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Three, Two, One... #LooneyTunes #DaffyDuck #LolaBunny #PorkyPig

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Happy Birthday Porky! Eighty-nine and lookin’ fi-fi-fi…you look wonderful! #LooneyTunes #PorkyPig #DaffyDuck #birthday

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Happy Birthday to the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, who began their chase 75 years ago, when “Fast and Furry-ous” was released September 17th, 1949. This short was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Mike Maltese. #WileECoyote #RoadRunner #75years

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Rough suggestion for trade ad featuring Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Tom & Jerry celebrating Cartoon Network’s 25th anniversary in 2017. #CartoonNetwork #ScoobyDoo #BugsBunny #DaffyDuck #TomandJerry

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On September 13th, 1993 Yakko, Wakko and Dot were released from the Water Tower on the Warner Bros. Lot, and into the living rooms across America, and the world. Thanks to Steven Spielberg and Tom Ruegger, things haven’t quite been the same ever since! #Animaniacs

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Sketch for DVD cover art for “Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters.” With a new release on DVD, there was a request to “refresh” original art from 1988. I made adjustments to feature the characters’ faces and poses, to give a quick read in a retail setting. #LooneyTunes

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Happy Birthday Scooby-Doo! Hope in addition to all the extra attention, you also get all the Scooby Snacks you can eat! “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” premiered September 13th, 1969. #ScoobyDoo #HappyBirthday

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Tom thought having his portrait painted would be more fun, as Jerry enjoys “artistically” expressing his true feelings about his chum. Drawing for presentation. #TomandJerry #bestbuds

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A life size Daffy Duck standee from a “The Looney Tunes Show” promotion, which somehow made its home in my office on the Warner Bros. Ranch for a time. He wore a dapper hat and watched over many of my treasures, until 2023 when it was time to pack up and go. #DaffyDuck #office

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“The Looney Tunes Show" merchandise! MIP figures featuring the redesigned characters from the series. The talented Jessica Borutski, translated these well loved characters into a new style, to help give the series its own look and identity. #TheLooneyTunesShow #officetoys

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“No relation”-Babs Bunny and Buster Bunny were introduced to the world on September 14th, 1990 when “Steven Spielberg Presents ‘Tiny Toon Adventures’” premiered on CBS as a prime-time special. #TinyToons #BabsBunny #BusterBunny

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Early pitch art for Joe Barbera’s Tom and Jerry “Mousecracker” cartoon, originally envisioned as a possible short. #TomJerry #JoeBarbera #BillHanna

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We had fun dressing up Tex Avery’s Red Hot Riding Hood as Maid Marian, for “Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse,” 2012. Here, in a shot I animated, she cleverly turns the wolves against one another in this jazzy musical number. #TomandJerry #RedHotRidingHood

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Although the Looney Tunes were animated in CG during the game portion of Space Jam 2, much of the action and acting was previewed by 2D animators drawing in the Tunes, over the live action plates. #LooneyTunes #SpaceJam #SpaceJam2 #BugsBunny #LolaBunny

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This 2002 TV Guide cover featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig as Duck Dodgers and The Eager Young Cadet, paired with the Powerpuff Girls, 1 of 4 covers with fun cartoon mashups, celebrating the 50 greatest cartoon characters. Tony Cervone and I provided the art for Daffy & Porky.

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“Animaniacs” cel from “Meet Minerva” directed by Kirk Tingblad. This cel is from one of the scenes Kirk gave me to animate. When I saw it for sale a few years ago, I snapped it up. #SpikeBrandt #MinervaMink #Animaniacs

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When June Foray passed away on July 26th 2017, I was asked to do the WB tribute for her. Here is one of the prelims for that print art. Having had the pleasure of working with June as she voiced her iconic Granny character, it was an honor to draw this for her. #JuneForay #Granny

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What’s up, Dom? Perignon, that is! Bugs Bunny is anxious to toast in the New Year, as he pops the cork, so let the countdown begin. #LooneyTunes #BugsBunny #NewYears #NewYearsEve

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Happy 70th birthday Taz! June 19th, 1954 saw the release of director Robert McKimson’s “Devil May Hare,” the first Tasmanian Devil cartoon. #SpikeBrandt #RobertMcKimson #TasmanianDevil

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Dennis Durrell executed the final painting for Dorothy’s portrait with Tom and Jerry from a drawing I made, which heavily borrowed from a publicity portrait of Tom and Jerry from the 1940s. “Tom and Jerry and The Wizard of Oz” 2011. #TomandJerry #photo #SpikeBrandt #DennisDurrell

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Happy Birthday Red! Tex Avery’s “Red Hot Riding Hood” was released 81 years ago, May 8th, 1943. Featuring Red (beautifully animated by Preston Blair) who has to contest with one of her audience members, a wolf who’s a little too taken with her feminine charms. #Red #TexAvery #MGM

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Happy Birthday Foghorn Leghorn! Robert McKimson’s “Walky Talky Hawky” released August 31st, 1946 introduced the loquacious rooster to the world, and it hasn’t, I say, it hasn’t been the same since. #FoghornLeghorn #HappyBirthday

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This watercolor for “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes,” made in the early days of development, before the script was written or any character models were begun, served as inspiration for the world we were trying to create. #TomJerry #Red #SherlockHolmes #watercolor

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This cel of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote is from the opening credits of “Little Go Beep.” It, along with its end title counterpart, are the last character cels from a Looney Tunes cartoon (the rest of the production is digital ink and paint). #WileECoyote #RoadRunner

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It’s somebunny’s special day! Happy 84th Birthday Bugs! Tex Avery’s “A Wild Hare” was released July 27th, 1940. #BugsBunny #HappyBirthdayBugs

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Happy Birthday Daffy! You’re a class act, 87 years young. Apologies to George Hurrell. #LooneyTunes #Daffy #HappyBirthday #MelBlanc #JoeAlaskey #JeffBergman #EricBauza #JeffBennett #DeeBradleyBaker #FrankGorshin

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“The Looney Tunes Show” storyboard “Post-it” pile. #TheLooneyTunesShow #PorkyPig #DaffyDuck #TinaRusso

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Celebrated 1000 followers on Instagram today and thanks to everyone else who follows on Twitter for finding us here! #TomandJerry #celebration #thankyou

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Reaction shot of Daffy, Lola, Bugs and Sylvester who are shocked and delighted by Porky Pig’s rap skills - Notorious P.I.G. Postvis sketches from Space Jam 2. #LooneyTunes #SpaceJam2 #BugsBunny

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“The Daffy Duck Program” a “could have been” primetime show for The WB circa 1997, was conceived by Paul Rugg and John P. McCann. So much fun working with them, Doug Langdale and Tony Cervone on this ill-fated gem. Sometimes you can only replay the great ones in your head.

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Bugs Bunny from his mirror’s point of view. “The Looney Tunes Show” lost bits. #TheLooneyTunesShow #BugsBunny #morningroutine

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Daffy Duck made after the likeness of a Garfield Goose painting from the set of WGN’s “Family Classics.” This painting by Jesse Silver of artwork I pencilled, found its way into episodes of “Duck Dodgers” and “The Looney Tunes Show.” #DaffyDuck #GarfieldGoose #FrazierThomas

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Rough painting of concept illustration for “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007. #TomandJerry #Christmas #TheNutcracker

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Finished “Quackbusters” DVD cover 2009, painted by Jesse Silver, from a drawing I made to update the original 1988 poster. #SpikeBrandt #JesseSilver #DaffyDuck

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I tasked Dennis Durrell with making this painting of my layout. Even though the powers that be weren’t interested in pursuing that style for the DVD cover, I thought that Dennis did a fantastic job of getting the look and feel of those earlier illustrations. #TomandJerry

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Happy Fourth of July! On this special day, Droopy carries a torch for the good ol’ “Red,” white and blue! #SpikeBrandt #DroopyDog #RedHotRidingHood

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"The Fat Cats" short “Drip Dry Drips” directed by Jon McClenahan, was released on “What a Cartoon!” on July 16th, 1995. Ken Hudson Campbell and Hank Azaria voiced Louie and Elmo. Tony Cervone and I created “Fat Cats” at StarToons, the 1st thing that we wrote and boarded together.

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Happy Birthday Granny! Granny debuted in “Canary Row” on October 7th, 1950 directed by Friz Freleng, completing the Granny, Tweety, Sylvester dynamic we’ve grown to love. #Granny #Sylvester #Tweety

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Daffy Duck finally gets his close up on this “TV Guide” cover! Tony Cervone and I were asked to come up with artwork featuring Bugs and Daffy for this cover. Bugs Bunny makes a subtle/not so subtle appearance. Clean up by Doug Ninneman, digital paint by Jesse Silver. #Bugs #Daffy

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Rough layout drawing of Bugs Bunny for “The Dunk to End All Dunks” Jordan commercial directed by Jon Favreau. I was happy to help as the animation director for this spot. #BugsBunny #commercial

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Early concept art of Jerry and Tuffy leading an army of toy soldiers into the final battle. Compare with final frame from the movie “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007. #TomandJerry #WarnerBros #HannaBarbera

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Tie-down drawing for the DVD release of “Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters” 2009. #SpikeBrandt #DaffyDuck #coverart

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Jerry Mouse serenades a lovely island girl on his little ukulele, as a dumbfounded Tom watches on, in this watercolor done for Van Eaton Galleries “Tiki Toon Group Art Show” in 2015. #TomandJerry #beachgirl

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Lola Bunny kicks off 2024 in style, hopping…, errrr…hoping, it’s the best year ever! #LooneyTunes #LolaBunny #NewYears #NewYearsDay

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Happy Birthday, Tyke! The little pup Tyke, of Spike & Tyke fame debuted in the “Tom & Jerry” cartoon “Love That Pup,” released on October 1st, 1949. #TomandJerry #SpikeandTyke

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Daffy struggles to remember his pal Bugs Bunny’s birthday, in the first episode of “The Looney Tunes Show” 2011. #TheLooneyTunesShow #BugsBunny #DaffyDuck

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My drawings for “Tom and Jerry The Chuck Jones Collection” scaled into the final composition for the DVD back cover. Even though we really only see Tom’s face, Warner Home Video almost always wanted the character to be fully drawn for other uses (see previous posts). #TomandJerry

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Looking for clues in “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes,” the boys stumble upon a promising lead. This painting served as an early piece of pitch art before production began. #TomJerry #Sherlock #watercolor

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Drawing Tom in Chuck Jones’ style for the DVD release of “Tom and Jerry The Chuck Jones Collection” 2009, was an interesting assignment. Fusing Jones’ style, more often associated with Warner Bros. characters, with the famous MGM duo came easy. #SpikeBrandt #ChuckJones #TomJerry

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Part 1. Bugs and Daffy best friends! “Best Friends” was the first episode of season one of “The Looney Tunes Show” which aired in 2011. #LooneyTunes #BugsBunny #DaffyDuck

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Poses of Jerry Mouse from “The Karate Guard” ganged together on a page, as model sheets for Jerry in his karate outfit for the short. This would be Joe Barbera’s final directorial effort marking 65 years of Tom and Jerry. #TomandJerry #TheKarateGuard

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Chuck Jones style Jerry Mouse drawing and subsequent tie-downs, I made for the 2009 DVD release of “Tom and Jerry The Chuck Jones Collection.” This art was for the reverse side of the packaging. #SpikeBrandt #ChuckJones #DVDcover

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Updated art for the 2009 DVD release of “Quackbusters,” based on the original 1988 poster. Updated version by Spike Brandt (drawing) and Jesse Silver (painting). #SpikeBrandt #JesseSilver #DaffyDuck

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Tom and Jerry and friend, revised concept drawing for Van Eaton Galleries “Tiki Toon Group Art Show” 2015, ready to go to paint. #TomandJerry #huladancer

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I painted Fred and Daphne, as they head off together to “investigate,” in this preliminary art for a “Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo” poster. #ScoobyDoo #Daphne #Fred #watercolor

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Wile E. Coyote from the “Mad Max” sequence of “Space Jam 2.” This is one of the layout drawings I did before the scene went into animation. This was done to help guide the animators, as well as to help visualize the scene for the edit, for preview audiences. #WileECoyote #MadMax

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A watercolor painting I did as a rough color comp for the DVD cover of “Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases Vol. 2” 2009. #SpikeBrandt #TomandJerry #colorcomp

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Jerry’s expert pirouette leaves Tom gobsmacked, or maybe more accurately, face smacked in this concept from “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007. #TomJerry #JoeBarbera #SpikeBrandt #TonyCervone

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Happy Birthday bucko! Yosemite Sam celebrates 79 years of anger issues since his first run in with Bugs Bunny in 1945’s “Hare-Trigger.” #LooneyTunes #YosemiteSam #HappyBirthday #MelBlanc #FrizFreleng

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Rough model and size comparison for Red and Tom from “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes.” Red, originally from Tex Avery’s MGM cartoons, animated by legendary animator Preston Blair in “Red Hot Riding Hood,” was one of the inspirations for Jessica Rabbit, of “Roger Rabbit” fame.

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Looks like Jerry’s got a special Christmas gift for Tom. Development artwork for “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007. #WarnerBros #TomJerry #Xmas

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“Sufferin’ succotash! The only thing that could make this Tweety snowbird more authentic is yellow snow.” Sylvester frolics in the snow in this holiday greeting card. #LooneyTunes #Sylvester #Tweety

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Tom and Jerry strike a pose for a formal portrait with their friend Dorothy, from 2011’s “Tom and Jerry and The Wizard of Oz.” #TomCat #JerryMouse #DorothyGale #portrait

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Joe Barbera loved the idea of using a toy train. One of his ideas was to have Tom steal all the Christmas sweets and joyfully whisk them away on a miniature locomotive. Rough concept sketch for “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007. #TomJerry #Nutcracker #JoeBarbera

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Profiles in History - Two presidents I think we can all agree on, Abrahare Lincoln and George Washingduck. Happy Presidents’ Day! #LooneyTunes #BugsBunny #DaffyDuck #PresidentsDay

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Early development for the “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes” movie. Before any writing began, we did some visual exploration for combining the Tom and Jerry characters, as well as the other MGM, Tex Avery characters, with the world of Sherlock Holmes, in Victorian England.

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Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are still busy delivering my Christmas presents! With the motto “It gets there, when it gets there,” I only use them knowing there are 12 days of Christmas. #LooneyTunes #PorkyPig #DaffyDuck #deliveryservice #Santa

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Side-by-side of early Bugs Bunny keys, with final footage from Jordan tribute spot 2015, entirely done in slow motion matching the Michael Jordan original. #BugsBunny #behindthescenes

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Over the years, Funko has made a number of products related to our “Duck Dodgers” TV show. Here, figures of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig as their characters Duck Dodgers and The Cadet, remain unopened in their handsome packaging. I’ve heard of canned ham…but canned duck? #Funko

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Who would have thought that Daffy and Foghorn would have been so much fun together, and it only took 60 years. This rough drawing is from the episode “Working Duck” from “The Looney Tunes Show,” 2011. #DaffyDuck #FoghornLeghorn #bestbuds

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A drawing I did a few years back of Bugs Bunny reacting to the familiar “sproing” of a basketball. Done during the production of “Space Jam 2” and printed on a coaster, given out by Warner Animation Group as a gift at Christmastime, 2019. #SpaceJam2 #coaster

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“That’s All Folks!” The last of the Looney Tunes cels. This rendered baby Road Runner and Coyote, was the final cel made for Warner Bros. theatrical production. #LooneyTunes #LittleGoBeep #RoadRunner #WileECoyote

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Director’s character layout poses for the animatic of “Little Go Beep” (reassembled with approximate timing) #LooneyTunes #LittleGoBeep #WileECoyote

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Baby go boom! Color call out model for blown up baby Wile E. Coyote from “Little Go Beep.” #WileECoyote #LittleGoBeep

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“Alright, all you happy people out there, time to be jolly and bright!” Droopy Dog continues to celebrate Christmas, day number 4, in this little holiday greeting.

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Ship shape, and clean cut, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote sport crew cuts and military attire, in this illustration from the opening credits of “Little Go Beep.” #LooneyTunes #LittleGoBeep #WileECoyote #RoadRunner

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Baby Road Runner watches as baby Wile E. is about to experience the effects of gravity for the first time. “Little Go Beep” poster design by Tim Cahill, painted by Alan Bodner, lettering painted by Bill Franks, on a coffee mug given to the crew. #LooneyTunes #LittleGoBeep #mug

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Storyboard drawing of Yogi doing what Yogi does, from Rocket Mortgage commercial 2018. #YogiBear #HannaBarbera #lunch

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Model drawing of Red in her stage costume that was designed for her musical number in “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes,” 2010. It was exciting to get a chance to work with Red and the other Tex Avery characters we added to this film. #RedHotRidingHood #TomandJerry

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Side-by-side of early rough animation drawing of Bugs Bunny, with finished frame from Jordan tribute commercial 2015. #BugsBunny #MichaelJordan

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For the introduction of the first episode of the “Duck Dodgers” TV show, we created paintings to accompany Dodgers’ narration explaining how he came to be a captain with the Galactic Protectorate. This is the drawing for the Cadet’s portrait for this sequence. #DuckDodgers #Cadet

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Daffy’s aggressive legal style on full display as he questions Bugs, in this drawing from the episode “Jail Bird and Jail Bunny” of “The Looney Tunes Show,” 2011. #LooneyTunesShow #DaffyDuck #BugsBunny

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Color version of my drawings (by Warner Home Video) for the back cover of 2009 DVD release of “Tom and Jerry The Chuck Jones Collection.” #SpikeBrandt #ChuckJones #coverart

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Taking a page from “The Two Mouseketeers” and “Cruise Cat” where Tom has a job, dresses in costume, and takes orders from a human boss, we created a “working class of animals” for the film “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes.” #TomandJerry #RedHotRidingHood #Sherlock #Watson

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This early development artwork for “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes,” went to live on, as part of the collage wallpaper at the office (along with many other fun projects). #TomandJerry #SherlockHolmes #ArthurConanDoyle #office

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“And if the soda gets spit…you must acquit!” Daffy Duck channels his inner Perry Mason as he cross examines Bugs Bunny and himself into matching prison sentences, in the episode “Jailbird and Jailbunny” of “The Looney Tunes Show.” #TheLooneyTunesShow #DaffyDuck #BugsBunny

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My first Bugs Bunny & Tweety. This cel is from a shot that was part of my first assignment on “Carrotblanca,” directed by Doug McCarthy, making it one of the first Bugs Bunny scenes I ever animated. #SpikeBrandt #DougMcCarthy #Carrotblanca

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Tom tries out his fancy period wardrobe in this rough model sheet, for “Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse,” 2012. #TomandJerry #RobinHood

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This drawing for the DVD cover of “Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases Vol. 2,” released in 2009, references the classic short “Quiet Please!” from 1945, one of the 14 shorts compiled there. #SpikeBrandt #TomandJerry #coverart

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Rough concept sketch for Van Eaton Galleries “Tiki Toons Group Art Show” from 2015, featuring Tom and Jerry and one of the local girls. #TomandJerry #hulagirl

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A small decoration of Nelly the little toy horse, that I made, from “Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale” 2007. We thought it might be fun to have a gimmick where the only way she could have a conversation, was for the other characters to pull her string. #TomJerry #Christmas #pony

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After one of his traps fails, Wile E. Coyote “tests” the faulty device to see what the heck is going on. This is from the photo album style title sequence for “Little Go Beep.” #WileECoyote #LittleGoBeep

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Part 2. Bugs and Daffy best friends! “Best Friends” was the first episode of season one of “The Looney Tunes Show” which aired in 2011. #TheLooneyTunesShow #Bugs #Daffy

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10 months

In these character layout drawings, Speedy Gonzales bids adios to the Goon Squad, from Space Jam 2, 2021. #LooneyTunes #SpaceJam2 #Speedy #GabrielIglesias

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10 months

Part 1. Character layout poses of baby Wile E., for scene 5 of “Little Go Beep.” I secretly posed out the entire short at home and turned it into an animatic, so it could be pitched to the studio as a short. #LooneyTunes #LittleGoBeep #WileECoyote #RoadRunner

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9 months

This piece of art features the original working title, stylishly presented in period appropriate font, incorporating the Tom and Jerry logo. “Tom and Jerry in Sherlock Holmes and the Disappearing Diamonds” would eventually become “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes.” #TomandJerry

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#DaffyDuck #MarvintheMartian #LolaBunny

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11 months

Space Jam’s Lola Bunny turns in her basketball for a blaster as she joins the crew. Lieutenant Lola Bunny, Ship’s Weapons and Snack Concessions. From second “Duck Dodgers” television pitch deck Oct. 1998. #LooneyTunes #LolaBunny #WarnerBros