tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71020816677888050382024-03-15T18:10:20.711-07:00eef's art blogeefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-11736309011840740532017-05-16T08:54:00.001-07:002017-05-16T08:54:29.334-07:00This is a very old blog. If you were linked here you may have come from Wikipedia.<br />
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http://www.bearmageddon.comeefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-11847964777269784782010-10-28T00:44:00.001-07:002010-10-28T00:54:59.463-07:00Return of the ZooI went to the zoo again. I wasn't going to post these, but looking back at them, I think I actually like them. I went with JR Goldberg again, as well as my buddy Josh Kenfield. It was a moderately sprinkely day off and on, so there were moments were we had to take shelter. I also sort of got mesmerized by the chimps. They were amazing to watch, and I just sort of sat and watched them for a while. I probably could have got a whole other drawing done in that time. It always amazes me that I spend the whole day at the zoo from 10:30 to 5 and this is all I come up with. The time really flies.<br /><br />First up... more gerenuks. The gerenuk area is nice and secluded and cozy and easy to draw at so we spent a good amount of time there. There were also these little pig/goat things. I can't remember what they were called, so I added one sort of being intimidated by all the wiggly, tall gerenuks.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2yZ03ORMnBooyFQ6GxS2MdVYtpCZNkw-QZmpCij8D51EdD-QJtL7LyigYiN7r1YtoWhqZie6PjZPHrVfUJBVDgHfejXJtjGqCkiVYc3AW-GeDpBy3MeP-miIOTjZUHegaveL5FohkV6c/s1600/zoo3-1.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2yZ03ORMnBooyFQ6GxS2MdVYtpCZNkw-QZmpCij8D51EdD-QJtL7LyigYiN7r1YtoWhqZie6PjZPHrVfUJBVDgHfejXJtjGqCkiVYc3AW-GeDpBy3MeP-miIOTjZUHegaveL5FohkV6c/s320/zoo3-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533001311739210978" border="0" /></a><br />Next I did a meerkat, and I pretty much cheated and put him in this cheesy pose.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF27gxMomYKVnbXZr6T9LOx9fL0Nje0z9Q0pzLgE4svca9QUE93uZHlCciwJt6CZDv-o6DKq26tDH1Pmtc9hlKQ1xNQp3VsRISxyPxt4MEjw0BnqldJyUgoM6gOFZEmKLG-c1bU7ZpOSLs/s1600/zoo3_2.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF27gxMomYKVnbXZr6T9LOx9fL0Nje0z9Q0pzLgE4svca9QUE93uZHlCciwJt6CZDv-o6DKq26tDH1Pmtc9hlKQ1xNQp3VsRISxyPxt4MEjw0BnqldJyUgoM6gOFZEmKLG-c1bU7ZpOSLs/s320/zoo3_2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533001280199590306" border="0" /></a><br />The coolest thing about this visit is I finally got to see the gorillas. Every other time I have gone I have not seen them, and they're like pretty much basically my favorite animal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHZHc7butd1wR8LaVX1iqygD4Yp0ptMbFMs4pB6v8O6TlOTPbTlllEZbLQIwJiOfHhCNb2RsxOdvoN1rfFe5WUmxpDvNeqvCOZ5t4cKDdncGu7D2UZXZF7yek-me1mjbkdbzIARu4NB-a/s1600/zoo3_3.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHZHc7butd1wR8LaVX1iqygD4Yp0ptMbFMs4pB6v8O6TlOTPbTlllEZbLQIwJiOfHhCNb2RsxOdvoN1rfFe5WUmxpDvNeqvCOZ5t4cKDdncGu7D2UZXZF7yek-me1mjbkdbzIARu4NB-a/s320/zoo3_3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533001257228274162" border="0" /></a><br />As I said, I got pretty mesmerized by the chimps. I did manage to sketch a few of them though.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_2SbGFRS2DdUnr5cb-aqYLNnI1t53JZ5DNK6tg9xXkGViV1TBVn9ouLjjPP9WNkjY9t3eNDpxLE740dXQL9mtItKwF-feySdNuuF2wsMFKgAhKLsPpp3ikYo0v4w22KTUvm9DFxi04Ts/s1600/zoo3_4.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_2SbGFRS2DdUnr5cb-aqYLNnI1t53JZ5DNK6tg9xXkGViV1TBVn9ouLjjPP9WNkjY9t3eNDpxLE740dXQL9mtItKwF-feySdNuuF2wsMFKgAhKLsPpp3ikYo0v4w22KTUvm9DFxi04Ts/s320/zoo3_4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533001241034000626" border="0" /></a><br />Last I did this little guy. It was the only one I did on the brown paper, which I think I should just do all my sketches on, but then I always get carried away.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IQ507odm7JY9-Oqfv0caV84zsGTh0D99kevEC84GwYXg0-c4BHeuaZQyPKPsO2qVsyGv-eujpseoSpjCIQ9OoOeScOkFQhku4zuvFSUIeKPJTyWrLqTCNeCvLwXdNteMOMBtZ_LrlQWA/s1600/zoo3_5.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IQ507odm7JY9-Oqfv0caV84zsGTh0D99kevEC84GwYXg0-c4BHeuaZQyPKPsO2qVsyGv-eujpseoSpjCIQ9OoOeScOkFQhku4zuvFSUIeKPJTyWrLqTCNeCvLwXdNteMOMBtZ_LrlQWA/s320/zoo3_5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533001217433315202" border="0" /></a><br />That's it! A full day of sketching. I already can't wait to go do it again.<br /><br />Ethaneefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-37615875770034096452010-04-15T23:44:00.000-07:002010-04-15T23:53:33.897-07:00A day at the Zoo part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NPpsNEY0fFwUlqxgpC-NH9Do2c49vRqx6T7zemMHo8imkVj6xS6uiPZ5cQnNKafABLrkQMQQNR_PUFHaeqqIkm-kMK_gpZFeMpTDyjGnRLXzQMSc0sL1VVjfHaxwSKwhTsHnox5ln8df/s1600/4-15sketches5.png"><br /></a><br />In case you missed my first zoo art blog, <a href="http://eefblogger.blogspot.com/2009/08/gone-zooin.html">check it out</a>.<br /><br />Jenny Goldberg and I got to hit the zoo again finally and pick up where we left off. I didn't do any drawings I would say I like as much as that grumpy frogmouth owl I did last time, but I am pretty happy with these and felt I should share them... but first, here is a sketch I did of a couple of guys and a crab goat at a drink n' draw I went to last week. After that is the sketches from today... enjoy!!<br /><br />Ethan<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Eaer4b0PJp1T-0slmnk_65ZkUexfG6EeuuSokKXFIc_msgmUZuWIyxprGhkQ8ncykOZ8astDlaBktbHTRxksIIM2z01CDImIS2fb5Kkkd1tykX5BiXzxr77wPS9xoD3-DnZU7jJMaQ0S/s1600/4-15sketches1.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Eaer4b0PJp1T-0slmnk_65ZkUexfG6EeuuSokKXFIc_msgmUZuWIyxprGhkQ8ncykOZ8astDlaBktbHTRxksIIM2z01CDImIS2fb5Kkkd1tykX5BiXzxr77wPS9xoD3-DnZU7jJMaQ0S/s320/4-15sketches1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460623141204023954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NPpsNEY0fFwUlqxgpC-NH9Do2c49vRqx6T7zemMHo8imkVj6xS6uiPZ5cQnNKafABLrkQMQQNR_PUFHaeqqIkm-kMK_gpZFeMpTDyjGnRLXzQMSc0sL1VVjfHaxwSKwhTsHnox5ln8df/s1600/4-15sketches5.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NPpsNEY0fFwUlqxgpC-NH9Do2c49vRqx6T7zemMHo8imkVj6xS6uiPZ5cQnNKafABLrkQMQQNR_PUFHaeqqIkm-kMK_gpZFeMpTDyjGnRLXzQMSc0sL1VVjfHaxwSKwhTsHnox5ln8df/s320/4-15sketches5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460624581190374658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-tlKRqUQxuNa5-ibwonWsQavcbqedqT27SjyE5vDCnZpWmrPuu5aI4Iu5wlxTLhYFNhPtMnhgs4B5qT7bTw7dz7YVdSM3qElEvhyjLjswYg23r32YDnYXcN7vk-g_NGuTWTms70lANLA/s1600/4-15sketches4.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-tlKRqUQxuNa5-ibwonWsQavcbqedqT27SjyE5vDCnZpWmrPuu5aI4Iu5wlxTLhYFNhPtMnhgs4B5qT7bTw7dz7YVdSM3qElEvhyjLjswYg23r32YDnYXcN7vk-g_NGuTWTms70lANLA/s320/4-15sketches4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460624558864152802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYqGfKj6Eenw5NgFmuO3ltHpaKKWxP05btCMvOq9giUmpiG1O9rqXE6xZuRizCExLHrHTj4YoS4Z_urievH-KhI2uf9dyjDSmLU-_VJ9FadNKpySznsxirtF6DQCN3oJ1Q9H1JxPbclHV/s1600/4-15sketches3.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYqGfKj6Eenw5NgFmuO3ltHpaKKWxP05btCMvOq9giUmpiG1O9rqXE6xZuRizCExLHrHTj4YoS4Z_urievH-KhI2uf9dyjDSmLU-_VJ9FadNKpySznsxirtF6DQCN3oJ1Q9H1JxPbclHV/s320/4-15sketches3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460624527022335202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2L5t4m9hQSawW6zicd6Z1twIfEcnU6JYo8ecgdQgfYNeIiDo4_sM3avrDDlRSDTAXtJ3Hj9Vp_8uOb-u9sybvwzMWrBAyWTMr2058sd9bvaWQA1Zn9MEVTXN4dyMab6H4t0pat9p05uDn/s1600/4-15sketches2.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2L5t4m9hQSawW6zicd6Z1twIfEcnU6JYo8ecgdQgfYNeIiDo4_sM3avrDDlRSDTAXtJ3Hj9Vp_8uOb-u9sybvwzMWrBAyWTMr2058sd9bvaWQA1Zn9MEVTXN4dyMab6H4t0pat9p05uDn/s320/4-15sketches2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460624503918206530" border="0" /></a>eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-37292684808246534102010-01-28T18:07:00.000-08:002010-01-29T20:08:41.883-08:00Axe Cop's temporary home<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">UPDATE: The site is BACK so go to <a href="http://www.axecop.com/">www.axecop.com</a> if you were led here by Twitter. I will leave these links to the first 6 strips in case the site is slow from traffic, but keep in mind new episodes will be at the website and not at this blog.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://img2.pict.com/0f/4a/91/2673859/0/axecop1.png">http://img2.pict.com/0f/4a/91/2673859/0/axecop1.png</a><br /><a href="http://img2.pict.com/f8/62/bd/2673857/0/axecop2.png">http://img2.pict.com/f8/62/bd/2673857/0/axecop2.png</a><br /><a href="http://img2.pict.com/e1/6e/cc/2673848/0/axecop3.png">http://img2.pict.com/e1/6e/cc/2673848/0/axecop3.png</a><br /><a href="http://www.pict.com/view/2673845/0/axecop4">http://www.pict.com/view/2673845/0/axecop4</a><br /><a href="http://img2.pict.com/1f/e6/d4/2673862/0/axecop0.png">http://img2.pict.com/1f/e6/d4/2673862/0/axecop0.png</a><br /><a href="http://img2.pict.com/f6/97/40/2673844/0/axecop5.png">http://img2.pict.com/f6/97/40/2673844/0/axecop5.png</a><br /><br />axe cop zero comes after 4 because that's the order they were written in. Please keep the Axe Cop fire burning and share this one Twitter and Facebook.<br /><br />-NEW EPISODES UP at <a href="http://axecop.com/index.php/ask">http://axecop.com/index.php/ask</a> (ask axe cop episodes 1-3)<br /><br />Ethaneefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com388tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-27874571813637412932009-12-30T10:57:00.001-08:002009-12-30T11:05:29.591-08:00AXE COP 4!Axe Cop is back in a touching tale about family values. This one is a tear-jerker. I decided to change Malachai's credit to sole writer, because he really is... all I do is organize it into art. Enjoy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwnS8VIaBu3OYIw4l5O0ttxsetTRoDwM6ZGh920DOj8DACYxML4_VGhkx0RYhNPtGmgQQmofmHr-7-RnivS5lx0ppvnkAShoH-c7u7BarwJrHfMjA6rs5cLGCN34QpH8EkkzkR_DL5kEm/s1600-h/AXE-COP4-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwnS8VIaBu3OYIw4l5O0ttxsetTRoDwM6ZGh920DOj8DACYxML4_VGhkx0RYhNPtGmgQQmofmHr-7-RnivS5lx0ppvnkAShoH-c7u7BarwJrHfMjA6rs5cLGCN34QpH8EkkzkR_DL5kEm/s320/AXE-COP4-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421106184708198146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoDzzSiI9UXJHImpFw54K8VYe8Dc4MWz5rHDW76dcdy1aYW2M5b4G0Lqu9eYwhX978jUjH1iuE-jQ0WDf1STrSELUnVyxx8U-dgf5iCHKwXbOJ_MtoqPpoz006OwF0cLd71yT2AOIlTme/s1600-h/AXE-COP4-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoDzzSiI9UXJHImpFw54K8VYe8Dc4MWz5rHDW76dcdy1aYW2M5b4G0Lqu9eYwhX978jUjH1iuE-jQ0WDf1STrSELUnVyxx8U-dgf5iCHKwXbOJ_MtoqPpoz006OwF0cLd71yT2AOIlTme/s320/AXE-COP4-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421106195600183842" border="0" /></a><br />you may also download the PDF <a href="http://www.ethannicolle.com/AXE-COP4.pdf">here.</a>eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-86555827712289253752009-12-28T14:56:00.000-08:002009-12-28T15:03:18.569-08:00AXE COP interviewHere is a video of me interviewing my five year old brother Malachai about the story for Axe Cop 3. You get an idea of our writing process here. Some of the details in the story were taken from other conversations, but I wanted to capture the kind of brainstorming we do and I also wanted to capture how Malachai pronounces avocado "aducado."<br /><br />The Axe Cop comics are available on this blog in the previous two posts.<br />Axe Cop <a href="http://eefblogger.blogspot.com/2009/12/axe-cop.html">blog post one</a>, and <a href="http://eefblogger.blogspot.com/2009/12/axe-cop-3.html">blog post two</a>.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kQiCwmolnYw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kQiCwmolnYw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-61496102968878260092009-12-27T22:26:00.000-08:002009-12-27T22:35:51.908-08:00AXE COP 3!We did it. Axe Cop 3! This time Axe Cop and Dinosaur soldier get a new job. If you missed Axe Cop parts 1 and 2, it is a comic written by my 5 year old brother and drawn by me, you can see them in the<a href="http://eefblogger.blogspot.com/2009/12/axe-cop.html"> previous blog post</a>.<br /><br />Here's the pages. You may also view the <a href="http://www.ethannicolle.com/AXE-COP3.pdf">PDF</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIYUo-4DSNHI-qWcFbYqE6v9Qb4NrKciINs706su0pFxHDIxAjyEq_Dd27xXNoYF7IS7pSz3OuZ4ZB5USIKYSe8hfDEsJc6LTJx5RSk0i9eL74k4i8dOCQm6e7s9H0QhIgYHbifv92C8x/s1600-h/AXE-COP3-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIYUo-4DSNHI-qWcFbYqE6v9Qb4NrKciINs706su0pFxHDIxAjyEq_Dd27xXNoYF7IS7pSz3OuZ4ZB5USIKYSe8hfDEsJc6LTJx5RSk0i9eL74k4i8dOCQm6e7s9H0QhIgYHbifv92C8x/s320/AXE-COP3-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420170779586503698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojFDRoLtWxTB5nouQVhn4_Di89hToOYsbptRqsQX-wPEDISgi87vyU4YH9Djfw5xhhelBWFnfbQEEfWRQ6G-3f7V3yNT5E0LxWgAVoI1MNYyp_CizURh7YmmBH0Fd5gcGq5NZjpeVJC4c/s1600-h/AXE-COP3-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojFDRoLtWxTB5nouQVhn4_Di89hToOYsbptRqsQX-wPEDISgi87vyU4YH9Djfw5xhhelBWFnfbQEEfWRQ6G-3f7V3yNT5E0LxWgAVoI1MNYyp_CizURh7YmmBH0Fd5gcGq5NZjpeVJC4c/s320/AXE-COP3-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420170790149012194" border="0" /></a><br />At this rate I may need to give Axe Cop his own web page. Let me know if you want to see the saga continue into an ongoing web comic.<br /><br />Also, stay tuned for a video with my brother showing the writing process.<br /><br />Ethaneefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-83497867309924222412009-12-24T22:37:00.001-08:002009-12-24T22:48:19.306-08:00AXE COP!Since I have been visiting my family for Christmas, my five year old brother has been sharing with me his ideas for this hero named "Axe Cop", so I decided to start turning his ideas into comics. He are parts one and two. AXE COP!!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5f6Jw-kbmMGNqxxacL3ywsDmb-lovuMtBNVSVN4g7hdCTFOECfLhQFaHMvwBnkOPtNgopBm_hLxI3wMwesNzqQqPOuVPRQiM-6AHxOKL36YeukaXtPYD4-QjhmZQMAYqMg2znwl5lBN9/s1600-h/AXE-COP.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5f6Jw-kbmMGNqxxacL3ywsDmb-lovuMtBNVSVN4g7hdCTFOECfLhQFaHMvwBnkOPtNgopBm_hLxI3wMwesNzqQqPOuVPRQiM-6AHxOKL36YeukaXtPYD4-QjhmZQMAYqMg2znwl5lBN9/s320/AXE-COP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419059729087630546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xJGWb2AIEBogFNHQFB3BnXUsNJ59LIUVH9s16PM4SPy4qh4iqobP23JP2Ikre5Qfj9se-0QwnrL4xFD5Fu0f5Ij3MgDelqVUCSCRWmz9z-ttIb6s1hPswdOJjSAdK9fNJPsGMjJ6wFcP/s1600-h/AXE-COP2-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xJGWb2AIEBogFNHQFB3BnXUsNJ59LIUVH9s16PM4SPy4qh4iqobP23JP2Ikre5Qfj9se-0QwnrL4xFD5Fu0f5Ij3MgDelqVUCSCRWmz9z-ttIb6s1hPswdOJjSAdK9fNJPsGMjJ6wFcP/s320/AXE-COP2-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419059736740400434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsOtzJt1BxrMWUuXE81u9Ynwx5idF69YtT2B8XMKX9tMF308jHSY7VVYthkCBx37WMEUzfg9dZqPuMYxWpAYROP-0YYqr0CiXBXWq6jMplFpz3OGCQf8-pI3TgJeSQXsLOHOdicICRJlo/s1600-h/AXE-COP2-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsOtzJt1BxrMWUuXE81u9Ynwx5idF69YtT2B8XMKX9tMF308jHSY7VVYthkCBx37WMEUzfg9dZqPuMYxWpAYROP-0YYqr0CiXBXWq6jMplFpz3OGCQf8-pI3TgJeSQXsLOHOdicICRJlo/s320/AXE-COP2-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419059745980336690" border="0" /></a><br />you can also see them in PDF format at:<br />www.ethannicolle.com/AXE-COP.pdf<br />www.ethannicolle.com/AXE-COP2.pdfeefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-49562794394418418442009-11-29T21:31:00.000-08:002009-11-29T21:36:23.461-08:00Quick Sketch DumpWas showing these off at Doug's today and decided I should show them to the 3 people who read this blog too. Just some sketches from the ol's sketch book. The faces were all real people in Barnes and Noble I drew one day with Val, except the one guy on the bottom right is Patrick Swayze from a magazine cover.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PNRZp-O7fj3u7dUtzeymKHM-ypa1fYRi_DKgNch0G4Bh1OQLm2THaujgvWQbZpvXNOD9b26pYP1T3-TQ7ci4uX40kS7ovD1lXD0j-omgkUrUM9Tx4-cKIMeLMAonYBkSDFptW0RoxVHq/s1600/sketchdump34pg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PNRZp-O7fj3u7dUtzeymKHM-ypa1fYRi_DKgNch0G4Bh1OQLm2THaujgvWQbZpvXNOD9b26pYP1T3-TQ7ci4uX40kS7ovD1lXD0j-omgkUrUM9Tx4-cKIMeLMAonYBkSDFptW0RoxVHq/s320/sketchdump34pg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409765602156406354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYiyOLqqVVVzKenlXNQRqMC90laed-RvmlDBLLLdKniesu77qJSdFPCdX77vnEgdpkudcX0AMbEilg9TUWWObjKZGETZbb0OzhyphenhyphenFxa2K6PjtCdla-Ci22eqshYIcnUwq1gWv98_L1oCPz/s1600/sketchdump3jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYiyOLqqVVVzKenlXNQRqMC90laed-RvmlDBLLLdKniesu77qJSdFPCdX77vnEgdpkudcX0AMbEilg9TUWWObjKZGETZbb0OzhyphenhyphenFxa2K6PjtCdla-Ci22eqshYIcnUwq1gWv98_L1oCPz/s320/sketchdump3jpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409765600478250258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz93yh57gppLOcBpCaPVzmEOYIeY7_mwSXW7DeVZP4rH00m3Q821q2K6hKu8TqmL8JrPaCzwJExd-T48EWpCpG27RnB94hKUGgOf7focuFqU920BCP9MQJ-izGjdXou5sY_fJRRWwPZZoj/s1600/sketchdump2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz93yh57gppLOcBpCaPVzmEOYIeY7_mwSXW7DeVZP4rH00m3Q821q2K6hKu8TqmL8JrPaCzwJExd-T48EWpCpG27RnB94hKUGgOf7focuFqU920BCP9MQJ-izGjdXou5sY_fJRRWwPZZoj/s320/sketchdump2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409765596119837010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWaGWjgYgZZRfD1L4VWb3u8EsGcw4Sb6J-pXV78P0rSBkGKFh5NS52NBNPhY27MJkDcyvSk_Tf93r6LodSMXmzNa4fFLhIfARCi9MPpuIJQV42Xoi-E7ZEc24Rf0nCC6uJuZJMF0zatFz/s1600/sketchdump1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWaGWjgYgZZRfD1L4VWb3u8EsGcw4Sb6J-pXV78P0rSBkGKFh5NS52NBNPhY27MJkDcyvSk_Tf93r6LodSMXmzNa4fFLhIfARCi9MPpuIJQV42Xoi-E7ZEc24Rf0nCC6uJuZJMF0zatFz/s320/sketchdump1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409765586308193938" border="0" /></a>And that is all for now. If you haven't been to my web site recently (like since last night) you can also check out my TV show pitch PDFs.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ethannicolle.com">www.ethannicolle.com</a>eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-11035438433102433982009-10-03T12:30:00.001-07:002009-10-03T12:35:16.234-07:00Waiting at Disney SketchesThe other day I went in for a meeting at Disney and ended up waiting around for a good while, so I busted out my sketch pad I brought for taking notes and went wild with a ball point pen.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QydeblaEYCXcWyA4Y4X67LzkKJCgLbi8vp8e9WPOzIFqJeA0tOdSc2YTL7g-MUycqpkmTs5Zg8cVoGGLITjWVTSjPYVtD2RLSN2RC5zJKfn2SuXVkCBrGtMTZRf_LGW7dkpihFkjeJdK/s1600-h/dis-sketches.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QydeblaEYCXcWyA4Y4X67LzkKJCgLbi8vp8e9WPOzIFqJeA0tOdSc2YTL7g-MUycqpkmTs5Zg8cVoGGLITjWVTSjPYVtD2RLSN2RC5zJKfn2SuXVkCBrGtMTZRf_LGW7dkpihFkjeJdK/s320/dis-sketches.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388458607466134434" border="0" /></a><br />I don't know what any of these things really are. The top left is some sort of feminine crab alien. The one on the far left is some sort of retarded werewolf. The thing on the bottom right could be a rat-bug of some sort. <br /><br />Whatever they are, I liked them enough to post them up, so there you go.<br /><br />Ethaneefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-63826232871477847832009-08-28T18:24:00.000-07:002009-08-28T18:30:57.056-07:00the Naked NutrinoSo I finally got my sketch book back thanks to Jenny. Last time we went to draw nudies I left it there on accident. So here is the model we drew last time. She was this asian girl with this massive neutrino mohawk:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh232/tone-master21/neutrinos3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 313px;" src="http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh232/tone-master21/neutrinos3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So here is my page of quicker skecthes... each around 3 to 5 minutes. (click for the big one)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16rMWwfPdixPrEGDb9ePKor0IqwS2BV-PafaYSg6dtgYkLAlI_wKiKBlNhL-XQFAFYjrYh1SEdqiGJcs5jPEQXSakwT-CjheW9QEJ9OtHwxlCCbXNFwbpJT9Yv_fhnXd0mi0SIIo-0uKl/s1600-h/fig6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16rMWwfPdixPrEGDb9ePKor0IqwS2BV-PafaYSg6dtgYkLAlI_wKiKBlNhL-XQFAFYjrYh1SEdqiGJcs5jPEQXSakwT-CjheW9QEJ9OtHwxlCCbXNFwbpJT9Yv_fhnXd0mi0SIIo-0uKl/s320/fig6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375191688416701218" border="0" /></a><br />and here is the only longer 25 minute pose I felt good about, on the brown paper:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HjLgEyMIush7D7nVnzYTHzi_rb2BOJy6a6SNv38yOkdIAGsJskHfwC0iGZlVGsFPsZenhviIxpDCfv7iMdnwTFmQFNiMU65ekTSy_eBzL4zibeoU8o4MNHs2xlvACf9261zkL6GXm6V9/s1600-h/fig5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HjLgEyMIush7D7nVnzYTHzi_rb2BOJy6a6SNv38yOkdIAGsJskHfwC0iGZlVGsFPsZenhviIxpDCfv7iMdnwTFmQFNiMU65ekTSy_eBzL4zibeoU8o4MNHs2xlvACf9261zkL6GXm6V9/s320/fig5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375191707385855922" border="0" /></a><br />And there you have it. More nudies!eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-92026390210550232542009-08-21T01:09:00.000-07:002009-08-21T01:16:54.457-07:00Mini SketchesI bought myself a little tiny pocket sketch book recently and have been doodling in it at random. I have used it for story notes, joke ideas, character designs, and just general sketching. I recommend carrying something like this around to anyone who is a write or artist. You never know what you will come up with. Here are some of my favorite things from my little mini sketch book. These are all done in a cheap little ball point pen.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oC5zu_0qS7AXSlq7pAz5XLP05XUT9GHJX75g4HJIvTThrB4i1_oih6JMOnf01jWc6Wm5vVfett2FAxKYlJQu06YwkTujMmvwUeI8JmLlZf6dJ7HoR6JoGHZyExE9AFWT-6gR4OY8iN8R/s1600-h/minisketches8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oC5zu_0qS7AXSlq7pAz5XLP05XUT9GHJX75g4HJIvTThrB4i1_oih6JMOnf01jWc6Wm5vVfett2FAxKYlJQu06YwkTujMmvwUeI8JmLlZf6dJ7HoR6JoGHZyExE9AFWT-6gR4OY8iN8R/s320/minisketches8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372327879616685522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmw-Opbilvk6Ns2Rh7b_5NNFwCCP35El2J28_EeV6WjEOXfgtRnrLiEqjCbpK-xGD9XzJ8XboA7cxRE8OVpv9qBy0Wwbe53CvGu6lwXw2r5u0vWipBfFheVCduWOxvU9hu0pmAcf4pZKs/s1600-h/minisketches7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicf4W8iOhCfiqZhML5QfMGuR-RFApP2c2h2jGsajeUuyrJlWiHBgOJV47TW1bXxPNkMQ8i55stKDWl1m8hO9oYsn2j5mOtYjcDCB6fbTSHwpD11YbuKMAiY-dRtuf1YuTRxPTqVMSw9tpP/s320/minisketches1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372327243387523554" border="0" /></a>eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-24765284235269744822009-08-06T00:07:00.000-07:002009-08-06T00:33:19.556-07:00Gone Zooin'Ah! Another adventure drawing naked things with <a href="http://jrgoldberg.com/cunch/">Jenny Goldberg</a>, my new goth-hipster homegirl from the fancy pants part of town. This time they weren't even humans! We went to the L.A. Zoo and stood in the hot sun drawing as many cool critters as we could. Turns out after 6 hours of drawing, we got kicked out because the zoo closed at 5. We had barely scratched the surface of animal nudity. So, this is the L.A. Zoo sketch safari, <span style="font-style: italic;">chapter one</span>. We had a lot of fun, even though are flesh did get charred in the sun. My arms are all red an pomegranety.<br /><br />OK. Well, the first thing we came to were the Meerkats. Jenny, with her fancy-pants iPhone, snapped this picture and twitpic'd it whilst we were at the zoo. Ah, technology. It was right there then now it's right there just like magic! Well now it's right here...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGafjc0ZG-LZsbk0lALBmDLRUTZIr3ULtee5VefYdkBuCoDBaTyqOLOwStoNwspXwzvGntm7pJOIDyHLElgHW26VW8CVVyEaPieqEJOt5Wpt4o2Jv0vFXYthb5yq4LFzTo7nhKBQbKFDpC/s1600-h/meerkats+at+the+zoo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGafjc0ZG-LZsbk0lALBmDLRUTZIr3ULtee5VefYdkBuCoDBaTyqOLOwStoNwspXwzvGntm7pJOIDyHLElgHW26VW8CVVyEaPieqEJOt5Wpt4o2Jv0vFXYthb5yq4LFzTo7nhKBQbKFDpC/s320/meerkats+at+the+zoo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366747992530621378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is a clearer, crisper, tastier version with marshmallows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEDC6heGroVRmxrqZNE5QNw43Jz6Z63-yZQqhvWa1B-aDxRuB6r_Kt2ZocGk1yqLb7q2QEjii3Y2K9_DKCW4vIg4q3pYmEmXG4cJXPwx36udjJLQW8S5XBfvqU-4adpVpOR8E_hr80UCw/s1600-h/meerkats.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEDC6heGroVRmxrqZNE5QNw43Jz6Z63-yZQqhvWa1B-aDxRuB6r_Kt2ZocGk1yqLb7q2QEjii3Y2K9_DKCW4vIg4q3pYmEmXG4cJXPwx36udjJLQW8S5XBfvqU-4adpVpOR8E_hr80UCw/s320/meerkats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366747978767828418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So then we moved on to the Flamingos. Or, simply "the Mingos." Did you know they're pink because they eat so many shrimp? I did! I decided to draw a serious one, then a knee slapper one. The knee slapper ended up being one of my favorite drawings of the day. Here is the twit-pic:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4KEF_7c2rPYMrQTuMu_-qE73YJBCBTviv6Y3x7A52yMB13m4H46Vq9RwrFr7yzDo0QnidlRbitMYvjtfSJOFUOBNS4zm3SsPY7rEKZd6xsLtN_Bh0hV5XNEFXUnYCIuk7aYjT-X-voTQ/s1600-h/flamingos+at+the+zoo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4KEF_7c2rPYMrQTuMu_-qE73YJBCBTviv6Y3x7A52yMB13m4H46Vq9RwrFr7yzDo0QnidlRbitMYvjtfSJOFUOBNS4zm3SsPY7rEKZd6xsLtN_Bh0hV5XNEFXUnYCIuk7aYjT-X-voTQ/s320/flamingos+at+the+zoo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366747983382295218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now here she is in all her shrimpy pinkish glory:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9d_bFPR5ISrai4E492cmU3Mhmd9O3WO-xNogjKUMVcvNdkpH0bV6A0WAN3ycCorxc3Ry1p-RYJdj4oYD0jC9Ll6XVjMAfsnipZSrQA6hBzpGNfXIXSnl2SxfA_A5NDzkWLqEeOGeCxF-v/s1600-h/mingos.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9d_bFPR5ISrai4E492cmU3Mhmd9O3WO-xNogjKUMVcvNdkpH0bV6A0WAN3ycCorxc3Ry1p-RYJdj4oYD0jC9Ll6XVjMAfsnipZSrQA6hBzpGNfXIXSnl2SxfA_A5NDzkWLqEeOGeCxF-v/s320/mingos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366747995793250514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ah yes. So, next we drew an alligator, and the damn thing would not hold still. My alligator sucked, so I have chosen not to show it here (it also never got finished). But here is Jenny's gator, posing in front of the actual gator who is swimming away grumbling like an old grumpy gator:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolzLAlxNXcAIplb6vaWZzKudRLu7iiPBmuwD8nf_PoOnz-R3DGcd2Nq1sEPc9uwwZWkCCSOBW4BO15EalGmngQQ9PHTmkd41_bXOefpOEU4qb6hUBIPBhqyunbPOnxESigIyNG-xFr5UY/s1600-h/cunch's+gator.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolzLAlxNXcAIplb6vaWZzKudRLu7iiPBmuwD8nf_PoOnz-R3DGcd2Nq1sEPc9uwwZWkCCSOBW4BO15EalGmngQQ9PHTmkd41_bXOefpOEU4qb6hUBIPBhqyunbPOnxESigIyNG-xFr5UY/s320/cunch's+gator.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366748005750991794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After that we sat in the shade and drew some seals. I tried a few serious, fancy ones... and they just sucked. So I did this happy-retarded-naive seal and it's cute!:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdV8FpPRtC4yeAs-LqRL0ngNjCuNy7EHNGGu-vIujJryob5kOuqSF-e4wjXjE_sxTeARmtouLSkUDFQ5OBebsePoCBiz9J5lUiZ6Jvw6e3thT3ZL8YmwgNOUTDKF2LTLBETql1Oo-4f-XU/s1600-h/seal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdV8FpPRtC4yeAs-LqRL0ngNjCuNy7EHNGGu-vIujJryob5kOuqSF-e4wjXjE_sxTeARmtouLSkUDFQ5OBebsePoCBiz9J5lUiZ6Jvw6e3thT3ZL8YmwgNOUTDKF2LTLBETql1Oo-4f-XU/s320/seal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366748593833803730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After the seals we went and ate a 6 dollar chicken sandwich, a 9 dollar turkey sandwich, and a 6 dollar soda. Then dumped soda all over our hands, then dumped water all over our hands. After that, we came upon something truly awesome... a Tawny Frogmouth Owl:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKrRQ9Mep63KIMnfK2AHJud1Ah4-E2bDCIE0BuHE19VD7BY-fENdpTjQRSqLKxriSFNd3Pkrk8cYULCMTTmo_EUeKMa2h8WCIf_ozge0s6caPt5FBARZMk-gyhaCHGzZrOLEdnAB4qH6h/s1600-h/frogmouth+at+the+zoo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKrRQ9Mep63KIMnfK2AHJud1Ah4-E2bDCIE0BuHE19VD7BY-fENdpTjQRSqLKxriSFNd3Pkrk8cYULCMTTmo_EUeKMa2h8WCIf_ozge0s6caPt5FBARZMk-gyhaCHGzZrOLEdnAB4qH6h/s320/frogmouth+at+the+zoo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366748597096172258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I busted out the brown paper on this guy. I think we worked on him for a good hour. He sat right there, sleeping, only moving his head here and there. This, along with the flamingo, is my favorite of the day:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPk3CFBvHeRIOMY3YbIEPVUkmPAp0zvsEEgWgTJn8MV-q4A7EF_Uw2ZyGrYLmhyphenhyphenR0E8ZYNiMXA5kN8wul_3xXwD-MVtTMSgj4JF3uSK86AIBPx8w8Yf7RCpa3IVcf2MFVYJYpFa1pc7P5/s1600-h/frogmouth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPk3CFBvHeRIOMY3YbIEPVUkmPAp0zvsEEgWgTJn8MV-q4A7EF_Uw2ZyGrYLmhyphenhyphenR0E8ZYNiMXA5kN8wul_3xXwD-MVtTMSgj4JF3uSK86AIBPx8w8Yf7RCpa3IVcf2MFVYJYpFa1pc7P5/s320/frogmouth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366748606235910946" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After that, not having known the time, or the hours of the zoo, we continued on to draw these gerenuks, which are awesome and long. Gerenuk means girrafe neck! See! They look like alien deers. There was even little baby ones. About 15 minutes into drawing this guy we got booted out by the Zoo cops. I took it home and finished it up, using a googled gerenuk image for reference:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdR4l5dONHa92n9gW7rJtX4NIh-cIrdXSkphZDYgT5BRe_GNBkok5oSl_wrAjnKDomad-fhoUJ56ZNPwCxtocDgGP_AHRL_bI8hBUCPJC0vEqWqtaCed6rvaQJK3oUGWCSQeJJqvQtAuJ/s1600-h/gerenuk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdR4l5dONHa92n9gW7rJtX4NIh-cIrdXSkphZDYgT5BRe_GNBkok5oSl_wrAjnKDomad-fhoUJ56ZNPwCxtocDgGP_AHRL_bI8hBUCPJC0vEqWqtaCed6rvaQJK3oUGWCSQeJJqvQtAuJ/s320/gerenuk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366748616857422754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Most of these are a mix of Prismacolor Verithin colored pencils, Faber-Castell brush pens, a small tipped Copic pen, and a crummy Presto!white-out pen. Also, a bit of photoshopping to add snazz. <br /><br />I am still giddy! I can't wait for chapter two. Drawing animals is my bread and butter! Thanks for reading.<br /><br />Ethaneefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-37546854580512660652009-08-04T03:01:00.000-07:002009-08-04T03:19:26.470-07:00Nudies and OogliesWord up to the three of you who read this blog. I decided to dump some more sketch all over this place. I went to a seedy hipster art warehouse that smelled like the weed to draw nudies with <a href="http://jrgoldberg.com/cunch/">Jenny Goldberg</a> tonight (of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jellyfist-Jhonen-Vasquez/dp/1593620829">Jellyfist</a> infamy). She's a total hipster goth who draws awesome little nubby guys.<br /><br />So this girl we drew sort of wore a naked Mary Poppins outfit... I really loved that movie when I was a kid. I guess she thought just plain ol' nakey was just too boring, so she wore a lil' hat and collar thing. Anyway, I just figured I'd post some of the art up. Hope you don't mind some boobs.<br /><br />These were my warm ups... the smaller ones were 3-5 minute drawings, the one on the chair was 15.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic21VXh15kp7kEWe6o3ERceZxZsLZJLvq1zQRoQ7U65Rwv27BTpheL1ObTirYC-EUeJtzQax9feaYq8UGA_qExb1aDdOnompkA096-1tHoapbUbaOv2Ce4a1h-MXJV49XpkthKGhp6UiQJ/s1600-h/fig4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic21VXh15kp7kEWe6o3ERceZxZsLZJLvq1zQRoQ7U65Rwv27BTpheL1ObTirYC-EUeJtzQax9feaYq8UGA_qExb1aDdOnompkA096-1tHoapbUbaOv2Ce4a1h-MXJV49XpkthKGhp6UiQJ/s320/fig4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366049365595513026" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then I tried the brown paper, white/black pencil technique. This first one took 15 minutes...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfSB7TyJuQKG87PEHpusmtWbKcg4FJSEsaBmo7ibIx3rwGEDtTRZIaGFVnz-rRuwSGjV3S5rNEEKQoutZd0OBmU1e61eMWEt-XayVgarIm3ObdQeO9tzgLMeU-8e9Pv6An6a9SakSukGG/s1600-h/fig1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfSB7TyJuQKG87PEHpusmtWbKcg4FJSEsaBmo7ibIx3rwGEDtTRZIaGFVnz-rRuwSGjV3S5rNEEKQoutZd0OBmU1e61eMWEt-XayVgarIm3ObdQeO9tzgLMeU-8e9Pv6An6a9SakSukGG/s320/fig1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366048985384561906" border="0" /></a>This next one, also 15 minutes...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeMklvk_iFytsUE547mIUs7yrpRWcbDty_bpWXv21F-G2KEgajx3sAUu09or4lAT9VIau_R7niwrVd2iKLlBghjbLempgZRbbpdZ2B0WOAm5n7K7vq-qiWNKdIowNIqyuYE-u8DjgZiTT/s1600-h/fig2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeMklvk_iFytsUE547mIUs7yrpRWcbDty_bpWXv21F-G2KEgajx3sAUu09or4lAT9VIau_R7niwrVd2iKLlBghjbLempgZRbbpdZ2B0WOAm5n7K7vq-qiWNKdIowNIqyuYE-u8DjgZiTT/s320/fig2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366049666819834050" border="0" /></a><br />This last one was 20 minutes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJb8YCcQY2m98_8r3dEoQMcaTJG292HXmiWe-f7slw5ZBPxUA4EeSCjsusRwVSAwbHtNX1KJFerPYr9u_wgLVH8aliVcirn3bUDJfTUMVmX5VHcGV73Fxhq2qFB4QlCM5wrQzgcdFqXx7Y/s1600-h/fig3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJb8YCcQY2m98_8r3dEoQMcaTJG292HXmiWe-f7slw5ZBPxUA4EeSCjsusRwVSAwbHtNX1KJFerPYr9u_wgLVH8aliVcirn3bUDJfTUMVmX5VHcGV73Fxhq2qFB4QlCM5wrQzgcdFqXx7Y/s320/fig3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366049911689600674" border="0" /></a>And now, just to offset all the seriousness and nudies, here are some more eefish sketches. I present to you a lizardy thing, a retarded bird, a babboon guy with flappy asses, a gopher beetle, and a demon bear.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrfXtY829asklHoV5ac3zphD5tv2iRb_P1ZcAmpt7xlk2e-O9PK3oqr4N0fTPpF7e3By8gapX4XfVqj1umC5nqV-teUy0VOeQXH_RnPmTpFAtHcXPCoo_iRujPqitKsFGXCEtcErj7jNz/s1600-h/sketches7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrfXtY829asklHoV5ac3zphD5tv2iRb_P1ZcAmpt7xlk2e-O9PK3oqr4N0fTPpF7e3By8gapX4XfVqj1umC5nqV-teUy0VOeQXH_RnPmTpFAtHcXPCoo_iRujPqitKsFGXCEtcErj7jNz/s320/sketches7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366050185913435586" border="0" /></a>Be well!eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-84850992317488245922009-05-23T12:51:00.001-07:002009-05-23T12:54:23.370-07:00A thing with a gun riding a thing.Haven's posted any art in a while, so here's one...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFbe39req59drIhBbvggOgQgvy9fjJP2jkk82mFlfTiFyxoTJiMfpoEoEuLNhiTpg8Tbj_-xeVwOpxH25d6pKzZgUotqSVVZHJ7eUVlkSE7MhYWnqGgCLR313cqcGwQYupxUWt9tgV_9y/s1600-h/sketch7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 351px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFbe39req59drIhBbvggOgQgvy9fjJP2jkk82mFlfTiFyxoTJiMfpoEoEuLNhiTpg8Tbj_-xeVwOpxH25d6pKzZgUotqSVVZHJ7eUVlkSE7MhYWnqGgCLR313cqcGwQYupxUWt9tgV_9y/s400/sketch7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339109971010547138" border="0" /></a>eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-83498639559229451642009-04-14T21:38:00.000-07:002009-04-14T21:39:41.979-07:00SLG Creator StudioWant me to teach you mad skillz live and in person?! Of course you do. Come to San Jose on May 16th. Here's what's up:<br /><br /><div style="font-weight: bold;" class="panel_head2">Event Details</div> <p>SLG Publishing continues it's succesful and informative Creator's Studio series with another day-long event on May 16th. Creator's Studio IV will feature panels on comics and their creation and will end with a live-drawing demonstration by the artist of the Eisner Award nominated humor series Chumble Spuzz Ethan Nicolle.</p> <p> </p> <p>Our tentative panels for the this month's event include:</p> <p><strong><br /></strong></p> <p><strong>Preparing a Proposa</strong>l - Taught from the SLG Publishing perspective, Dan Vado will go over what should and should not go into your written project proposal to a comics company. Also covered will be what to put into your portfolio and how to handle yourself when you are planning to show your work to editors at a convention.</p> <p><strong>Good Design/Bad Desig</strong>n - SLG Art Director <a href="https://www.slgcomic.com/Scott-Saavedra_c_42.html" target="_blank">Scott Saavedra</a> goes over </p> <p><img style="margin: 2px; float: left;" title="Scott Saavedra" src="http://images.comicbookresources.com/previews/ape2002/ape_scottsaavedra.jpg" alt="" width="132" height="86" /></p> <p>good and bad design choices and how they apply to comics and graphic novels.</p> <p>In addition to being SLG's Art Director, Scott is the creator of Comic Book Heaven, a book </p> <p>series that looked at comics from the Golden and Silver Age with an eye towards examining the goofier aspects of those books.</p> <p><img style="margin: 2px; float: right;" src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y209/enicolle/eefrocker.jpg" alt="" width="105" height="101" /></p> <p><img style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 2px; float: left;" title="Chumble Spuzz by Ethan Nicolle" src="https://www.slgcomic.com/assets/images/coverimages/cmisc/cspuzz2_500_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Chumble Spuzz by Ethan Nicolle" width="62" height="96" /> <strong>Conjuring a page</strong> - Artists in semi-residence <a href="https://www.slgcomic.com/Ethan-Nicolle_c_40.html" target="_blank">Ethan Nicolle</a> sits down at his drawing tabld and demonstrates his drawing and storytelling techniques. This is an interactive demonstration, questions are encouraged. Ethan will show how he breaks down a page and take a page of script and show and explain his thought process for creating a finished piece.</p> <p>Ethan is the Eisner Award nominated creator of Chumble Spuzz and is one of the funniest and most inventive creators to hit SLG Publishing in a long time.</p> <p>The Creator's Studio seminar is not a how-to-draw class, a certain amount of proficeincy on the part of attendees is assumed. While some attention will be paid to the basics of drawing, for the most part this session will be devoted to storytelling and design. Recommended age for this seminar is 16 or older.</p>Buy a ticket for this event <a href="https://www.slgcomic.com/Creators-Studio-IV--Saturday-May-16th_df_390.html">here</a>.eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-41475334528902646722009-03-24T00:10:00.000-07:002009-03-24T00:19:24.023-07:00uStream draw-cast 2Alright! I did another uStream show tonight and it was once again really fun. If you ever want to catch one, follow me on twitter or watch for an update on myspace or facebook. Here is what we came up with tonight...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVJTBCT2wpQGqInhiTgOehCvrJbilPBRdgXqDdpzXYnjihTW3IY8OJ_ZVkXCPKYXEoG6M2Q8tqUjT0vucPzgOjFe7bQsV0194fnydocue90RTP9k73-XoOZLEbO0Sjy42ihWl1XNakmfV/s1600-h/armadillozombie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVJTBCT2wpQGqInhiTgOehCvrJbilPBRdgXqDdpzXYnjihTW3IY8OJ_ZVkXCPKYXEoG6M2Q8tqUjT0vucPzgOjFe7bQsV0194fnydocue90RTP9k73-XoOZLEbO0Sjy42ihWl1XNakmfV/s400/armadillozombie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316648648524186754" border="0" /></a>This is a zombie armadillo eating an ice cream cone. The ice cream cone is very sad. I imagine the armadillo is pretty happy, though he can't show much emotion.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9gafSSiVFfRrBFNlYLbOLx6Sdg69tk5pgksTNTJXjDZrgEBMlqZ4wJTEjTC9ehy4qB4zh1n__fnowspm42ZjsLG8YlEQ-TJUiSPujDuz6G_3By0afeLSsY8Zx8jlEsq5KhsyLWv215V1/s1600-h/tigerpus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9gafSSiVFfRrBFNlYLbOLx6Sdg69tk5pgksTNTJXjDZrgEBMlqZ4wJTEjTC9ehy4qB4zh1n__fnowspm42ZjsLG8YlEQ-TJUiSPujDuz6G_3By0afeLSsY8Zx8jlEsq5KhsyLWv215V1/s400/tigerpus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316649095671674498" border="0" /></a>This is Tigerpus. He is half tiger, half platypus. I like him.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzr-gcFIVM5F5sIXxgJ5_5JhOwmjU_JZ9g_ElNEr5rG8m81m3xPd-6Q0R176jh8-uIm9AgV0O-TvPeFCPHEww2AkVk1gysJTol_Gp7JqbyzEOH73i7UAcM82rUeO4zWBKjiDIf-UTHSZzZ/s1600-h/rebracta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzr-gcFIVM5F5sIXxgJ5_5JhOwmjU_JZ9g_ElNEr5rG8m81m3xPd-6Q0R176jh8-uIm9AgV0O-TvPeFCPHEww2AkVk1gysJTol_Gp7JqbyzEOH73i7UAcM82rUeO4zWBKjiDIf-UTHSZzZ/s400/rebracta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316649481910269826" border="0" /></a><br />This is Rebracta. That is the name that was made up for this woman... man... troll thing. This character was created as people shouted out various features, like emo hair, big lips, fishnets, etc. The results were<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdte2FqobVcQvBGkn1fLTBg11tAvXleQQsmquWlfUh2ZvAHrbJEQuA5TjBPjLt9ofYGgwY2kn0AXuTcUfF3onW26nPODjx1UgL85jYBHoGvvPLck80l4fetrvbzAJfsDNe3Jy2ZGtKgQX1/s1600-h/eefbunnnyspacesuit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdte2FqobVcQvBGkn1fLTBg11tAvXleQQsmquWlfUh2ZvAHrbJEQuA5TjBPjLt9ofYGgwY2kn0AXuTcUfF3onW26nPODjx1UgL85jYBHoGvvPLck80l4fetrvbzAJfsDNe3Jy2ZGtKgQX1/s400/eefbunnnyspacesuit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316649976397037874" border="0" /></a><br />The last image requested ended up being me in a bunny suit in a space suit. So that's what you have here.<br /><br />Thanks again to everyone who participated and watched!eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-70949307141522204522009-03-17T02:59:00.001-07:002009-03-17T03:10:07.302-07:00First U-Stream Draw-castSo, mimicking my friend Val, I decided to do a <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ethan-nicolle-draws-stuff">Ustream live video</a> feed of me drawing in Manga Studio. As I drew, I had people in the chat make suggestions and I went off of those ideas. So for the first one, I asked for two animals and someone said girrafe and flamingo, so we ended up with a Girmingo:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ESy0G5TkJB-7eCbQR9ylrzlm0pgBuj9Tph-zNLIF7EebZCyb_Mlb-QtMGAvQK9Kf709nV5PokFSc2MO_KxmL0A6WfBHrtmlTHfwodXMwBs80XlN1SqQh1e-NSSquD5LVNbu0byPjQURa/s1600-h/sketchlive-girmingo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ESy0G5TkJB-7eCbQR9ylrzlm0pgBuj9Tph-zNLIF7EebZCyb_Mlb-QtMGAvQK9Kf709nV5PokFSc2MO_KxmL0A6WfBHrtmlTHfwodXMwBs80XlN1SqQh1e-NSSquD5LVNbu0byPjQURa/s400/sketchlive-girmingo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314094189477905794" border="0" /></a><br />Next, I had everyone watching start blurting out various features of a yet-to-exist character. Someone said batwings, then hook-hand, then bifocals, then squinty eyes, and we just kept going from there until we had this cuddly little guy who we named Hubert Bibbo:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodXSdYhcDyd3mqScOaCo_n-EGdiCeHMNFdPWhxEPSJtgpnMhr2KY70O9TffXaDRnvaN7TbFE65SYGy2SE0SDCQ7W88X1RByr_mb6CRsDNrnPqCcXpLZKouyonQdjltc7t7ryaeTnQb0cP/s1600-h/sketchlive2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodXSdYhcDyd3mqScOaCo_n-EGdiCeHMNFdPWhxEPSJtgpnMhr2KY70O9TffXaDRnvaN7TbFE65SYGy2SE0SDCQ7W88X1RByr_mb6CRsDNrnPqCcXpLZKouyonQdjltc7t7ryaeTnQb0cP/s400/sketchlive2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314094307009490002" border="0" /></a><br />For my final drawing, someone suggested a Wolf Turtle, and someone else asked for a unicorn, so I drew a Were-Turtle devouring a Unicorn:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_7K-QeyMdfX9Mz_0U1zt2-nAUZUadW6XUrwbmetfqnVrKuM8RYFTqpk-ePY_ntsdJ9Tmk9DgclD38puYkxRCOHHCcy7ynLHUq4tExI59-ccVpGhyphenhyphenHomRj-hrKjVYq9ZQ-0fbdTk8tNpy/s1600-h/sketchlive1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_7K-QeyMdfX9Mz_0U1zt2-nAUZUadW6XUrwbmetfqnVrKuM8RYFTqpk-ePY_ntsdJ9Tmk9DgclD38puYkxRCOHHCcy7ynLHUq4tExI59-ccVpGhyphenhyphenHomRj-hrKjVYq9ZQ-0fbdTk8tNpy/s400/sketchlive1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314094434809604770" border="0" /></a><br />And that was that. My first u-stream live draw-cast. It was fun. If you ever want to be a part of one, just try to keep track of me on <a href="http://twitter.com/enicolle">twitter</a>, or <a href="http://www.myspace.com/eef">myspace</a>. I will post when I am on. I may schedule something sometime, too, if there is interest. Thanks again to everyone who watched, chatted, and made it fun.<br /><br />Ethaneefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-15055586551254598552009-02-12T00:54:00.000-08:002009-02-12T00:59:12.732-08:00I have a crappy website<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEv__2fe1eWOt6EhGvNygu58lfzLAE2tP__z2RzaRCxH6_lC-usKIh_bIemCoLxWHdal0JJz9fIVifmHMOybZhiZ5yYkvyY-m5PmkVxDIR34Nd9x-2nislmG_J23mAoT8ijO8yhF5K-NT/s1600-h/pappy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEv__2fe1eWOt6EhGvNygu58lfzLAE2tP__z2RzaRCxH6_lC-usKIh_bIemCoLxWHdal0JJz9fIVifmHMOybZhiZ5yYkvyY-m5PmkVxDIR34Nd9x-2nislmG_J23mAoT8ijO8yhF5K-NT/s400/pappy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301832481576029586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-pWwrfR6t8yjBlrrCFw6Q-Y-rSQ4bBhvFsLiqNQZ_EudpAW1n5e29E7Km3N2IDGvRyzLLSIHzJ1RDbCIpImjY_L8F7hKnSP8tWu6l3bEmwI-8k02O3z71zmyyBTHlTfGnXOn4MlYoT-Y/s1600-h/hoiuse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-pWwrfR6t8yjBlrrCFw6Q-Y-rSQ4bBhvFsLiqNQZ_EudpAW1n5e29E7Km3N2IDGvRyzLLSIHzJ1RDbCIpImjY_L8F7hKnSP8tWu6l3bEmwI-8k02O3z71zmyyBTHlTfGnXOn4MlYoT-Y/s400/hoiuse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301832400484217330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzpBsW24iQtgVW9BvCjz8oHQFk9jZ-nvO0ZbbIeCayzYxLJ_Kmk3baIR464Uc-OKzLsUk_ocgdueFwvSjqfA_MyGe6_smlW9gnOKHmZ2awhpSu5J_gU18T0MFff6Gl2DHgzfWgrM_TjQe/s1600-h/frames+and+characters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzpBsW24iQtgVW9BvCjz8oHQFk9jZ-nvO0ZbbIeCayzYxLJ_Kmk3baIR464Uc-OKzLsUk_ocgdueFwvSjqfA_MyGe6_smlW9gnOKHmZ2awhpSu5J_gU18T0MFff6Gl2DHgzfWgrM_TjQe/s400/frames+and+characters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301832316577600770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhwMOQ_2XbGlhKGrtRK1zhPIMruKFlkbL09LHLMYizNTEIan2c_qghOdfsZkimyAxXb_Sv6WNUKh8yhqd5wx4r-J2Wc9i1jrrLnSWpGcXRhVULZoylDaC9K2jCaI_uOQgLqEQRAj5qUWj/s1600-h/Dad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhwMOQ_2XbGlhKGrtRK1zhPIMruKFlkbL09LHLMYizNTEIan2c_qghOdfsZkimyAxXb_Sv6WNUKh8yhqd5wx4r-J2Wc9i1jrrLnSWpGcXRhVULZoylDaC9K2jCaI_uOQgLqEQRAj5qUWj/s400/Dad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301832232052340466" border="0" /></a><br />I needed space online to FTP myself stuff, so I bought <a href="http://www.ethannicolle.com">my name dot com</a>. I figured I would use my very minimal HTML skillz to put up a basic page that links to my various crap already on line in other places. Putting this up reminded me that I actually have an art blog I never update, so I am going to throw some art up here with no explanation whatsoever. Enjoy!eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-62874854911066264892008-08-25T16:28:00.001-07:002008-08-25T16:28:55.762-07:00Johnen Vasquez Reviews Chumble SpuzzWhat you are about to read is one of the highest compliments I have ever been paid, and convenietnly it is typed up and posted in a blog, so I don't have to try to recollect it for you from a brief meeting at a comic convention. Johnen Vasquez, creator of some of my favorite works, includng Squee and Invader Zim, finished reading both Chumble Spuzz books, and wrote this long review, which not only had me blushing, but laughing out loud. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.questionsleep.com/mindspill/?p=206" target="_blank">The review.</a><br /><br />Thanks, Johnen, for this. You made my day. Or week. Maybe even month.<br /><br />Ethaneefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-52541590992618029672008-08-21T19:15:00.000-07:002008-08-21T19:20:09.950-07:00Interview and APE CON<h1 style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">I’m an APE Special Guest The <a linkindex="48" href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNvbWljLWNvbi5vcmcvYXBlLw==" target="_blank">APE</a> (Alternative Press Expo) Convention will be in November, and cuddly little ol' me will be SLG's <a set="yes" linkindex="49" href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNvbWljLWNvbi5vcmcvYXBlL2FwZV9ndWVzdHMuc2h0bWw=" target="_blank">special guest</a> this year. I feel very honored. I have never been to APE, but have always wanted to go, because I am an alternative comics-o-phile. Dan Vado, the founder of SLG is also the founder of APE, and it is one of the biggest celebrations of indy comics in the US, if not the world. So being one of the six special guests is quite a compliment.<br /><br />Apparently I will get a panel. I am thinking about bringing some kind of prize to the few people who actually come to it. It will be my first panel ever, so I have to celebrate even if no one comes. Whatever happens, I think it will be fun. APE! Here's my descrption on the APE site:</span> </h1><h1>Ethan Nicolle</h1><h1><img src="http://www.comic-con.org/ape/guests/nicolle_ethan.jpg" alt="Ethan Nicolle" title="Ethan Nicolle" align="right" border="0" height="288" hspace="4" width="211" /></h1> Cartoonist <b>Ethan Nicolle</b>’s work features those lovable reprobates <i>Gunther a</i> <i>n</i><i>d Kl</i><i>em</i>, whose stories are collected in <i>Chumble Spuzz</i> volumes one (“Kill the Devil”), and two (“Pigeon Man” and “Death Sings the Blues”). Nicolle lives in Portland, Oregon in an attic and tells us he’s one of those “little head, big body” type of guys. <br /><br /> <b><i>Courtesy SLG Publishing<br /><br /></i></b><br /><b><i><br /><br /><br /></i></b>Besides all that jazz, here's an interview I did with JK Parkin at <a href="http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/08/21/blog-qa-ethan-nicolle/">Newsarama</a>.<b><i><br /></i></b>eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-87840599095414851212008-07-18T20:21:00.001-07:002008-07-18T20:23:29.265-07:00FOUR NEW BOOKS at COMIC CON 2008<p class="blogContent"><span class="postbody">Woopdee hoo!<br /><br />I'll have four new books available at Comic con this year. They will be in limited supply. Here they are:<br /><br />First is the most obvious, which I will be selling with my brother at the SLG booth, along with volume one:<br /><img style="width: 364px; height: 555px;" src="http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm258/enicolle2/CS2cpver.jpg" alt="Image" title="Image" border="0" /><br /><br />Description:<br />Gunther and Klem return in two new tales from the warped and endearingly disturbed world of Chumble Spuzz! In their first adventure, Pigeon Man , Klem befriends a man who was raised by pigeons, but Gunther sells the pigeon man out to a local zoo for Feral Humans to buy himself a new robot. When Klem discovers that the zoo is only a cover up for an illegal underground feral-human fighting operation, he'll do anything to rescue his new friend from the inhumane zoo's cruel death matches. Also included is the tale Death Sings the Blues , starring the Grim Reaper himself! After a conversation with Klem about his recently deceased pet sea monkey, Death realizes all of the pain and suffering he has caused the world through taking away life, and unable to bare the pain anymore - he kills himself! When Death commits suicide, everything that has ever died begins to reanimate! Can Gunther and Klem stop the massive outbreak before the world expires from zombie overpopulation?<br /><br /><br />AND the new Reverend Mofo "Word of the Lord BIOTCH" Tshirt will be for sale:<br /><img style="width: 364px; height: 309px;" src="http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm258/enicolle2/shirt-color-sample.png" alt="Image" title="Image" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Then, at the Bad Karma Booth:<br />Me and Eric's new creation, which should get some interesting reactions, stars Jesus Christ on a mission to kick ass. <br /><br /><img style="width: 364px; height: 554px;" src="http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm258/enicolle2/JCcover.jpg" alt="Image" title="Image" border="0" /><br /><br />Description:<br />THE SON OF GOD IS BACK.... but this time's different <br /><br />Wars. Hunger. Genocide. For Jesus Christ, this is the view of Earth from Heaven.<br /><br />But when the savior of mankind decides to go back in time and repair Earth, starting with the Holocaust, things end up easier said than done.<br /><br /><br />Then... these next two books are collections of art I have built up over the years. The first is my full collection on Far Side style gag cartoons. If you liked Chumble Spuzz you wil probably like this book:<br /><br /><img style="width: 365px; height: 552px;" src="http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm258/enicolle2/sumo-poop.jpg" alt="Image" title="Image" border="0" /><br /><br />Description:<br />Chumble Spuzz creator, Ethan Nicolle, collects over 10 years of single-panel gag cartoons, dating back to his days on his high school's newspaper staff, and later published in the gambit weekly in new Orleans. in the random and unhinged style of the far side, but without the cleverness or massive success, sumo poop pokes fun at everything, including farm animals, bowel movements, sumo wrestlers, maternity wards, and ninjas. anyone with a sense of humor is guaranteed a laugh, and anyone with a sense of decency is bound to be offended.<br /><br /><br />And lastly, I've compiled a large collection of sketches and commissioned art into this 112 page book:<br /><br /><img style="width: 364px; height: 557px;" src="http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm258/enicolle2/SBCOVER.jpg" alt="Image" title="Image" border="0" /><br /><br />Description:<br />A massive dump of sketches and art from various unreleased projects decorate 112 pages in this packed little sketch book from ethan nicolle. includes pages from the never finished "code of the juggernaut" comic book, lots of strange creatures, and a number of other pieces that have never been printed elsewhere.<br /><br />Of course along with these, the Weevil will be available.<br /><br />The Bad Karma books will be in shorter supply, so if you want one, don't procrastinate! I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing everyone who can make it to the con. See you soon!<br /><br />Ethan</span></p>eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-49316578843185172522008-03-21T20:52:00.000-07:002008-03-21T20:59:59.344-07:00Drawing a page of Chumble SpuzzI decided to do a screen capture thingy. This is a page from "Death Sings the Blues" the short story in Chumble Spuzz book 2. This page took me 3 hours originally, it's sped up 16 times in this video. People usually put these videos to some kind of artsy electronic alternative music, I went with some old Stanley Brothers bluegrass tunes and a church song. I think it looks like I was drawing to the music.<br /><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-040593713498162753 visible ontop" href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=3771135703436964404&hl=en"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-040593713498162753 visible ontop" href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=3771135703436964404&hl=en"></a><embed style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=3771135703436964404&hl=en" flashvars=""></embed><br /><br />This is all drawn in Manga Studio. This story is mainly narrated, and isn't going to have any panels- it's kind of collage style,so it's different from a normal page. As you can see, it has zombies. Here's the finished page (click to enlarge):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1G8mA0ENuXiBpZv-auxHKetx7SGIwmfIKp0qDprRKtPm0OtwzGriMdDMMQ8K12bHeA5uU_oLcvhreOGHIcawmzAaqpW0WuvPF21utj3JLSHnQ8IPd_n1HHAsmWv7WanJdqCr-gFFPHagy/s1600-h/Page-17.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1G8mA0ENuXiBpZv-auxHKetx7SGIwmfIKp0qDprRKtPm0OtwzGriMdDMMQ8K12bHeA5uU_oLcvhreOGHIcawmzAaqpW0WuvPF21utj3JLSHnQ8IPd_n1HHAsmWv7WanJdqCr-gFFPHagy/s400/Page-17.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180410442776579218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Let me now what you think of this. I may post more if I have time.eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-32444339554949990402008-03-06T01:26:00.000-08:002008-03-06T01:48:53.801-08:00Another Art DumpHere's another quick art dump... these are some sketches from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ol</span>' sketch book for a new project I'm submitting to Cartoon Network (fingers crossed!)...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPcj4VaJERvHt5lUXwKIjGQuqRjNzo_I9PqQek7Fr38m3PKuJQnHv7OEg2RY6o1Gkjsx5IFe-ETOwuuoLson3ifKnnfpq-isRa_eEHe_E2kx4jgrXoK5Yhr_u49PD9f4kgRFbp0RiKfCJ/s1600-h/Scan10168.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPcj4VaJERvHt5lUXwKIjGQuqRjNzo_I9PqQek7Fr38m3PKuJQnHv7OEg2RY6o1Gkjsx5IFe-ETOwuuoLson3ifKnnfpq-isRa_eEHe_E2kx4jgrXoK5Yhr_u49PD9f4kgRFbp0RiKfCJ/s400/Scan10168.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174561863492091778" border="0" /></a>I found this little guy in an OLD sketch book from high school. This is how Gunther from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Chumble</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Spuzz</span> used to look. A lot more ugly and scary...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGEXqRWvW1qLS_0ZnRtMbqCLh-UkbLYpytQSMmqAMZxP-Su_wTWf-uz8E_d6wmN32_aG_KbjStuDyDdqWo2QlUfbOQIqczO0I-WyuqmKlpkXLXbZAQaXoitBth14hVvtd6xqfkun3Q4yB/s1600-h/guntherOLD.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGEXqRWvW1qLS_0ZnRtMbqCLh-UkbLYpytQSMmqAMZxP-Su_wTWf-uz8E_d6wmN32_aG_KbjStuDyDdqWo2QlUfbOQIqczO0I-WyuqmKlpkXLXbZAQaXoitBth14hVvtd6xqfkun3Q4yB/s400/guntherOLD.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174561558549413682" border="0" /></a><br />Below are some concept drawings for the 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nd</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Chumble</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Spuzz</span> book, which is about a zoo that contains people that were raised by different animals. These are just some ideas I came up with for human/animal things that are pretty ridiculous.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDaAR8I2nTvqqQKiDnn5KFYRChwtfcqxx2R_upuh3f853CE0qoDmMdupxtur3VnF3sCdQ3uQ6Jr1X78Zi0i9Pb-0f-xuorZ0lRwxBJyBZeqyHjVu_7JdesDKGjMcKM2G9oWsECP3KiFO68/s1600-h/Scan10162.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDaAR8I2nTvqqQKiDnn5KFYRChwtfcqxx2R_upuh3f853CE0qoDmMdupxtur3VnF3sCdQ3uQ6Jr1X78Zi0i9Pb-0f-xuorZ0lRwxBJyBZeqyHjVu_7JdesDKGjMcKM2G9oWsECP3KiFO68/s400/Scan10162.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174561562844380994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOeJDgUI-UFogYsx8X2XvEQYX0-wC-YYXT4HsPMA0APPBm5eHj0UBQe5NOjRg6YRgUsu6Jovm_NQX1BTAxBHw1lAX0VK87Nby4J746WysguD_VYddRWsdm1Xgx_i0e9CabWMaUPbOSiuk/s1600-h/Scan10163.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOeJDgUI-UFogYsx8X2XvEQYX0-wC-YYXT4HsPMA0APPBm5eHj0UBQe5NOjRg6YRgUsu6Jovm_NQX1BTAxBHw1lAX0VK87Nby4J746WysguD_VYddRWsdm1Xgx_i0e9CabWMaUPbOSiuk/s400/Scan10163.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174561580024250194" border="0" /></a>This was an attempt at a cover for the book, done in Walnut Ink. While I like it, it didn't work in color very well. I'd be willing to sell it if anyone wants to make an offer:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kwFPsPMLV9g-3J5BD3tv4xekP5Z6dqTRcaWBSxxBdOPpcnSnVMxLQfByMtOP15bvePA4tZEZt7smGpP78euHZVEjULFD0ODpinJVCP87lx51qJy_bgP8OAODJHpNtBcccZxHjnJD4i1W/s1600-h/Scan10155.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kwFPsPMLV9g-3J5BD3tv4xekP5Z6dqTRcaWBSxxBdOPpcnSnVMxLQfByMtOP15bvePA4tZEZt7smGpP78euHZVEjULFD0ODpinJVCP87lx51qJy_bgP8OAODJHpNtBcccZxHjnJD4i1W/s400/Scan10155.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174561614383988578" border="0" /></a>And this is a concept sketch for the short story that will be in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Chumble</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Spuzz</span> book 2 called "Death Sings the Blues". I kind of mixed the Grim Reaper with Robert Johnson. The story is sort of a tribute to old blues music, and zombies.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbp0ovDIH0DqbfFRuOCYAiODtbQ1YhI44JE_yQE7kR5VflHlJzCqg-HOYEFETW65TutZwc_0wOE511CzX51DU0qqvggczXZcLsSfrXLdat-zByEXg8bGcPXxUX1NL9yz_iZvoJZdzpcSl0/s1600-h/sketches1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbp0ovDIH0DqbfFRuOCYAiODtbQ1YhI44JE_yQE7kR5VflHlJzCqg-HOYEFETW65TutZwc_0wOE511CzX51DU0qqvggczXZcLsSfrXLdat-zByEXg8bGcPXxUX1NL9yz_iZvoJZdzpcSl0/s400/sketches1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174561618678955890" border="0" /></a>There you have it. My art blog bowels are now relieved.<br />-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">eef</span>eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102081667788805038.post-1745574957781532272008-03-06T01:18:00.000-08:002008-03-06T01:26:02.143-08:00Some more recent stuffI haven't posted up any of the fun stuff I've been working on lately, so here's a few of the drawings I've been doing for the Inuit Mythology Project. The first set I did for them was colored pencil drawings. I've since done about 80 ink drawings for them. These are some of my favorites...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6USImuXV1Y_wqYuNrjCAkTK0VnRD4CdYnXj4pWQeZeyGI_wfXkrh8ANi2c9Nny5xEIonFBj3yykYYZlsyW6O_vxkdUQPra5PLz9igpKNCF3wiaCEwg2OCQQUdhKasSFHnQKg3FNZpnN5s/s1600-h/Iqalu-nappa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6USImuXV1Y_wqYuNrjCAkTK0VnRD4CdYnXj4pWQeZeyGI_wfXkrh8ANi2c9Nny5xEIonFBj3yykYYZlsyW6O_vxkdUQPra5PLz9igpKNCF3wiaCEwg2OCQQUdhKasSFHnQKg3FNZpnN5s/s320/Iqalu-nappa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174556752481009378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMau-qS7FLwInsVoPt_dPryA4_eE-mMfgaGafo7nN_OcsEci1zhfS89QfGK8KFtZ6MWP59eM-0cWI3YMu34mAgOoiNXSiP_8rAVwA92rZi0ltwuTjqAewlNKgMBrc-M-bGat39TbSzDFo/s1600-h/Hook-spirits.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMau-qS7FLwInsVoPt_dPryA4_eE-mMfgaGafo7nN_OcsEci1zhfS89QfGK8KFtZ6MWP59eM-0cWI3YMu34mAgOoiNXSiP_8rAVwA92rZi0ltwuTjqAewlNKgMBrc-M-bGat39TbSzDFo/s320/Hook-spirits.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174556756775976690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z-aUfdL1nUDDdifwVL1s8pxj3OYS35dMHfjtffOT05MuuiuA9rWKUwPqW9-g2KkMyaYbb_ldv6lTczM8y38k282R8G7_xilL4ATvYjH914493p9F_gQvedmkeGtb8-QJKobWKqnLY6nH/s1600-h/sculpin-dragon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z-aUfdL1nUDDdifwVL1s8pxj3OYS35dMHfjtffOT05MuuiuA9rWKUwPqW9-g2KkMyaYbb_ldv6lTczM8y38k282R8G7_xilL4ATvYjH914493p9F_gQvedmkeGtb8-QJKobWKqnLY6nH/s320/sculpin-dragon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174556761070944002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVRdA0nS3va43778qFYFfYKTBiF3fY8AbmFVqIYBugWpU8oUpZCz-yikWvyFqxeMd6tzSus-LAfuy3MSzXtaAWiScuBE-m_yjdSE0vJPDvuCf-tRsHSL1jNdUp-_GmhFypB3b3HHGbMN6/s1600-h/giant.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVRdA0nS3va43778qFYFfYKTBiF3fY8AbmFVqIYBugWpU8oUpZCz-yikWvyFqxeMd6tzSus-LAfuy3MSzXtaAWiScuBE-m_yjdSE0vJPDvuCf-tRsHSL1jNdUp-_GmhFypB3b3HHGbMN6/s320/giant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174556765365911314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22Sfhlf2L51ebCfQr_QSnrtDUgFz34xvejkg9EsiRCXGB5pxijfhmTp-nw_87LI7L3a3jDwqqDmSbZOIpKT1QEfn_aybrQkKI8bVaZNEhnAK8MHNz7J_JFGx91_hc_L7ep1O3KTEcbXNP/s1600-h/Tupilak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22Sfhlf2L51ebCfQr_QSnrtDUgFz34xvejkg9EsiRCXGB5pxijfhmTp-nw_87LI7L3a3jDwqqDmSbZOIpKT1QEfn_aybrQkKI8bVaZNEhnAK8MHNz7J_JFGx91_hc_L7ep1O3KTEcbXNP/s320/Tupilak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174556769660878626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I love this job because it stretches me to draw things I wouldn't have otherwise tried drawing, and I also get to expolore my digital inking techniques. These are all digitally inked, except for the one pencil drawing I included, which I scanned in from a sketch book. The final is digitally inked, but i really liked the look of it in pencil.eefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540945335953459553noreply@blogger.com15