Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

2010 Monster Month: Day 25 – Treevesdropper

Remember kids, it’s always safest to go into the woods with a buddy – preferably a buddy larger than yourself to increase your chances of him getting attacked first so you can get away…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 24 – Dinomime

Today’s monster has kind of a strange yet short backstory. At my current animation day job I was working in a large room with several other artists. Somehow we got to talking about dinosaurs in museums, when the thought was brought up by someone about dino bones in France. Then our imaginations got the better…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 23 – The Arsonist

I grew up in Florham Park, New Jersey where the fire department was valiantly staffed by volunteers – not an uncommon phenomenon in the East Coast suburbs. To think that these guys were ready and willing to run from wherever they were to help a family in need in that way was and continues to…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 22 – The Babysitter

Every couple with children really should schedule a date night from time to time. You know, an evening for just the two of you without the kids. The children tend to consume your every waking moment to the point that you need to be reminded of your love for each other. Go back to a…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 21 – Hooknose

One never knows where one will acquire inspiration for a character design. One must always be open to all avenues of muse-dom. For instance, one could be reading an article about the television show Dancing with the Stars (which one DOES NOT watch by the way), and see that actress Jennifer Grey is appearing on…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 20 – Homeless

We all see them – homeless fellas standing at freeway ramps and street corners with their signs requesting your financial assistance. However you respond to them, perhaps it’s best in this case to definitely avoid making eye contact….. (Feel free to click on the image to see a slightly larger version.)
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2010 Monster Month: Day 19 – Coffee Break

The daily routine of a job can really wear on you. Hour after hour of doing the same task affects you mentally, and even physically. Every now and then you need a good coffee break to let your system reset for the next round of whatever monotonous routine you have been hired to do. Whether…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 18 – Purple Ice Cream Eater

If you followed last year’s Monster Month, you might remember a morbid ink sketch of a monster enjoying some ice cream that was posted on this very day. I’m not sure why exactly, but the thought of one of these hairy beasts truly enjoying some frozen dairy delights just strikes me as funny, peculiar, and…
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