Acting!

I was inspired by a recent post on John K's blog regarding realistic and cartoon acting:

all kinds of stuff: Acting 5 - Ren and Stimpy "realistic" sitcom acting#links#links

To illustrate his point, he posted several screencaps of a scene from the Honeymooners.

I thought it would be an interesting excercise to sketch out this interaction with two of my characters in Ralph and Norton's place.

I know they aren't necessarily on model or to scale, but that wasn't the point. It was to get a more expressive and subtle performance out my characters that I may not have done before.

There are some I like better than others and I can see where I could have added more but it was still a fun little excercise to do. Go ahead and give it a try!

Groo the Wanderer

I did a quickie submission for this year's San Diego Comic-Con souvenier book (even though I can't go this year).
I don't expect anything from it, but it couldn't hurt to try.
Plus, it was fun to do anyway!
"Did I err?"

Spider Woman in Colour:

Spider Woman

Ice Age Fireman

For the Outsider Art Club

http://outsiderartclub.blogspot.com/

and a little somethin' for the movie I won't be seeing...

Other randomness...

Just Stop...

Stop shitting on me!

Random Stuffs:

Comics!
(Based on actual events.)

Hey, uhhh...Fred?

Some Quick Colors:
I know, I know! Ewww!
But it must've been a common occurance.


And Hong Kong Phooey Colored:

Welcome to San Diego
When we arrived on Wednesday (preview night) of the con, we stopped by the Tin Fish across from the convention center for a bit of lunch. For our dining pleasure, we were treated to the site of a 5'2", D-E cupped, 60+ year old hooker "refreshing" herself over the intermittent fountains in front of the restaurant. Further proving to you youngsters out there that you should never drink water from a public fountain. I did this with a brush pen, but a more accurate representation could be achieved by making a sculpture comprised of Slim Jims.

and Hong Kong Phooey!

A Group Sketchbook Too?

Well with about six months of prep time, we managed to assemble a group sketchbook for the San Diego Comic Con in about 2 days! The good folks at RapidPod quickly assembled it and it is en route as we speak! This will be exclusive to the San Diego Comic Con next week, a supplies are limited.
The book: An InCONvienient Booth -or- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Con (see if you can find the secret 3rd title on the book!) features art by Tom Bryski, Joe Feliciano, Bill Halliar, Melly Curphy, Felipe Smith (also his cover) and myself.


Come by table E-6 and get some! It's the table with about 43 artists crammed behind an eight foot table (we were screwed out of our second table).
Don't forget to pick up a copy or three of Gorilla Salad (see below) and I'll have some prints available as well.

Robot-Damon-Books!

Just squirted out this hansome devil for the Matt Damon caricature jam on the Drawing Board.

Finallly finished a pinup I was asked to do for
Rob Schrab's Robot Bastard! dvd.
http://robschrab.com


Last but not least, my sketchbooks are here!
You can even order them online right now!
http://animalqwacker.com/GorillaSaladPage
Or, I'll just see you at our table, E-6 in San Diego where Chicago will be representing big time!

My Sketchbook Proof is Here!!

And it looks awesome!!
The actual sketchbook will be softcover and if all goes well it will be here in a few short days.
If we ever get approved for our table at the San Diego Comic Con it will be available there as well as some nifty prints n' stuff.
For those who can't attend or if we get screwed out of our table the books will hopefully be available for sale online as soon as next week! Aren't you lucky?

Printed by rapidpod.com

Beastie Boy

Inked version by Mike "Doc" Reidy:

More Gorilla Salad Rejects:

Did You Rub My Lamp?
Haven't drawn Genie for a looong time and just *POOF!* came outta nowhere!

They Didn't Make the Cut
While assemling my sketchbook , Gorilla Salad (coming soon!) I had to make some sacrifices so I wouldn't have a giant book. I had to do something with these misfits, so here ya go.

DRAWN!
Promo drawings of me (left) and Tom Bryski by Felipe Smith http://www.felipesmith.com/mbq/ for his Tokyopop comic: MBQ.

For the record, my legs aren't this thick or stumpy.

Sleep Machine

Payback