I have lived in California for a long time now, and do NOT miss the seasons at all. Winter for me consists of the occasional day when I need to put on a sweater, and that is only if the temperatures have dropped into the low 60s or upper 50s. I never even have to wear a winter coat!
However, this winter I have experienced some truly cold weather in places where coats need to be grafted to your skin. So, I sketched a creature like that – a monster covered in fur, and yet STILL feels the need to accessorize with a hat and scarf!
A hat and scarf is all that’s needed to stay positive!
Welcome to the grand finale of 2016’s Monster Month!
As I have said here before, I love drawing Frankenstein’s monster a LOT. When trying to figure out why, it most likely stems from how much I loved the drawings the recently departed great Jack Davis used to do. His had such an ease about them, and a quiet grace amid his flurry of cross-hatching. So maybe each time I draw good ol’ Frankie, it’s a way for me to personally remember Jack.
This year’s Monster Month opened with a loose ink drawing of a more traditional view of the original zombie, so for our grand finale, we are ending with a modern version of him. With the hipster movement going on these days, I started wondering what ol’ Frankie might look like had he been put together with parts from this era. Perhaps he’d look a little something like this…
Sure hope his relationship lasts, otherwise that tattoo will be painful to remove.
In case you are curious, this is a completely traditional drawing. Inked with a sepia colored ink, and some white & blue gouache paint in my new Strathmore Toned Tan Paper sketchbook! Thought he’d be a good one to start the book.
Well, thanks for following along with my Monster Month posts again this year. I always enjoy drawing them, and hope you enjoy this October tradition of mine. Feel free to check out all my previous monster drawings from years past by CLICKING HERE!
Ah, young hipsters in love. However, it looks like they picked the wrong tree under which to plan for the future. Talk about your short-term commitments!
This drawing started out being that I just wanted to draw a tree in my sketchbook. Kinda got carried away…
With this ring, I thee dead.
Well, Monster Month is almost over. Come back on Halloween for the GRAND FINALE!
Just look at this hideous creature, leering out at whatever passes by wishing for its horrific and untimely death, sniffing the air with unwarranted superiority, and tasting the warm ruby blood of its otherworldly desires in the back of its putrid hollow soul. I feel very badly for the fella it is sitting on.
What would be truly horrifying is if that bird leaves a little something behind.
I believe the children are our future. Teach them well, and let them lead the way.
This was just a strange ink drawing from my sketchbook that felt like it needed to be colored. So, into Photoshop it went where I pushed the “automatic color” button. (cough cough)
Even monster parents are subject to the “are we there yet?” question over and over again.
Earlier this month I shared with you a page from my sketchbook, which is where most of my monsters have their beginning (and sometimes their finish). You all enjoyed that previous post so much (CLICK HERE to see it again) that it seemed like maybe you would enjoy another page.
Well, here it is. There is no rhyme or reason to it. These doodles are just the product of a random mind unsure of what will flow from the pen at any given flick of the wrist.
Sketchbooks are so much cheaper than professional therapy.
The pens I buy just always seem to draw this kind of stuff.
