Illustration Guy Blog – The Chad Frye

Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.

Illin’ & Chillin’

One of the perils of winter is the proclivity for one to become ill. How the evil germs seek out their victims is beyond me, but this past week I fell prey to their maniacal misdoings. Just last Friday I finished my character design and storyboard revising job on two Zhu Zhu Pets movies. I…
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“Answers Magazine”: White Blood Cell Art

This past summer I was contacted by Daniel Stelzer, Art Director for Answers Magazine, to possibly work on an illustration assignment for them. I had not seen Answers Magazine before, and learned that it is a magazine that deals with scientific issues and other worldview topics all from a biblical perspective. It is the periodical…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 31 – The Joyful Beast

Last year, as part of my Drawn & Quoted series, I created a pencil drawing of a wide-eyed fuzzy monster that just exuded optimism (If you’d like to see it again, just CLICK HERE!) It received wonderful reaction from folks. It is fun to know that such a positive pencil drawing elicited such a positive…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 30 – The Nag

We all have them in our lives – a person who is there just to suck every last bit of childlike wonder we have inside. They say things like “You wouldn’t eat THAT would you?” just as you are about to take a bite. “Those haven’t been in style since MC Hammer!” as you are…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 29 – The Kitty Killer

For those of you who have been following my Monster Month drawings, you will have noticed that I tend to lean toward the cartoony and humorous style of beastie. That’s my nature – a glimpse into my inner core if you will. Last week I was issued a challenge by an artist whom I deeply…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 28 – Miss Muffet

…along came a spider that sat down beside her…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 27 – 5 O’clock Shadow

I have a beard. Primarily I have a beard because I lack a fondness for shaving. Shaving is a painful inconvenience. Besides, there’s nothing wrong with a little facial fuzz. It sprouts there on it’s own, so who am I to hinder its existence. Now, this fella, on the other hand, has issues with his…
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2010 Monster Month: Day 26 – Bed Bug

Talk about a BED BUG problem….. This past weekend I spent several nights sleeping in a hotel in the Phoenix, AZ area. While the room appears clean when you first arrive, you always wonder what those cleaning ladies may have missed. With the current bed bug scare in the United States, you hope desperately that…
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