Ain't Love Grand...

Some final art for a wedding invitation.  Really fun to do..

Fortress of The Justice Defenders

Another  pic-in-pencil form from the picture book WIP...

The Daring Do Kid

Man, I have to finish his/my story one day...
Oh yeah-and maybe put some hands on him too :^)

Character Conceptin': Tikki-Tak

This was fun li'l character concept to play with...

The Bully Felton

Another one of those lunch-break sketches...

Halloweenie

Having fun with the star of one of my (many) pic book treatments...

Flight

A "gas-powered" piggie made me laugh.  Someone convinced me to go with it.  He was right...

Friends...(pic book pencils)

...For the obsessive hell of it.

Pic Book Inspiration

A pen sketch for one of my pic book treatments.
And there you are.

Sparky's Bad Day

A fun little ditty I mustered up for the #CrazyCartoonExperiment.  Check out all the fun goings-on over at jonscrazystuff.blogspot.com, led by the captain of captains, Jon Esparza.

And there you are.

NOT Max...!

Another one of those work break-time sketches (man, I love drawing in ballpoint), sitting in the car, waiting to go back into Shawshank Wholesale.  Rough as heck, but it makes me happy.
The little fella's dialogue is a response to a co-worker who thought I had just drawn Max from 'Wild Things'.  Hadn't even dawned on me.
I was actually thinking of Miyazaki at the time...
And there you are :^)

Oh, SIlly Kabloo!

Goofy little sketches like these, in moments of freedom when I'm not chasing my youngest around the house, that make me happy...

This is not a slingshot...

The first image of one of my WIPs.
And there you are.

A Whistling Pig...

Pen & ink of my dear Queenie, riding her snappy little Vespa.
And there you are.

My Viking Years

Woah!  Its been awhile!
Well, here's a character sketch for a book a LOOOONG time in the making, which happens to be a  memoir of sorts, and a "companion" piece to the 'Waffles' sketch.
And there you are.
PS: Yup, that shield is a nod to a favorite 80's game of my youth...

No Time For Waffles!

A ink test thingamabob for a children's book idea of mine.
Little man's essentially a seven year old version of me. I did indeed refer to my mother as "woman" when I was actin' a bit dramatic...
And there you are.

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...