Here are some style guide poses from 2011. Not sure where these got used. All digital. As the years go by, the ones on paper feel more and more special. The digital ones?...<shrug> whatevs. That's a clue about something. #spongebob #digitalsketch #humanart #oldschool

Here is a page I illustrated from "The Force Awakens" Little Golden Book. I had a hefty assist on this one from the great Micky Rose who painted the BG and the uber death star. #starwars #theforceawakens #snoke #littlegoldenbooks #illustration

A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

I've been drawing versions of this pose for 25+ years! This one is from my first Little Golden Book "Mr Fancypants"(oop). I have such reverence for this style, I really enjoyed studying the minutia. #spongebob #gary #pinneaplehouse #littlegoldenbooks #kidlit #illustration

These are the "Batman run" poses from the style guide, timestamp 2007. From the pencil and paper days. I seem to remember that Steve Hillenburg was pretty picky about these poses. I wonder if I still have his notes somewhere? #spongebob #patrickstar #mermaidman #barnacleboy #cartoon #pencilsketch

...and here are a couple of alt concepts.

here are the ruff and tight sketches

It's all downhill after this one, folks! Probably my favorite SpongeBob cover I've ever done. Special thanks to Chris Duffy and Steve Hillenburg for trusting me with this one. Ruffs in the comments. #spongebob #fantasyart #frazetta #comicbookcover #cartoon #digitalpainting #patrickstar

Here is a scene from AD season 13. I suppose technically this is a crowd key, but this was a lot more fun than a typical crowd. BG by the wise and powerful Tony Postma. #americandad #pets #characterdesign #cartoon #animation #digitalink

This is from an episode I directed called "Dope and Faith". I boarded most of this scene, but I had some help posing out the finger animation from my AD Mike Mayfield. Drinking the blood was my idea! Silly stuff. #americandad #stansmith #metal #guitarsolo #animation #cartoon

These are style guide sketches from 2007. This was fun because I actually storyboarded on this episode (Plankton's Army) and I designed these costumes in the boards. Drawn on real paper with real pencils! #spongebob #plankton #evilgenius #pencilsketch #cartoon

A lot of the BG elements were painted with acrylic on illustration board. I wasn't confident enough to paint everything on one board, so I took the coward's way out and painted a lot of stuff piecemeal to composite in photoshop.

A spread from "Bottoms Up: Jokes from Bikini Bottom" (OOP). I illustrated this in 2002 when I was still working on the show. #spongebob #mrkrabs #krabbypatty #krustykrab #illustration #animation #cartoon

My piece for the Family Guy/American Dad Art Show and fundraiser to benefit Altadena Rising. I couldn't be there and forgot to take a picture of it so had to rely on bad glarey pics from friends, haha. #klausheissler #klaus #americandad #pencildrawing #humanart

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This is one of my drawings from the storyboard for "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" This would have been a cleanup of someone else's thumbnail. It feels like a Steve Hillenburg pose, but it could have been Drymon or Lender. #spongebob #storyboard #cartoon #animation

Here is a little 2-page comic that I wrote and drew for an anthology publication called "Hot Mexican Love Comics". This would have been circa 2006-7. #comics #digitalink

Here is a spread from my "The Force Awakens" Little Golden Book. I spent ages on this! I studied that armored beast for hours to figure out how to simplify the details. I love how rusty it looks! #starwars #theforceawakens #bb8 #littlegoldenbooks

Here are some pages from a lift-the-flap book called "Bottoms Up – Jokes From Bikini Bottom" 2002. This is one of the few books where I did actual acrylic paintings for a lot of the BG elements. #spongebob #gary #illustration #acrylicpaint #patrickstar

I was explaining to my students about crowd keys so I thought I would pull one out and share. This is from the season 11 "Julia Rogerts" ep. This kind of thing can really destroy your schedule for the week, haha. BG by the great Fred Hofheinz. #americandad #cartoon #characterdesign #tvanimation

Holy Cowabunga! So honored to get a signature card from Magic the Gathering. The Last Ronin story is so good, can't wait to see it go mainstream.
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#MTGxTMNT #turtlepower #TMNT #ninjaturtles #lastronin #MTG

A classic pose from the SpongeBob Movie. New scanner is so much better! This is from 25 years ago, so my memory is hazy, but this is most likely an early version of the pose, or a shot that was changed completely. #spongebob #patrickstar #realmen #facialhair #cartoon #pencildrawing

Another of the many coloring book covers I worked on in the early 2000s. I didn't do the painted version of SpongeBob at bottom, but I drew all the sketches and doodads. Always fun to do stylized stuff like this! #spongebob #patrickstar #doodlebob #illustration #krabbypatty #pencilsketch

Here is my 5th and final card from the Magic the Gathering Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles card set. I was getting worried the card had been cut, but I guess they release things in waves.
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FINALLY! So excited to be able to reveal these new cards. I did these over a year ago! Releasing next month. I don't really understand how all the sets work, so do your research before you buy! ©2026 Viacom International Inc. TM & ©2026 Wizards of the Coast #MTGxTMNT #TMNT #ninjaturtles #MTG

I created this little cycle for the front of the "How to Animate SpongeBob" Walter Foster book in 2003. Several versions of this book were printed over the years, but all appear to be out of print now. #spongebob #animation #cartoon #penciltest #humanart

Here's a small batch of style guide poses from 2010 (digital). These were done for the Olympics. I don't think I ever saw any of them out in the wild so let me know if you spot any of them. #spongebob #patrickstar #olympics #cartoon #karate

Tryin something new. Video is a lot more work than still images haha! These are all Roger personas that I designed #americandad #personas #roger #rogerthealien #rickyspanish

I know some of you would prefer it if I posted only SpongeBob stuff, but I have to post other things sometimes, haha. Here are some bible designs we did a few seasons ago. #americandad #biblestudy #cartoon #rennaissance