Category: Sketchbook

Uncle $crooge

Post author By Chad Frye
Post date May 22, 2019

When I was a kid, my dad let me read his old comics from the ’50s, and what he collected most was Uncle $crooge comics. Scrooge became my favorite Disney character, so I was influenced at an early age by the work of Carl Barks, creator of the ol’ duck.

This love for Disney comics even led to me writing a Donald Duck story that ended up getting published in Europe and here in the States! (The story was called The Kings of Chaos.)

This inked doodle of ol’ Scrooge McDuck came forth in my sketchbook recently. It’s only surprising that the Disney ducks haven’t shown up there way more often!

Tougher than the toughies, smarter than the smarties.

That Darn Cat

Post author By Chad Frye
Post date May 16, 2019

When a balloon wins the affection of a child’s heart, beware of the scorned cat.

He knows ev’ry trick, doesn’t miss a lick
When it comes to keepin’ track
Some city slicker, no one is quicker than
That darn cat.

Animals Art: Colored Pencil Art: Drawings Character Designs Random Doodles Sketchbook

Drawn & Quoted: Bears & the Bees

Post author By Chad Frye
Post date May 7, 2019

“Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one’s life away.“

– Yann Martel (1963 – present)

Bears do love their honey. I love doing drawings in my toned tan paper sketchbook. Win-win.

Animals Art: Drawings Art: Inking Art: Painting Art: Watercolor Cartoons Character Designs Drawn & Quoted Illustrations Random Doodles Sketchbook

Rodeo Romance

Post author By Chad Frye
Post date May 1, 2019

There are not very many types of relationships stronger than the sacred bond between a cowboy and his horse. I’m just glad that my pencil was able to capture the bliss.

Whoopie-ti-yi-yay.

Animals Art: Drawings Character Designs Random Doodles Sketchbook

Doggone

Post author By Chad Frye
Post date April 15, 2019

Dogs. Lots of dogs, and all drawn with real ink. No computers needed, until posting on your blog, of course.

For those of you here in the States, hope this brings a smile on an otherwise glum Tax Day.

Dogs that you don’t have to walk.

Animals Art: Drawings Art: Inking Character Designs Random Doodles Sketchbook

Boy’s Best Friend

Post author By Chad Frye
Post date April 4, 2019

I never had a real pet when I was a kid, unless you count goldfish won at a fair, or hermit crabs. Those kind of pets you can’t really play with. I learned the hard way that they don’t play fetch very well.

It’s always fun to see a kid enjoying a pet, and the pet enjoying a kid. It’s kind of a carefree moment that let’s you forget the worries of the world.