{"id":2561,"date":"2010-11-30T12:57:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T16:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2010-11-30T12:59:45","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T16:59:45","slug":"illustration-monster-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=2561","title":{"rendered":"Illustration: Monster Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had monsters on the brain lately. I think it’s because a few weeks ago I posted some art<\/a> from Drew Weing’s great bestiary, 33 Beasties<\/em> and at about that same time I placed my own Moleskine bestiary for sale in my store<\/a>. Whatever the case, I decided it’d be fun to draw some monsters. I began just doodling in my sketchbook, but in a rare moment of forward-thinking, I grabbed a piece of bristol board and did the drawing on that, which allowed me to ink the drawing with dip pen (which would have shredded a sketchbook page).\u00a0 I switched from brush to pens relatively recently and although I still don’t think I’ve got the hang of it completely, doing a drawing like this is only going to help me improve.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The original art for this is for sale here<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve had monsters on the brain lately. I think it’s because a few weeks ago I posted some art from Drew Weing’s great bestiary, 33 Beasties and at about that same time I placed my own Moleskine bestiary for sale in my store. Whatever the case, I decided it’d be fun to draw some monsters. … <\/p>\n

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