Eric Pigors is an American artist based in Santa Clarita, California, mostly known for his 'ToxicToons'. They are cartoons of silly gruesome creatures, such as deformed monsters,

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s and

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s. He worked for

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for over fifteen years then

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for several years and now is self-employed. He vending his

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wares at his ToxicToons websit

Eric produces printed books and prints of his unique cartoon character art, along with memorabilia including stickers, T-shirts, prints, buttons and other collectibles. He has a large following on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/toxictoons/ where his fans can see clips of his

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art production process and commentary.

Career

Pigors came up with the name ToxicToons in 1990 while he was choking on a cloud of

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fumes from a spray can. He was using the spray can to paint the backgrounds used for a batch of his cartoons. For over 18 years, Pigors worked in the Hollywood animation industry. When he worked for

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he started out doing hand drawn work on films then transitioned to the digital 2D system of creating art that he uses today.

Works

Pigors has worked on the following movies, shows and video games:

Movies

* '' Starchaser: The Legend of Orin'' (1985) (Inbetween Artist) * ''

Oliver & Company ''Oliver & Company'' is a 1988 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released on November 18, 1988, by Walt Disney Pictures. The 27th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the Cha ...

'' (1988) (Breakdown and Inbetween Artist) * ''

The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a ...

'' (1989) (Breakdown and Inbetween Artist) * ''

The Rescuers Down Under ''The Rescuers Down Under'' is a 1990 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 29th Disney animated feature film and the second movie to be produced during the Disne ...

'' (1990) (Assistant Animator) * ''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' (''The Young American and Marine ...

'' (1991) (Assistant Animator: "

Wolves The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly un ...

") * '' Aladdin'' (1992) (Assistant Animator: "

Rajah ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested fr ...

" and "Guards") * ''

The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance ...

'' (1994) (Key Assistant Animator: "

Hyenas Hyenas, or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek , ), are feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Hyaenidae . With only four extant species (each in its own genus), it is the fifth-smallest family in the Carnivora and one of the smallest in the cla ...

") * ''

Pocahontas Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, known as Matoaka, 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of ...

'' (1995) (Key Assistant Animator: "

Governor Ratcliffe John Ratcliffe (born John Sicklemore; 1549 – December 1609) was an early Jamestown colonist, mariner and captain of , the smallest of three ships (the other two being ''Susan Constant'' and '' Godspeed'') that sailed from the Kingdom of ...

") * ''

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story ...

'' (1996) (Key Assistant: Additional Clean-Up Animation) * ''

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the ...

'' (1997) (Key Assistant Animator: " Hades") * ''

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...

'' (1999) (Key Assistant Animator: "

Kerchak Kerchak is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original ''Tarzan'' novel, ''Tarzan of the Apes'', and in movies and other media based on it. History In the novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'', Kerchak is the "king" of a tribal band of M ...

") * ''

Fantasia 2000 ''Fantasia 2000'' is a 1999 American animated musical anthology film An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film, package film, or portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of several shorter films, each complete in itself and distin ...

'' (2000) (Key Assistant Animator) * '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' (2001) (Key Assistant Clean-Up Animator: "Atlantean King Kashekim Nedakh") * ''

Treasure Planet ''Treasure Planet'' is a 2002 American animated science fiction action-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The 43rd Disney animated feature film, it is a science fiction adaptat ...

'' (2002) (Visual Development Artist/Character Designer) / (Key Assistant Animator: " Captain Long John Silver") * '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (2003) (Key Assistant Animator) * ''

Home on the Range "Home on the Range" is a classic cowboy song, sometimes called the "unofficial anthem" of the American West. Dr. Brewster M. Higley (also spelled Highley) of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873 ...

'' (2004) (Key Assistant Animator: "Alameda Slim" and "Junior the Buffalo") * ''

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 49th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the ...

'' (2009) (Key Assistant Animator: "Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff")

Shows

* '' Family Dog'' (1993) designed by

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. * '' Ed, Edd n Eddy's Boo Haw Haw Halloween Special'' (2005) * ''

The Looney Tunes Show ''The Looney Tunes Show'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran from May 3, 2011, through November 2, 2013, on Cartoon Network. The series consists of two seasons, each containing 26 episodes, and features ch ...

'' (2012 - 2013) (Storyboard Clean-Up Artist - '' 4 Episodes'') * ''

New Looney Tunes ''New Looney Tunes'', originally titled ''Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production'' in the US and ''Bugs!'' in some markets for its first season, is an American animated television series from Warner Bros. Animation based on the characters from ''Loo ...

'' (2015 - 2016) (Storyboard Cleanup - '' 19 Episodes'')

Shorts

* '' Technological Threat'' (1988) (Designer) / (Assistant Animator) * '' Runaway Brain'' (1995) (Additional Clean-Up Artist)

Video Shorts

* '' One by One'' (2004) (Clean-Up Artist) * '' Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters'' (2011) (Clean-Up Animator: Duncan Studio Production)

Video games

* '' JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain'' (1996) (Animator) * '' Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"'' (1997) (Assistant Animator) * '' Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening'' (1998) (Assistant Animator) * '' Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet'' (2000) (Assistant Animator)

Publications

* Pigors, Eric. ''Unkle Pigors's Ghoulishly Ghastly Deadtime Stories'' / by Eric Pigors.

Valencia, California Valencia is an unincorporated community in northwestern Los Angeles County, California. This area, with major commercial and industrial parks, straddles State Route 126 and the Santa Clara River. Development projects continue to be built in ...

: Eric Pigors, c2003. 1 v. (unpaged): ill. (some col.); 26 cm. * Pigors, Eric. ''Toxic Toons'' / Eric Pigors. (

): Eric Pigors, c1999. 1 v. (unpaged): chiefly ill. (some col.); 28 cm. * Pigors, Eric. ''Cobwebs and Vinegar: The Art of Eric Pigors''. 1st ed.

: Eric Pigors, 005?1 v. (unpaged): col. ill.; 26 cm.

Film

* ''Nurse Hackit in Let’s Chop Soo-E'' / International Rocketship Limited; designed, animated, and directed by Eric Pigors; producer,

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: .n. 1991. 1 reel of 1 (629 ft.): sd., col.; 35 mm. ref print.

References

External links

* * ToxicToons WebSit

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