The Chad Frye - Illustration GuyIf you get scared stiff by this monster, double-check to make sure you aren’t actually just stiff from the cold because he isn’t particularly scary. However, it is a little unnerving to see him shake a bit from the frigid temperatures.
This was just an ink sketch on the back of an envelope that travelled through the postal system. He would have been warmer had he been enclosed inside the envelope.
Today’s monster comes from the world of fairy tales. The Big Bad Wolf huffs and puffs his way into Monster Month from a page in my sketchbook, featuring a cameo appearance of the three little pigs’ derrières.
Sometimes, despite the scaly skin, the fire breath, and the ogre-like eating habits, a monster just needs to be fancy now and then.
Who doesn’t love a good double scoop of ice cream? Well, besides those of you who are lactose intolerant. (Tolerance is very IN these days. You need to get over your intolerance for lactose.)
Actually, nothing bonds people together – well, people and creatures – better than ice cream. These two figured that out. Once mortal enemies, ice cream has intertwined them together as brothers.
We can all get along if we just had more double scoops.
Some faces are such that only a mother could love. While there is little evidence to confirm this, we like to think that Igor’s mother truly loved his face. However, judging by his willingness to serve Dr. Frankenstein with the doctor’s hideous experiments, love may not have been a part of Igor’s early years. Perhaps he stole brains and dug up dead bodies under the cover of night all in the hopes of getting the parental acceptance he so longed for that was deprived of him during his childhood.
Yet, in all the sadness that he must have felt inside, Igor remained a positive person, always ready to lend, or dig up, a hand with a smile on his face. If only we could all be more like Igor.
Now what artist doesn’t welcome the chance to create something wondrous from observing a beautiful live model? Art history is filled with amazing masterpieces of those who have gone on before us who utilized models in their work such as da Vinci, Rembrandt, and believe it or not, Picasso. However, there are also those who pretend to be artists just so that they can spend time with a pretty model. These are truly monsters.
This actually is a drawing I did for my nephew who has an interest in art. I gave him his own sketchbook this year with this as the first drawing in it to help get him started. I’m sure he’ll have fun letting his imagination go wild!
Often when I reach for a sketchbook, I don’t really know what will come forth. This was one of those times. With a blank page before me, I just started doodling an eye, and then another, and a nose, and eventually this dragon just came out of that magic pencil.
Sure glad I bought that pencil and not a different one. No telling what would have come out of a another pencil!
Today is Columbus Day, which means here in the States that many people have the day off from work. The weather is still nice in much of the country, so I imagine there will be quite a few who will make it out to whack a few balls around the course. I love playing golf, but my play is usually pretty monstrous.
As you can see with today’s monster, it is actually a repeat of my Monster Month logo eyes, but in a way you haven’t seen them before! A couple of years ago, my pal Mike Kunkel (creator of the comic Herobear and the Kid) got a few cartoonist friends together to play a round of golf in a mini tournament that he called The Cartoonist Cup. One of the requirements of play was that we had to get our own golf balls made, which I thought was a terrific idea. It isn’t hard nor too expensive to get your own design onto a golf ball.
We had a GREAT time on the course that day with a foursome that included Mike, myself, Jason Lethcoe and Stephen Silver. The reason you only see three balls in the photo is because Stephen didn’t realize we were supposed to get balls made, so at the end of the game, just the three of us traded balls with each other. They serve as a fun reminder of a good time with friends.
There is talk of getting together sometime to do this again, so perhaps in a future Monster Month I’ll have a new golf ball to share with you!