Some Scribbly Life Drawings

Here's a few model drawings from my Monday Life Drawing class with Stephen Gaffney. I'm still kinda rusty, but I'm gradually getting there.

& a dry erase caricature for kicks & giggles.

Con Coverage Coming Soon!

Off to San Diego!

Well, it's that time again! I'm heading off to the San Diego Comic-Con tomorrow. But even though I still gotta pack up my bags, I wanted to update here one more time before I shoved off.

There's millions of things to look forward to this year & probably just as many people I want to meet & greet with. Old friends, colleagues & plenty of inspirational folks will be around & I'm fired up & ready to go. & I can't possibly imagine the number of neat books I want to snag a copy of too!

Like last year, I should be taking plenty of pictures, so expect a barrage of 'em once I return. I don't know if my hotel has free internet service in the rooms, but if I do I may just pop in for some daily updates, that is if I'm not to busy or tired to do that.

By the way, if anybody else is heading to the convention, drop me a line & let me know. Post over at my Twitter page (yeah, that's right, I have a Twitter too) If you want to find me, I look exactly like the picture above. I can't be THAT hard to spot in a crowd of 300,000.

Well, until I return, you all have a nice 'end of July' week. I'll see you next time around.

For those of you who didn't notice, I finally changed the headline banner for the blog. I just realized that Fall was over. Why doesn't anyone TELL me these things?!

I originally planned to change the banner for every season. I did one for last summer & did one for the fall, but because of college & other more pressing matters, I never got around to making a new banner. So the fall banner sat all through winter & spring, 'til yesterday when I finally got fed up & scribbled this out in 20 minutes, just to change things around.

I'll keep this one up 'til the end of the summer (or when I better idea for a design comes along). 'Til then, enjoy me & my tarantula-leg eyebrows for a few months.

By the way, here's the old model, just in case some of you miss it already:

The Woods are Filled with CUCKOOS!!!

30 days, has September,

April, June & Montana,

all the rest have cold weather,

except in the summer,

which isn't often!

Woo hoo! Woo hoo!

You know it's about time to get a haircut when your hair does this:

If I could, I probably would. 

& often, too.

My Feelings on 2008:

Maybe 2009 will be better.

Happy New Year, Everyone!

A few new things...

Here's just a few little things I drew up recently:

For Toon Platoon last week, the topic was to draw a picture based on a scene from your favorite movie & if you wanted to, include your own characters. I was very happy to draw something related to my all-time favorite film, FANTASIA!

I drew out a few ideas, like Randy leading the mushrooms from the "Nutcracker Suite" sequence & Steve-O under the hippo from the "Dance of the Hours":

Then I realized that I've lately been focusing the spotlight mainly on Randy & Steve-O (especially Steve-O) & that Cannibal Chicken hasn't really been in much. I decided to give my "oldest son" the reins of this entry & had him be Chernabog from the "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence, with the other two birds playing sidekick this time.

**Speakin' of Fantasia... after going through my old files & drawings I found a 10-year-old sketchbook filled with concept designs I made for a Fantasia-themed something. What that something is I'll let you in on when I get back from California next week.**

This week, we just finished a "Mother Nature/Father Time" spree & here's the color version of my entry:

I based the design a bit on the late, great George Carlin & "2007" from Chris Sanders' Kiskaloo. Unintentionally, he looks a bit more like a cross between Gandhi & Willie Nelson.

Hey, does anybody remember the caricature of myself I made for Toon Platoon a few months back?

Well, I took that drawing, made a few minor changes, inked it & colored it. Take a look:

Maybe I'll make into my new-new profile image. What do you think?

With Comic-Con right around the corner, some of my friends prepared for the occasion by having a bunch of business cards made to give out at the convention. Missing the boat a bit too late, I realized I should have a little something to give out & spread the word too! Since I didn't have enough time to get business cards made, I did the next best thing: designed a small 4.5'' x 3'' flyer in Photoshop, went to Staples & got a bunch of color copies printed. After spending about an hour & a half cutting out these little buggers with a kindergarten pair of scissors, I ended up with about 50+ mini business flyers to give away!

& guess which image I used...

It's a bit bland, bare (& brown), but it'll do just fine. I even left a little space in the middle just in case somebody would like a mini personal doodle! I think of everything, don't I?

At least I'm finally prepared!!!!

Stay tuned a little later today for one last message before I fly off!

My SVA Friend's Poorly-Drawn Mugs....

As I was working late into the night last night, I randomly decided to draw my buddies from SVA. I drew each drawing in about 4 minutes, colored 'em in Photoshop in about 20 & sent 'em out to my friends the next day. Also, check out my DeviantArt page, where I also posted these images.

Chris Niosi (DeviantART, Official Site, Blog)

Chris Zito (DeviantART, Website)

Mike Luckas (DeviantART, Website)

Zach Bellissimo (DeviantART, Blog)

Old to Me, but New to You...

Here's a recent caricature of myself I used as an avatar over on my deviantART account. I'm thinkin' about making this my new avatar for the blog, too. What d'you think?

I'll put up a poll, just for kicks & giggles...