Really Weird, Twenty-Four-Year-Old Artwork

In case you were curious about what inspired the anonymous toy back-story that I posted at the Vinyl Toy Freaks forum, here it is. I can't post it there, because the contest doesn't allow artwork, only writing. It's a crazy piece that combines a rubbing from the bathroom tile of my parents' house with a felt-tip pen drawing. I saw a couple of characters in the tile patterns, and rather than have them start talking to me, I decided to draw them. I'll post the other one soon, which I think is a marginally better drawing.

New Artwork!

I did a drawing for John Sanford to help him celebrate the second anniversary of his comic strip, Chippy and Loopus. So here it is! You can see this piece, and much more artwork at his blog. Enjoy!

A Birthday Card For Susan

It's been a while since I've posted any artwork, and I thought this piece turned out pretty well, so... why not? Susan had just returned from Italy, hence the tower. Enjoy!

Dutch Beaver

These are fun, even if I do get way too carried away with them!

A Well-Groomed Beaver

I sold three more toys last night, so I'm thanking everyone with a drawing! I've got some more roughs planned out, so there'll be even more beaver fun in the days to come...

More Caricature Sweetness

Previously-posted caricaturist Peter Emslie has another webpage, a blog called The Cartoon Cave. There's more great posts and drawings there, so stop by if you have a minute!

Peter Emslie Caricatures

Check these out - there's some great likenesses. The Larry David is especially good, but I had to post Don Rickles because the drawing makes me laugh! I can hear his voice when I look at it. It's nice to see a Hirschfield flavor, rather than someone simply copying his style.

Thanks to John K. for the link.

Final Box Art!

Here 'tis! I just tweaked the front a little - the other fonts didn't make me happy, so I decided to put the top flap logo on the front of the box as well. It feels right and looks good!

I thought about getting arty-farty and putting just the beaver drawing on the front, but my officemate voted for more practicality, and it made sense. I had to shrink the artwork down a bit in order to display it here, but the image doesn't seem to have degraded at all.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to get it to Gentle Giant! The image file is too heavy to send through standard email.

Bill Presing's New Blog!

Bill's started a blog called Daily Peril, and it's sure to be loaded with plenty of tasty artwork. Be sure to stop by and give him support!

Beaver Toy Box Art (In Progress)

I thought you'd like to see the current version of the box art. I decided to scrap the original concept, and move in this faux-log direction instead. I think I'm going to drop the text on the box front entirely, and make the beaver picture a little bigger - the rest is pretty much set. I'm going to try to do that at lunchtime today so I can e-mail the art to Gentle Giant right away.

Maybe I'll do a cylindrical box for a later version!

DrawerGeeks Gets More Attention

This time, on the Frederator blog (Feb. 9th). Check it out!
Thanks to Mike Milo for mentioning us!

DrawerGeeks Preview: Grrrr Face

Here's my drawing for this go-round. Enjoy!

Anime Simpsons Style, Vice Versa

Here's a cute Totoro drawing in the Simpsons style by spacecoyote. She's also done drawings of Groening TV shows in an anime style!