Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

Arrrrr!

Today be the official “Talk Like a Pirate Day.” So, shiver your timbers, yo ho ho, and swab those decks, but just be sure you are doin’ it in a high-pitched squeaky voice like these here pirates be doin’.
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Batman Day 2021

Hey, hey, hey Superman – it’s not always about you! Today just happens to be Batman Day, so be a pal and step aside.
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The Jug Band

“Swing your partner round and round, kick ’em in the knees and throw ’em to the ground!” Wait, that can’t be right. A pencil sketch from my sketchbook. Might be fun to one day develop this a bit more and make a nice traditional watercolor painting out of it.
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Bird Hunting

When I was a kid, in the fall my dad would pack us up into our faux wood-sided station wagon and drive us up to New Hampshire where we’d enjoy the fall colors of the region while he traipsed through the woods with friends as they would go bird hunting. We enjoyed lots of tasty…
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Oh Ladies!!

Spent some time doodling in my sketchbook to explore lady faces. I always love seeing what kind of cute, goofy, or strange things come from sketching without a real plan. I have to admit, I do usually look for the goofy more than anything else, but this time I also tried for a few to…
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Serious Malarky

Some days it’s appropriate to just remain serious.
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Song Bird

The song from the bird of paradise is not always welcome. But, do you put up with it? Or do you shoot holes in your hat?
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Oh Pluto Where Art Thou?

It’s always so annoying when your dog plays hide and seek without informing you of the game first. A recent sketch from my sketchbook.
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