Medusa

Medusa's generally described as a monster possessing a hideous face but it seems to me that if one were to look past that (without turning to stone) she'd probably come across as a woman with serious personal image and self esteem issues. I realize this is the flip-side of the feminist adoption of her image but it couldn't be easy knowing that anyone who looked at her would be turned to stone.

I wasn't necessarily trying to get any of that across in this drawing but it's an observation.

About Ebola

This post is primarily an attempt to bring attention to the About Ebola app, developed as a response to inform the public following the recent outbreaks of the virus.

You can download the app HERE and read up on the development process HERE (this link provides proper accreditation to everyone involved).

Vampire Moth

As I drew this, I had no idea that vampire moths actually exist. It occurred to me to look it up after finishing this drawing and they look nothing like this. If anything, they're more sinister looking...

Retro-Future-Murder

Some free time came up unexpectedly and I decided to use it wisely. I've been drawing most of my personal stuff on brown paper lately but something I had yet to try was the effect of colored markers on it. It had also been a while since I last drew an action scene...

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Update: Never been too fond of the original colors so here's a version digitally recolored a year later:

Apocalyptic Cardboard Box

Hopefully this doesn't turn into a running theme, but here's another post featuring a funny hat. The idea with this drawing was to create a context in which it would be acceptable to use a cardboard box as one.

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Croaking

Broken Sword

This started out as a very loose sketch with no clear intention of what to draw. The only mandate I placed upon myself was to try and suggest everything using shadows and forms rather than outlines. At some point, it seemed like a good idea to use a shadow to suggest an opponent's presence, and that led to the broken sword and blood.

A Floating Head, Reptile Woman and Her Primate Stalker

Not much of a narrative to this post other than that I recently spent a lot of time in airports and on trains, and opted for the most laborious drawing technique available to pass the time. I'm pretty happy with how these turned out so I tried to get the scans to look as close as possible to what they looked like on paper. They're uploaded at a decent resolution so click on them for a better look:

Night Walk

This post builds on the last one. I'm keeping the details scarce as there's no clear plan for this project at the time of this writing but it's a comic I'm hoping to get to draw sometime in the very near future. The look's pretty close to what I have in mind but the character and the story have changed some more since then. With every draft I write, I end up filtering out whatever happy things remain and at this point, it doesn't feel like the kind of story that could sustain a yellow tint at all times. I do like this color scheme though, so here it is posted.

Seated Girl on Brown Paper

Meat Puppet

I've always liked the expression "meat puppet."

Mime Kids on a Tree

This drawing started out as a formal exercise. I noticed an interesting looking tree while driving home the other day and decided to draw it as best as I could remember. Once the tree was sketched out, it felt like it was placed on the paper in such a way that allowed for some kind of narrative to be added. Somehow that led to the egg-stealing mime kids.

Merry Christmas Tiny Tim

I wouldn't say I hate Christmas but I do have a strong distaste for the festive season. I see close to no point in beating a dead horse on the head ranting about commercialism and whatnot but hopefully this minor attempt at mischief brings genuine holiday joy to any fellow curmudgeons out there who are sick of being stuck in long hours of traffic as a result of people running out to buy crap trying to validate that they care about each other.

Satan and His Human Slave

This one was supposed to be nothing more than a quick warm-up before getting started on a new job. "Hey, I haven't drawn anything digitally in a while" I thought. Several hours later, I end up with another variation of a favorite subject of mine, evil little girls:

Los Pollos Hermanos

Here's Gus:

Bewbz

Nothing about this drawing was intended to make much sense. I was recently gifted a brown-paper sketchbook so it was mostly just a way to exploit a limited selection of pens on this kind of paper, and I have to say white pen is my new favorite thing at the moment.

And yeah, bewb-monster.

Alien-Monkey

This drawing started out as a quick exercise in ink drawing and the initial idea was to draw an alien/mutant that was trying to blend into an urban environment. Somewhere along the line, it started looking like a monkey and I got carried away with detailing it.

Yet Another Seated-Girl Drawing

I've been in the long drawn-out process of cracking the script with this particular character's story for several years now and it's dawned on me that the most recurrent pose I draw her in is sitting around doing nothing. On the surface, that probably sounds like a boring description but I've always been more fascinated with people in moments like this. Hopefully, they're thinking about something and it's fun wondering what that could be.

Bioluminescence

If this drawing feels familiar, A.I. Artificial Intelligence was one of my favorite movies growing up. I drew it thinking of two things in the film that stood out for me: David floating with a school of fish and the transparent mechas at the end. Itching to draw something bio-luminescent, I figured it might be good to combine both visuals into something more organic. Somehow, I ended up with jellyfish-kid here:

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City-Dwellers

This started as part of an exercise: make a lot of drawings quickly and directly with pen. The objective was to force myself into deforming proportions in ways I wouldn't  consider when using an eraser is a possibility.