Gladiator-Gal and Tinkerbelly

"I Heart Dragunz"

This might be the most barf-inducing cute thing I've drawn that isn't a paid job, yet I find myself pretty happy with how it turned out.

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Red Monkey

For almost a year, this drawing remained unfinished and the sketchbook it's in untouched. Originally it was a sketch of a dead cedar tree but in warming up for a project I gave it another shot, and that’s where the monkey and all the red came in.

Polymorphous Perversity

Not much of a reason for this one other than finding the phrase funny-sounding. Stylistically, I was looking for a reason to ape R. Crumb and this seemed like a decent fit for that sort of exaggeration.

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Tales of the Inanely Mundane Presents

This was the product of a break taken while working on a comic. I started out drawing the mom character but ended up imagining it as a cover for a non existent story. Most of the text elements were drawn in with the intention of sounding as stupid as possible. Naturally, it turned out looking like something I'd probably enjoy reading...

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Gigolo-Gen

This was a warm up for a long, long project ahead. It took a little longer than expected as a red pen was lying around. The initial idea was to draw a futuristic sex-robot as envisioned by a futurist but I ended up dropping the outright robotic elements while drawing it.

This drawing also looks better while listening to this.

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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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.

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:

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.

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.

Webbing

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