A heros Rant

This is Kevin's Super Hero Rant that I recorded and animated.

Sketch a Day: Superman can beat up Thor with one eye closed

More punches LESS hugs

Don't hug the hermit;

punch the Space Fish!

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End the HATE

Why doesn't anyone make a BATsnowMAN?

Sketch a Day: Snowman

What do you think?

This is a concept for a new current project at work.  It's meant as a pan-up shot.  What do you think?

colored scribble a day 7 (I drew a turkey)

Back in the day if you didn't eat your turkey....

It ate you.

So eat turkey guilt free.

Because you never know when the Turkey Apocalypse is.

colored scribble a day 6

Teaser sketch for "Thor 3: Beta Ray Bill Begins"

Sketch-A-Day: 11/24/2013

Sketch-A-Day: 11/23/2013

colored scribble a day 5

Cool toy. 

Not so cool drawing of the toy.

Sketch-A-Day: 11/21/2013

2013-11-20 Sketch

I started this sketch, but didn't like it, so I didn't finish it.  Plus I realize that I tend default to subjects facing the same way.

Sketch-A-Day: 11/21/2013

   

colored scribble a day 4

I like lasagna!!!!!!

DON'T EAT at FAMIGLIA PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sketch a Day 11/20/2013

2013-11-19 Sketch

colored scribble a day 3

I would watch "The Lone Ranger" if Silver looked like this......

Well, then again maybe not.

Sketch a Day 11/19/2013

New Illustration Challenge - A Sketch a Day

Draw something, draw anything, the goal is do get a sketch a day for the next two weeks.  So GET DRAWING!

Sketch-a-day 11/18/2013

colored scribble a day 2

Take THAT inter webs!

Want some more?!

2013-11-18 Sketch

Sketch a day: Day 4

Sketch a Day: Day 3

Sketch a Day: Day 2

Weekly Challenge: Sketch a day- DAY 1

Low Art to High Art

Much better if I do say so myself.

Monthly Challenge Credible Cryptoid

For hundreds of years farmers in rural towns have been reporting sightings of other worldly crafts and life forms watching them as they work, travel and even sleep. They have been mutilating their cattle and leaving cryptic communications via patterns and circles in their wheat fields. Finally, through the prevalence of cellphone cameras, one of these malevolent beings has been captured on digital photo for the world to see.

Classical Nermal

Kinda brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?

I'm out, folks. I'll be in China till the 17th. I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with!

Redemption- Saving the Soul of Low Art

Not all art is created equal. Walk into your local DI and you'll be surrounded by this kind of stuff:

Low and high art can be a matter of opinion. Some people look down on comic books, which is just sad. For this exercise go ahead and make it personal. Find something that artistically disgusts you, that makes you want to laugh or cry, and save its soul. Give it new life. Take some aspect of the "low" art and make it high. Stained glass graffiti, Lisa Frank on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, classical Greek sculpture of Ren & Stimpy, whatever you want. It can be either an original drawing/painting or you can simply manipulate existing images to get the same effect. Don't just leave the kitsch in your grandma's attic, spruce it up a little and put it in the Louvre!

Don't do this, because it's already been done:

WonDerkins, SuperHobbes & Bat-Calvin

"To the Batmobile!" "Have fun with that. Us tigers have a natural propensity for flight."

Make your own font

Here's the site where you can turn your own handwriting into a font:

http://www.myscriptfont.com/

You write the letters on this template, upload...and they turn it into a font!  COOL.

Week 41 Illustration Challenge - Bill Watterson

The artist of the week is - Bill Watterson

If you don't know who he is, go buy some of his books, and your life will change forever!  I have always been fascinated by his brilliant black and white ink work.  Amazing detail in very simple ways. I also love his use of white space, and his soft use of watercolor.  If we could just be a little like Bill, we would all be geniuses!

Heather - Monthly Challege (Credible Cryptoid)

Not exactly credible or cryptoid...for a couple of hours I fooled around with adding calcified animals to illustrate the Nazi monster...but that turned out dopey.  So, metaphorical this time around.  I'll have to give it another go before Halloween.

Aaron—Weekly Challenge Jon Klassen

Props to Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos for the amazing modernist architecture.

Cheryl- John Klassen exercise

October 2013 Challenge - The Credible Cryptid

Cryptozoology is defined as the study of and search for legendary animals (such as Sasquatch) in order to evaluate the possibility of their existence.  There are many photos floating around the innerweb promoting evidence of such mythical creatures, but not enough! The challenge is to Photoshop a photo, or create video that looks like it is evidence captured, or a supposed found old photo that boasts evidence these creatures actually existed.  Make it look real, make it look like it was captured by an innocent bystander, and make people question reality!  Bonus points if you can create an image that goes viral.  There will be a prize for best cryptid created!  (i'll buy you doughnuts and give you a high five, but there will be a prize!)

Previous Months Challenges

2013 Redemption Challenges - This is your opportunity to make up for the sin of SLOTH!  (not to be confused with the Sloth of Cyn, which is a giant killer sloth from the ancient city of Cyn which he guards, and if you disrupt it or take it's treasures it will hunt you down and very slowly attack you with it's giant claws.  Don't mess with him!)

Choose a challenge from this past year to work on for September.  Choose from the following:

February 2013 Challenge – Acting Childish

Children see the world in a different way.  Their idea of shape, and form and structure are far from how we understand it.  If we can potentially see the world from their point of view, we can open our eyes to realms of creativity we never thought possible.  Find child art, and mimic it.  Try to see the world the way a child does.  Take a look at Dave Devries' website for further inspiration:  http://www.themonsterengine.com

March 2013 Challenge – Commitment to a Pattern

Oh, so you are an artist, that’s so cool, I am too.  I love to do art all the time.  You know that exciting feeling you get when you create art, or with each new challenge from this blog?  That is creativity!  And that creativity has the power to change your life forever!  Thinking about art as a pattern, is a completely different way of thinking.  Design and art have to be unique, with variety, but also with symmetry and a repeat.  So creating a pattern becomes a unique challenge.  Let me know how you feel about it, but a quick browse through the Internet to see other patterns created by artists will help resolve any concerns you have. Will you – create one or more patterns this month?

April 2013 Challenge – WANTED – Too many cooks in the kitchen

Lets tell a progressive story one or two scenes at a time.  First person to post, gets to begin the story, but each artist is not allowed to post again until there are at least two additional contributions from other artists.  Artists will contribute their own vision of the story, going with the flow of what the previous artist established.  Think of it as animation improve in storyboard form.   In the end, we should have one wacky story that sort of flows, created by multiple contributors.  

Weekly Challenge Jon Klassen

Week 38 Drawing Challenge - Jon Klassen

The artist of the week is - Jon Klassen - http://jonklassen.tumblr.com

Let's copy the art and style of Jon Klassen.  Line work should be pretty minimal, focus on shape, color and texture.  Let's do it!

Week 36 - 37 Drawing Challenge

The artist of the week is - Lately Lily - http://latelylily.com

Sometimes we overcomplicate our illustration with too many details.  By emulating the art style of Lately Lily, we can learn to find find beauty in the simplicity.

My Lately Lily exploration

Here is my try at the Lately Lily style.  Didn't get a chance to do a color study, which is unfortunate.  A lot of the style comes from the line work and color work.  But this is what I did.

Started with the standard, copying the artist, and trying another character.

Then I wanted to see if I could alter her expression.

Then as I explored, I thought a would try a vampire version.

And a creature version.

Which lead to the godzilla version.

Then it made think the places Lily could visit, say a zombie apocalypse.

So I thought about her traveling to the bad part of town.

Or maybe if she traveled to Transylvania.