happy birthday chuck!

I think he also studied earthworms.  I should have put in some worms.  Also, while he was a young pup when he traveled on the Beagle, I made him olde because... well.. no good reason really.

As Granny Weatherwax might say, "I Aten't Dead"

It is cold and I'm tired of it.  Always feeling like there's something colder sneaking up behind.

zombie future soldier of tomorrow

yup

morning walk memory sketch

Saw this guy crossing the street.  He started to do this half run thing to get across faster.  I don't think he was actually crossing any faster, but he was certainly moving his limbs more quickly.

sketchbook

I have reasons to believe this is from July 2012.  I'm coming nearer to the end of a period of only occasional sketch book use.  Since this spring I have been sketching more.  Still not enough... when is it ever enough? Never! that's when.  I say that with a smile.

Sketchbook pages

Spring/early summer 2012

Cowboy Quickie

Ok, one more.

Appaloosa

I was trying out some new techniques.  It was initially going to be very flat and simple... but I got a little carried away.  This is not the kind of man that you want to see walking toward you.  Mostly because it would look very strange with those teeny tiny legs.

Also, this is great: https://vimeo.com/remiparisse/pepitefilm 

Gunslinger

Morning warmup sketch.  Sort of a loose interpretation of Stephen King's Gunslinger of the Dark Tower.  Also, I just have cowboys on the brain.

Lazy Tuesday

Nothing much to add here. Just putting off things I have to do.

Starting out the year with a thing

Here's a thing.
Looking at it now, I really could have tried harder with the antlers.

studious

The Hermione sketch.

Put bolts on it!

A giant bolt for a jaw pivot. Why? Clearly I don't know what I'm doing. So... add more hoses!!

It's a post!

Doodles from june. I've been thinking about creatures more these days.

Just some doodles, a photo study. Trying to draw some co-workers in the corner there.

Pickin' Down by the Creek

Here's another banjo lovin pig. Check out the other artists who are offering up pickin pork.
Stacy Curtis
Jack Foster
Greg Wallace
Jeff Overturf
and of course, the guy who started it: Guy Francis

I was watching the BBC's Office Christmas specials while I worked on this. I had forgotten how much more raw and brutal their version is compared to the US version. Excellent show, great characters.

Piggy Mountain Breakdown

NOOO a pun for a title! ah well. Awesome illustrator, Guy Francis, threw down a pig banjo challenge. Since pigs are awesome, and I aspire to play the banjo, I thought I would join in. Here is my pig:

morning warmups!

Landscape Study

Photo Reference:
Fat Tailed Dunnart

Photo Reference:

This one I did all by myself!

this guy is closer to the doodle in my meeting notes i mentioned yesterday. although, now that i'm looking at both, i see i lost a few delicious bits from the doodle. like the placement of the ears in my doodle were lower and more wonky giving his head a more bowed look. he also looks more bewildered in my doodle. someday i'll post this much lauded doodle, and you will all be disappointed. i can hear it now, "seriously bob, this is what you obsess over everyday? you are one sad sack."

that's ok, i'm comfortable with my oddities.

he came several days late to the party

i've done a few little doodles here and there of the wee vampire. i'm not too thrilled about this one, came out a little bland compared to the groovy little sketches done in the margins of some meeting notes. i want to see if i can finish those and post them up someday.