Tis Friday After All

Oh Friday. It's always good to see you. Today I am posting the final for my "Papercut Showdown." I went in yesterday evening and added a few things. As I doodled around, I realized just how long you could spend on this style if you really wanted to blow it out. It was really fun! I will hopefully get to do more like this in the future.

There is a cool new development that I hope to be able to tell you guys about next week. Nothing huge, but it is pretty fun.

Again, I thank everybody who keeps checking the blog, and I wish everyone a happy weekend.

Coasters vs Paper Dolls

"While other kids labored over there puny paper ponies and butterflies, little Sophie was creating an epic battle to end all battles. A victory means salvation, while a defeat means that all humans get their faces chewed off by giant aliens. Little Sophie was yelled at by the teacher. Now, it is certain that the teacher will be the FIRST to get her face chewed off."

Happy Thursday everyone. This morning I went back to cut out land and added a few things to this tiny yet epic showdown. I forced myself to move quickly, so there are many things I would like to keep going with. Hopefully tonight I can take an hour or so and go nuts, but for now this is what I offer. I captured the process over two mornings... but I do warn you there is a whole lot of clicking around, grabbing textures, scaling, cutting, clicking, grabbing textures... it may get a little crazy!

CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW IT WAS DONE!

My Paper Dolls Are Fighting

"Back up suckah! I said back up!"

While this is far from finished, I wanted to show you the progress. I came in this morning fully intending to take it easy and finish up some existing drawings, but for some reason I started doodling these little guys. Hopefully by the time I am done, they will live in a cool little cardboard world.

And I think I am finished with this "Donut Desire" piece. We are moving on!

New Shoes

Good Morning! Today's topic was chosen by my buddy Bryan Ballinger. I asked him for a suggestion (because he is an evil genius) and he came up with "Monster with a brand new pair of sneakers." I had fun with things, keeping it sloppy and simple. You will even see at the beginning of the video that I just started scribbling until an idea stuck. Now I find myself wanting to tell the story of this happy fellow and his new pair of shoes!

CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW THIS HAPPENED!

Sasquatch Scribble

"Timmy quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out the leftover meatloaf.
He was in fact, prepared."

Happy Monday to ya! This morning I had a bit of a rough time getting anything to happen on this sketch, but the idea is there. If I have time, I will try to revisit the layout and solve a few problems. As you can see in the video, I started to play with some color, then decided to cheat and go with the sepia tones.

PROCESS VIDEO WHOA!

Closer To The Donut

I know these progress posts get a bit boring, but I thought I would at least show this to you. A city was added. Some color clean up on the robot. The foreground buildings got their lighting messed with. We are close to the finish!

Next time... maybe something more exciting?

You Take One More Step Toward My Donut...

There is progress! I managed to block in the color on our hungry monster, clean up the foreground buildings a bit, and even add in the donut sign. Really this is turning into a squabble over a snack.

No Donut For You, Loser!

Just a clean up this morning. Re-drew the robot and monster in a clean line, and started to block in the robot's colors. Onward!

Listen Buddy, Do We Have To Do This Again?

The start to a bad morning for Ooglenork, the unfortunately large visitor from outer space. All he wants is a donut, and this pesky robot jerk just won't get off his case. "Listen buddy, I have a right to a good cup a joe and a warm Krispy Kreme!!"

CLICK HERE FOR ROCKIN PROCESS VIDEO!

Thar She Blows Cap'n

Ah ha! This is done for now! I will go back to each piece at the end and spend some time cleaning things up and adding a little detail, but for right now I am setting this aside. The sign is back! As well as the rope ladder and the dreaded pirate flag! I also took some video of this final stage, and hopefully later I can post that. Happy Friday.

EDIT: Here is the video!

Mom Said To Come In And Wash Your Hands!

Pirates Are So Stupid!

I am attempting a softer look on this, using the "Dull Conte" brushes in Painter. While I don't quite have the chops to match up to the classic Golden Book style, I am hoping that when I am done it will have that sort of feel.

Softer Approach

I thought I might try a different style on this... of course I would go a lot cleaner on the final illustration but I like the lack of lines. It causes you to focus on the shapes. More tomorrow!

Oh, and my apologies... me drawing at normal speed is pretty boring.

Quick Color!

Not much time this morning...

Monday Morning Monsters

Happy Monday. This morning I did a few rough doodles to explore the next Drawergeeks topic, which happens to be "Giant Monster." Now, I did throw in a few giant robots, but the monsters are there too.

The Best This Monster Can Do

YouTube Smally McSmall - 1
YouTube Smally McSmall - 2

Dinner Ends

This could have been pushed a lot farther, but I am calling it quits for now. Fun and loose. As with any drawing I do, I look back and see about 126 changes I should make... but that is good. That means I will do better next time. For now, I am going to focus on a few more "If I Had A Robot" drawings, and start thinking about what style I want to finish them in.

Spratting By Candlelight

Not much time this morning. I was able to throw down some basic color to set a mood for the happy couple, and I also changed Mr. Sprat's nose. The poor guy gets poked by Mrs. Sprat so frequently that he is able to keep eating as she digs her finger in. He just needed a bigger nose to take the impact.

Also, I want to apologize to anybody who has tried to view my "in process" videos recently. I received an email saying that my 2GB bandwidth for the month was all used up. First of all, thank you. That means people have been viewing them. Secondly, I am going to buy software today that should allow me to capture some cool stuff as I am working. So, the message is... hang in and I will get some better videos up for you soon.

As always, thank you so much for checking in and posting comments.

Dinner Out With The Sprats

"Jack dear! (POKE!) What is THIS on MY plate! Dearest? Jack, are you listening to me? (POKE!) I specifically asked that waiter to remove all LEAN foods from my dish! JACK! STOP EATING AND LISTEN TO ME! (POKE!) This is a real problem. STOP CHEWING! SO HELP ME JACK!!!"

Summer Job

And I had to use a push mower... dang.

Today I was running a bit behind again, so I only allowed myself 10 minutes to rough out this concept. That usually means there are many things I would go back and "fix", but it is a good exercise and it forces you to not fret over any details.

I was also able to capture my process in two clips... see how I scribble!

"Summer Job" - First Five Minutes
"Summer Job" - Second Five Minutes

(I have to give my co-worker credit for the subject...thanks Andy.)