Leo's New Friend

Quick one today with it being Memorial Day and all... Here's a sketch of Leonardo holding a rat. It's not Splinter but maybe a distant cousin? The body was drawn with regular pencil and then darkened in Photoshop to give a bit more drama to it. The background is also a product of Photoshop. Graphic pen and half-tone filters can really do the trick on occasion.

Some More "Turtle Power"

So I've been in this little groove right now of wanting to start drawing again. It's a wave I'll ride in for a little while before I get distracted with something else. Last night was another one of those nights where I felt like sketching but didn't know what to sketch. The Ninja Turtles were the theme this past weekend, mine as well carry it through into the week right? Below is Raphael screaming and what looks like something violent. At what, I have no idea. Maybe a Triceraton just off the page? Either way, he looks pissed. There are a couple changes that need to be made... mostly in his right fist. It just seems too small compared to the other one. His sai needs a little revamping too, it doesn't look too symmetrical does it?

Raphael showing some aggression.

Heroes in the Half Shell

Quick one today... Recently I've been inspired to sketch again. Not my own characters though. Other people's characters... much cooler than my own. Growing up I was a HUGE Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fan (TMNT for you squares). First I was into the cartoon from the late 1980's then a few years later I was more of the comic book fan. Not those Archie comics though, the original Mirage Volume I comics. The real rough 'n' tumble Ninja Turtles. The Ninja Turtles that were dark, dangerous and weren't afraid to kill. Below are a few drawings I did last night.

Donatello facing off against a very dangerous Leatherhead in the sewers

Leonardo and some sort of ninja star

Raphael spinning his sais

That's all for today! Cheers.

From the Vault #9: Larry David

This Larry David drawing was done in the same vein as the John Lennon one. I did this back in 2003 or so when Curb Your Enthusiasm was really just starting to pick up steam to being a hugely popular show. The colored version of this is lying around here somewhere. I always enjoy the sketch version much more than the final though. With the sketch you get to see all the bones to the drawing. I'm not a big fan of this piece, to me there just doesn't seem to be a whole lot of personality to it. Just kind of boring. In the Lennon piece, his smugness almost seemed to seep out of the paper. Now I'm not saying Lennon was normally a smug person, in fact just the opposite from what I've read and heard. But you could tell at times that he knew how to be a bitch. The Larry David drawing seen above doesn't capture any of that. David is pretty much a self-professed douchebag, and I'm not feeling it. Just a drawing...