Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

Cat and Mouse

I had a few minutes to doodle something the other day, and returned to the topic of cats. Then the few minutes turned into another few when it felt like the little guy (and his even littler buddy) should be in color. A little ol’ digital gouache painting, all in Photoshop. Having fun…
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Drawn & Quoted: Mob Mentality

“Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.“ – Paulo Coelho (1947 – present) I don’t know. Sometimes it is just fun to pair an inspirational quote with an image that…
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Leap Frog

Earlier this summer, I created a summertime illustration that debuted on a promotional card for my attendance at the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) conference held the first weekend in August in Los Angeles. It was inspired by a pencil sketch in my sketchbook created this past spring (which you can see…
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I’m Batman

Every now and then I get a little time where I can experiment. Still playing with some new brushes (to me) in Photoshop, working in a rough painting style. It’s kind of fun blocking in colors to get the feeling and action across instead of the detailed noodling I’m used to doing. Also, I’m Batman.
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Light the Birthday Candle!

Last week an old friend of mine from college shot me an e-mail surprising me with the news that she was in town with her family, so we made plans for me to show the six of them around the Warner Bros. studio where I now work. The night before, her husband let me know…
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Captain Claw

Move over Captain Hook. There’s a new menacing pirate on the high seas! Arrrrrrrrrmeow.
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Da Bears

Felt like it was time for some bears to visit ol’ Chad’s sketchbook again. Here’s a recent page of inked bruins that came by way of a brush pen. I’d keep those fingers away from their mouths if I was you. Incidentally, I hear Christopher Robin only has one bear in his posse. Amateur.
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50th Anniversary

I generally don’t get too personal here on the ol’ blog, but today is a mighty special day in the Frye family. On this day in 1968, my parents were joined together in holy matrimony. I wanted to do something a bit special for their 50th anniversary. I hope they don’t mind, but I decided…
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