Infamouse

I've been trying to come up with some original art so when I saw the word 'infamous' it got me thinking, "What if there was an infamous mouse...or infamouse?"  And so you get the gun toting mobster mouse above.

Wizard of Skel (#14, #15, #16, #17)

Next movie series set of drawings: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Skel Wars (#10, #11, #12, #13)

Continuing my quest for 365 Lil Skel drawings in 365 days I thought I'd try putting Lil' Skel and Lil' Skella in famous movie roles. First up a series of Star Wars drawings.

Lil' Skel NBA (#9)

With all the hype around NBA free agency this week (Go Bulls!) I was inspired to draw Lil' Skel as the NBA logo.

This only drawing number 9 in my quest for 365 in a year. I have some serious catching up to do.

IF Ahead (#8)

A few weeks ago the Illustration Friday topic was 'Ahead'. Ironically I'm behind in posting the picture I drew based on one of my Dad's bad puns.

World Cup Fever (#6 & #7)

With the World Cup starting this weekend the focus of the world is on soccer (or football to the non-American readers. Here's a couple of drawings of Lil' Skel as a soccer player. (if nothing else, this drawing exercise helped me learn to draw a soccer ball better)

Lil' Sel Walking (#4)

Nothing fancy, just a side view of Lil' Skel walking. I drew him the same scale as previous pictures but his legs look a little funky to me. Oh well, I'm sure I'll get better at this with 361 drawings to go.

Skel-boarding (#3)

Lil' Skel on a skateboard. I told you he was versatile.

Lil' Skella (#2)

Here's is Lil' Skel's girlfriend, Lil' Skella. I imagine him yelling it like Marlon Brando in A Street Car Named Desire, "Hey Skella!"

Skel and Crossbones (#1)

Ahoy there mateys, it be Lil' Skel on a pirate flag! This be drawing number one in me personal challenge...365 Lil' Skel drawings by April 19, 2011. I don't guarantee a new drawing every day but there will be 365 before the challenge be over. If any of you landlubbers be having any suggestions then post your comments....if ye dare!!!

IF Detective

This week's Illustration Friday topic is 'Detective'. So here's Lil' Skel as a 1940's private detective. Originally I was going to put him in a Sherlock Holmes style hat but I couldn't quite figure out how to make it look right on his head.

Meet Lil' Skel

I came up with this little character this weekend and I decided to name him Lil' Skel. He's easy to draw and I think he's got a lot of possibilities. I have an idea in mind but it may take me a few days to get it ready. Stay tuned....

Basketball Phrase

When I play basketball I subscribe to the Pat Riley philosophy of 'no easy layups'. In other words, I'll foul a player rather than give up an easy basket. Anyone who has played basketball with me has most likely had the following conversation with me:
Me - "Did he score?"
Other player - "No."
Me - "Good D!"

I thought that conversation might make a good T-shirt so I came up with the image above. (picture on the front of the shirt, words on the back) I've had the picture for years but never got around to making the T-shirt. Who knows maybe someday I'll submit it to a website like snorgtees.com.

IF Clumsy

Giraffes look naturally clumsy. Put one on roller blades and it only looks more so.

IF Confined

Sometimes I feel confined by my cubicle at work and just need to escape.

IF Renewal

I combined the sun and moon and yin and yang for this week's Illustration Friday topic "Renewal". I'm also attempting to renew my resolution to post more drawings on my blog in 2010.

Happy New Year! I hope your 2010 is better than your 2009.

P.S. I'm saying "twenty-ten" instead of "two thousand-ten". New decade, new pronunciation.

Happy Holidays

Been a while since I've posted, thought I'd at least get one more post in before Christmas. Since 2009 seems to be the year of Android I created this image to celebrate the season.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!

IF Pattern

I stumbled across a contest on the web to create your own Mountain Dew can. Being a Mt. Dew drinker I gave it a shot and came up with my own Mt. Dew logo. I'm reusing that logo to create a pattern for this week's Illustration Friday topic on "Pattern". (click on image for larger view)

IF Infinite

This week's Illustration Friday topic is "Infinite" and I really struggled at first to come up with an idea. However, when I was working on another drawing that required an image of a drop it sparked an idea in my head. This image is meant to illustrate that there is infinite love and infinite pain in the universe. (oooh, very deep and mystical)

I didn't want to just have a plain white background so at first I toyed with the idea of a starry background to represent the universe. Then I realized the thorns would just get lost on that background. I switched to a flesh tone background as I thought this image might look cool as a tattoo.

IF Magnify & Strong

I never got a chance to submit for last week's Illustration Friday topic "Magnify". I thought I'd combine it with this week's topic "Strong" and show the super strong ant up close.