Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Iffa Ya Wanna Be Kissed, Well You Gotta Kiss A-Me Too

More school doodles as the work starts to crush me.








The other day at lunch I tried to remember heads from the Annies. By the way, Vincent if yer out there- meeting Tom Kenny was like seeing your caricature come to life! You did an amazing job! Brad Bird below, well kind of...


"Hi, I'm Tom Minton."






I wish I were in Squirrel Meadow right now.

What's everyone doing for Valentine's Day? Tell me stories.

37 comments:

Chloe Cumming said...

Lovely swooshy lines and um... bear massage. That one of you and Katie is really pleasingly dynamic. I think it's you and Katie.

Sean Worsham said...

Sitting alone here in San Jose drawing, myspacing and dreaming. Maybe stop by the local pizza bar and telling the waitress I talk to sometimes how cute she is. Other than that nothing much.

Monica Grue said...

those are amazing. especially the first page... i can recognize everyone on that sheet!

Kali Fontecchio said...

Thanks Chloe! It is in fact trying to be Katie and I.

I thought you were about to burst into a Dylan song for a second, Sean!

Monica Grue, Monica Grue: were you born in Kalamazoo?

Booo Tooons Ltd. said...

That picture of Tom Minton is dead-on! I love your stuff, Kali. You should trademark your style.

Also? That picture of you and Katie reminded me, I'm jealous. When do we all get to hear the Kali-Katie album?

I promise not to put it on LimeWire.

- trevor.

Sean Worsham said...

Sitting in San Jose wasting Tiiiiiimmmmmmmmeeeee Yeah Yeah Yeah YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH (whistle melody). Good enough for a song yes.........no (gets right back to work). :oP

spacemanaxdahl.com said...

I'm going to an anti-Valentine's day movie watching because I'm going out with my valentine tomorrow night.

Best of both worlds!

sarah j. said...

Your caricature skills are getting sooo good, Kali!

Eshniner Forest said...

I will be living the birthday life on the 14.

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Monica Grue said...

YES i was born in Kalamazoo!

Frank Macchia said...

great stuff as usual Kali
i love the appearances of your cave-girl alter ego every once in a while.
stupid question...the coloured paper you use...what kinda pape is it?

and Vday...class all day...giving power rangers valentines to a very SELECT few...Goin out for Sushi in the eve with the lady friend...and then psyching myself out for my job interview the next day.

how bout you?

Frank Macchia said...

PS
should check out my blog...couple buddies and i are having a competition...game...whatever
100 character designs in 100 days
you miss a day...you have to live with your shame.
seems like a fun idea for some reason.
AND you have to make up short little character bios and histories too...im excited to see what kinda crap we'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel for by the 90s.

have a good one

Sean Worsham said...

How selfish of me. You are getting better as a charicaturist Kali. Whoo I feel like such a heel now. You are showing more confidence in your lines and I love how your style is becoming more and more distinct as time goes by. Love your thick and thins when it comes to inking :D

Freckled Derelict said...

Love Love LOVE these drawings!! You are insanely good these days!There giving me a heart attack!
V Day = Marx brothers + Buster Keaton marathon with boy of choice. Monkey Business and The General are a must!

[Moth] said...

Hi, Kali!!

I looove your strokes and style. Crazy, free, dynamic and full of life... I'd like to to that kind of lines, too. :S

I discovered your blog just about a week ago, so I have a lot of posts and drawings to look at and enjoy.

And if my english is not very good... don't blame me! I'm spanish!!

Kind regards from Barcelona!!!

Nico said...

my V Day plans:

calling Kali on the phone and talking about the usual. (country music, cartoons, bacon)

oh, all while we're both doing laundry, of course

Pat McMicheal said...

I like the BLUE one....Katie's head reminds me of Jiffy-Pop popcorn foil bag! And YOU kinda look like a fruit bat
I really enjoy these kinds of posts!

pumml said...

That's a Chico quote, ain't it? These doodles are fine indeed! What other people are saying is true, your ink lines really are getting better all the time. Thanks for the regular updates, despite your hectic shschool shschedule!

Charlie J. said...

"By the way, Vincent if yer out there- meeting Tom Kenny was like seeing your caricature come to life!"

Tom is my dad's best friend! We call him my uncle. I talked to him last night about the awards, he said John was a really nice guy. He has the best cartoon executive horror stories.

Booo Tooons Ltd. said...

V-Day will be spent drawing naughty pictures as I lament ( with the other hand ) about my lack of companionship.

Beats crying and eating chocolate.

- trevor.

Wynne Chen said...

Haa..haaa.. they are so fun. Great caricatures.

Rafi animates said...

As doodles, the first 9 pages are amazing. love the flow and rhythm in the line work. great caricatures too. the rest of the drawings are awesome too - very funny, lots of cartoony character. I suppose the same can be said for all the drawings.

Hammerson said...

Wow, whenever I arrive here, I'm greeted with some superb artwork, but these last updates are beyond superb. In fact, you have become a real master caricaturist and a wizard of lines. Really impressive work in all the updates of the last two months.

Valentine's Day? I hate it this year! I hate today's every minute! :)
I hope your VD is much better.

Mitch K said...

That bear thing scares the hell out of me.

Happy V-dayyyy!

Kali Fontecchio said...

Thanks everyone!!!!!!!!

Pat: I AM a fruit bat.

That's cool Charlie! He is soooooooo nice.

Tom said...

Your drawings evoke joy and your ink line is getting scary. But then, so is my head.

Tom Minton

nagyaron said...

lov 'em!

Kali Fontecchio said...

You're so cool Mr. Minton, your head is tops (right up there with Eddie's)!!!

Eddie Fitzgerald said...

Great stuff! Brad Bird should make a 3D version of his caricature and use it in one of his films!

Vincent Waller said...

Charlie Thanks, and Kali thank you for posting such damn fine drawings!

True Eye Candy

Jim Smith said...

That's a great Tom Minton.

Dave MH said...

hey kali,
what kind of a pen did you use for manwo.jpg and ohmygod.jpg? some kind of brush pen??
thanks,
dave

Kali Fontecchio said...

"what kind of a pen did you use for manwo.jpg and ohmygod.jpg? some kind of brush pen??"

Hi Dave- I've been using a calligraphy brush pen from Japan- I bought it in Little Tokyo!

Dave MH said...

hi kali,

thanks for the info. love the way you change your line width. so great.

-dave mh

Z von Houser said...

Killer figure studies. Keep up the good work.

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