The Chad Frye - Illustration GuyWell, since posting the squirrels I drew for the pilot episode of The Hub channel’s new Care Bears show, I thought I’d show you another critter drawn during the devlopment of the show. I really don’t know how this raccoon evolved for his existence in Care-A-Lot after my involvement, but I thought these rough sketches had a little of that Care Bears charm. Enjoy!
Every now and then I get asked by a kid to draw something that is completely out of my repertoire. This past weekend a young second cousin of mine was out here in California with his dad on a father/son sightseeing trip, and he asked if I could draw a Tazmanian Devil for his friend. I’ve never drawn Taz professionally, and it had even been years since I tried it just as a self-amusement exercise.
I remember reading once that the great Charles Schulz was at a public signing event drawing his Peanuts characters for children. He looked down and asked a little boy what he would like to have. The boy replied, “I want a drawing of Popeye.” Schulz said that from then on he learned to draw a few other characters in case a moment like that should come up again!
I, however had the luxury to do my Taz drawing in my studio where I have access to reference materials. So, I did this pencil sketch of Warner Bros.’ popular Looney Tunes character The Tazmanian Devil for young cousin Jason – or his friend, and did a second one so they both could have a drawing.
Drawing Taz was really fun. Bugs Bunny and his pals were the few cartoons I was allowed to watch while growing up. They instilled in me my love for animation. Unfortunately, I have only had the opportunity to work on one Warner Bros. project – a Michigan J. Frog coloring book. Not long after finishing that book, I moved to California where I became a Disney guy for almost ten years. In hindsight, it is kind of ironic that my one WB project spoofed a Disney movie. It was titled Croakahontas.
Well, enjoy Taz, although I’m sure a Popeye drawing by Charles Schulz would have been much more interesting!
– Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980)
In response to Mr. Hitchcock, “Oops.”
I was at a talk last week, and while listening to the speakers, I needed to keep my hand busy. I’m glad I remembered to take my sketchbook. A whole page of doggie doodles just fell out of my fingers….
And just to be sure you read that last sentence right – doggie DOODLES fell out of my fingers. Would hate for you to think that “L” was an “I”.
I was sitting staring blankly at my screen yesterday, and this happy little puppy simply spilled forth from my stylus. He was just going to be a little blue-lined dog, and then he started getting some monochromatic shading, which in turn led to a touch of pink here and there. Despite blue typically being a sad color, hopefully the little guy’s really big joy will make you feel that all is okay on this mid-March Hump Day.
Enjoy!
I’m really starting to enjoy doodling on Canson paper. If you regularly follow my blog, you have occasionally seen drawings on this kind of paper during the Monster Month posts. I recently went out and bought a bunch more Canson paper with various shades of gray, brown and color. It’s fun because you can start with the mid tone, then put in your darks and lights. So, you may start seeing more and more drawings here on the blog that employ these kinds of techniques.
Today I thought I’d share with you a little friendly February monster drawn with ink, orange colored pencil, and white paint. Enjoy!
Happy Valentine’s Day! With everyone’s thoughts on love today (except for those forgetful fellas who will have a rude awakening when they get home tonight), I thought I’d post a little sketch celebrating the occasion!
I know that they say “opposites attract,” but I feel that there really needs to be a lot in common for it to really work well. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly, but there must be something in common with these two. Whatever it is, they figured it out.
Ever wonder what an evil pirate bunny would look like? I hadn’t given it much thought either until I started doodling this rough and tough hare in my sketchbook. Thought maybe you all would like to see how he recently randomly spilled from my pen.
