Hi All,

Welcome to Snoopy 101 Cartoon Challenge my name is Brian David and it is my pleasure to host.

Though I am no expert in this....

Max Fleisher

Many animators would consider him the grandfather of Cartoons but most of us know him as the creator and producer of Popeye and the great Betty Boop. He and brother Dave Fleisher were also inventors of what is known as the Roto-scope. This process known as roto- scoping allowed animators to manually alter film footage one frame at a time. The frames could be arbitrarily painted on and custom animated effects could be added almost making the characters and scenes come to life. I am just astonished at some of the detail in his early cartoons such as Popeye.

In 1919 he and brother Dave Fleisher set out to test their invention of the Roto-scope on their very first animated series called " Out Of The Inkwell". These films featured "Koko The Clown" and Max Fleisher as the creative Cartoonist. Naturally they were a hit and soon the two brothers found themselves in competition with the great Walt Disney.

My Challenge Simply create one of your very own Cartoon Clowns.....you may use any type of mediums you like but please no computer graphics...you may use your computer for text if you wish.

I hope you all enjoy this challenge.

Happy drawings,

Brian.

Here is what I think I will be working on for this???? Who knows what I will end up with though. As long as as I don't forget my drawing bag anymore. (see picture for explination)

Sorry! I read the challange wrong. I will go back and create a clownthis time. Again appologies.

Sorry! I read the challange wrong. I will go back and create a clownthis time. Again appologies.

Sorry! I read the challange wrong. I will go back and create a clownthis time. Again appologies.

[attachmentid=7175]Here is a quick sketch of what I plan on doing for this challange. Please read the description before getting offended. Thank you.

Hello Thunderbird.....Welcome to the challenge!...Never a problem with good Ol Snoopy....after all I named the challenge after him.... and a great way to start off this challenge...lol...

Hmmmm interesting Clown.

YAY another challenge can't wait to get started thanks Brian!!!!


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T-Bird.. Wasn't John Wayne Gacy known as "Pogo, the killer clown" or something like that? That used to dress like a clown and kill people? Hmmmm Long time ago and I'm old. The memory is a little lacking.

I will get started then on this challange. Maybe tomorrow, I won't forget my drawing bagat home. I would lose my head ifit wern't attached.

We must have posted about the same time. Great minds and all that..

DING DING DING!!!! We have a winner!!!:wave:
Yes CYN that is John Wayne Gacey. I was recently looking over some criminalistics stuff, saw this illustration
and thought I would put it up for the challange.


CYN---Guess so.lol

CYN----By the way, being of Native American decent. I love your work!!!

Thank you so much T-Bird.. It's nice to know I am not totally senile yet.

Of which tribe?. My mom is 3/4 Choctaw and my dad 1/2 Cherokee. The rest is Irish so I pretty much look like a white girl.





And here is my first clown..

Thanks Independentdrawer....I can't wait to see your drawing....I am still laughing about the wig from your last....

Thunderbird I had a feeling it was him when I saw the knife.....


Cyn Kid what ever you are made of..... in my eye's you are 100 % beautiful ! and I have been waiting and waiting and waiting.....for you to do a Cartoon again...lol...Great clown....I really love it.

Cartooning happens to be a forte of mine, but that's only my opinion. Enjoy!

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Cyn---- I am mostly Cherokee. The rest of me is Irish.

Minion #12-------Cool clown! Two thumbs up.

Hi Minion#12...Great to see you take part in the challenges.... I like your Cartoons and I think your clown is fabulous!

Brian.

Thank ya much, Brian. I might try some of the older challenges, and I look forward to more of yours!

Thanks Minion... I am glad you like the challenges....and please do post your drawings if you would like to take part in the older challenges...I still monitor them and look forward to more of your drawings.

Well this too is the first Clown I have ever drawn...actually I should say my 3rd because my first two were a total flop...lol... after almost 3 hours this morning I came up with this one.

Happy drawings all,

Brian.

Thought I would switch modes. Do something a little happier. I hope you all enjoy.

Brian---Love your clown. Great job.

Not bad! Lookin' good guys!

Thanks guys!


Travis that is a fantastic Clown! Way to go.

This is my punk/emo clown...I love to do punk drawings and no one else had attempted the same....I also put a little "sad clown" in there.......I love the blue....It is the color of my hair highlights!!!! SO I incorperated a little of myself in there too!!!!!


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Great job, everyone!

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OK, a super quickie:
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Pretty sure this is the first cartoon challenge I've joined so don't laugh.

Siks I am sure Brian will LOVE your clown...its snoopy!!!!! I love it GREAT job!



Ernest that was GREAT especially for your first try!!!!!! Hope to see you in more cartoon challenges!!!



good job you guys!!!!

I.D.... that is so cute.....I like the blue... ...

Okay Siksno......once again.... I nearly fell off my chair laughing at this one....I have never seen good ol Snoopy looking that way...lol... I sure do love it!...great to see you..

Ernest....glad to see you... what a great surprise Doc...... I like the sketchy style of this one and the juggling.....hope it's not your last.



Happy drawings all, Brian.

Ernest, Love your clown!

Brian and I.D., thanks. It was fun to draw it

Brian, thanks for the wonderful comment.. I'm blushing.

Everyone's clowns are great. I love Snoopy..

Here are a couple really quick sketches I did with the old crossword puzzle pencil and 'puter paper . Almost in the dark at a friends house..

Cyn you make me laugh with the pencils you use.....and in the dark yet...lol...these are fantastic ...with your portrait skills you really make them come to life....very creative too.

Ha Ha Ha And it looks just like me.

You know that 's not true...


I was not happy with this one so I removed her.....sorry ....I just could not turn Cyn Kid into a clown...she is meant to be sweet , cute and a beautiful character.... great at art... with a great heart....just like the real Cyn....

Brian, you little rascal. You're such a sweetie..I loved the cynkid clown. I thought it was really special, so put her back!! Please..

It was very creative and cute. I laughed really hard..

Okay Cyn....

I worked all day and drew all evening....I sure am tired.....but I love it....

Here is my new"Cyn Kid" as a Clown....just finished.

Happy drawings, Brian.

Bri-Guy, that is a wonderful cartoon. You could start a comic strip with her.

Thank you so much for all your hard work..
I saved this one you know. So now you can't change your mind. She's great!!

Thanks Cyn....that makes me happy....sure would be neat if I could put her in a comic strip one day... I showed her to a few friends at work today and they all say she is adorable...and of course Mom too...lol...

thanks for your kind words honey bun..ch.

Bri-guy.

Hi ! here's my 2 cent's!

Popo isn't very smart: he wears the the eyepatch and has his bangs infront of his eye just because it's "Stylish". So don't worry both his eyes are still there.


exuse me for using "whatever kind of" paper.

GREAT job!!!

I'm not usually one to skip on challenges (specially art ones) but me and clowns dont get along... they scare me soo I am sitting out on this one (sorry Brian) I'll be sure to be back next time though!

~Josh

clowns?????? Childhood fear????

Hi MarimoLurv ....welcome to the challenge....glad you joined in with a wonderful clown....Popo is fantastic ..very creative and well done...

Josh I am all ready starting to think of a new challenge...so I look forward to your drawings.


I really have been enjoying all these wonderful clowns......you are all very creative and talented. This challenge is still on until Oct-4th so I hope to see more drawings.


Thanks to all the participants....Brian.

ever since I saw the movie IT haha

HA HA HA.......I hate anything scary......A couple of my guy friends were watching when a stranger calls and I wouldn't have watched it but I got hooked when I started leaving the room.....Its stupid but i am always freaked about being the only one home when it gets dark!!!!! (and to this day my friends tease me about being freaked out the whole time)

This is a very neat cartoon challenge .. I know alot of kids are afraid of clowns and I never understood why myself but maybe its the hiding of the face under makeup and the exagerated personalities of a clown ...well my drawing hits home because my father was a clown .. matter of fact he belonged to the Clowns of American lol no kidding ....he did it on the side and was very professional about it .. was even on T.V. and worked in Las Vegas where we use to live with the Jerry Lewis Telethon ..he did alot of his clowning for free at parties for special kids with special needs .. so I had to honor him by drawing him in his clown gear in cartoon form .....he is now passed away .. he died when I was 20 and he was only 45 ..so this is for him

I was afraid of clowns/mimes too very long ago. The only cool clowns where the balloon animal ones . I mean a clown that can make balloon animals is never evil. this reminds me of Buggy the clown from an Anime... he's a pirate destroying a village and his nose is that big red and round for real and he goes rampage if someone says: Big red nose! Ah one of the coolest cartoon villains ever I must say.



And thank you for complimenting Popo.
Popo: I just am that awesome!
Me: how rude...

My father was a clown who made all those animals .. he handed out balloon apples ...he was by no means evil lol ... but I know many kids who feared him for no reason ...run crying lol

Great story and beautiful clown, Kim. And I love Popo too. I love all the clowns..

Here is one I did tonight after my grand daughter went to sleep. It's part Prisma, part Conte and a little graphite. I didn't have enough of any one medium.

Hi all,

I am at work and thought I would check in and what a great surprise to see 2 beautiful clowns ....Kim I am glad to see you...I have missed you ...this is amazing....I love your clown and what a beautiful storey behind it... Thanks for sharing it...you are so talented.

Cyn Kid .... I love this one and the combo you used to draw it....just beautiful!

I hear my boss so I better go...Happy drawings..Brian

Hey guys, sorry I have been away for awile. I have had a mess on my hands with the inlaws house.
Anyway I too thought I would check in at work here, to see what was going on. And man what a suprise indeed. Two wonderful clowns. They both turned out great.

Kim---Touching story. Your tribute is supurb!!!!

Cyn----- I think the combo of mediums has given your clown a very artistic flair

TB...how have things been going???

indi----- Oh my god. Things have been very hecktic. Rebuilding my in-laws house has turned out to be a much bigger chore than I thought. However, we are getting through it. Thank you for asking. But on a lighter note my mother-in-law has given me the order to use my artistic side. She wants me to draw then paint her laundry room in clouds with one wall being a clothes line with clothes hagging on it. I thought this would be a great challange for me. And in the spirit of the current challange here. I have decided to make the clothes on the line, clown clothes. As well as having Snoopy and Woodstock flying around looking for that dasterly Red Baron. Any helpful ideas on this would be much appreciated.

I had to do it a bit quicker than I had planned, but I'm a bit busy today, so...

I had a lot of fun with this, though. I had done it once and it was too light and just didn't look right not outlined.

Hi Annade...it is great to see you join in....I am glad you had fun...cute clown ! and I really like the hat. Hope to see more of your drawings ...I adore your gallery.

Brian