Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

2016 Monster Month: Day 12 – Big Bad Wolf

Today’s monster comes from the world of fairy tales. The Big Bad Wolf huffs and puffs his way into Monster Month from a page in my sketchbook, featuring a cameo appearance of the three little pigs’ derrières.
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2016 Monster Month: Day 11 – Fancy Lad

Sometimes, despite the scaly skin, the fire breath, and the ogre-like eating habits, a monster just needs to be fancy now and then.
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2016 Monster Month: Day 10 – I Scream

Who doesn’t love a good double scoop of ice cream? Well, besides those of you who are lactose intolerant. (Tolerance is very IN these days. You need to get over your intolerance for lactose.) Actually, nothing bonds people together – well, people and creatures – better than ice cream. These two figured that out. Once mortal enemies,…
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2016 Monster Month: Day 9 – The Face

Some faces are such that only a mother could love. While there is little evidence to confirm this, we like to think that Igor’s mother truly loved his face. However, judging by his willingness to serve Dr. Frankenstein with the doctor’s hideous experiments, love may not have been a part of Igor’s early years. Perhaps he stole brains and…
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2016 Monster Month: Day 8 – The Artist

Now what artist doesn’t welcome the chance to create something wondrous from observing a beautiful live model? Art history is filled with amazing masterpieces of those who have gone on before us who utilized models in their work such as da Vinci, Rembrandt, and believe it or not, Picasso. However, there are also those who…
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2016 Monster Month: Day 7 – Green Dragon

Often when I reach for a sketchbook, I don’t really know what will come forth. This was one of those times. With a blank page before me, I just started doodling an eye, and then another, and a nose, and eventually this dragon just came out of that magic pencil. Sure glad I bought that…
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2016 Monster Month: Day 6 – Eyes on the Ball

Today is Columbus Day, which means here in the States that many people have the day off from work. The weather is still nice in much of the country, so I imagine there will be quite a few who will make it out to whack a few balls around the course. I love playing golf,…
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2016 Monster Month: Day 5 – Bad Apples

My friend Rick Detorie, the cartoonist of the syndicated comic strip One Big Happy, has a collection of vintage produce labels originally intended for the sides of crates back in the day. They are all gorgeous old designs in immaculate unused condition. Rick doesn’t like them the way they are, though. He asks his cartoonist…
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