Alice Meets the Dodo

Found this wonderful, albeit creapy illustration by John Tenniel from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and I just had to draw it for last weeks Drawaholics challenge. Just put the final touches on it at lunch :)

One-eyed One-horned Flying Purple People Eater

Not sure I've ever seen a picture of a One-eyed One-horned Flying Purple People Eater... And since it's Halloween soon, I took it upon myself to draw one :)

Trantor the Troll from Ernest Scared Stupid

This weeks Drawaholics blog challenge was a Halloween Creature/Monster. To me, growing up in the 90's meant that we were more than okay with being a little zany and we watched a lot of TV that expressed that awesome cheese the 90's were notorious for . One of my favorites was the slew of Ernest movies that have... well... been forgotten. This weeks sketch is Trantor the Troll, the arch nemesis of Ernest P. Worrell from (in my opinion, the BEST Ernest movie made) Ernest Scared Stupid. 

Black Rhinoceros

Again, another past Drawaholics challenge. I'm a sucker for rhinos so naturally I had to do this one. On an unrelated note, I've taken to sketching with pens recently and I've gotta say... I love it!!! No more wasting time with trivial things like erasing mistakes. In fact, using ink this past week has shown me that if you work at it long enough, covering up mistakes is quite easy. They actually lend themselves to the shading and texture that come later on. 

The Walrus is Quite the Distinguished Gentleman

I've been MIA from the Drawaholics blog I participate in but managed to find a little time during my lunch break to put this piece together. I'm not sure if the origins of a walrus wearing a top hat and monocle began from Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland, but I dare say that a walrus wearing a top hat and monocle looks very distinguished indeed.

 

Late Night Sketching with the Fancy Pens

The effects of cranking up the tunes, switching off the tube and letting the sounds of Rock n' Roll command ones creative juices. I think the idea just evolved from my subconscious thoughts of getting back into making music... See what I did there? 

Gorilla Study

Recently put together this sketch on my lunch break then added the final touches later that night. I find myself getting more comfortable with hair definition given the last couple months of constant sketching.