Tennis (or Elevenis)

Frazetta-cetera

Every once in while while sketching I seem to drag out the old Frazetta wannabee chops and something like this appears. Then I realize how nobody can touch that guy when it comes to this sort of thing and even those who manage to ape the surface details fall so far short of the real deal. Artists often learn by copying those they like but maybe to their ultimate detriment if they don't move beyond the source and find their own way. But I may take this piece further and do a progress report just because, God help me it IS a fun artistic place to play once in a while. It's not a direct swipe of anything at least.

BOY-DOG

Bowl Evil

"Who's that I see walking in these woods?"

So asked Sam the Sham...

Baby and Baby Doll!

Out of the Box... ing

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING DEAD

When the zombie thing starts scraping the bottom of the barrel... which should be soon. Please?

BOLO Time!

Kirby Enthusiasm

I heard they were doing an AVENGERS cartoon show and it got me itching to haul out the old Kirby chops one more time. Yeah, it ain't great but it took me way back just thinking about the original Avengers. At least Iron Man isn't wearing the VERY first suit!

Log Jam

Idny Cute?

KONG But Not Forgotten

Like a moth to the flame I keep returning to Kong and giving my favorite stuff one more crack! Just doodles but on something dear to my heart

Girls Drawn Wild 2

Town Hall Face Again

Comic Strip

Creatures in a Blue Lagoon

Girls Drawn Wild

Well not THAT wild... been sketching a lot of late. More to come. Always good practice.

Town Hall Face

A sketch for a cartoon. Perspective is screwy, I know. But there's something about the first sketch of something that has a life one can never quite preserve as the drawing gets refined, step by step. I always feel that the drawing, whatever its merits or lack thereof, is the real heart and soul of the thing as pencil meets blank paper. But maybe that's just me!
I remember working at Marvel Animation years ago and there was a guy, Floro Dery, who draw the Spiderman newspaper strip and he would bring in the pencils which were just gorgeous, then he would ink them and although they were still slick and professional etc they lost something. I tactfully asked Floro why that seemed to be the case and he said if you look close at pencil lines they are rough and they break up and that is pleasing to the eye whereas the ink line is all or nothing, and that was the difference. Maybe so. Antway the sketch is where it starts and I always love pencil on paper best.

THE DIRT