Drawergeeks: Angel

I've been so busy I didn't really intend to submit anything to Drawergeeks this week. Nevertheless, I found some time to scribble out this doodle, and apply just a bit of gouache for color.

Check out the other submissions here.

E is for Elephant

It's really hard to draw a cartoon elephant and not simply copy those that have been done before. Mine's probably a mix of several, but I thought I'd differentiate it by making mine an elderly elephant. When asked what my favorite animal was, as a kid, I always said elephant. While that sort of thing becomes slightly less important as an adult, I don't think it's any less true.

Elephant

Smoldering

This is a look I had previously only drawn on Donald Duck. I like it better on this cutie.

Monkey Monday

Lazy Day

Boy with a sketchbook.

Wanna buy a duck?

Just doodled this cute little duck. I don't particularly like any sort of bird, but ducks do have something interesting about them. I like this guys expression. There's something innocent about the jet black beady eyes and the expressionless beak and the way he's just staring alert. They look a little clumsy too which I guess could be endearing. The color's pretty simple, but kinda fun to do.

Monkeys and Beavers in Outer Space

If there's anything I can't stand it's when the writers of my favorite blogs suddenly seem to fall off the face of the earth. I was so proud of myself for updating so regularly, and then all of the sudden I ran headlong into a dry period. Not really. But I ended up with a lot less free time, and a lot of other work. So just for the sake of putting something up (anything) I thought I'd upload this really quick digital coloring job I did of my Buck Beaver sketch. I actually did it to be my profile icon which is why it's such a small closeup shot (blown up to monstrous size for your viewing pleasure here).

Also, my friend Dave Smith finally debuted his webcomic, Space Base 8. Check it out every day!

Drawergeeks: Star Trek

I had a pretty unproductive week art wise. I have plenty of art projects that I should be working on, not to mention some fun ones, like this weeks Drawergeeks assignment. I had a big idea for a piece that was a little beyond my expertise, but I just didn't make myself do it. Maybe I still will. At the eleventh hour, I decided to at least add some quick digital color to the Star Trek sketch that I did earlier and just submit that. I did, however I accidentally closed it without saving, and decided that I didn't care enough about the final result to stay up another hour into that already late night to redo it. So just my sketch got submitted. If you want to see it again, it's here. If you want to see the other cool designs, check em out here.

D is for Dingo

No I didn't cop out and simply choose a dog for my D Animal sketch. I chose a dingo. Course it looks like a dog. Who cares?! After capybara and buzzard I needed something straightforward.

Dingo

I colored my monkey

This is the sketch from my previous post.

C is for Capybara

If you've never seen a capybara, be sure you check them out the next time you're at your local zoo. They're the world's largest rodents! Their head has a very distinct rectangular shape and they have eyes that strike me as both squinty and bored. Anyway, they seemed like the most interesting "C" animal for my alphabet series (this week in Color!).

Capybara

Star Trek Reborn?

After being the last trekkie in America to see the new Star Trek Movie, I just felt I had to draw something Star Trek-ky. I never really have done any Star Trek artwork before, aside from some quick dry erase drawings in the Toontown Gag Factory Stockroom, because one of the other CM's there was/is a big trekkie and we'd always doodle ships on the whiteboard as we passed. But that sort of thing was always more technical than what I usually drew. Anyway, the upcoming Drawergeeks subject is Star Trek, and while I will hopefully have a more developed entry when that completion date rolls around, for now I have just this quick doodle. I only spent about 5 minutes on this, so please be kind.

My intial thought was "Star Trek Babies" ala Muppet Babies (besides Ducktales, the single greatest cartoon of my generation- don't bother arguing, it's documented fact). The possibilities in a single frame would be endless- Baby Kirk in a walker that looks like a big saucer shaped ship, Baby Scotty taking apart or building some elaborate Tinker Toy creation that could probably power a starship, and Uhura sticking things in her ear. For now we have little "Spocky" pinching other kids.

Drawergeeks: Space Girl

The Drawergeeks subject this week is Space Girl. Here's my submission:


I really didn't intend to become as involved with this one as I did. Originally I was just going to paint it in guoache to see if I could get a nice 50's feel. Then after I got the sketch done I decided I'd just try some quick digital color. It just snowballed from there. The whole thing kind of ended up with a comic book cover look (with the exception of being square), just because I like doing big titles and I like the idea of this character having some horrible punny name.

Check out the other submissions here.

Monkey always wins

My good friend and spectacular artist, David Scott Smith, has started his own blog and you should check it out. It's new so there's not a lot of content yet, but I know there will continue to be great things posted. Dave and I work together at Disneyland, in the sense that we both do the same thing, though in truth, we are rarely there at the same time- there's only one desk. Even still, I have learned so much from Dave. I've asked him a lot about his painting process, his influences and he's always full of insight. In honor of his blog, Monkey Always Wins, I now present my own quick Monkey sketch:
Check out Dave's blog!