Nov 29 2011

Portrait Night 11/29 (Sal Valentino)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight drawing is Sal Valentino of the great American rock band The Beau Brummels. I’ve been on a big Bradley’s Barn kick of late, I guess since it’s recently been reissued with a ton of extra tracks. If you only know this band from hearing “Just a Little” on your local oldies station, you owe them another listen. (Not that there’s anything wrong with “Just a Little”–great song, and produced by Sylvester Stewart, AKA Sly Stone!) Their late ’60s records Triangle and Bradley’s Barn are truly spectacular. Anyway… I had higher hopes for this illo, but Thanksgiving travels threw me for a loop schedule-wise. But, here’s The Beau Brummels’ Sal Valentino, drawn from a pic in the most recent Shindig magazine:

Although this pic is from the Bradley’s Barn article, I cribbed the color scheme from the cover of Triangle:

Here’s the original photo:

If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.

 

Nov 28 2011

Cybermonday: 25% Off Everything, Y’all!

Just enter code “cybermonday” (no quotation marks) at checkout for 25% off everything in my store–original pages, signed books, #AlphaBeasts, #AnimalAlphabet drawings, everything. If you’re interested in a particular page that’s not posted in my shop, just let me know via email and I can see if it’s available.

Just go here to see what I’ve got for sale: Storezilla!

Happy holidays everyone!

Nov 28 2011

G is for Garbug

You can follow the other “G” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AlphaBeasts hashtag. View all previous AlphaBeasts entries at the AlphaBeasts Tumblr: http://alphabeasts.tumblr.com/. You can also find some submission guidelines there, as well as links to bestiaries and lists of creatures.

From the Fiend Folio…

G is for Garbug

The original art for this is for sale here.

Nov 22 2011

Portrait Night 11/22 (David Lynch)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight drawing is Director (and musician now, apparently) David Lynch. Lynch’s films are well-known and his recent musical efforts are getting a fair amount of attention, but did you know he drew a comic strip for an alternative weekly in the 70s? David Lynch’s Angriest Dog In The World isn’t for everyone, but I find it really, really hilarious. It’s never been collected and only a few odd strips are scattered around online. Every strip begins with this:

The dog who is so angry he cannot move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can just barely growl. Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he approaches the state of rigor martis.

Hey, I can relate! I felt the same way when I heard that new Lou Reed/Metallica record. Here’s an example of the strip:

Anyway, here’s my drawing of him–based on a photo of him from the current Uncut magazine:

If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.

 

The dog who is so angry he cannot move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can just barely growl. Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he approaches the state of rigor martis.

Nov 21 2011

F is for Froghemoth

According to the Monster Manual II, the Froghemoth is “huge and weird.” Indeed.

You can follow the other “F” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AlphaBeasts hashtag. View all previous AlphaBeasts entries at the AlphaBeasts Tumblr: http://alphabeasts.tumblr.com/. You can also find some submission guidelines there, as well as links to bestiaries and lists of creatures.

F is for Froghemoth

The original art for this is for sale here.