Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

2010 Monster Month: Day 17 – The Gatorpine

Yesterday you were able to see a sample of a whole page from my sketchbook on which I was brainstorming monster heads with the promise that today I’d show you one of those heads fleshed out, so to speak. That spikey headed fella in the lower left corner was the one that captured my imagination.…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 16 – The Red Scare

I tend to draw in my sketchbook often. It’s a place where I can go to get all the bad drawings out of my hand, and hopefully get some decent visual ideas on the page, too. Often I’ll look at that blank whiteness that mocks me without a specific thought as to what I’ll be…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 15 – Ladies’ Night

Ladies, it’s Friday night, the work week is done. Time to let off a little steam and have fun with your girlfriends, right? You get together and talk about whose boss is meaner, who ate who, how many kids you scared that week, how Larry in accounting sneezed and lit the files on fire –…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 14 – Stranger In the Night

Imagine walking home from the park late one night only to be met in the dark by this huge hulking beast in a red cape. You are either going to think “Wow, that guy is really cool looking” or you may shriek in terror. Then again, maybe you’re the type who might offer him your orthodontist’s…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 13 – The Blue Bloods

Ever have one of those days when Murphy and his infernal law seem to plague you? You walk by a puddle and a car splashes you. You jump onto an elevator and just as the doors close the kid next to you pushes all the buttons. Or you take a bite of a tasty garlic…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 12 – Squiggly Legs, Esq.

Something about this guy just amused me when he made his presence known in the pages of my sketchbook. If he were animated, he would just be a swirl of motion with all those worm-like legs and seemingly boneless arms. He gets to combine the captivating nature of a snake with the jaws of a…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 11 – First Flight

A year or two ago I had some doves take up residence on my back patio. I had a clear view of the nest with their eggs, and was excited to eventually see the little bald babies freshly experiencing life. Watching the parent caring for them was a bit of a thrill while over the…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 10 – Spike

Just a few days ago I was winging my way from Toronto back to my home in Los Angeles. I was returning from a good friend’s wedding (congratulations Steve and Ruth!) when on a completely unrelated train of thought, I started doodling this dragon in my sketchbook. While the wedding didn’t inspire this red pencil…
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