2018 Monster Month: Blue Frankie

I hate to disappoint, but I decided that this year I won’t be doing my usual Monster Month series through the month of October. Typically I post a new monster drawing each weekday during this month, but things have been just a little too busy with some freelance projects, and being full-time on a new series for Warner Bros. based on Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs & Ham book. (Oh yeah, I haven’t really announced that in a big way yet. So, guess what I’ve been working on lately?)

ANYway… I may post the occasional monster here and there this month, but it won’t be an onslaught this year. That being said, let’s kick off October 1st with a new version of my favorite creature that goes bump in the night, Dr. Frankenstein’s monster!

 

Dr. Frankenstein was talented medically, but he sure didn’t know the first thing about orthodontia.

Sam Elliott

Doodled up a little bit of cowboy actor Sam Elliott. You’ve seen him in Tombstone, The Big Lebowski, Netflix’s The Ranch, and even as a voice of a T-Rex in The Good Dinosaur that was really a cowboy role. He’s just such a fun actor to see on the screen no matter what he’s in.

I haven’t met Mr. Elliott, but hope to in the near future – he’s just about the only member of the original Mission:Impossible TV cast I have not met yet, and I’m a HUGE fan of that old show.

He also has the best mustache in the business. (Tom Selleck is a close second.)

 

It’s the hat, but even more, it’s the mustache.

Bunny and Bear

Had some time between storyboards the other day to just let my mind and hand wander. This was the result.

 

Yes, it was a hot, muggy wind, but the bunny thought it was just an affect of summer. The fish knew otherwise.

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.

 

Friends support each other.

 

A little ol’ digital gouache painting, all in Photoshop. Having fun with the Kyle brushes.

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)

 

Nothing worse than a hitman with unfulfilled dreams and aspirations. Makes you bad at your job.

 

I don’t know. Sometimes it is just fun to pair an inspirational quote with an image that one might not initially think should go together. Or maybe they DO go together!

Perhaps the average hitman has dreams of being at the top of his game, right? Or maybe he has an unfulfilled aspiration to leave his dirty work behind and become a primo ballerino. Who knows?

Whatever YOU choose in life, knock ’em dead! (Figuratively speaking if you are not a hitman.)

Captain Claw

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

 

Yo ho ho and a bottle of milk.

Gator Waiter

Not sure I’d be able to trust the intentions of a waiter with that many teeth and that eager to serve me.

 

You can draw anything with an oversized Sharpie. Just kidding. I couldn’t do that detail with a pen that large. Actually used a brush pen and a skinny marker.

Unexpected Encouragement

Got out the ol’ sketchbook the other day and felt like getting a monster out of my brush pen – a monster who might have had a tough day at the office, and was cheered just a smidge by a bird who lit upon his nose.

Happy Monday.

 

Well, it’s less embarrassing than a zit on your nose, right?