Go! Go! Godzilla!

So I’ve decided to start some regular features here on my blog, just to change things up a bit. “Go! Go! Godzilla!” will pertain to any sort of drawings, sketches, margarine sculptures, interpretive dances, etc. I do in honor of the giant, rubber suited monstrosity that is Godzilla.

And here’s my first entry! The very compact, very grumpy (thanks Annie:)) “Chibi-zilla”! I love drawing Godzilla. He’s one of the few monsters that is so open to artistic interpretation. As long as your hitting a few of his iconic features, you can tackle him any way you wish, and folks will still know who you’re drawing. I’ve been obsessively drawing on the back of index cards lately, which don’t really allow a lot to happen, space-wise, but occasionally I can create something like “chibi-zilla” here, with pretty successful results. Again, just simple black brush pen on index card.

Hope you enjoy!

Silent Scream

Another sketch from my moleskin, that I've actually turned into a full, digital painting. In time I'll start posting the digital work, but for now, sketches will do. I love to draw monsters, and the more disturbing and painful they are, the better. To me, a monster is so much more interesting if it's suffering in some way. A monster should almost always be a twisted and tortured soul. As the infamous Bugs Bunny has said on more than one occasion, "Monsters are such innnteresting people!"

Keep a look out, I've been drawing like a mad man, and it's all going to go up here during the next couple of days!

Sketchapalooza!

Just a few more quick sketches from the Moleskin...



I have a ridiculous fascination with the villain Two-face from the Batman comics. I'll draw him whenever I can, in sketchbooks, in the margins of papers, on bank statements, you name it. He's just a fantastic visual character. They finally did the character justice too in the "Dark Knight" flick this past summer.

Again, just simple blue brush pen on paper.




Just a random beast I drew during a meeting. No real back story behind this guy, he looks tough though, with a hide thick enough to stop a bullet. I like my beasts nice and indestructible! As with Two-face, blue brush pen on paper.

Hope you like! More on the way!

-Mooch-

2009? Already? Hurm.

Wow.

I can't believe it's been OVER a year since my last post. That's pretty damn embarrassing, I must say (said in my VERY best Ed Grimley voice.)

I'm going to start 2009 off right and start to post regularly again (I wonder where you've heard THAT before, hmmm? Maybe at the start of 2007 mayhap?) But right off the bat I have to thank Ben Caldwell for getting me posting again. I'm pretty sure many of you are aware of Ben's incredible work (daredetectives.com). Ben was yelling at me last weekend for not keeping up with my blog, and to add the exclamation point to his statement, he downloaded his favorite drawings of mine from this blog, and brought them up on his Mac for a little show and tell.

It's a great feeling when another artist you admire is telling you how much they love your work, and means every single word of it. Talking to Ben about my work, artists we love and just art in general got me motivated to start posting on the blog again. So, fast forward to this very moment, where you'll find me posting my first image for 2009! Huzzah!

So, as a fan of comic books (if not an avid reader) it'll be no surprise to learn that I'm a HUGE Watchmen fan (and truthfully, who isn't? It's a work of literary genius). I drew up this quick Rorschach sketch in my Moleskin book about a week or so ago. Simple blue and black brush pen, with some good ol' office white-out to pick out the white of his mask. I'm quite fond of how it came out. Hope you guys are too!

Happy New Year to anyone who still comes to visit, and please, keep on checking in '09, because you're going to see a lot more good stuff here:)

Cheers!
-Mooch-

Fat Kat!

Trying to break old/bad drawing habits by sketching directly into Photoshop via my Wacom tablet. It's been incredibly liberating attacking a sketch this way, and I've found that mistakes made while shaping a drawing add an incredible amount of genuine character to the finish. I didn't erase one thing in this sketch. I just kept throwing in ideas, and if I felt it didn't fit or hindered the composition, I simply deleted the offending layer.

Anyway, here's my little Fat Kat. He's cute (sort of), He's cuddly (not really) and he's brought you a present (you LUCKY dog YOU!)

Hope-a you like!

-Mooch-

Sketch-a-palooza!

Has it truly been THIS long since updates? Good Gravy man! Why didn't you tell me sooner? Who in the world am I talking to?

Anyway my fine reader out there, I decided to scan and post some of my roughs (which is all I seem to do these days). My buddy Chris was over checking out my portfolio and inquired why I didn't post any of these, so, I decided "Man, Chris sure is right!" And there you have it. So, here they are for your enjoyment (or ridicule)!



Skullboy was an ink drawing I had started in my graph book awhile back, but never got around to finishing him. Maybe that's why he looks so upset.



Some Morlock sketches from H.G. Wells classic "The Time Machine".



Electronic Gorilla Brain. He's my mascot, the figurehead for my "freelance" business. This was just a super quick pencil sketch. Like literally 30 seconds.



My version of a creepy "Hellboy". He can open dimensional portals and pull out demons. This was an idea for his face. Sort of like an unsettling doll or wooden dummy.



Siamese. In the works. Don't want to say too much, but this was an exercise in working out a look for one of the girls.



My unfinished "Nose Dragon". I really like this one:)



A super rough sketch of Two-Face from Batman. Eh. There's something I like about this, even though it fails as a cohesive character concept.




Godzilla. The Big G. I love me some Godzilla. One day I'll actually FINISH this painting. Here's the rough sketch and color study. He's kicking the crap out of Mothra's larvae.

Bishops Beware!!

This has been an idea that's been kicking around my brain for years now, but I've only just recently had the urge to bring it to life. The original finished piece was alot more complex than what you see now. I had a fully rendered chess board, and a beheaded White Queen at the foot of the "Scythe Pwn". "Mace Pwn" & "Brass Knuckle Pwn" were cresting over the arc of the chessboard, ominous in appearance and with murderous intent, ready to join their fellow ebony warrior on the field of battle.

Sadly, it was a mess when it was all put together.



I felt the drawings were stronger when spotlighting one "Pwn" and it's chosen weapon. After toying around for a few days with positions for the drawings and various additional designs to finding out that the addition of color was an absolute failure, I hit upon these final pieces. I'm much happier with this result, if not completely satisfied.



I'm going to do more in the "Pwn & Weapon" series. It's my intent to feature them in another medium in the future, but I've spent too long on this concept as of now, and need to move away from it to gain some much needed prespective.

I truly enjoy how abstract the concept is though. These slightly twisted chess pieces brandishing deadly weapons. It was fun to do:) Hope you enjoy them too...

Cheers,
-Mooch-