Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

Drawn & Quoted: Positivity

“You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.“ – Joel Osteen (1963 – present)
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Don’t Feed the Bears

In this case, perhaps obeying the signs is the best plan for self-preservation. I had some doodle time last month and started out drawing this bear with his mouth wide open without a real plan as to what the scene would really be. It began as an exploration of big curvy shapes with…
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Beards

So, I hear beards are in these days – IN my sketchbook that is! ZING!
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Go Fish

My doctor retired last month. After all the years of his great care, thought I’d do a little drawing for him to mark the occasion (name redacted for privacy sake). He deserves the time away, but man, I’m not looking forward to having to seek out a replacement for him. He was one of the…
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Shark Week

I hear that this week is Shark Week. We’re gonna need a bigger blog.
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Turtle Power

Lately my sketchbook has been slowly getting some pages filled. I carry it around, and intend to doodle in it more, but sometimes random, spur-of-the-moment drawings just don’t spring forth as often as one might like. This one moved particularly slowly, but maybe because he’s a turtle. At least he’s a little dapper.
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Heat Wave

Hoo boy! I hear it is super hot all over the United States this week! How are YOU beating the heat? How about those of you who live around the world? Are you experiencing a heat wave? Here in Los Angeles, we have had a pretty mild summer so far. I’ve LOVED it! In past…
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The Rocketeer

Last year I helped out on an episode or two of Disney’s upcoming The Rocketeer show. If you follow my blog, you know I’m a fan of the original Rocketeer character (which you can see in a previous post if you CLICK HERE), so it was a real treat to be invited to work on…
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