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!

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.

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

White Chapel Remake: Captain America...



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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

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Miskatonicomic Presents No.8: Kid Kthulu (1st Appearance)...





Hey Kids, It's Comics time again. Thrill to the high adventures of The Great Old Ones and Kid Kthulu! Here we see the first ever appearance of Kid Kthulu from his debut in Miskatonicomic Presents No.8: Kid Kthulu. Will he thwart the Occult Menace of his first ever enemies, The Divinity Mob? Read on brave hearts!!!



Miskatonicomic Presents No.8, Kid Kthulu, and Related Characters ©2009 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Magnificomics Presents: Tales of Villainy No. 19...


Hey Kids, It's Comics time again. Thrill once again to the malevolent exploits of TsarKhan The Terrble Tomorrow Android and his compatriots in the 19th issue Tales of Villainy Comics brought to you by Magnificomics!!!

Check out Tales of Villainy's sister comic, All-Champions Digest here: [link]


Tales of Villainy Comics, TsarKhan The Terrble Tomorrow Android & Related Characters ©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Magnificomics Presents: All-Champions Digest Comics No. 14...


Hey Kids, It's Comics time again. Thrill once again to the cosmic exploits of The Courageous Astro Lion Leo-9 and his friends in the 14th issue All-Champions Digest Comics brought to you by Magnificomics!!!


All-Champions Digest Comics, The Courageous Astro Lion Leo-9 & Related Characters ©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Magnificomics Presents: The Courageous Astro Lion Leo-9 No. 10...


Hey Kids, It's Comics time again. Thrill once again to the cosmic exploits of The Courageous Astro Lion Leo-9 in his tenth issue wherein he first meets the Dreaded Raiders from Algan 6 brought to you by Magnificomics!!!


The Courageous Astro Lion Leo-9 ©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Friday, February 19, 2010

Magnificomics Presents: The Courageous Astro Lion Leo-9 No. 27...


Hey Kids, It's Comics time again. Thrill once again to the cosmic exploits of The Courageous Astro Lion Leo-9 in his much anticipated series reboot seen in issue number 27 brought to you by Magnificomics!!!


The Courageous Astro Lion Leo-9 ©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Monday, February 15, 2010

Gold Crest Comics Presents! The Terriffic TarantuLad #2...


Hey Kids, It's Comics time again. Thrill once again to the gangbusting exploits of The Terrific TaranuLad in his second ever issue... Tarantulad versus The Red Death!!!

The Terrific TarantuLad ©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Kid Kthulu Quarterly No. 55...


Hey Kids, It's Comics time again. Thrill once again to the high adventures of The Great Old Ones! It's Kid Kthulu Quarterly No. 55!!!

Kid Kthulu and Related Characters ©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Strange Adventure Stories #72: Kid Kthulu Vs The Host...


Hey Kids, It's Comics time again. Thrill once again to the high adventures of The Great Old Ones! It's Kid Kthulu versus The Host!!!


Kid Kthulu and Related Characters ©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Strange Adventure Stories No.44...


Hey Kids, It's Comics time again. Thrill once again to the high adventures of The Great Old Ones! It's the Return of Kid Kthulu!!!


Kid Kthulu and Related Characters ©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Major Spoilers Comics 77...


A little dorkiness I am working on.... 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 novelty comicbook cover for them. Here be the results... I hope they dig it.

Friday, February 05, 2010

Tales of Geekery No. 177...



Yay Comics! Hey Kids Check it!


Blue Ribbon Cerebral Comics and Related Characters ©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Cosmo Heroes Project: Cosmo Hero Omega 6...


From my current project...

©2010 Thomas N. Perkins IV All Rights Reserved.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Retro Work: Green Lantern - First Flight Incidentals...



Here are some of the incidental Green Lanterns I designed back in 2008 for the DVD release Green Lantern - First Flight. I had a blast working with very talented folk on that production.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Retro Work: Joaquim De Las Sombras.....


A little something I was working on back in the day.....

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Retro Work: Tutenstein Demons




Here is a bit of work from when I was working on the first 26 episodes of Tutenstein for Porchlight Entertainment. That was a fun gig.