Eric Pigors
Eric Pigors is an American artist based in Valencia, California mostly known for his 'Toxic Toons' - cartoons of subjects such as zombies and vampires. He has worked for Disney Animation for over fifteen years.
Eric has produced at least four books on the subject of his art, along with a large amount of memorabilia including stickers, T-shirts, prints, buttons and a short-lived action figure line produced by Mezco Toys.
Career
Pigors came up with the name Toxic Toons after he was choking on a cloud of Toxic fumes from a spray can in 1990. He was using the spray paint to paint the backgrounds used for his cartoons.[1]
For over 18 years, Pigors has worked in the animation industry. He has worked with Walt Disney Feature animation where he would hand draw work on films.[1]
Works
Pigors has worked on the following movies and shows:
Movies
- Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985) (Inbetween Artist)
- Oliver & Company (1988) (Breakdown and Inbetween Artist)
- The Little Mermaid (1989) (Breakdown and Inbetween Artist)
- The Rescuers Down Under (1990) (Assistant Animator)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) (Assistant Animator: "Wolves")
- Aladdin (1992) (Assistant Animator: "Rajah" and "Guards")
- The Lion King (1994) (Key Assistant Animator: "Hyenas")
- Pocahontas (1995) (Key Assistant Animator: "Governor John Ratcliffe")
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (Key Assistant: Additional Clean-Up Animation)
- Hercules (1997) (Key Assistant Animator: "Hades")
- Tarzan (1999) (Key Assistant Animator: "Kerchak")
- Fantasia 2000 (2000) (Key Clean-Up Animator)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (Key Assistant Clean-Up Animator: "Atlantean King Kashekim Nedakh")
- Treasure Planet (2002) (Visual Development Artist/Character Designer) / (Key Assistant Animator: "Long John Silver")
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (Key Assistant Animator)
- Home on the Range (2004) (Key Assistant Animator: "Alameda Slim" and "Junior the Buffalo")
- The Princess and the Frog (2009) (Key Assistant Animator: "Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff")[1]
Shows
- Family Dog (1993) designed by Tim Burton.
- Ed, Edd n Eddy's Boo Haw Haw Halloween Special (2005)
- The Looney Tunes Show (2012 - 2013) (Storyboard Clean-Up Artist - 4 Episodes)
- Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production (2015) (Storyboard Cleanup - 17 Episodes)[1]
Shorts
- Technological Threat (1988) (Designer) / (Assistant Animator)
- Let's Chop Soo-E (1989) (Designer/Animator/Director) / (Voice)
- Runaway Brain (1995) (Additional Clean-Up Artist)[1]
Video Shorts
- One by One (2004) (Clean-Up Artist)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011) (Clean-Up Animator: Duncan Studio Production)[1]
Publications
- Pigors, Eric. Unkle Pigors ghoulishly ghastly deadtime stories / by Eric Pigors. Valencia, Calif. : Eric Pigors, c2003. 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. ISBN 0-9719118-1-9
- Pigors, Eric. Toxic toons / Eric Pigors. [Valencia, Calif.] : E. Pigors, c1999. 1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Pigors, Eric. Cobwebs and vinegar : the art of Eric Pigors. 1st ed. Valencia, Calif. : E. Pigors, [2005?] 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm. ISBN 0-9719118-0-0
Film
- Nurse Hackit in Let’s chop soo-e / International Rocketship Limited ; designed, animated, and directed by Eric Pigors ; producer, Marv Newland. Canada : [s.n.], 1991. 1 reel of 1 (629 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm. ref print.