Caleb Meurer

A page from "Mr FancyPants" Little Golden Book. This was mostly digital, but I scanned some washes to use for textures in the background. You can see some in the sky here. #spongebob #littlegoldenbooks #krustykrab #illustration #humanart

I get paid to draw really dumb things, haha. Here is Roger in a flower persona. #americandad #rogerthealien #gardening #animation #cartoon #characterdesign

A big part of my early freelance career was putting SpongeBob "on model" for other artists. I have no idea what this drawing was for. In my archives it's labelled as "scene 1" haha. Drawn digitally in 2011. #spongebob #krabbypatty #cartoon #digitalsketch #animation

Tommy Tokes! This was so fun to work on. Great episode directed by Chris Bennett. I designed the character and the portrait. Color by our color department (chime in if you know who colored it!). Bonus early rough concept attached. #americandad #snoopdogg #dankmemes #characterdesign #animation

Some Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy poses from the style guide. I drew the original pencil sketches for these in 2001 and then I was asked to paint them in 2011. #spongebob #patrickstar #mermaidman #mermaidmanandbarnacleboy #superhero #cartoon #animation

Here's a logo I designed ages ago but never used. #spidermonkey #logodesign #logo #picoftheday

A doodle of Planet of the Apes in a retro style. The art direction in that first movie is so iconic and unique, it's fun to experiment with. #illustration #planetoftheapes #picoftheday #maniacs #retro

He might have gotten all the money, but he's not getting all the credit!

Thanks Rob!

Bonus: the scratch narration is my real human voice!

Here's a clip from an early Animatic for "Cosmos: Possible Worlds". These are my storyboards and I designed most of what you see. Brent Woods was technically the director, but he barely did anything. #cosmos #sciencefiction #retroscifi #steampunk #storyboard

This pose was created to promote the first SpongeBob Movie. Here is the original sketch and 2 versions of the final image. I'm not sure who did the BG, but most likely art director Nick Jennings. #spongebob #spongebobmovie #cartoon #animation #patrickstar

The first drawing is an original Steve Hillenburg note on the storyboard. The second is my storyboard cleanup drawing. I was also trying to match the style of Sherm Cohen's incredible drawings from this sequence. #spongebob #pencilsketch #animation #spongebobmovie #cartoon

Some clown designs from season 12 episode "The Mural of the Story". The moment when Steve realizes that his clown teacher is going to be Roger is one of my favorites in 20 years of working on this show. #americandad #clown #animation #characterdesign #cartoon

Thumbnails from season 1 ep "Finances With Wolves". This was my last episode as an Assistant Director and my only collaboration with the handsome and powerful Albert Calleros who Directed this episode. Fun times! #americandad #stevesmith #storyboard #thumbnails #animation #cartoonart

By special request, here is the pants spread from the "Mr. FancyPants" Little Golden Book. Y'all seem to enjoy seeing the process, so here is the ruff and tight phases of creating this. #spongebob #littlegoldenbooks #cartoon #fancypants #illustrationart

Storyboard panels from "The Sponge Who Could Fly" in season 3. This sequence is some of my favorite work I ever did on the show. #spongebob #jellyfish #undies #storyboards #pencildrawing #animation

Crazy crunch time working on the American Dad 400th episode! Here is a weird little spider monkey to keep you company until I can come up with something better to post. #inkdrawing #doodle #humanart

Here's an oddity. I had to design a tower constructed of dead animals. Couple days of labor here. #americandad #noanimalswereharmed #cartoon #animation

A page from "Mr. FancyPants", my first Little Golden Book. Tragically out of print, but still available on kindle. #spongebob #littlegoldenbooks #mrkrabs #illustrationart #humanart

Here are the rest of the cozy "Good Night Lagoon" sketches. I didn't illustrate the book, but I helped with the character poses and models. Egregiously uncredited! #spongebob #digitalsketch #cozy #freelancelife

The log line "bringing the heat" came late. They were brainstorming on it and asked for suggestions. I came up with "Get it in your eyes!". It still makes me laugh, so I think it was a pretty good idea.

This is a promotional back cover that ran on DC comics in 2019. They released a bunch of them with lenticular covers that had a really cool 3D effect. #americandad #rogerthealien #klausheissler #stevesmith #comicbookcover #cartoon #baseball

One of our longtime comrades at work had a baby and I drew this up for the crew to sign. Guess what kind of music he likes! #rogerthealien #americandad #metalaf #littlegoldenbooks #childbirth

Storyboards! I did a brief tour of duty on Penguins in 2008 – maybe 8 months? We had a crazy schedule (note the scruffy drawings) but it was really fun to work on. This is from the episode "Miracle On Ice". #penguins #penguinsofmadagascar #storyboard #animatic #animation

Hey look what I found! This is my original sketch for the iconic season 3 press art. I drew and cleaned up the character. The BG was painted by Art Director Nick Jennings. #spongebob #cartoon #animation #classic #pencilsketch

Here is the original art for this coloring book cover. This is back when I was still painting BGs with acrylic paint. 2002! I think I was still working on the show at the time. #spongebob #hashslingingslasher #humanart #cartoon #illustration #acrylicpaint

Here's a quick batch of Francine designs from seasons past. #americandad #francine #francinesmith #cartoon #soccermom #animation #characterdesign

This is an old illustration for a personal project I've been working on for many years. I painted this shortly before I learned that Dimetrodon didn't have scales, haha. Oops! #digitalpaint #dimetrodon #paleoart #illustration #beautifulsmile

This is a character I designed for a sketch comedy pilot that never went anywhere. He was interacting with a live action character. I even got to do the voice which was fun. #cartoon #characterdesign #animation #humanart