The Green Goblin

Not that I could even come close to what John Romita, Sr. could envision for the diabolical Green Goblin but I've always loved this classic Spider-Man villain. The idea that some psychopathic, super strong, drugged up villain riding around Manhattan on a rocket powered Bat Glider (no offense meant to the friendly folks over at DC Comics I hope) was great!

Halloween costumes

Seeing as how Halloween just passed, I thought I'd toy around with the idea of some of the costumes I've seen as of late. Some of which have been genius, some not so much- but it is the one day out of the year where people can dress up in the most ridiculous of outfits and be socially accepted for one night.

Vehicle sketches

I've been on somewhat of a tear with drawing these super utilitarian 4X4 vehicles as of late. I love the non-aerodynamic nature of these sort of moon buggies, safari vehicles, utilitarian transports, and how bit of their carriage is dedicated to a functional use.

Old man sketch

Quick sketch I did for my friend Chris Carden who teaches in the Entertainment Arts department at CCS.

Fear of Bigfoot

I just recently had lunch with my good friend Dennis and found out that he's also somewhat of a Bigfoot enthusiast. He actually takes his kids out camping and tells them all about the phenomenon, research, expeditions, and lore. Me on the other hand (while interested)... I have a fear that Bigfoot would just come and snatch me away. Rational? Probably not but makes for one heckuva a fun drawing.

The love of baseball.

Having just gotten back from a long weekend of watching some pretty entertaining minor league baseball in Grand Rapids and Lansing, I figured I'd indulge myself in some baseball imagery for fun.

Another "sick" drawing

Just had some fun at the expense of another friend, Rosey- who had been ailing this month.

Sick in the summer.

It's never fun to be sick in the summer. My poor friend, Sandra in Chicago got walloped with the flu bug awhile back and it inspired me to crank out this sketch. I can only imagine the ungodly hot weather, feeling miserable and wanting to do things like a normal human being again.

Christmas in July

Usually around Christmas we gather at one of the relatives who has a good sized home and we get the families together for a festive holiday celebration. Since we don't happen to have that kind of square footage we decided upon a Christmas in July party where we could utilize our outdoor yard space. For kicks I decided to do up a bunch of elves, hula girls and snowmen for the gig. Hand colored, mounted onto foamcore and glued onto sticks they made for decent fans in the +90º heat.

Great napkins!

So I'm not a coffee drinker, but I do love the attitude and swagger of Seattle's Best Coffee's napkin copy: "NAPKIN. aka spontaneous genius sketch paper". I couldn't help but hopefully prove them right by adding a sketch of my own on one of their napkins.

And for those students that have had my Storyboard class, they also know darn well that their final assignment is done on bar napkins. I've often considered the lowly bar napkin a wonderful medium to draw on.

Yeti chase

Just for kicks, this was a piece I started out ages ago to play around with the layers in Photoshop. Is it where I want it? Not really but I thought it was a valid attempt to have some fun, tweak some things and blend old school with digital.

#56

Shriners and other offbeat civic organizations. Always an interesting subject to me. So wonderfully kitschy and yet who doesn't want to try on a fez for once in their lives?

#55

Maybe it's the warm weather. Maybe it's just the sun coming out. Not sure what it is but there are definitely some distracted drivers out there on the road at times.

All nighters

Every now and then I have to pull an all-nighter just to beat a client's deadline. My students don't know how I do it and quite frankly I'm not so sure how I do it. It's physically exhausting, mentally draining, and a pressure cooker. But after the job is delivered and the client is satisfied, the euphoria (and the eventual paycheck) is pretty good. A few weeks back after pulling an all nighter, I still had just enough energy to scratch out this little gem that sort of encapsulates the feeling of the morning after.

#54

I finally managed to get a new case of sketchbooks in and I've been filling them up pretty regularly. I'm actually juggling two at the moment and this was just one of the more fun filled images I decided to pull out of one for the blog.