Sketchathon 3

With kiddo back in school, there's been less mutual draw time. I'd mostly been working on illustrations for Halloween events, so here's a roundup of some recent kiddo sketches, plus a few I did at an MSU life drawing session.

last day of school be like...

first day of school be like...

Cup Head. So, apparently there's this trend marketing retro-1930-style cartoons and video games to kids these days. And then mixing it with some demonic shit. Which sounds random, but when you see it, it makes a sort of awesome sense. Cup Head and Bendy fall into this category...

and here they are meeting for the first time...

and even Felix the Cat is back.

And then there's this thing called Ed's World on Youtube. Which has nothing to do with 1930's animation. But here they are being stalked by Bendy, nonetheless. This one, kiddo drew about two months after the others above. Across the board, she's made some huge developments in that brief time.

a Bendy of my own.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

Been trying to find a regular figure drawing session since moving to Lansing. This one takes place once a week during the semester at the Kresge building on MSU's campus. 

10-minute pose

half-hour pose

another half-hour

10-minute pose

half-hour pose

hour pose

More sketchathon updates soon!

The Return of FrankenFloyd (and other Halloweenyness)!

Last year, I was asked to create a t-shirt design for FrankenFloyd, a horror-comedy themed Pink Floyd Halloween show that's part of an annual Halloween party for friends, partners and clients of The Barn at Pioneer Acres in Polk, Wisconsin. This year, I received the same assignment. The theme: The Dark Side of Ed Gein.

WIP: pencil

the man himself.

WIP: pen

cleaned-up version

the reverse: a human lampshade prism

Unfortunately, with all of the other work that goes into putting this huge shindig together, deadline wasn't met on t-shirt final revisions and production. But, that's what this blog is largely for: housing homeless doodles and oddities. Luckily, I got to see some work come to fruition when I played guitar with the band.

wifey Jessa with my one of my best pals (and one of our bridesmaids!) Nichole (dressed as "The Sandman"'s Death) waiting for the show to go on.

my view from my guitar stool in the barn loft. (that table o' liquor should give an indication of how much party this party had in it)

my guitar-buddy Nate to my left.

our hosts gifted the band with authentic Ed Gein winter caps! (also: it's embarassing how proud I was to find that pink folder for my sheet music)

human lampshade and chair back up during the show.

The setlist:

1. ONE OF THESE DAYS
2. SPEAK TO ME
3. BREATHE
4. ON THE RUN
5. TIME
6. BREATHE (REPRISE)
7. THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY
8. MOTHER
9. MONEY
10. US AND THEM
11. ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE
12. BRAIN DAMAGE 
13. ECLIPSE
14. COMFORTABLY NUMB

Here are edits of "Mother" and "Brain Damage/Eclipse" from an audience mic. The band is comprised of folks from Wisconsin, Michigan, and Arizona, so there was no full-band rehearsal pre-show. There were flubs, and the vox might be a bit low, but aided by that table of liquor up there, I don't know if anyone noticed. From my loft perch, I noticed several people, eyes-shut, swaying and singing along to every word.

dancing with the wifey during the opening act. we're lo-key Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, of course (notice the bolts on our necks).

And continuing our Halloween roundup:

mid-meeting post-it doodle.

our My Neighbor Totoro pumpkin, lookin' pretty good if I do say so myself...

and after a squirrel destroyed it and stole the candle the very next day.

so, rather than dwell on the past, in the spirit of the season, we chose to move on quickly.

 me and the wife.

Sketchathon!

Been sketching with the kiddo lately. She's been very into Bendy and the Ink Machine, Steven Universe, and Undertale. I broke the pattern with this Joker piece but had to pay the price of some side eye due to my not staying on assignment.

pen & ink WIP

Joker needed a little color.

AND a few other pages from recent sketchatons.

Steven Universe's Lapis and Pearl.

We found a My Little Pony Flash on Pinterest, because of course.

Undertale is a video game I have not played. So I know very little about it. But this is from that thing, I guess.

Amethyst and Bendy along with a creepy 1920's bunny in suspenders cartoon dude.

A Strange Alliance. Okay, I went off task more than once.

Filling out the post, this Talia al Ghul sketch is actually from a few months ago.

And here's one from a new drawing group I found in Lansing that meets at a quaint, new coffee shop called Blue Owl.

And another one.

I've been drawing in an old pad I got as a kid but only ever used a handful of times. So here's a copy of Tony Harris' STARMAN #20 cover I did when I was about a year and a half older than my drawing partner is now.