Foster's Monsters

Been watching a lot of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (makes me want to buy Flash) lately and decided to sketch out a couple of monster designs. Nothing fancy, but plenty of fun.

25th Pic!

Holy Crap! Colour! For this 25th pic on the blog, I decided to post something slightly different. This is a quick picture I did the other day at a group art event at church, where we were encouraged to paint/draw a little bit of our story. This one's far more political than my other drawings on here, but I think the colour makes up for that. Acrylic on Canvas paper avec Sharpie.

Short Man

Still sitting in the Laundromat, the owner looks over my shoulder and asks me if I'm a professional artist. I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or as just a polite thing to say to a customer. Either way he then said it looks like John Cleese, so I'm not sure he knows what he's talking about. Either way, I hate that the eyes make him look like someome from Family Guy, but I like his proportions a lot.

Beach Bum

This guy makes me happy. I was listen to a little Jack Johnson, doing a little laundry, and this guy showed up. I like big chins and bald heads, so this guy does well. I also enjoyed trying to go for "slim and trim" as opposed to skinny or muscle-bound. I also thought that maybe it should be a Ukulele, but I guess I decided against that.

Faces

Alright, so not very impressive designs, but good practice with looking up and looking down. Moving along...

Chubby Twins

I don't like drawing limbs the comes towards the viewer (foreshortening) and I REALLY don't like drawing the same thing twice. But after messing up the head on baby #1 (eraser malfunction) I wanted to take another stab at this one. Why can I draw chubby hands so much better than normal or skinny ones?

Rotation

One thing I noticed on the Iron Giant Model sheets were references on how to rotate the character's noggin, which is what I'm trying to do here across the top with my own character. MAN, that is NOT easy. The angry face on the bottom is mine.

Hogarth and Kent

Another drawing based on the model sheets from the Iron Giant. I like the Kent more than the Hogarth. I think it's the noses.

What Not to Watch

I really can't stand a lot of the shows on TLC. Not because I don't enjoy them, but because they SUCK YOUR LIFE AWAY. But they can be great fodder for character designs, apparently. This is just a quick sketch of whats-his-name from What Not to Wear, complete with his tight pants and odd hand gestures.

Hogarth Hands

Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE the Iron Giant. I recently found a great website with scans of from the film and had to try a few. I found these hands easy enough to copy, but hard to do on my own. Practice, practice, I guess.

Naked Old Man

DEFINITELY one of my favourites. This old guy is NOT impressed with the bath he just received, and he Certainly is not about to be toweled off without a fight! I didn't intend to draw a naked old man when I started out, but that's the best part about just sketching whatever you feel like. The orderly's head was influenced by the art of Sam Logan, whom I read very faithfully every Mon, Wed, and Fri, and who has become one of my favourite cartoonists EVER.

Quizical Sherrif

Just a quick sketch, trying to break my usual molds of body shape and proportion. Also an attempt to produce a different facial expression (focused eyes/curious). Yes, Mike, I'm still struggling to put hats on heads.

Omlette Maker

Another one based loosely on me. Most importantly I was trying to work with light and shadow, but not very much because it scares the crap out of me (I'm still afraid of ruining my drawings, which I think just means I'm not drawing enough). As a side note, I ended up over-heating the pan because I stopped to draw this.

Monster Girl

So I started off with "How cute can I go?" and from my wife's response, I'd say this one nailed it. But then I was reading Invincible by the talented Kirkman and Walker and their character of Monster Girl was just too much fun not to try. Again, stance plays a big role here, but a giant jaw filled with teeth helps. I'm particularly proud of her, especially the hairy chin and her little claw-like hands. My wife, however, seems to prefer the original.

Punk Kid

Problems with my Scanner have delayed things a little but it looks like we're back up. This guy's neck is obscene, but I think it works. I also like the "I don't give a crap" stance he's sporting: pelvis out, shoulder dropped, etc.

Gentlemen

So we're watching Little Miss Sunshine (for the second time) and I'm doing some drawing during the movie, when this illustration of a philosopher with a HUGE mustache gets some screen time. That's how this one started, with the desire to draw a giant mustache. I was interested in showing contrast between large and skinny, which was fun, but I ended up with a thin guy that just annoys me. Maybe it's just the personality that I picture him with, or just the the annoying thing I assume he's saying.
As a final note, it's a COMPLETE coincidence that the face on the left looks A LITTLE like my boss.

"Athlete"

(Sorry, it's been a while since I had time to post)

This one actually started the other way up, but something about her posture insisted that she be upside-down. I like the simplicity of this drawing, her straining, clenching expression, and the fact that synchronized swimmers are funny. They try so hard! Just so we can see their toe stick out of the water!