Caleb Meurer

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

Pest of the West! For this book they wanted the characters colored with flat colors to look just like the show. It's not as interesting as the painted look I usually do, but WAY less work. Available on kindle but seems to be out of print. #spongebob #plankton #cartoon #illustration #oldwest

Easily my most famous painting ever. I painted this in 2004 for the season 2 DVD box set. I still see it everywhere! The original acrylic painting hangs on the wall in my office. #pineapple #spongebob #acrylicpaint #humanart

I've been neglecting you! Busy times at work and school. I posted this card when it was first released, but MTG released this cleaner version of the image where you can see bikini bottom. #spongebob #magicthegathering #rainbow #digitalpaint #bikinibottom

For some reason I have winter weather on my mind! Here are some pages of frosty fun from "Winter Lights" a Little Golden Book I did back in 2013. Stay warm out there everybody! #winter #littlegoldenbooks #dinosaurtrain #kidlit #digitalillustration

A style guide sketch from 2009. Pretty much everything is digital after 2008 when I got a cintiq for my home workstation. It makes me sad that there is no "original" version of the art any more. #spongebob #magicconch #patrickstar #cartoon #digitalsketch

Not one of mine! It is a similar style though.

Here's a DVD cover I created in 2007. They changed the BG to purple after I sent it off. I like it! #spongebob #illustration #digitalpaint #krabbypatty #cartoon

Here's clip from a COSMOS animatic. Cosmos was a really interesting challenge. We had to cover long stretches of voice over that were not visual or narrative. Also, we had to do a lot of research and design to make it believable. #cosmos #science #neildegrassetyson #storyboard #animatic

Evidence we are living in a simulation! I was paid to draw cartoon characters wearing sexy Lord of the Rings cosplay. That can't be real, can it? #americandad #lotr #lordoftheringscosplay #cosplay #cartoon #simulation

I got a new scanner! Sadly, this means I need to re-scan a ton of old stuff, but this one is able to pick up the blue pencil much better. Notice the little ghost thumbnails below! These are some poses from the Spongebob Movie (2004).#spongebob #animation #pencildrawing #cartoon #nickelodeon

Here's a page from a book I did based on "Pest of the West". They didn't want any of the painted texture that I usually do on the characters. Just flat shading to look like the TV show. #spongebob #patrickstar #nickelodeon #illustrationart #cartoon

Some Star Wars Little Golden Books action! Shout out to my collaborator, the great and powerful Micky Rose @mickstagram_rose . He helped me a ton with backgrounds and color styling. The top vignette is all Micky! #starwars #theforceawakens #littlegoldenbooks #digitalpaint #kidlit

I AM SPONGEBOB DESTROYER OF EVIL! This is a page from a coloring book I drew based on "Frankendoodle" way back in 2003. Y'all seem to enjoy seeing the ruff sketches so I included that too. #spongebob #nickelodeon #cartoon #frankendoodle #doodlebob #mihoyminoy

I did some storyboarding for Cosmos (2020). Toward the end, when the deadlines got crunchy, I also got pulled in to help with some character designs. It was mostly crowd stuff like these. I really enjoy studying old clothing and hairstyles. #characterdesign #1940sfashion #1940s #animation

Here are a couple of storyboard revisions from the first SpongeBob movie. Not sure why the models are so different. Things were much looser back in those days. #spongebob #pencildrawing #storyboardart #cartoon

Here is one of the last covers I did for Nickelodeon Magazine. This was for the winter issue 2009. I didn't even realize they modified my tongue until today, haha! I like what they did though, it looks good. #spongebob #patrickstar #winterfun #nickelodeon #illustrationart #digitalpaint

This is a scene from an episode I directed called "Iced, Iced Babies". This was originally scripted as "Roger slips and gets his head stuck in the dishwasher". I had other ideas! #americandad #cartoon #slapstick #rogerthealien #roger

Happy SpongeBob Movie opening weekend! Hoping your holiday season makes all your dreams come true...just like a genie! This is from one of my first professional Illustration gigs back in 2001. #spongebob #patrickstar #sandycheeks #christmastree #cartoon #holidays

Another storybook image from the "Minstrel Krampus" episode from season 9 of American Dad. We were going for an antique engraving look. #americandad #krampus #bavaria #engraving #crosshatch #digitalillustration #art