Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

2016 Monster Month: Day 20 – Dangerous Proposal

Ah, young hipsters in love. However, it looks like they picked the wrong tree under which to plan for the future. Talk about your short-term commitments! This drawing started out being that I just wanted to draw a tree in my sketchbook. Kinda got carried away… Well, Monster Month is almost over. Come…
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2016 Monster Month: Day 19 – Evil Incarnate

Just look at this hideous creature, leering out at whatever passes by wishing for its horrific and untimely death, sniffing the air with unwarranted superiority, and tasting the warm ruby blood of its otherworldly desires in the back of its putrid hollow soul. I feel very badly for the fella it is sitting on.
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2016 Monster Month: Day 18 – Paper Cut

Here is another high quality sketch created on the back of an envelope. Keep those fingers safe Mr. Postman – this is a paper cut you might not recover from.
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2016 Monster Month: Day 17 – Parenting

I believe the children are our future. Teach them well, and let them lead the way. This was just a strange ink drawing from my sketchbook that felt like it needed to be colored. So, into Photoshop it went where I pushed the “automatic color” button. (cough cough)
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2016 Monster Month: Day 16 – The Snot Monster

Let me tell you from experience, you do NOT want to be around this guy when he has allergies. It snot pretty. (Yeah, I went there.)
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2016 Monster Month: Day 15 – Final Frontier

You know what they say: “Never ever get between a mama bear alien and her cubs.” This, most definitely, is the astronaut’s final frontier. It is hard to believe it, but we are now 3/4 of the way through Monster Month! Come back again Monday for more demented doodles!
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2016 Monster Month: Day 14 – Sketchy Characters

Earlier this month I shared with you a page from my sketchbook, which is where most of my monsters have their beginning (and sometimes their finish). You all enjoyed that previous post so much (CLICK HERE to see it again) that it seemed like maybe you would enjoy another page. Well, here it is. There…
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2016 Monster Month: Day 13 – Scared Stiff

If you get scared stiff by this monster, double-check to make sure you aren’t actually just stiff from the cold because he isn’t particularly scary. However, it is a little unnerving to see him shake a bit from the frigid temperatures. This was just an ink sketch on the back of an envelope that travelled through…
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