Tortoise Monk

I have not seen the Kung Fu Panda movies, except for a few minutes of one of them, and there was an old wise turtle in it. I didn't intend for this to look like that character- I just like drawing turtle and they frequently end up being old turtles. I am told that this looks very much like the one in the KFP movies. Apologies to the artists who worked on those movies.

Reptile Releve

Some more doodles from my daughter's ballet class. Kinda.

Turtle Soup

I sat in on my 7 year old daugther's cooking class this past weekend. So there will be a serving of culinary cartoons in the coming days. Bon Apetit!

Nature Lovers

I swear, there is no story behind either of these drawings. They were simply stream of consciousness. No, really.

Sketchdump

Just some random doodles that were too insignificant to post on their own.

Animal sketch dump

I've seen many artists post what they call a sketch dump on their blogs- sometimes dozens of drawings at once. Well frankly, trying to put something new up every single weekday, I can't usually afford to put too many sketches up at once. However, I'm feeling a bit confident- a small pile of sketches I'm happy with as well as a new found resolution to put more digital work up have encouraged me to dump some animal sketches on you today- 5 sketches- count em, FIVE! That's like 5 days of blogging in one (actually it's more like 3 but who's counting?). Enjoy- but don't get used to this sort of thing ;)

Ol' Grandpa Tortoise

Another Turtle?!

Don't know why. There's something fun about drawing these guys.

Slow & Steady

An oddly naturalistic sketch for me. And for some reason I decided to change it to brown tones in Photoshop...
...cause it's my blog and I'll do whatever I feel like!

If you've ever wondered...

what a grandmother turtle might look like, here's one possibility.

I'm sure this is in no small way inspired by Estelle Harris and her portrayal of George Costanza's mom on Seinfeld.

Turtle at the Bus Stop

Turtle sketches

Some sketches from back when I was trying to develop that turtle character. Just trying to play with shapes and stuff to get something appealing.
To see more of this character, click the turtle label below. Expect to see more of him in the coming days also.

Lunch with a turtle

Just a character I was developing a short while back. Not sure if anything will ever come of it. He's eating his lunch- lettuce of course.