Even The Odd Stuff

i cant believe what has come out of my hands

I quickly re-drew the original first page of Murder Brothers as an experiment to see how much I’ve improved in the few years since I drew it. I drew both as fast as I could with no sketching. The first was done in 2011ish and the new one was drawn today, 4/26/1015.  So I guess what I’m saying is keep practicing and draw every day because holy cow I got a lot better.

8.5" x 11" watercolor and gouache Another “naturalist” style fantasy creature, based on the notion that willows could pull up their roots and go for a walk. Considering the ability of clippings to put out roots, I came up with this little guy.  This image was drawn and painted almost entirely while watching LoL tournaments.

Thanks everyone!

catch, and release

“there goes Billy fulfilling his dreams”

Toad Headed Agama. What a fascinating little creature.

Paprika the Veggie-mancer Blessed by magic, she can grow sentient turnips that help her do chores and garden. She is hot-tempered and very protective. Gordon is Paprika’s older brother. He was accidentally napiformed by Paprika, she wants to turn him back but can’t! So he is grumpy all the time. Cale is also cursed, but by another witch, he is slowly being covered by blue mushrooms. One night Paprika catches him eating her turnips but she soon discovers he is harmless otherwise. Just for fun! I was going to explore the idea more but I think I’ll put it aside for now, I learned a lot in the process though! Maybe I will dig it up again one day!

stuff from last month

Dedicated To Terry Pratchett April 28, 1948 – March 12, 2015 My friend Amelia got me into Terry Pratchett’s Discworld in college. I haven’t read all 40 of the novels, but what I have read was always excellent. My only beef was  I would stay up way too late thinking “I’ll go to bed as soon as I’m done with this chapter!” when he never made any :) Literature lost a great man, today. A great, delightful, angry man.

I’m probably forgetting folks, but I’ll link to this from the FAQ and edit it later probably.

doodles and characters im working on

Hey hey hey, new showreel! Play it to all your businessman friends during your business lunches and leadership workshops.

Demons from the sketchbook, some brush some nib.

Ginza Girl

I think I’ll toss some plant monsters into the mix this month! I wanted to keep the creature looking as close to the plant as possible, and that turned it into kind of an interesting multi-faced creature.