Sketch Dailies: Wednesday Addams

This started out as a drawing I liked, and then I had to go and ink it.  Thanks a lot #Inktober for making me work way outside my comfort zone, she said in a sarcastic tone but actually really meant it.

Daily Crapbook: Vampire Lady

It’s been forever since I tried using ink.  Then I remembered that’s because its hard and I’m not good at it.  I redid an old Halloweeny sketch I never finished as the subject of my first jaunt back into this sordid experiment.  Thanks #inktober for making me practice!  

Daily Crapbook: New Sketchbook Cover

New cover art for my latest Sketchbook which I plan to sell at CTN.  I realize that printing takes time, so these past few days I've been rushing to design it.  Every time I make a new one of these it's always in a rush, so I never really spend time experimenting.  I just try to polish my previous ideas and hope they'll hold up.  I just spent these past few days agonizing over the layout and despairing over my lack of artistic improvement since last year, but its done and the proof is ordered.  I may hate what I do the second I finish it, but once its finished I can at least move on to something else.  Speaking of which, time for new business cards!

"Monkey Rag" Shop Is Open For Business!

Monkey Rag Shop

I've added a couple more designs just to round things out a little, and that means more options for you!  If "Monkey Rag" make you laugh, smile, smirk, or simply make you cock your head to one side and ponder the meaning of life, please consider stopping by the shop and throwing down some support.

"Monkey Rag" Merch!

I'm trying to come up with things I can sell at my table for CTN, so I thought I'd stick my toe in the water with an online shop at RedBubble.  It would be great if I could start selling enough to help fund all the ordering and printing I need to do, but we'll see!  I only have the one design up there now, but I plan to do a few more soon.  Stay tuned!

Sketch Dailies: Dust Bunnies

Dust Bunnies such a cute phrase- I did not have time to do this today but I don't care.

Monkey Rag Stickers!

Since it will be my first time ever having a table anywhere, I want to stock it up right.  That means lots of goodies that people can snag for a couple bucks.  First off to the printers are some die-cut vinyl stickers!  I'm excited about these- I think they're going to turn out good.  Still working on one more sticker design.

Sketch Dailies: Venom

Sketch Dailies is such a cool way to get out of your comfort zone and try new things- its such fun exercise!

Daily Crapbook: Life Drawing 02

Still tryin'!

Sketch Dailies: Space Ghost

I knew him more as the talk show host rather than the super hero, but I always loved Alex Toth's designs.

GirlsDrawinGirls: 80s Chick

Time I get back into GirlsDrawinGirls topics- here's an 80s chick!

Sketch Dailies: Mary Poppins Casting

A few days late for this Sketch Dailies topic, but I've had this in the back of my mind for a while now.  When I learned that there were other actresses considered for the role of Mary Poppins before practically-perfect-in-every-way Julie Andrews, I wondered what they might have been like.  I think Mary Martin in the late fifties/early sixties would relish another flying role, and wouldn't even have to pretend to be a little boy!  Angela Lansbury at that time could still be a bit of a glamorpuss and would be really beautiful in that setting.  Bette Davis made a super-creepy movie called "The Nanny" and thus would make a great Scary Mary.  Of course, "Mary Poppins" is one of my all-time favorite movies and I wouldn't change a frame of it, but its still fun to speculate.

Daily Crapbook: Head Sketches

Still trying to get my sketchin' goin'...

Daily Crapbook: 70s Chick

Getting my energy back up, trying to warm up with some sketchin'.

"Animator Paper Doll" for CTN Expo

I've been MIA lately because there are a couple things going on in my life that have just taken over.  I haven't had much time to do anything but work, but I had to meet this deadline tonight for the CTN Expo sketchbook project.  Here is my submission!