The Chad Frye - Illustration GuyYou know what today is, don’t you? That’s right, it’s everyone’s favorite quasi-holiday “Talk Like a Pirate Day!” Arrrr.
So, of course the ol’ blog must feature a pirate today. And a dog. A pirate dog. A pirate dog munching on a bone. A pirate dog munching on the forearm bone of a human. Gross.
A new article came out about me a couple of weeks ago. The folks at Shoutout LA asked me a few questions about my work, my mentors, and life in Los Angeles. So, I obliged them with some answers.
So, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy a little light reading about an illustrator in Los Angeles by…
It’s Labor Day here in the States, which is our fall holiday where normally folks celebrate with picnics, time spent together at parks, and maybe get together for a baseball game. Not sure how much of that is happening this year, but it’s nice to think about more carefree days of the past.
For no other reason than to wish my buddy Stephen Silver a happy birthday today, I’m posting this over exaggerated, um, flattering portrait I created of him.
Back in April of this year, I heard that illustrator Jason Seiler was going to be interviewing animation character designer Stephen Silver (Kim Possible, Scooby Doo and Guess Who?) for Jason’s podcast Face the Truth, and he was encouraging people to send in caricatures of Silver that would be revealed to him during the interview. Silver and I have worked together several times over the years, so I thought it would be fun to surprise my pal with this slightly extreme portrayal.
I’m including a photo of Silver with movie poster illustrator Drew Struzan that I took a couple of years ago. This was one photo I used in working out my pencil and watercolor deviation.
Oh, and if you seek out the podcast (which you can by CLICKING HERE), this shows up around the one hour-eight minute mark. They were kinder to the drawing than the drawing deserved, mostly by laughing at it, which was its intended purpose.
Back to a familiar subject matter in my sketchbook today – BEARS! This time they are a couple of dandy bears hittin’ the town in search for love. Look out ladies!
Anyone up for a little cake?
– Groucho Marx (1890 – 1977)
Sidewinder, whippersnapper, feelin’ mighty peckish, high noon, marble orchard, consarn it, sassafras, fair to middlin’, all down but nine, and dagnabbit are all words that come to mind with today’s sketchbook drawing.
