Thomas N. Perkins IV Presents: "IF..."

Thomas N. Perkins IV Presents: "IF..."
Hey Folks! I am proud to announce that my new art book “IF…” is now available at www.thomasperkinsart.com/#!shop/zhczs ! via thomasperkinsart.com: “From the mind of Emmy® Award winning artist Thomas N. Perkins IV comes an all new collection of aliens, mythological beasts and bootleg super heroes in "IF…”. This hardcover book has 94 jam-packed pages of eye bending illustrations leaping from every page with a foreword by The Book of Life director Jorge R. Gutierrez.“ Cheers!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Portfolio: Firebreather Design Work...





Hey FOLKS,

As it aired over Thanksgiving weekend, I figure that now I can post to my portfolio a little of my design work for the Kaiju beasts therein. This was a really enjoyable gig. I have a deep love of giant monsters...

Cheers.

TM & © 2010 Cartoon Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.

Monday, December 27, 2010

A little something for my Monkeys....


A Happy Holidays from the Lunch Bag Blog!
http://lunchbagblog.blogspot.com/


©2010 T.N.Perkins IV All Rights Reserved.

Friday, December 24, 2010

MAjor Spoilers Comics: The Giant Sized Holidanger Issue


A return to the Major Spoilers Comics continuity.... Happy Holidays, guys!!! As I work designing for the various examples of the Saturday Morning Goodness that occupy my working week, I like to listen to various podcasts and the like. One of my all time favorites is the much lauded Major Spoilers Podcast (as seen at http://www.majorspoilers.com/). It appeals mightily to the comicbook geek in me. If you folks out there dig Comics, Animation, and the like, go over and check them out. Their podcast is sharp, well produced and a lot of fun.

For kicks I decided to do a second novelty comicbook cover for them. Here be the results... I hope they dig it as well. The first cover can be seen here: http://tnperkins.deviantart.com/art/Major-Spoilers-Comics-77-153073535
and the second can be seen here:
http://tnperkins.deviantart.com/gallery/10374936#/d2w4e7t

©2010 T.N.Perkins IV All Rights Reserved.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Marvel Yetis meme....


My pals Brianne and David threw dow the silly lunch break challenge of Marvel Yetis.... so here we go....

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Portfolio: CLAYFACE (The Batman 2005)


Hey Folks,

Here is some sampling from my portfolio from when I was working on "The Batman" back in 2005. Cheers!

Portfolio: Avengers EMH work...




Hey folks,
Now that my dayjob has hit the airwaves, here be a sample of my work from the origin episode of Captain America from "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes". Some Hydra smiting going on...

Sunday, December 05, 2010

A bit o' the Fandom: The Wrath in the Brave and the Bold style...


Here be a bit of the Fan Art for my love of the cartoon "Batman: Brave and the Bold" featuring a character that shall never in fact appear, I would bet. I did this as I took a break over the weekend from working on "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" Cheers.

Thursday, December 02, 2010

My new Lunch Bag Blog!


Hey Folks!

I just started a new blog. It is called Thomas Perkins Lunch Bag Blog (http://lunchbagblog.blogspot.com/). Therein you shall you find my daily excursion to amuse my three children by decorating their lunch bags. As an animation designer I draw everyday, working to bring the Saturday Morning Goodness to the masses... but each day begins my doodling for my three munchkins in the endeavor to give them a grin throughout their day at school. Take a gander. Mayhap something here will amuse you too.

Cheers!

©2010 T.N.Perkins IV All Rights Reserved.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Random Fandom: Mystery in Space # 106 featuring Ultra the Multi-Alien....


Here be another bit o' the fan art. This is my homage / remake of the cover to Mystery in Space # 106 featuring Ultra the Multi-Alien. I love the old goonie characters. Everything in comics these days is so "serious".... I miss comics that were fun and adventurous without needing to resort to over the top dysfunctional sturm and drang...

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Hey kids, it's KAIJU time!



Last year I had the extreme pleasure to get an opportunity to work on an animated adaptation of a comicbook I enjoy very much. It is Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn's "Firebreather". This upcoming week it is slated to be released in primetime on Cartoon Network as a Cartoon Network original movie on November 24th.

This adventure was directed by the illustrious Peter Chung. A fine and talented team of folks worked like mad to bring this film to fruition. As for my part in it, I got to design monsters for this fine adventure. It was a lot of fun to be sure. I hope you folks enjoy.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

My Covered Blog Entry: Mimic the X-Man Issue No. 29...


Hey Folks, if you are looking for a fun website, I highly reccomend browsing the extensive comic book goodness found at Robert Goodin's Covered Blog (http://coveredblog.blogspot.com/) wherein he hosts submissions of a multitude of artists who take their own spin on comic book covers in their own unique way.

Here be my submission to that illustrious blog. As a life long fan of The X-Men and there occasional guest star, The Mimic. I always thought a good brawl would be The Mimic versus The Super Adaptoid. Thusly... here be the results. My own spin on a Marvel that never truly was in this reimaginig of X-Men #29. Hope you dig.

Sunday, November 07, 2010

App Preview : " Thomas Perkins: A Collection of Odd Folk"...



Hey folks, here be a sample of some of the Odd Folks found in my app at "Thomas Perkins: A collection of Odd Folks" set 1 found up on iTunes here http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thomas-perkins-a-collection/id392205277?mt=8 . I don't know how many of you DA folken have seen the app, so here be a quick glimpse.

Cheers

©2010 T.N.Perkins IV All Rights Reserved.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Fandom Moment: The Super Adaptoid.....


As a life long comics fan, there are many odd characters I have read about, but this villain is one of my all time favorite weird folk. I love the Super Adaptoid. Best fiight ever... Super Adaptoid Versus The Mimic! I figure over a couple of Lunchbreaks to indulge my inner fanboy and do a Super Adaptoid sketch the way I would like to draw him. Cheers....

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Fandom Strikes again.....


A bit of the FF Tribute for Evan Shaner, a friend of mine who requested this a loooooong time ago. Time to make good.

Friday, October 01, 2010

Return of the Late Night Sketchamathingie 10-1-10....


More late night sketchamathingies before going to bed.... Cheers.

©T.N.PerkinsIV 2010 All Rights Reserved.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

White Chapel Remake: Captain America...



©2010 T.N.Perkins IV All Rights Reserved.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

My Labors have come to fruition! The release of "Thomas Perkins: A Collection of Odd Folk"....


At last! My Iphone / Ipad artbook app is OUT! HUZZAH!! For any curious to get a gander at it, it is called "Thomas Perkins: A Collection of Odd Folk" up at the Itunes Store. Here is one of the reasons I have not been posting as much of late. I have been a busy lad working on this.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thomas-perkins-a-collection/id392205277?mt=8

Here be the blurb for it up omn the Itunes:
"A digital artbook filled with the odd denizens skating across the cerebellum of Thomas N. Perkins IV, a character designer for animation whose credits include Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, The Batman, Ben 10, and TMNT to name a few. This book includes never-before-seen samples of the strange places and people that the flash across the mind's eye of the artist. Please take a moment to enjoy this collection of odd folk!"

And now you know why I was curious as to the Iphone / Ipad usage among the DA denizens. Have a good day folks.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Silly scribble...mrvlcats 2: The Mimicat


Hey Brianne I see your Vision and raise you a Cyclops.....and a Mimic....silly lunchtime scribblin'....

Silly lunch scribble...#mrvlcats meme....


Hey Brianne I see your Vision and raise you a Cyclops.....

Saturday, August 28, 2010

WHITECHAPEL SF COVER REMODEL: Weird Tales



My pal, Sean Hartter, told me about this fine thread so I thought i would take a shot too... The thread can be found here: http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8793&page=1

Cheers

©2010 T.N.Perkins IV All Rights Reserved.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Lunchtime scribbling....


Just A bit of Lunchtime Scribbling.... a bit of Tokusatsu Ant Themed Man, if you will. I loves me the Inazuman, Kamen Rider, and their ilk. Marvel and DC could use a bit of proper tokusatsu goodness.

©2010 T.N.Perkins IV All Rights Reserved.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Had I designed Spider Man India revisited...


Another brief jaunt into fan art dorkiness as I revisit an old idea I was playing with....

Back when I working on "Spectacular Spider-Man" I was chatting with my co-workers and we were speculating on other potential directions for the art from the comicbook "Spider-Man India". Here is my rough scribble of what I would have done given a chance.

Well, an amusing lunch time diversion, anyway...

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Major Spoilers Comics 89...



A return to the Major Spoilers Comics continuity.... As I work designing for the various examples of the Saturday Morning Goodness that occupy my working week, I like to listen to various podcasts and the like. One of my all time favorites is the much lauded Major Spoilers Podcast (as seen at http://www.majorspoilers.com/). It appeals mightily to the comicbook geek in me. If you folks out there dig Comics, Animation, and the like, go over and check them out. Their podcast is sharp, well produced and a lot of fun.

For kicks I decided to do a second novelty comicbook cover for them. Here be the results... I hope they dig it as well. The First cover "Major Spoilers Comics 77" can be seen here: http://thomasperkins.blogspot.com/2010/02/major-spoilers-comics-77.html

©2010 T.N.Perkins IV All Rights Reserved.

Friday, July 02, 2010

Vintage Work: Batman v. Dracula DVD....2




Back in the day, I had the great pleasure of working on the first 3 Seasons of The Batman. Here are some samples of my roughs for some scenes in the DVD movie "The Batman Versus Dracula". That was a really fun gig. A truly great crew of folks to work with on that production.

Cheers.

"The Batman Versus Dracula" and all related characters are the property of DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation.

Vintage Work: Batman v. Dracula DVD....



Back in the day, I had the great pleasure of working on the first 3 Seasons of The Batman. Here are some samples of my roughs for some scenes in the DVD movie "The Batman Versus Dracula". That was a really fun gig. A truly great crew of folks to work with on that production.

Cheers.

"The Batman Versus Dracula" and all related characters are the property of DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

The Red Panda and The Flying Squirrel leap into action...


As a fan of the old style adventures put forth by the talented folks at Decoder Ring Theatre http://www.decoderringtheatre.com/news/index.htm and http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=191656&op=1&o=all&view=all&subj=330748542894&aid=-1&oid=330748542894&id=100000280193468#!/pages/Decoder-Ring-Theatre/330748542894?v=info , I was very stoked when the chance came my way to do cover art for one of their projects.

If you are a fan of Old school radio drama, these folks are the goods indeed! The offer a high quality production that never fails to the goodness. I urge you folks out there looking for a fun listen, go check them out wit all due speed. Not only can you enjoy there work through their site, but downloaded from ITunes as well.

The Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel are the property of Gregg Taylor and Decoder Ring Theater.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Vintage Work : Development for Tak and the Power of Juju (TV series 2007)


Here is a glimpse at some images I drew back in 2006 I did as developement for the Nickelodeon CGI TV series "Tak and the Power of Juju". In all truth though I believe they did not make the cut, I had fun doing them nonetheless.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Vintage Work : Art Test for "The Spectacular Spider Man" (2007)



Here is a glimpse at some images I drew back in 2007 for the art test I did before getting to work on Sony Animations "The Spectacular Spider Man" with Sean "Cheeks" Galloway. My kids really dug this show!

Vintage Work : Rough Cat Woman art for toy packaging from "The Batman" (2004)


While working in animation, at times one might do ancillary art for merchandising related to the show you are on. Here is a rough drawing I did for toy packaging for a special edition Cat Woman toy from the show...

The Batman and all related characters are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Animation & DC Comics Entertainment, All Rights Reserved.

Vintage Work : Path of Development for Spellbinder from "The Batman" (2004)







Back in 2004 I had the great pleasure of working onthe design team for "The Batman" over at Warner Bros. Of the many odd and fun folks I got to draw for that show, one of my favorites was a one off villain called Spellbinder. Here is a look at the path of development from my sketches that went into making that character...

The Batman and all related characters are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Animation & DC Comics Entertainment, All Rights Reserved.

Friday, May 21, 2010

BEN 10: DNA Lab Hybrids Greyatter Set - Unused.....


Among my various gigs, I worked on the Cartoon Network hit, Ben 10. My tenure on that show lasted from the end of the First Season until the completion of the show with Season Four.

From that gig, I moved onto an ancillary project with Bandai. They had created an online game that was related to an episode we did called "Dr. Animo and the Mutant Ray" The the underlying premise being that Ben had broken the Omnitrix and was now transforming into hybrid mutations of his original ten aliens to form new and odd combinations. Here are some of the designs I did for the Bandai.com online game, "BEN 10- DNA Lab". I started designing these Hybrids last year and they have been unveiled in the game as each successive toy set game out. I did somewhere in the neighbor hood of 80 hybrids. This set is combining Ben's various aliens with his Greymatter alien form. Unfortunately they didn't end up needing the Greymatter designs and so they got left on the cutting room floor.

As the game has been out for a respectable time now and posted and reposted on fansites hither and yon, I figure that I can now display them in my portfolio without fear of leaking sensitive info. Many of you have seen these over at ~Akamu1228's gallery and similar fan postings.

BEN 10 and all related characters are trademarks of and © Cartoon Network. Used under license by Bandai America Incorporated. All Rights Reserved (s08) Bandai.com © 2008 Bandai America Incorporated.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Late Night Sketchamathingie 4-10-10......



More late night scribbling....

Artwork & Characters © Thomas Perkins 2010.

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Late Night Sketchamathingie 4-7-10......


More late night scribbling....

Artwork & Characters © Thomas Perkins 2010.

Late Night Sketchamathingie 4-6-10......


More late night scribbling....

Artwork & Characters © Thomas Perkins 2010.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Late Night Sketchamathingie 4-5-10......


Late night scribbling.....

Artwork & Characters © Thomas Perkins 2010.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Kid Kthulu thwarting cultists in the car park...



...A snippet from the Kid Kthulu and The Innsmouth Seven...


Kid Kthulu, and Related Characters ©2009 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Sunday, March 21, 2010

White Chapel Forum Remake: Amazing Adult Fantasy No. 15....



Another entry into the White Chapel forum hosted by Warren Ellis! To see more of the entries here is a link: freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=787...

As quoted of Warren Ellis' Forum: "Here's the rules:

You are an artist/designer. You have to put together the cover for issue 15 of a comic called AMAZING ADULT FANTASY.

Now, the publisher has decreed that, with #15, the title will become simply AMAZING FANTASY. But, I dunno, you're a drunk, or a drug fiend, or you have seizures or something, and you've totally forgotten about that. AMAZING ADULT FANTASY it is.

Thing is, there's a new character to be introduced on the cover. You remember that instruction. But you lost all the notes and pages -- you used them for bedding or toilet paper, you don't really recall. You know nothing about that character beyond its name, and that it apparently fits in a book called AMAZING ADULT FANTASY (which was once subtitled "The magazine that respects your intelligence").

All you know that is the title is AMAZING ADULT FANTASY, the issue number is 15, and there has to be a character called SPIDER-MAN on the cover somewhere.

And that's it.

It's up to you what kind of company you're at. What kind of comics you make. What era you're in. Who you are, even. Go nuts with it.

You have one week. Go. "

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Kid Kthulu and the Dark Agents....


...A snippet from the prelude to the climactic battle between Kid Kthulu and The Innsmouth Seven...


Kid Kthulu, and Related Characters ©2009 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Friday, March 12, 2010

Kid Kthulu versus The Innsmouth Seven...


...A snippet from the climactic battle between Kid Kthulu and The Innsmouth Seven...


Kid Kthulu, and Related Characters ©2009 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Friday, March 05, 2010

White Chapel Forum Remake: SUPERMAN No. 1....



I saw the entries by DBed, Gaston25, Hartter for Warren Ellis' White Chapel forum theme of remaking Superman, and thought I would take a stab my self for kicks....

Thanks for the inspiration guys. You all have done really fun and interesting images for the forum.

The rules: Design a cover for a comic book. The character is named Superman who wears predominantly blue with a red "S". The cover needs to have the phrase "The complete story of the daring exploits of the one and only superman".
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7801&page=1