doodle dump

sketchity sketch

TEENAGE MUTNAT NINJA TURTLES!

as i was making my into the comic con world, in support of my comic book endeavor, one thing that always peaked an interest in folks was my involvement with the original production on tmnt back in the early nineties- i even got a, ‘…you seem to be a little young to have worked on that.” yes, i blushed.

 i thought it might be worthwhile to see what the response might be if i was to offer up some drawings of said turtles for sale to the comic con going public.

turns out there’s a market for that kinda thing at the most comic cons.

the first batch sold like gang busters at the toronto comic con in 2014 and have been part of my comic con repertoire ever since.

these are  a few that didn’t get snatched up

the michelangelos go fast and are the hardest to do, for me anyways, because of the chains.

Sketches

some more sketches- of an analog nature this time.

i think i'm close to a pretty 'cool' direction to go in, style wise.  a simple, straight forward animation style- cartoony but not too cartoony (whatever that means- you know it like you see, i guess- like porn)

anyways... i'm gonna try to combine the elements of the two top drawings next.

MORE INUIT INSPIRED STUFF

Anti-hero and sidekick-thing!

more sketchy sketchies from my wacom tablet

TM&L SKETHCES

THESE WERE DRAWN FOR THE WEB SERIES I WAS DESIGNING AND ANIMATING AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

ONE OF THESE CHARACTERS IS IN THE MAIN CHARACTER LINE-UP THE REST WILL PROBABLY BE USED IN VARIOUS WALK-ON ROLLS AS SETTING MAY DEMAND.

WE'LL BE LAUNCHING THE SERIES IN 'EARLY' SEPTEMBER. MAYBE OCTOBER. STAY TOONED FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THAT'S THE BUZZ YER HEARING IN THE BACKGROUND. WE'LL BE ENDEAVORING TO BUILD IT SLOWLY AND STEADILY TO A NICE CONSTANT RATE BY NOW.

WITH THE UNIVERSE'S ACCORD IT'LL BUILD TO A NICELY RESONATING HUM. FINGERS CROSSED.

WE'LL BE POSTING A TEASER ANY DAY NOW.

ANY MINUTE.

angels wearing gasmasks

these were a bunch of sketches that i did 2 summers ago that i thought, at the time, were kinda zeitgeisty.(i was actually trying to do something a little provocative since, i've long laid to rest any teenage repulsion i my have been engendered with against being 'pretentious'. i mean, christ, why not not attempt something of merit or significance if you got the time? and i was unemployed at the time ... so what the frick!

anyhoo - looking back at the juxtaposition of the charcoal rendering of the mad scientist archetype(character) with the ink sketch of the gas-mask-angel in the bottom drawing, is bringing to mind a lot of the ancient astronaut/extraterrestrial crptohistorical/fortean esoterica that i've been allowing access to my cerebral cortex lately. as is the general idea of 'angel/alien operatives' needing technological assistance to operate successfully 'down here'.

the scientist representing 'us' rendered in what is basically a burnt stick and the angel in a gas mask representing 'them'* rendered with a highly advanced mechanism utilizing ball-bearing, vacuum creating and plastic manufacturing techniques, this, representation of the differences in technological capacity of the two groups.

the scientist also seems to have a righteous anger burning in the general direction though, not directly at the gma, while the angel has literally glassy eyed gaze encompassing not only the raging scientist but, conceivably everything in that general direction. again representative of the differences between the to groups. this time in the awareness they have of each other.

totally unintentional(and or subconscious). i may not have even drawn the two sketches on the same page at the same time. just filling in a blank spot on the page for the sake of no longer having a blank spot on the page.

but in a world where, as i believe, one gets lied to from birth till death about where and who we are, could any real insights occur if not by accident?

stay tuned folks; we're thru the looking glass now.

like we've ever been anywhere else.




if you're a unfamiliar with ancient astronaut/extraterrestrial crptohistorical/fortean esoterica here's a couple of links from different ends of the spectrum you might find interesting and or highly offensive.

revisionist bible interpretation

ancient astronaut with a good dash of bigfoot


*still not sure if there is a 'them' or that if it's even possible to be separate from anything in the universe in a manner that would actually constitute a 'them' or 'other' type entity.

the concept existing solely for the benefit of them that might profit from the waging of one group against a fabricated 'other'.

series development collage

the great thing about working on developing an animation series, especially in the early stages, is the shear amount of drawings you have to go through trying to come up with characters and 'styles' of animation. as for style in this case, i got the feeling early on, that the client, though wanting something cartoony, didn't want anything that was, y'know, 'too cartoony'. and it was just a matter of finding out what each of us thought the other meant by 'cartoony' and 'too cartoony'


these are selections from the ever expanding research and reject file...

these are some rough prep sketches for an animation. its for an instructional video i'm working on right now.

the roman numerals are wrong.

a little bit of ruffage.

keeps me regular.

some inspirational/exploratory sketches for a series proposal a couple of friends n i have been working on "lately".

one of my favourite things i ever done did.

this is an old doodle i did earlier in the century on the back of an old scipt for something or other.