Ben Towle

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Animal Alphabet: F is for Flying Fox

Did you think spending a long weekend in Toronto, Canada would make me slack off on my “F” animal this week? Think again! I managed to execute this drawing of a flying fox in my hotel room over the course of TCAF. I foolishly forgot to pack my bottom-of-the-line watercolor set, but that just gave …

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Illustrated Lord of the Rings… by Ben Towle, age 7

Before my daughter takes her afternoon nap, I usually read her a few pages from a non-picture book to help her doze off. We’ve gotten through a surprising number of books in this fashion–mostly things like William Steig’s Abel’s Island and the Ramona books.  Last week we started reading The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. My …

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Portrait Night 5/3 (Grant Achatz)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is chef and restaurateur Grant Ashatz.  This is actually one of my favorite  portraits so far, I think because it’s so stripped-down, cartoony, and not over-rendered as some of my past ones have been. It also looks like a character design that I’d actually do for one of my comics. I wonder …

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I’m TCAF-bound, Y’all!

You’re Going Where?! That’s right, people: I’m breaking out of my crusty SPX/Heroes Con-only shell and exhibiting at a new (to me) convention this year! I’d heard nothing but fantastic stuff about the Toronto Comics Art Festival (AKA “TCAF”) and so I applied to exhibit this year… and was incredibly surprised and honored to have …

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Animal Alphabet: E is for Echidna

You can follow the other “E” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. To see all the entries so far, check out the Animal Alphabet Tumblr: http://animalalphabet.tumblr.com. E is for Echidna The original art for this is for sale here.