Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

2014 Monster Month: Day 11 – Flower Sniffer

Sometimes you’ve just gotta stop and smell the flowers. After half a work week of rampaging and eating villages filled with peasants, a monster just wants to kick back and enjoy the simple things in life. So, whatever your occupation, take a rest on this hump day from the screams of “stop, please stop” and…
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2014 Monster Month: Day 10 – Jackenstein

I often get asked “why monsters?” There are two answers to that: 1. the world of fantasy allows for as much creativity as one can handle, and 2. Jack Davis. Jack Davis is the monster king. He has drawn many topics over his career for MAD Magazine, TIME Magazine, advertising art, movie posters, TV Guides,…
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2014 Monster Month: Day 9 – The Hitchhiker

When your wings get tired, sometimes you just gotta set yourself down on the nearest pedestal, even if it happens to be on the horns of a fuzzy species of unknown origin. Who knows, maybe you’ll become friends. Tomorrow’s come see a source of my inspiration!
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2014 Monster Month: Day 8 – Family Portrait

Hey! Today is Friday which means tonight it is the start of the weekend! Woo hoooo! Families will be getting together doing super fun stuff like visiting a pumpkin patch, apple picking, costume making for Halloween, and yard work!! Well, maybe the yard work isn’t so much super fun, but leaf pile diving sure is!…
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2014 Monster Month: Day 7 – The Drooler

It is a hot summer day where the air is so sweltering that it feels like you could take a deep breath and drown in the humidity. The ice cream man hands out half melted popsicles. Old people wobble by draped in a shawl of sweat. Even dogs sit in the shade refusing to chase…
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2014 Monster Month: Day 6 – The Swimmer

Now of course there are sea monsters, but then there are monsters who just love the sea. The latter of these two monster types may have an infatuation with the water, but it does not mean that they are adept at traversing it. Some may float upon the water’s gentle ripples, while others have the…
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2014 Monster Month: Day 5 – Purple Non-People Eater

Today comes a purple creature from the depths of my sketchbook. He doesn’t really care one way or the other about things. He minds his own business, keeps his teeth clean, and combs his beard once a week whether or not it needs it. Just your average, run-of-the-mill purple monster.
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2014 Monster Month: Day 4 – Cave Bug

We’re gonna need a bigger can of bug spray for this one. Happy Monday.
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