I’m gonna have a go at the March Of Robots drawing challenge, let’s see how many I can manage… if it pleases you, follow along on my Instagram (I’ll eventually post all of them here, but maybe not daily).
J.Ho Originals
Dapper Skeleton Demo
I did a very quick Bamboo Spark demo for the good folks at Wacom and this was the end result:
(I whipped up the colors in Photoshop after completing the lineart on the Bamboo Spark.)
And check out the video HERE!
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Demon Girl
A little Halloweenish something that I drew last year but forgot to post. I’ll try to post a more substantive Halloweenish something by the end of the week…

(Yes, it was drawn on the piece of cardboard that you tear off to open a box of tissues.)
Another Unicorn!
Why not?

Happy New Year = More Unicorns + Gore
If you’ll recall, I posted a couple of unicorns + gore a few months ago. Well, I’ve been steadily drawing more since then, so here are 8 more to ring in the New Year. Click for larger views of each piece:
These were drawn in marker at various sizes, just based on whatever random cardboard scraps were lying around (the smallest is 3×3″ and the largest is 12×12″). The unicorn in the second row, on the left, is an exception–it was drawn on normal paper and colored digitally.
I hate to let a good piece of cardboard go to waste. That aside, I don’t really know what’s motivated me to draw these… but I have more cardboard, and I can feel more unicorns looming. Appropriate for the impending Year of the Horse, perhaps?
Nekomimi Kunoichi
Here I present a gothy, zaftig, nekomimi kunoichi, dressed in what I would describe as Miami Vice Decepticon colors, and armed with a guan dao (not quite a naginata), shuriken, and bombs:
Now, if you aren’t down with a gothy, zaftig, nekomimi kunoichi, dressed in Miami Vice Decepticon colors, and armed with a guan dao (not quite a naginata), shuriken, and bombs… well I don’t even know what you’re doing here.
Side note: I apologize for the huge URL, it’s actually there to balance out the composition, because I wouldn’t, you know, think about composition before hand. WHO DOES THAT???
Now if you’ll excuse me, I think it’s high time I started a band called Miami Vice Decepticon.
*air guitar riff*
Fall Back!
On Sunday at 1am, I got pretty excited about Daylight Saving Time ending, hatched an idea for a strip that amused myself, and now, here we are:

GO OUT AND ENJOY THAT EXTRA HOUR OF DARKNESS PEOPLE! TODAY WE ARE VICTORIOUS OVER THE ACCURSED SUN!
Beach Ghoul
Happy Halloween, (blood-)suckas!
Okay, I posted twice this week. I think I deserve to eat an entire bag of Take 5‘s now.
Unicorns + Gore
Why?
Why not?
(drawn with markers on random cardboard scraps)
A lighting study…
Draw… SOMETHING (01)
Maintaining this blog is a constant struggle between my desire for productivity, and my desire for quality–and sometimes I get paralyzed between these two desires and end up doing nothing! Finally, I have to arrive at the conclusion that something, anything, would be better than nothing, so here we are. With the 10 drawings in this post, I’ll be caught up, and ready to ring in the (Chinese) New Year with a clean slate.
I’ve been keeping a reserve of my quick scribbles from the game Draw Something, hoping to use them as a series of extra posts. Clearly the fantasy of having the time to make extra posts is not in the cards for me, so I will be using these Draw Something scribbles as needed. (Plenty more where these came from!)
Oh, and just FYI–almost all of my Draw Somethings are from mid 2012 and earlier, so it’s not as if I’ve been playing iPad games instead of drawing blog posts! Honest!
To start, here’s a random selection. To be honest, I’m pretty proud of the “bacon” drawing.
For a little while, it started to feel as if my drawings were taking on a consistent tone and a recurring character:
You know what… it feels really good to post a blog, even if it’s just random scribbles. I guess there’s a lesson to be learned here. Adios, year of the Dragon, you weren’t too shabby!
A quick volcano study…
From the flames…

The Other C-Word
Who wants to see me draw a very innacurate picture of a coelacanth on a piece of cardboard? Show of hands?
You, in the back, with the “I <3 COELACANTHS" t-shirt, you're in luck. Please try to maintain your composure, ma'am!
Here it is:
(Still behind by one post! But I’ve been getting this thing called “sleep.” I recommend it.)
Pinstripes and Booo-llets
I was having a conversation with Josh over IM which lead to me proposing a hi-larious image, which lead to me drawing said image because it was suitable for Halloween. Here it is:
You see, they’ll never take him alive, because he’s already dead. GET IT?? I TOLD YOU I’M HI-LARIOUS! HAPPY HALLOWEEN, SUCKERS!
(I’m behind a post, but I have stuff incoming later this week… )
Hair and Now

Something that happened to me at my friend’s wedding. (This is a 93% true story… in the real version, the rhino’s martini didn’t have an olive in it.)
I am a terrible letterer!
Feeling like…

And yet I just did. IRONY!
This is about how I’m feeling…
Mummy Knows Best
Here’s yet another ~10 year old piece, brought to life with new colors:
Man, there is… a lot going on with this drawing (good, bad, and ugly). I don’t know if I can talk about this coherently, so let’s just take an inventory of some of the weirdness here:
- Cartoony proportions on the heroine are executed poorly, making her look like a big boobed midget. Maybe that’s not so bad? I’m undecided.
- Blunderbuss with skull-and-crossbones relief sculpted on the stock. The execution isn’t great, but come on, that’s a decent idea, right?
- Crop-cricle-esque patterns on the mummy’s sarcophagus, implying an extra-terrestial aspect to the mummy. Just a little bit of extra intrigue thrown in at no extra cost.
- The mummy’s bandages are way too skinny. What the heck!
At the time that I drew this, I was pretty much maxing out my skills, so even though I can draw much better now, I’m glad I that I could bring some competent colors to the piece. The me of 10 years ago would be pleased, I think. I learned a lot while coloring this, and I’m in one of those creative phases where I feel like I might actually possibly know what I’m doing. Don’t worry folks–such phases are short-lived for any self-respecting artist.
(This counts as post #2 for this week, so I’m keeping steady at a deficit of 4 missed posts. I’m posting early because Comic-Con is later this week, but I’ll be on-track to continue catching up on my missed posts when I get back. I know no one cares about this except for me, but what can I say–if I don’t keep me honest and working, who will? See you on the other side, folks! *dives head first into Comic-Con*)