Category: Random Doodles

Rednecking

Sometimes you just gotta get the inner redneck out of you. Some let him loose by slipping into a drawl, others by wearing a trucker hat, and others by wearing plaid and suspenders. I get him out with a pen, and name him Delbert.

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Good ol’ Delbert keeping up with where the fish are biting via his video phone.

I’m not sure exactly why I drew Delbert with a mobile phone when I haven’t even leapt off that technological precipice quite yet.  When it comes down to it, I suppose I just don’t like being that accessible to folks.  What is accessible to me every day, however, is my collection of plaid shirts. So I’m already halfway to becoming Delbert in real life!

At any rate, enjoy this little submission from my sketchbook of random musings.

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Drawn & Quoted: Chuck Norse

“I don’t initiate violence. I retaliate.”

– Chuck Norris

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The other night as I was watching television, I grabbed my sketchbook and just started doodling. I suppose that I wasn’t really paying too much attention to what was on the screen because I started to draw Vikings. There aren’t too many Viking TV shows on these days unless Law & Order sneaked in a new version of their show – Law & Order: The Norse Files. However, about a month ago I saw the brilliant Dreamworks animated movie How To Train Your Dragon, so maybe some thoughts of that lingered in my brain. This one guy emerged from my pencil, and begged to be drawn a little more formally. Over to the drafting table we went where he was fully realized.

But after all that – for some reason, all I could think of while doing the final drawing was Elmer Fudd singing “spear and magic helmet.”

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An apple a day….

Yeah, well, apparently that “apple a day” thing only works on doctors. Not monsters.

Monsters really only like apples for the worms. They like that crunch on the outside with the gooey center inside.
Monsters really only like apples for the worms. They like that crunch on the outside with the gooey center inside.
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Drawn & Quoted: Prey Before a Meal

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”

– J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973)

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As I continue to add creations to my sketchbook, various beasts and creatures continue to come forth. This dragon oozed out of my pencil unexpectedly with that mean, hungry and determined expression. Decided the sweet little bird would be the focus of his attention. It’s never any fun being the prey.  All you can hope for is to choke the aggressor.

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MONSTER MONTH: Day 28 – Bayou Beast & Son

If you happen to find your way to a hot, steamy Louisiana bayou one day, keep an eye open for the Bayou Beast. This kind of evil has terrorized the Spanish moss laden woods and swamps of the South for many hundreds of years; an evil carried from father to son for generations among the ranks of the beasts. Although, sometimes it does skip a generation.

BEHOLD! The ultimate EVIL Bayou Beast snarling and snorting and stomping his way through the steamy sludge of the Southern outdoors - and Jr!
BEHOLD! The ultimate EVIL Bayou Beast snarling and snorting and stomping his way through the steamy sludge of the Southern outdoors – and Jr!
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MONSTER MONTH: Day 27 – Count Dracula

Where are you sneaking off to? MONSTER MONTH isn’t over quite yet! How could it be without some representation of the most famous overbite sufferer of them all – Count Dracula!?

I didn’t set out to stray too far from conformity regarding this famous literary and cinematic nocturnal nightmare. Everyone knows who lies before them when they see the widow’s peak, pointy ears, and dual fangs. However, the ways to portray those characteristics are endless!

Here, directly from my sketchbook, are a few face studies of this conflicted count for your amusement.

WARNING: It is advised that one have a supply of garlic handy when viewing this art!
WARNING: It is advised that one have a supply of garlic handy when viewing this art!
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MONSTER MONTH: Day 25 – Hair of the Chinney Chin Chin Chin Chin…..

One night as I was watching television, I grabbed my sketchbook with a sudden burst of inspiration to draw this troll with chin after chin after chin. I don’t know why exactly. After all, Jay Leno wasn’t even on yet.

Whatever the reason, I liked how this freak of nature turned out. Hope you do, too. Oh, and don’t worry – this troll doesn’t live under bridges to scare you. He just hangs out there to practice his singing. You know, good acoustics and all.

Another fine example of the results of the public school system.
Another fine example of the results of the public school system.
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MONSTER MONTH: Day 24 – Dandelion Dragon

No matter how big or small, or how young or old, who can resist the alluring siren call of the fuzzy dandelion? Not this dragon. Fuzzy dandelions MUST be blown to spread their seeds of joy so that others may one day have that opportunity to exercise their childlike wonder and whimsy. And also so that gardening shops can sell lots of weed killer.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye from those floating seeds.
It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye from those floating seeds.
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