A Busy Wednesday

It's going to be a very busy Wednesday for me. I've got a lot of work to do and will most likely spend the vast majority of my day hunched over my drawing table in my dark studio with the blinds drawn. I won't take a shower until well after lunch which will make my hair slimy, and my skin greasy, and my teeth still covered with that pasty morning tooth film for most of the day.

That's right...I'm a bridge troll.

I'd tell you to "ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS THREE" before you continue reading, but I'm much to busy to come up with three questions, so instead I'll just wave you through.

The above sketch is yet another rough from the very same recent project the last rough was produced for.

Steve

Just a Sketch, No "Witty" Banter

Just a little something I sketched last night while laying in bed, half asleep. I'll save you the annoyance of sitting though any of my "witty" banter today.

Steve~

Rough Character Sketch

Not much to report today. The wife is down and out with back problems again. Things have slowed down a tiny bit as far as work goes, which has allowed me time to get some of my personal projects started...that, and lay around lazily. Nothing really changes around here.

I'm starting work on something new (that I can't really go into detail about just yet) and I decided to post one of my really early, really rough character sketches above.

Steve~

Gator / Monkey Sketch

Here's a little sketch I whipped up last night. Nothing really remarkable. A monkey riding a gator. I've been working on ways of cartoonizing (which I'm pretty sure isn't a word) animals.

My back is pretty much healed up. I don't think I even really get out of bed this weekend and I did the ice/heat thing almost constantly. The wife is still down for the count though (sort of) which sucks for her because she's got an exceptionally long day today. I tried to convince her to take the day off work, but she's dedicated and decided that she couldn't.

Yet another reason why I like working out of home. ;)

Steve~

Cat Sketch

It's been a surprisingly light week, which has given me time to work on some stuff of my own, which is good.

At the same time it's also given me the opportunity to laze around my house wasting time and not showering until nearly three-thirty in the afternoon, which is not quite as good.

(My wife doesn't appreciate the odors).

The above cat drawing is a little sketch I finished off this morning for a possible job, proving that even on the laziest of weeks there is still work to do.

Steve~

Work In Progress - Monster Train

It's been a surprisingly busy week, despite the fact that I didn't have that much work to do. Let me explain:

As I mentioned in my last post my wife is on spring break and has thus been home...EVERY DAY...ALL DAY! This means that she's got me moving furniture, shopping for furniture, cleaning closets, cleaning room, cleaning the yard, buying plants for the yard, planting plants in the yard, she's got me doing anything and everything that she can dream up.

Needless to say, I am excited for her to return to work.

I did manage to somehow find time to finish up my zudacomics submission, put the kibosh on a commission piece I'm doing, as well as get started on my next monsters chasing kid piece. (The above sketch)

The kid is on a train now and those darn monsters are still hot on his trail. Persistent jerks, aren't they?

Steve~

Work In Progress

I started on this one last weekend. Here's my initial sketch and some of the rough color that I've laid down to get started. Granted, it may not look all that impressive at the moment (in fact, more than likely it looks downright crappy) but I'm actually extremely excited about this one. I'm going to try a little something different in the way I finish it and I have high hopes.

Hopefully I'll find some time this weekend to work on it as I've got a few other jobs that will likely keep me pretty busy (and result in my getting paid, which is always desired...especially to the bill collectors). Plus I'm going to attempt to drag my wife to see "The Bank Job" at some point.

I might have to lie to her and tell her it's a romantic comedy. Maybe one staring Jennifer Aniston. The woman can't resist crappy Jennider Aniston films.

Hopefully I'm able to get this piece done sometime next week but I think I that's an idealistic estimate. Kinda like when I made that 2007 New Year's resolution to drop twenty pounds, hit the weights and get as "ripped as the world's most absolute rippiest of ripped men."

Things didn't exactly work out that way.

Steve~

Honest Abe a No-Go

I did this quick sketch a couple weeks ago for an Abe Lincoln picture book job that I ended up not getting. It seemed a shame to let it simply drift off into the oblivion that is sometimes called the closet in my office, which also happens to be filled with about fifteen million other drawings, without ever being seen...so here it is.

I dunno, I kind of dig it.

You've got to be a REAL man to make a bow-tie work and I think Abe pulls it off quite well.

Steve~

Just a Sketch

I drew this on an airplane trip a while ago. Not much else to offer up today as I've got a lot of work to get done.

Which is a good thing.

And a bad thing.

Mostly a good thing though.

Steve~