RippleLick

A foil to our "hero", Simon, from the picture book in progress...Wearing my Dr. Seuss influence a bit too much on my sleeve perhaps :)

A Pig Named Bisley

Quixote

Simon Struts

A Silly Pig in A Silly Wig

Been focused so much on finishing the second draft of this little porcine beauty's story, that I've totally neglected drawing her. It's been a few weeks and I'm rusty as all get-out. But this little ditty was fun...

Monstrously Manuel

From a storybook idea that's waiting in the wings. One tale at a time...
My first real attempt at inking with a brush. It was a lot of fun, felt better than I was expecting.
And there you are.

Pete and Queenie

From my childrens storybook-in-progress...

An 'Imaginary' Prelim

Quick sketch (with a dash of color) of an idea for my children's storybook-in-progress. Taken with my phone on a whim, so its not exactly a great scan.
I like having it somewhere around me while I'm writing, for inspiration, a chance to dream of seeing it on a shelf some day. Creates a sense of urgency...**smile**

Monsters...I Dig 'Em

More concept sketches for my storybook, "A Monstrously Curious Thing Happened..."

The Great Bishop of Magic, Fillaroy

Had a lot of fun doing this sketch...

An Unfortunate Monster

The first design for a storybook I've been middling around for a bit now tentatively-titled "The Compendium of Unfortunate Monsters, Vol. 1"...

The Nasty F-Hole LeRoux

Inking with a brush is so much fun, and relatively new to me. Sloppy but with a bit of energy. It made me happy working on this this sadistic little goober...

Swirly-Twirly EQB

She was supposed to have legs...but that wasn't as much fun. Magic Pajamas?
Maybe...

Grandmere Of The Moon

Another concept/prelim sketch for a character in my storybook, forever-in-progress...
*SIGH*

Moon Rock Babby...

Babby, not 'baby'...:)
Concept from my forever-in-the-works childrens storybook.

Mr. Nod...

This Ain't Your Dad's Mrs. Lovett

Watching Burton's great "Sweeney Todd", sketchbook in hand...

The Viking LaLoosh

I don't know, this fella reminds me of "Nuke Laloosh-era" Tim Robbins.
No, I haven't been drinking...

A Ditty While Watching 'Baron Munchausen'...

T'was a quiet New Year's Eve at the homestead. While wifey and the girls slumbered, I partook in a little of Terry Gilliam's neo-classic, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen".
Terry Gilliam is a mad genius.
So is camera guy Giuseppe Rotunno.
And designer Dante Ferretti is as well.
Anways: sketched away during the film. The sequence at the Sultan's palace is simply amazing...

Darque Sketches

Morning warm-up sketches from a story idea I've been noodling around with lately, sort of an all-ages friendly Nightbreed.
Damn, does that even make sense?

Dirty Old Piece of Crap

My humble attempt at Mignola's "Emperor Zombie", from the neo-masterpiece, Amazing Screw-On Head...

King Max Rumpus Dance!

Work on my children's book has finally begun. Work in progress...an obvious nod to Sendak and King Max...;)

I say, Sir Piff!

I don't know who this gentleman is, but I like him. Starting to find my "voice" a little bit here...

Big Red...in B&W

I love Hellboy.
I LOVE Mignola.
The series has reached an all-time peak with the he's-so-fantastic-I-hate-his-f***ing-guts Duncan Fegredo hopping onboard.
I kinda like this sketch. One of the rare moments where I didn't instantly hate what I just sketched...

Oliver Twist study

I'd love to see a great giant-sized graphic novel adaption of Oliver Twist.
And I'd love to do it...of course.

The Joker

An little bit of an oldie, but one of my more favorite recent artsy thingamabobs...

Preciousssssss Hobbit Sketches

For a bit now, I've been playing around with creating some sequential pages based on "The Hobbit", just to show as samples of my talent...or lack there of.
These were some initial stabs at Bilbo and Gollum done awhile back...

Grimly Blaque

This handsome li'l bastard was what I christened my new sketchbook with. Fun to just fire off with a pen and try a little watercolor...even though I can't watercolor for crap. Tis still be fun.
The name is a little tip o' the proverbial cap to two of my favorite children's books creators, Gris Grimly and Holly Black.
His little dialogue balloon was a message to myself...

The Life & Times of The Daring-Do Kid

The Daring-Do Kid enjoying some downtime with Heinekin (aka Danger Dog), somewhat spent after battling the diabolical Kleigor Von Dragoon...
Circa 1978