Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

2010 Monster Month: Day 1 – The Dog Walker

As the swift cool breezes of fall waft through the amber leaves of the neighborhood trees, it delivers the delights and mischief of creatures strange and mysterious who venture out to taunt all good citizens like yourself. (Well, here in Los Angeles the temperatures hit 113°, so the leaves are amber from having been burned.)…
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Things That Go “BUMP” in October…

Last October was the first ever MONSTER MONTH on the Chad Frye • Illustration Guy blog. On each one of October’s 31 days, a new monster doodle, drawing or painting was unleashed on an unsuspecting public. (Click HERE if you’d like to revisit last year’s creatures!) So much great feedback came from everyone, and it was…
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A Criminal Mind

…so to speak. Last winter I had the opportunity to meet and chat with actor Joe Mantegna for a few minutes. I’ve always enjoyed him in various movies such as The Three Amigos , Baby’s Day Out, and one of my all-time favorites – Searching For Bobby Fischer. It was at that moment that I…
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Gladys

You know what I think is a good time? If you said “going upholstery shopping” you would be wrong, and yet somehow I find myself compelled to write on this topic. Just a little over a year ago, my folks moved from my childhood home in the suburbs of New Jersey to a home on…
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Drawn & Quoted: Elephantastic

“When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) Feeling saggy? Feeling baggy? Perhaps you can relate to this sketch I whipped up last night. There was no rhyme or reason for it – just…
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The “LOST” Home Movie

While most of my posts here on my blog have to do with my drawings and paintings, once in awhile I get to play in other genres of the creative arts. This past spring provided just such an opportunity through my good friend Steve Czarnecki when he called me to see if I’d lend him…
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It’s Gettin’ Hot in Here

While I know that it has been really hot across the United States these past few months, Southern California has had one of the most mild, beautiful summers in all the years I’ve lived here – until this week. This has been a sweltering week in Los Angeles, so of course, as that great leader…
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Play Ball!!

Over the course of what feels like a very short career despite having been a member of the full-time creative field for 16 years, have drawn in many styles to please many clients. That is what a freelance illustrator/cartoonist does. You always bring a little of yourself to the table, but if somebody needs Yogi…
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