Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

The Blue Beast

For the past four months I have been working as the character designer for a pre-school animated children’s show that is being developed. It is very cute, and very feminine – enough so that after dinner tonight, I just had to get something a little more masculine out of my system. I had to draw…
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The Puffy Jacket

I was out the other night at a restaurant, and while sitting in the waiting area, this tall lanky fella with a humongous puffy jacket walked by on his way out. All I saw was short hair on an interesting face, a mountain range of puffy jacket, and two long skinny legs sticking’ out the bottom.…
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Doggies In the PC Window

I was at a talk last week, and while listening to the speakers, I needed to keep my hand busy. I’m glad I remembered to take my sketchbook. A whole page of doggie doodles just fell out of my fingers…. And just to be sure you read that last sentence right – doggie…
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…From the Flat File: 2004 – CAPS Cover Art

Since about 1997, I have belonged to a professional cartoonist organization called CAPS. It was founded back in the 70s by MAD Magazine stalwart Sergio Aragonès, writer Mark Evanier, and cartoonist Don Rico. I have really loved being a part of this group that meets monthly in Burbank, CA. We get together, have special speakers,…
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Good Friday

Earlier this week I had a little fun with the secular side to what many people call Easter, but to the Jews this is the Passover celebration, and to those who follow the New Testament of the Bible, this is the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Born of Jewish lineage (traceable…
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The Easter Bunny

Every business needs a supplier of product, but it’s good to make sure that you get into business with the right people. Some can be pleasant and fair, while others can be a bit more demanding. When a supplier makes you an offer you can’t refuse, that guy probably isn’t all he’s cracked up to…
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Happy Puppy

I was sitting staring blankly at my screen yesterday, and this happy little puppy simply spilled forth from my stylus. He was just going to be a little blue-lined dog, and then he started getting some monochromatic shading, which in turn led to a touch of pink here and there. Despite blue typically being a…
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…From the Flat File: 2009 – Donald Duck

I was going through some of my old art the other day, and came across this small Donald Duck watercolor/colored pencil piece I did just for fun a few years back. It was painted around the time I was finishing up my time working on two seasons of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I LOVED drawing those…
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