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Gender:	Male
Age:	30
City:	Los Angeles
State:	CA
Country:	US
Member Since:	4/14/2006

Moji Uploads:	77
Comments:	135
Journal Entries:	0

INTERESTS	Anime, Pop Art, Lowbrow
DESIGN STYLE	Graphic Cartoon
FAVORITE MOVIE	300 & Ironman
FAVORITE CARTOON	Ren & Stimpy
FAVORITE CHARACTER	SpongeBob SquarePants
FAVORITE SUPER POWER	Rocket Fist
MAC OR PC	PC
FAVORITE DESIGN PROGRAM	Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
FAVORITE SKETCH PROGRAM	My brain(whats left of it) & my hand
FAVORITE VIDEO GAME	Serious Sam II, Halo
FAVORITE DREAM	Rolling around naked with kittens
FAVORITE ARTIST	Ronald Searle, Alex Toth, Jack Kirby
FAVORITE BAND OR MUSICIAN	Johnny Cash, Devo, Chemical Brothers
FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC	All of it.








Website: www.darrelbowen.com


MSN Messenger: drbowen60@hotmail.com

Darrel

Hmmmmm......Darrel grew up in Florida on an interest in drawing. He started his career as early as 14 years old creating one panel gag cartoons on such magazines as the National Enquirer, Boy's Life and Saturday Evening Post. He went to college to learn the marketing side of the business, starting at a local junior college, then onward to Valdosta State College in Georgia and wraps it up at Florida State University. Darrel went on to Walt Disney World and worked on the Space Mountain roller coaster ride to make money. He heard about the California Institute of the Arts and he attended it in California.The experience led him to become a full-time artist and he started into the business in working for visual development on principal character and object designs for a theme park boat ride in Oita, Japan for Landmark Entertainment Group. His first work as an animation artist (non-freelance as he was a freelance character and prop designer.) started with Klasky Csupo Animation with the Rugrats pilot episode as a character designer and later to Project X Production on Peter Pan & The Pirates. He worked as a freelancer for many of the major animation studios including Walt Disney Television Animation (mostly on Darkwing Duck and did at least one TaleSpin episode as a prop designer). He has worked on various shows since leaving Disney and was a character designer on such shows as The Tick, X-Men, Super Dave, Little Shop of Horrors and Road Rovers among them. He also worked with many of the toy and video game industry clients with various projects. He got involved on the World Wide Web and worked with Balloon Dog Studios on character designs and created his own company Darrel Bowen Media. That company provides various television show services including storyboard, clean-up, animation, character/prop design and show development. He currently lives in Woodland Hills, California and was the lead model supervisor for the Warner Bros cartoon Static Shock. Recent positions included character/prop designer on the CGI Zula Patrol show for PBS and one of the main designers for the Scooby Doo videos.

What's Your Measure of Success?

Be persistent and consistent

Do You Consider Yourself a True Artist?
Sorta, kinda, yeah.

What Do You Dream to Do With Your Characters?
License out my characters and make millions of tax free dollars or yen.

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There are 135 comments about Darrel

	iztie , at 6:33 AM on November 22,2009
please vote my moji STRAWBERRYKILLER http://www.mojizu.com/war/match.aspx?mma=d843fe60-f1fe-4476-a7fc-ba9034501ddc ^_^

	adriarte , at 10:03 AM on September 29,2009
HI BRO,PLEASE VOTE FOR MY NAHUAL IN MOJI WAR! HOLA OJALA Y PUEDAS APOYAR AL NAHUAL EN LA MOJI WAR!! GRACIAS!

	adriarte , at 10:03 AM on September 29,2009
HI BRO,PLEASE VOTE FOR MY NAHUAL IN MOJI WAR! HOLA OJALA Y PUEDAS APOYAR AL NAHUAL EN LA MOJI WAR!! GRACIAS!

	Saberox , at 4:55 AM on August 27,2009
Hi Darrel, my SXA011 needs your help in this MojiWar! Please vote for them if you like them! Thanks so much! ^u^

	weapony , at 8:13 AM on November 27,2008
Hey! It’s me again! I forgot to tell you the last date to send your characters by email. It’s on the 10th December. In addition, you must specify your name, city, country and occupation so I can place it next to your characters. Regards and thanks again! Weapony

	weapony , at 8:02 AM on November 26,2008
Hello friend! This is Weapony! I contact you because I would like to invite you to participate in caracteria, a group exhibition that I am preparing in my city as a part of a festival driven by the trends of urban culture. There will be also live music, break dance, graffiti exhibitions, etc. .. caracteria will be opened on December the 20th in the cultural center of Burlada (Spain) and will end on January the 3rd. The exhibition will consist of two parts: 1. A sample of work carried out by two local artists (Pin and Nesh) and myself. 2. A sample of work of different illustrators who want to participate. If you are interested send me an e-mail with your character design on a white background (several characters also accepted). This character will be printed on a thick paper as a part of a composition. The dimensions of the support will be 50cm high x 30cm wide. The file will be sent to the e-mail address: caracteria@yahoo.es Picture size: 50x30cm 150dpi Image Type: jpg After the inauguration you will find photographs of the event and more things related to in: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32632005@N08/ Regards and thanks for participate, weapony

	docalien , at 11:27 AM on August 17,2008
Hey Darrel always great to hear from you! Thanks for checking out my newest and leaving the word! Later.

	raveland , at 3:50 PM on July 21,2008
Pretty nice giant robot!!!

	J8CH , at 6:25 PM on June 23,2008
Love your fortress pieces, they are so great!!!..

	moom , at 6:52 AM on May 30,2008
Yes! Me too! Love your draws.

	marciolcastro , at 11:19 AM on May 29,2008
thanks for your comment!! :D

	Skeware , at 10:24 AM on May 28,2008
I saw your "Volcano Hug" today... funny, i have that guy hugging a planet. You have also those Super characters... i see you like preety much the same things as i do... and Your characters are so cool! Please take a look at my new Character, will ya? Rahithor is pending aproval now. Cheers & >rspct<

	Skeware , at 4:05 PM on May 25,2008
Huuumm, great stuff here! ;)

	meninoneto , at 11:02 PM on May 23,2008
thanks for ou coment darrel! Yetis Dont Eat Yellow S is a very funny moji

	Depa , at 2:34 AM on November 18,2007
tnx man,your works are great

	chaosboy , at 10:06 AM on November 8,2007
Great artworks, I like your shapes!

	Tomu , at 8:22 AM on September 28,2007
hey darrel! thanks for your kind comment. I'm really honored! (;u . u) cheers tom

	Sabet , at 2:41 AM on July 24,2007
hey d. what's been happening. how's the movie going?

	Mokona , at 3:40 PM on May 9,2007
Thanks for the comment! I'm glad to hear someone else hates the way this game is run as much as I do (at least that's the impression I got). Working in this business for 11 years has all but destroyed any good drawing skills I came equipped with. I've just come to realize that in order to love drawing again, I need to get away from doing it in a business like this. :)

	mochi , at 12:14 AM on April 29,2007
Thank you for your kind words!! O_O

	tumcivic , at 10:02 PM on April 15,2007
Thank you my friend. Now I'm very busy, so let me just enjoy voting amazing mojis. By the way, I love your mojis, cool color and style.

	docalien , at 8:46 PM on April 1,2007
Thanks for checking out some of my new ones and laying down the word. It is great to hear from you as you were the first to comment on my stuff here! So cool my newest is sparking some ideas!? Cool. Well rock on and continue with your great works in whatever area you are at the moment!

	aargh , at 10:21 PM on March 29,2007
i know its been ripped of and i have informed sabet about it. just a bunch of kids being stupid . Its been a while since you posted anything...when do you plan to upload more?? dying to see more of your work :)

	DreamingBubble , at 2:51 PM on March 29,2007
Hello!! you are funny^^bubbly that's a weird sensantion!!Thanks for ya comment!!and keep your good work!!

	Jamajka , at 6:00 PM on March 21,2007
Thanks for the comment man!

	studioaiko , at 11:47 AM on March 16,2007
thank you for your comment your character so good good work

	Feinros , at 2:27 PM on March 14,2007
You can't buy one, it's not a real plushie, just an illustration :) Thanks a lot for the comment!!! ^--^

	aargh , at 8:12 PM on March 9,2007
wow! you really think so? i'm flattered....:P. Your work is phenomenally inspiring and dude,70 mojis??? you're most definitely insane. Respect.

	natch , at 8:26 AM on February 16,2007
thx for ur compliments..hope tt i can learn from u more.. u can put that tattoo behind ur ear (small size).. so, it's ok if u regrets it coz u won't see it anyway..hehe..

	natch , at 7:59 AM on February 15,2007
thx for ur comment,,i uploaded 1 more which is tribal robo.. pls giv me some criticize.. i love your bunnies!!especially floppy and pink eye..

	aargh , at 8:02 AM on February 3,2007
hey dude! TM VY03 is in the war and needs your support..drop by and show some love! thanks :P

	berk , at 4:56 AM on January 23,2007
thanx for your nice comment, it is a pleasure for me; to take a comment like that ,from you...

	MDPT , at 4:13 AM on January 16,2007
Thanks! :-)

	docalien , at 8:54 AM on January 12,2007
Hey Mr. D just stopping by to say hi and HAPPY 2007! I was playing some SIMPSONS HIT AND RUN yesterday and thought of you.;) Hope the family is doing well and we will see at least one moji in Jan. just one. could be a small one.;)Stay cool and I hope you find time to relax.

	tanibanani , at 1:06 AM on January 9,2007
Awww, thanks for the sweet comment. xxx Tanibanani.

	BugJam , at 4:50 AM on December 26,2006
:) nice work also - mutual respect.

	PopARF , at 5:20 AM on December 12,2006
You'll have to Participate in http://gimmickart.blogspot.com They are doing Dragons next! Hope to see something awesome from ya!

	yolkum , at 11:10 AM on October 25,2006
Hey UniverseK and I are inviting everybody to create their own Gimmick Gremlin, we have a blank body style and info on our blog at http://gimmickart.blogspot.com/ . We're hoping to get enough people to create their own gremlins that they will over take an entire MojiWar. We would love to have you join in. Thanks again, Yolkum

	aargh , at 6:50 AM on October 11,2006
thanks dor your coment glad you like my work....it seems you are addicted to bunnies...eheheh... awesome mojis!

	Bobbo , at 12:26 AM on October 2,2006
Thought I stop by and give ya some compliments on some of your achievements as an artist :-D Also, as I was browsing one of my older "Animation" magazine, I came across an article about character design and you had a spotlight in there! Cool beans bro! Hopefully i can get my foot in the door someday too...

	ladysnowblood , at 9:55 PM on September 30,2006
thx darrell! your vector stuff is awesome! keep it up!

	JASE , at 1:51 AM on September 28,2006
thanks for your super nice feedback and the compliment dude! i REALLY appreciate that, coz i love your mojis....wow! cheers from germany and keep up the great work! jase.

	johnny , at 11:01 AM on September 19,2006
thanks for the comment man!

	Arthur , at 7:50 AM on September 8,2006
Thanks for the compliment..nice stuff, i like it.

	frolix8 , at 3:41 PM on August 27,2006
Thanks Darrel!

	bubblebeast , at 1:56 PM on August 15,2006
Your work is great! Wow!

	digitalbanana , at 4:07 AM on August 15,2006
Thanks for your nice feedback,just have fun like me@ this great site! :D

	jumjum , at 1:22 PM on August 12,2006
Great stuff yourself – thanks for the props!

	mathersman , at 7:17 AM on August 11,2006
Hey - many thanks for the comment about Abe - especially coming from an artist of your quality. I too think Ronald Searle is awesome by the way!

	Asterik , at 3:48 AM on August 10,2006
Thank for your comment, my friend! I've just drawn a rabbit, but when I view your profile, I see it similar as your Snow Bunny :)). You have a greatest Moji collection here. I admire you!

	johnny , at 2:14 PM on August 7,2006
thanks man for the comments! i appreciate it =)

	doodlefactory , at 3:43 PM on August 3,2006
Thanks for the comments - you have quite a resume! All of your work experiences sound like dream jobs.

	Sephy , at 0:34 AM on August 2,2006
Hey Darrel, thanks for a nice comment to pandemonyito. Love all your works men especialy sleepy dreamy girl chil....

	ross , at 7:18 PM on August 1,2006
hi darrel! thanks a lot for adding me to your watchlist, im so humbled and so overwhelmed with this, being noticed by an experienced artist is an honor, thank you! more mojis!!! :D

	antuskudus , at 5:43 PM on August 1,2006
You got amzing stuff here! Love allyour mojis. Tq for adding in your watch artist list! Maybe i can learn more from you about illustrations!

	Crybaby , at 2:56 PM on August 1,2006
Aw shux, thanks. You're stuff is amazing!! I love the fluffy bunnies!! Nice job! I just started posting a few days ago, so i'm sooo excited to get up and running more. i love mojizu!

	digitalbanana , at 11:10 AM on August 1,2006
Thank you darrel, I'm so sorry, just to forgetful to add you as a friend. Of course i will!

	ross , at 8:01 PM on July 30,2006
i love your mojis man! more mojis!

	Ollwen , at 1:11 PM on July 28,2006
Thanks for the comment on Dan D Lion. :) I've been enjoying your stuff since before I made time to actually submit a moji.

	peppermint , at 1:54 AM on July 28,2006
Thanks!:) ~peppermint

	funkyimage , at 7:15 AM on July 25,2006
cheers for checking my charaters out... flattered to be appreciated from such a charater design master.... your works very cool!

	miskellaneous , at 2:37 AM on July 23,2006
Thanks for the comment! Love your work its very elegant / funky / fresh / original.. etc etc ;)

	Nicol3 , at 4:43 PM on July 22,2006
I won't be a kid for long..what do I have.. about 4 more years of teen-dom youth? It's going away too fast, :P. Thank you for the niceness, oh almighty one!

	Valas80 , at 1:56 PM on July 18,2006
Thanx for the add!

	lllaria , at 6:44 AM on July 11,2006
glad you liked my last moji! :D thanks!

	diegobao , at 6:20 AM on July 8,2006
Ciao Darrel ! Your style is super cool ! Love your moji !!! (i love bunny too)

	missleo , at 0:18 AM on July 5,2006
Thanks mate-maybe some green eggs? :)

	Berater , at 2:07 AM on July 4,2006
thanks for the comment, you have many nice varied things

	docalien , at 2:49 PM on July 2,2006
Thanks for the comment on the DSB. I look forward to your next group of characters showing up soon. Jam on!

	luther1000 , at 12:55 AM on July 2,2006
thanks for the big ups!

	bongo79 , at 11:52 PM on June 30,2006
dude, tnx for the comments :) !

	ThewL , at 7:23 AM on June 29,2006
So glad you could adopt Clampy! he has already taken many hands! be careful! -Thew p.s. I love the Tortress! fabulous!

	CrazyKarl , at 4:07 PM on June 27,2006
your totally awsome. Love your work.

	JDe27 , at 5:20 AM on June 26,2006
you are very kind with me :D

	JDe27 , at 5:12 AM on June 25,2006
thanks for comment my work kisses x you!

	misspaula , at 4:48 AM on June 23,2006
Thank you for the kind comment! Wow, you have accomplished a lot there!(reading bio) :D Very Good!

	MRglobp , at 9:49 PM on June 22,2006
i always facinate and admired your style. Give me the groove i want to starts a new one everyday i hope.Yur the greatest influence to me buddy.:D

	ChrisMagovern , at 9:41 PM on June 22,2006
awesome work and wow, you've got an impressive bio! very much appreciate your comment on Kid Wicked.

	Woestknap , at 4:12 AM on June 22,2006
Some very nice work you have!

	hitlersbrain , at 1:54 AM on June 22,2006
Darkwing Duck? NOW I'm impressed! Thanks for the comment!

	NauFals , at 7:35 PM on June 19,2006
hehehehe i think u see already my Dark Vender...thanks man!!

	frolix8 , at 5:06 PM on June 19,2006
Love your style man. Nice variety!

	Domestica , at 12:39 AM on June 19,2006
Thanks for the comment Darrel :) Blimey, 63 moji uploads! You're like a moji machine sir!

	Tomu , at 0:59 AM on June 19,2006
thx darrel for adopting my four pixis and as always the very kind comment! it's really nice to hear words like this from a great artist like you. (^-^)

	zauker , at 10:01 AM on June 15,2006
tnk u

	makemweep , at 10:30 PM on June 13,2006
your artwork rocks, i love the tikis. you've got a fan here, keep up the great work.

	bart , at 2:15 PM on June 13,2006
He Darrel, you seem to be the "godfather" of Mojizu. Wherever I click you are there with some comment or advice, haha. Anyway, I now know what 'soothing' means, thanx.

	pudds , at 10:55 AM on June 13,2006
Hey you... thanks for your comment... :) love your Dragon Star Mojis... very cool...

	Filip , at 1:57 AM on June 13,2006
Thanks Darrel for the comment on Ai Ai.

	lineman , at 9:49 PM on June 12,2006
Thanks for the comment... and for the little lie.. hahahahaha. NOW THIS IS VERY NICE STUFF... c ya.

	RubyO , at 10:30 AM on June 11,2006
I love that you have such a range of style. Very impressive work!

	scotty , at 5:00 AM on June 9,2006
Thanks for the comment/rating and for taking another of the little fellas. Hope he brings peace and happiness.

	bart , at 1:25 AM on June 9,2006
Darrel, impressive collection you have here. What does 'soothing' mean?

	falkizzo , at 6:10 AM on June 8,2006
thanks for your comment! i like all your fantasy-mojizus...they look so damn professional! realy GREAT WORK!

	sh0sh1n , at 3:46 PM on June 7,2006
I thought I'd posted good compliments up here before, but it turns out I am crazy, anyway, totally dig your characters - they would look excellent on the tv slogging away at eachother. I've been trying to get a couple of animated shows made with a friend of mine who co-writes and does the art, t'aint easy. It's nice to see someone out there making it happen. Hope to see some more of your designs.

	Filip , at 11:27 AM on June 6,2006
Darrel I love your work. It's amaizing.

	alt3rna , at 8:12 AM on June 6,2006
hey man, cool characters design, i realy like this super-hero thing, soon i will put some of my =)

	WoodooPete , at 8:08 AM on June 6,2006
Thanxx!! Love your creatures too :))

	Mezco , at 5:01 AM on June 5,2006
Yo Darrel your designs are the ILLEST, let me know when any of your animated shows hit the airwaves or DVD.Moji master you are, Respect.

	Filip , at 3:17 AM on June 4,2006
Thanks for the comment too.

	kungfumaster1993 , at 10:49 PM on June 3,2006
one word...... WOW. i like the fighters but not the happy people.

	missleo , at 0:42 AM on June 3,2006
Thanks for adopting Gill mate-another one for yr bath-lol :)

	missleo , at 8:05 PM on June 1,2006
Ha! No it doesn't odd at all ;) Thanks for adopting him as well!

	ztrover , at 12:10 AM on June 1,2006
thanks for adopting one of my moji. I LOVE your work. I bow to you, Sir!

	Filip , at 9:59 AM on May 31,2006
I like your new mojis

	GabrielValles , at 8:44 AM on May 31,2006
Thanks for the comment on Sproing. Your doing a lot of great work!

	Chisa , at 0:21 AM on May 31,2006
Thankyou! It's a big compliment coming from someone with so much great work themselves. I'll try bring out something new soon!

	Chisa , at 10:35 PM on May 30,2006
Heyo! Sorry I haven't gotten around to actually commenting here until now. Gorgeous, very professional looking Mojis, can't wait to see more!

	Filip , at 10:32 AM on May 27,2006
Thanks for the comment! Ghost in the Moon looks great, so as the others.

	Filip , at 7:31 AM on May 27,2006
Wow! I like your work, it's amaizing.

	Kamineko , at 3:37 PM on May 25,2006
Congrats on the pregnancy. Hope it's a little monster, just like mine! Good Luck!

	eeelya , at 9:14 AM on May 24,2006
Holy crap, you worked on the tick! I love that show!

	daved , at 6:38 AM on May 23,2006
hey, thanks for the great comment! Awesome work!

	sugarshiva , at 0:36 AM on May 23,2006
thanks for the comment! hopefully other people will like the drool fish gang too (and maybe they'll drool even more)

	madamebogg , at 0:40 AM on May 20,2006
Cheers for the lovely comment. Peter Pan and the Pirates huh? I used to really like that as a kid! Thanks for adding to my childhood TV memories! :)

	MiniVamps , at 3:22 PM on May 19,2006
thanks for the comment darrel! -sabet

	MiniVamps , at 3:22 PM on May 19,2006
thanks for the comment darrel! -sabet

	TMALO70 , at 8:47 AM on May 18,2006
Hey Darrel, thanks for adoptin' ChickaDummy, I was runnin' outta dough for PEZ... Really enjoy your work, and I look forward to seein' more... Tony

	scotty , at 4:38 AM on May 18,2006
Thanks for the kind words and the adopt. Love your work:)

	Mezco , at 5:14 AM on May 16,2006
Thanks for adopting Aviex, I am honored and humbled.

	missleo , at 0:56 AM on May 16,2006
Thanks for adopting Splash! Nice gallery.

	BasicShift , at 5:03 PM on May 15,2006
Thanks for the recent comment! I love your designs -- I'm a sucker for the superhero art!

	S4NDM4N , at 5:58 AM on May 15,2006
Thanks for adopting Mummy dude. :-) Keep pumping out the cool characters!

	steamcrow , at 6:57 PM on May 14,2006
I really dig your character design. Nice to see someone so skilled here. Welcome.

	Makinita , at 10:40 AM on May 14,2006
thanks for adopting my worm heheh that sounded weird hehe thanks for the comment too

	xela , at 9:02 AM on May 14,2006
Hi Darrel...Hey I saw your article in Animation Magazine...great job...keep those mojis coming!!

	Harkatur , at 8:03 AM on May 14,2006
'Persistent and consistent' - well, you are consistently excellent, so I hope you'll persist!

	vinnymation , at 8:50 PM on May 13,2006
Wow. You are now my hero.

	ninj , at 7:46 AM on May 13,2006
thank you for the nice comment! it means a lot coming from someone as talented as yourself :]

	Sabet , at 1:43 AM on May 13,2006
Hey man, thanks for the nice comments...it means alot coming from an amazing artist like yourself. I'm always surprised by the talent here and i'm glad you are here. Me and a friend of mine were actually just a second ago praising your awesome artwork. Can't wait to see more and hope this site brings you much deserved exposure and opportunities!

	Wowtoons , at 0:17 AM on May 13,2006
Darrel, thanks for adopting Purpley. He say's thanks.

	Wowtoons , at 0:16 AM on May 13,2006

	GabrielValles , at 9:20 PM on May 12,2006
Thanks for adopting Inque. Can't wait to see more of your work.

	Sabet , at 10:44 PM on May 6,2006
love your work...welcome to mojizu...hope to see more stuff!

	scarfone , at 2:48 PM on April 17,2006
"Rolling around naked with kittens". Sweet dream.