Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

Paddington 2 – Part 4

Here is the final illustration I created for an unreleased special feature for the Paddington 2 Blu-ray, and it just so happens to be my favorite of the project. This piece reminds me of an old Sunday school song I used to sing as a little kid “Jesus loves the little children, all the children…
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Paddington 2 – Part 3

Here’s the third installment of my drawings created last year for an unrealized special feature for the Blu-ray of Paddington 2. Hopefully they blend just the right about of cuteness and charm in an attempt to illustrate good manners, which was their intent as they accompanied narration in the short film.
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Paddington 2 – Part 2

Welcome to the second day of posts of some pencil illustrations I did last year for use on the Paddington 2 Blu-ray special features, that ultimately did not get used. All the drawings were illustrating some point of politeness. I really liked the one of the boy offering his seat to an older lady on the…
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Paddington 2 – Part 1

I had a pretty interesting gig last year (2018) that it’s high time I shared. I was hired to do some pencil drawings to be used in a short film for the Paddington 2 Blu-ray special features. All the drawings were on the theme of “politeness,” and I really put some thought into them in…
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Doggone

Dogs. Lots of dogs, and all drawn with real ink. No computers needed, until posting on your blog, of course. For those of you here in the States, hope this brings a smile on an otherwise glum Tax Day.
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Got Milk?

My sister reached out to me last week, and told me that her two-year-old wants to be Batman, but he refuses to drink his milk. She told him that Batman could only be big and strong because he drank HIS milk. My nephew didn’t believe her. Hoping this visual helps him understand that even superheroes…
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Boy’s Best Friend

I never had a real pet when I was a kid, unless you count goldfish won at a fair, or hermit crabs. Those kind of pets you can’t really play with. I learned the hard way that they don’t play fetch very well. It’s always fun to see a kid enjoying a pet, and the…
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Lion & the Mouse

I was doodling around in Photoshop the other day, and started sketching a lion, which led to me remembering that old Aesop’s Fable of the mouse who freed the lion from a trap, and they became buddies. One thing led to another, and the doodle became a digital illustration just for the fun of it.…
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