli (one of the original R&S geniuses, too smart not to have a blog!) and Steve Worth Mike won the coin toss and got to keep it. I'll do another one for you, Steve! But I have urges to give you phantom freckles, if thats okay by you?

Here's a gift for animator friend, David I think he is secretly mad that I gave him bitch-tits. (sorry! he doesnt really have them)

Thanks again for coming to see me at the Comic con!

More Marlo:

Dig

Bryan

Danny

Mustache

Mustache 2

Got a blog with my drawings or pictures? I'll link you right here and you get hits! = )

Flavourful Comic Con Thrills

2006-07-23T20:42:00.000-07:00

whatta day at the big sweaty comic con signings with all the cartoonist bigshot friends: John, Bauza, Jim Smith and Katie!

This picture is no JOKE i tells ya. I drew real real real fast all day, lots of live caricatures of people. Katie drew a billion of her trademark funny-cute girls and john drew hilarious character scenes of random, yet sexy proportions. I hope all you adoring fans are rubbing your drawing presents on yourselves right now and getting love-papercuts on your softest parts!
Here's fine head examples of me (on L) and Katie Rice (R)

Several people asked me if I worked on the first season of Ren and Stimpy, and i said uhh you mean when i was 6 years old? sure!

I spent the whole day at two booths and met a lot of great people, and i'm sorry i couldn't hang out with everyone. (Especially Gary and Scott diggs) I even got to meet triumph the funny rubber hump dog! I hope he makes some cartoons with us soon!

The day was a great success! johnnie had a jillion fans and some waited all day in line just so see him, and every last DVD sold.

I loved joking with fans, and i couldn't believe the huge following that i had. I'm glad I've been entertaining so many people with my cartoons. Thank you for coming to see me! Here's hands down my favorite visitor, the adorable Bryan! what a nice fellow:

i forgot to ask him if he was 18, wink!

If you have any Marlo drawings or pictures on your blogs, let me know and i'll link them in my next post!!!

California Diner Fun

2006-07-04T05:26:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

Gary

and I did some diner drawings this morning!

Here are my marker observations of two unsuspecting creatures in nearby booths:

This guy was overall swollen and melting, but his see-through fleshy nose was erect and alive and growing towards the life-giving sun! swoon!

and this pink one had a constant anticipation/alarmed expression.

more later! = ) = )

I'm

2006-06-25T08:55:00.000-07:00

Naked!

WHelp, I've officially moved to California! Posts should be even more interesting now so stay tuned! I have some ideas.

Here's just some eye candy until i go pick up a scanner today. I want to get a huge one so i can start scanning some of my insulting live caricatures, along with just larger drawings in general.

Instant gratification isn't always a sin!

2006-06-11T01:08:00.000-07:00

I draw live mainly to entertain friends and clients, and like most cartoonists, I draw fast. A lot the lines are accidents, which might not be perfect, but it's a trade for a look of spontaneity. (I got used to inking straight off probably because I've been working live caricature since puberty.) This isn't a good way to learn, it's better to draw in pencil and draw the shapes first. However, the look of THIS style is always free, fluid and fun and most importantly: instant.

Artist's personalities come out in their drawings. One example is: I can usually tell how uptight an artist's personality is by how angular or stiff their art is. I don't know if a scared, miserable or very god-fearing person could draw how i do. ha ha!

And for some reason, I draw funniest with a crowd watching me. Trained to entertain, I suppose.

People are always asking me why i draw myself all the time. The real question is: "Marlo, why haven't you drawn myself more?!! I want to see you in every light and in unconventional situations! do what I say!"

Here's a present I made for katie while we were gabby

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