I’ts been a lot of fun seeing the different ways that contemporary artists have been inspired by the artwork published in the book and on this blog. I’ve documented some of that artwork here and here. Here’s a fresh batch of artists inspired by CARTOON MODERN.

Animator Chris Chua says the book has inspired him to do “to do looser, more stylized drawings” like the one below:

Dagan Moriarty’s page of elf sketches is followed by the comment, “Can ya tell I’ve been looking at ‘Cartoon Modern’ A LOT?!”

Pedro Vargas has some great Tom Oreb Trix studies posted on his blog. The original Oreb Trix model is HERE.

Brian Smith, who I remember from the days of working on BOO BOO RUNS WILD, has posted some studies inspired by Mary Blair (below), Tom Oreb and Ray Favata:

And the French-Canadian band L’Orchestrol Parade took one of the TOOT WHISTLE PLUNK AND BOOM concepts I posted last month and is using it in a flyer to promote one of their upcoming shows.