Month: July 2013

Colorized Sketchbook Page – Speed Demon

art, artwork, cartoon art, cartoon illustration, cartooning, cartoonist, cartoons, comics, drawing, funny, humor, humorous illustration, illustration, ink, monsters, pen and ink, Photoshop, sketch, sketchbook, sketching, strange, twisted humor, weird

Sketchbook_RodMonster

Though I’m not much of a “car guy” and don’t really know a thing about them, I do enjoy drawing hot rods and combining them with monsters in some way.  I guess I’ve been subconsciously influenced by the work of Big Daddy Ed Roth over the years.  Here’s a sketch from one of my sketchbooks, colorized in Photoshop.

#cartoon #cartoons #cartooning #cartoonist #art #artwork #drawing #illustration #graphics #hotrods #hotrod #monster #speed #demon #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #Photoshop #sketch #sketchbook #sketching #weird #strange

Sketchbook Work – Pierce

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I have to admit that I’m a closet metal head/goth/punk.  haha!

#cartoon #cartooning #cartoonist #comics #art #artwork #drawing #graphics #illustration #ink #pen #goth #heavymetal #piercing #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #weird #strange #humor #punk

Zombie Goldfish

art, artwork, bathroom humor, cartoon art, cartoon illustration, cartooning, cartoonist, cartoons, comic strips, comics, drawing, funny, games, humor, humorous illustration, illustration, ink, monsters, pen and ink, Photoshop, sick humor, sketch, sketchbook, sketching, strange, toilet humor, twisted humor, video games, weird

Zombie Goldfish

A rough cartoon sketch for a mobile game app concept that sadly didn’t go anywhere. haha!

#cartoon #cartooning #cartoons #comics #comicstrips #drawing #art #cartoonist #drawing #illustration #goldfish # zombies #ink #pen #games #gaming #videogame #monsters #humor #silly #funny #mobile #Photoshop

New Pen Test – Big Horned Triclops

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Monster with BIG HORN

I always enjoy trying out new pens to see if I will like them better than my current favorite. This doodle was created using the Pigma MICRON 08.

#cartoons #cartoon #cartooning #cartoonist #drawing #art #artwork #graphics #illustration #ink #pen #monster #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #humor #silly #funny

Surfer Dudes!

art, artwork, cartoon art, cartoon illustration, cartooning, cartoonist, cartoons, comic strips, comics, drawing, funny, games, humor, humorous illustration, illustration, ink, pen and ink, sketch, sketchbook, sketching, strange, web comics, weird

LahainaSurfCo#1a

A color illustration I created for a t-shirt concept for a start-up company in Hawaii.

#cartoon #cartoonist #cartooning #cartoons #artwork #art #drawing #illustration #Hawaii #surfing #characters #ink #pen #photoshop #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #humor #funny #strange #weird

Sketchbook Work – The Lahaina Surf Co.

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LahainaSurfCo#2

A concept sketch of a character to be used as a mascot for a start-up t-shirt company in Hawaii.

#cartoon #cartoonist #cartooning #cartoons #comics #artwork #drawing #illustration #ink #pen #surfing #demon #monster #hawaii #sketch #concept #character #sketching #sketchbook #strange #weird #funny #humor

Quantum Creatures Concepts

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I always tell people that even though I’ve been working as a professional artist for almost 20 years, only a small percentage of my work has actually been seen by the public.  It seems that a lot of my work has been concept work for game concepts and demos. Here are a couple of characters I conceived for a project called “Quantum Creatures”.

#cartoon #cartoons #cartooning #comics #cartoonist #artwork #concept #art #characters #drawing #illustration #videogames #gaming #games #creatures #monsters #weird #humor #funny #strange

shapsnots – Lazlow

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In addition to my Johnny Toons blog, I had started a different cartoon blog a couple of years ago called “shapsnots”  (shapsnots.wordpress.com)

The basic idea was a collection of weird characters who represented my family, friends, neighbors, etc. I stopped doing the blog early in 2012 because I didn’t have the time to keep up with it, however I still get hits on it.  In fact, I received some cartoon love today for this particular cartoon.  A big thanks to Blackboard Daze! 🙂

#cartoon #cartooning #cartoonist #cartoons #comics #webcomics #drawing #artwork #illustration #freaks #weird #family #humor

Sketchbook Work – More Tiny Sketches

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Tiny Sketches 2

Here’s a few more tiny sketches for your enjoyment…hopefully. 🙂

#cartoon #cartoons #cartooning #cartoonist #artwork #drawing #illustration #ink #pen #sketch #sketching #sketches #sketchbook #monsters #funny #humor

Colorized Sketchbook Pages – “Potty Monster”

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Potty Monster

Now that I’ve created this blog that features my cartoon sketches and illustrations, I’ve been going through my old sketchbooks and finding drawings that I want to colorize.  Here’s one from waaaaayy back in 2001.  Though I’m not 100% sure, I think I may have drawn this on a flight between Detroit and L.A. haha!

#cartoon #cartoons #cartooning #comics #artwork #drawing #illustration #photoshop #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #monster #toilet #toiletpaper #humor #funny #ink #pen #restroom #weird #gross