Remember kids, yellow snow is NOT lemon flavored.
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The Los Angeles Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society is having its annual holiday shindig tomorrow night. This year they are doing it at a restaurant that serves British cuisine. It was my duty to make the invitations once again, so with the venue for the party being what it is, it seemed natural to base the art on the most British Christmas tale that comes to mind, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Playing the role of Bob Cratchit is NCS LA’s own mascot, Cornelius the Bear with Tiny Tim being played by Krazy Kat cartoonist George Herriman. In the NCS LA theme song, we herald the bravery and generosity of Cornelius who, back in the day, saved LA based Herriman from a runaway toboggan while up in the mountains. Since Corny is no longer with us, and since he is from Los Angeles after all, we depict him as an angel bear.
Just in case you are curious, I inked this traditionally using a brush and a watered down sepia ink to give the ink line an uneven quality, and it allows for the brown color to show better. Then I scanned it into Photoshop where the colors and plaid fabric were applied. I tried to give it a bit of a nostalgic look in the method of drawing, but also in the color choices. For color inspiration, I looked to the work of my pal and fellow NCS LA member Dan Piraro who has such a great old timey look to his color choices in his comic strip Bizarro, yet at the same time his work looks edgy and modern.
And there you have it. God bless us, EVERY ONE!
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…
Well, Monster Month is almost over. Come back on Halloween for the GRAND FINALE!
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)
You know what they say: “Never ever get between a mama bear alien and her cubs.”
This, most definitely, is the astronaut’s final frontier.
It is hard to believe it, but we are now 3/4 of the way through Monster Month! Come back again Monday for more demented doodles!
If 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.
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.
