IAmA Nickelodeon Storyboard Artist. AMA and I'll draw it.

Can you draw Catdog pooping?

http://imgur.com/423mM

Cat ate "Colon Blow" for breakfast.

My daugther's 4th birthday party is Saturday - she's having a Rapunzel party, but was torn between that and Sponge Bob. Can you draw Sponge Bob and Rapunzel on their way to Lily's 4th Birthday party? You'd be Epic.

How can I say no to that? Happy Birthday Lily! http://imgur.com/m5LtY

Thanks so much everyone! Wow, Reddit sure knows how to make an artist feel happy. Once my ego deflates after all these comments, I'll be panicking knowing that I've accomplished hardly any "real" work today! ;)

Spongebob making this face.

http://imgur.com/Cd40q

And a meme is born

Oh god, oh god, what have I done?!?! Nooooo!

Question: What shows have you worked on? Which were you favorites? Least favorites? Why?

Can you draw: Beavis and Butthead as the characters from your favorite Nickelodeon show?

Haha, great suggestion: http://i.imgur.com/E7rjz.jpg

Gollum digging through a box of Cracker Jack for a plastic Ring.

http://imgur.com/uaZ7I

Draw a self portrait of you drawing a self portrait of yourself.

http://i.imgur.com/9P4jC.jpg

I see what you did there.

I've actually seen this painting in person. The sketch on his canvass in the painting is just that, a pencil sketch. For some reason I thought he would have tried to paint it and made it look like pencil... but that doesn't make sense.

Can you draw Sterling Archer in a shoot out with James Bond (with Sean Connery as the actor), both of which are atop a speeding semi with terrorists in a 70's volkswagon van shooting AK's and RPG's at them?

TIL I can't draw Sean Connery. http://imgur.com/UdF1a

awesome

but admit it, you had fun drawing this.

Ha! You know it! Thanks dude.

Could you do a drawing of me onstage doing stand-up? That would be really cool to have.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I feel like a jerk for not even asking a real question.

What old Nicktoon would you want to work on if you could go back in time, and what(if any) changes would you make to it?

I'd love to go back and work on Ren and Stimpy- seems like those guys had a blast. I'm lucky to work with some of them.

I've tried stand-up and it's crazy tough. My hat's off to you- keep up the great work! http://imgur.com/0jrMZ

holy shit, you even put my hand in my pocket! that's like, MY THING.

I'm ecstatic, thank you so much for this.

Also, Ren and Stimpy terrified me as a child, but if it meant I could work with Billy West I'd do it in a heartbeat, thanks for answering my questions also.

You're very welcome!

A buddy of mine got to direct Billy West once. I will forever be jealous of him.

A pretty girl in a yellow dress walking down a crowded street

http://i.imgur.com/7c5ps.jpg

My favorite part is how you gave up on the last two people.

He didn't give up. They're Canadian.

No, he's right. I gave up!

Could you draw a self-portait of you watching Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill?

http://i.imgur.com/mwZ7m.jpg

Draw lindsey lohan being punched in the face by a belligerent monkey

Haha, this is a super rough drawing but I hope it fulfills your hatred towards Lohan: http://i.imgur.com/o6Lxh.jpg

Your visual interpretation of what I look like in real life.

Haha, sorry: http://i.imgur.com/XMnUE.jpg

As a story board artist, do you have any input to the script? Or does some writer's lackey drop a pile of unstapled pages on your desk and say "Get to work!"?

Also, can I get a Spongebob wearing a pope hat, standing in front of a crowd with a semi-confused look on his face?

On most shows, storyboard artists are encouraged to make scenes more funny and add more gags. Some shows are based of scripts and are more rigid but a lot of shows, the writers simply give the board artists an outline to work from. The storyboard artist is then required to write most of the scenes and dialog. That's much more creative and in my opinion, seems to lead to funnier shows.

http://i.imgur.com/JfXJP.jpg

my daughter wants to be a cartoonist and she really liked this one..what can I do as a parent to help her get there. (she's 9)

Get her a pencil and some paper.

If she wants it enough that's all she'll need.

No amount of probing or fancy expensive equipment will give her any more drive or ability to do something artistic for a living, unless she wants to be a digital artist that is.

You could save up and pay for her Art school fees though, man that would have been awesome...

Signed -

A struggling artist.

Agreed. Just continue being supportive. Art lessons and books certainly help, but only if she has the drive to read them and learn from them. Tell her to keep it up!

A sexy babe at Occupy Wall Street holding a sign that says "Occupy Me - $300 per hour!"

Can't say no to drawin' pretty ladies! http://i.imgur.com/jaOJd.jpg

your drawing reminded me - years ago I saw a photo of teenagers doing a community car wash, and one "creative" young girl held the car wash sign in front of her, like in your drawing, with her shorts dropped to her ankles - of course she had a bathing suit on, but I wonder how many car crashes she caused just 100 feet past her as drivers turned their heads...

Haha, now that's marketing! Thanks Jeff, all the best.

No request, but I decided to color the "Spongebob Me Gusta" sketch! http://imgur.com/SeiTq

This is AMAZING!

What tools do you use to draw so quickly?

A Wacom Cintiq. It's strange- almost no one in animation draws production art on paper anymore. A Cintiq is like a big digital piece of paper: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41nGewfAnCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

We all still like pencils but Cintiqs allow you to produce work much faster.

That's not a response with a drawing!

HEY EVERYONE! THIS GUY'S A PHONY!!!

http://i.imgur.com/exJxE.jpg

I noticed your shirt is off... Do you always draw without clothes on?

yeah man, I gotta let the creativity flow, ya know?!

Can I get a marine from SC2 to yell "I'm not doing it, send an SCV"

I love SC2: http://imgur.com/mVFBz

Haha, thanks a lot man!

You're welcome! I'd charge you for it but you have not enough minerals.

What is your favorite cartoon (Not necessarily on Nick)?

Adventure Time. :)

Can you draw Finn/Fry & Jake/Bender? Like what you did with your Ren & Stimpy / Bevis & Butthead mash-up.

This was fun and result is weeeeird: http://i.imgur.com/fJxAC.jpg

This may already have been asked, but how about a Freddie Mercury being a badass? I guess the usual for him.

I like how you assumed it may have already been asked: http://i.imgur.com/CKSQk.jpg

On second look, this drawing looks like Johnny Knoxville: http://the1stoffebruary.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/142182__johnny-knoxville-jackass-mtv-c10.jpg

What shows do you do storyboards for? Are any of them particularly interesting to draw for?

Edit: Also, can you draw a visual representation of the phrase "fetch that dog"?

http://i.imgur.com/CTMsl.jpg

Awesome drawing! Thanks for the answer.

Oh and btw, they are definitely interesting to work on, and fun too! Working with other cartoonists on cartoons is a pretty great job.

I'm about to graduate with a BA in Film studies, I minored in digital arts and a lot of the work i do heavily features 2d animation. I've also studied art and creative writing. Any career advice? I'd really like to work in 2d cartoons.

Great to hear- sounds like you're a hard-worker and making the right decisions. That's half the battle. The other half is getting your work up to a professional quality (if it's not already) and getting it in front of directors who can ultimately hire you. Moving out to LA is definitely a good step in doing this. Best of luck!

Do you have a favorite cartoonist? Did you get into drawing via comic books, caricatures, or some other way?

I'd like to see a beer can with wings.

Right now, I'm obsessed with Jordi Bernet.

Here's your angel beer: http://i.imgur.com/ij8gE.jpg