Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

2014 Monster Month: Day 3 – Blue Speckled Beast

To be clear, she is blue, and she is speckled, but she does not have blue speckles. And yes, she is a she. The eyelashes give it away. More Monster Month on Monday!
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2014 Monster Month: Day 2 – Fang Fish Face

Ah yes, the ol’ FFF creature. I think this one was inspired by my 5:30am wake-up routine while I was employed earlier this year. I would get up at 5:30 to beat the rush hour traffic on the long commute to the animation studio I was working at all to avoid looking like yesterday’s monster…
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2014 Monster Month: Day 1 – Monstrum Artificem

…otherwise known as “Monster Artist”. (Yes, I invoked the language of Latin in an effort to sound smart. Did it work?) Welcome to the first of the new images for 2014’s MONSTER MONTH! Following the tradition of past years, our first selection of the month is a self-portrait. I don’t often take this form in…
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Monster Month Returns For Another Fright!

Last October 31st, on a night just like tonight, all sorts of creatures that go bump in the night took their final bow for the year here on the ol’ blog. Where they practiced their mischief over the past year, no one knows, but you can be assured that they will return again tomorrow on…
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Fun With the TSA

It has been awhile since I have posted anything. I have been wandering the country seeking new opportunities and connecting with old friends. Of course, I always take my sketchbook with me because you never know when inspiration will strike. It struck in the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport. While waiting for a flight, I found a…
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Twenty-One Artist Salute

This coming Saturday, August 16th, I will be participating in one last epic book signing event for The Sakai Project book published by Dark Horse Comics. I and twenty of my colleagues will be meeting at Meltdown Comics on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles from 4-6pm to sign our pages in the Usagi Yojimbo tribute…
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Burbank Bulldogs Water Polo

Last year I was approached to create a one-of-a-kind design for the back of the letterman jacket for a member of Burbank High School’s lady bulldogs water polo team. From what I was told, she wasn’t thrilled with whatever choices the school was offering for the back of the jacket, so her father hired me…
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“The Sakai Project” Book Signing

As a contributor to The Sakai Project book, published last week by Dark Horse Comics, I will be participating in a big book signing this coming Saturday. Even Stan Sakai himself will be in attendance. If you are in the Los Angeles area, come on out and meet SEVENTEEN artists!
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