PCL: Eyewitness to Blind Buying

 

Anyone who has seen my illustration posts or heard me on the Geek Fallout podcast knows that I don't do anything without a plan. So while its not for me, I was an eyewitness to blind buying this past week.

 

While out shopping with my neighbor Asia (she's the kind of person who should be post for the League as she fits more with the toy collector crowd) She was squeezing the Star Wars figure bags looking for a Boba Fett. "This one's a BB-8!" she declared matter-of-factly. I suppose the unique shape would give it away. She ended up getting a Darth Vader.

 

She did the same thing with the Disney Princess bags. She left with Tiana, Merida and Cinderella. She arranged them on my dashboard and had them sing Skyler sister songs from "Hamilton" the whole way home. She seemed satisfied.

 

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The Last Hometown

Green Plastic Squirt Gun

20 Years B4 2000

GI Jigsaw

Copyright 1984



Big Hero 6: Master Blaster

C'mon Hiro, can't we just get beyond thunderdome!

(I bet Hiro doesn't even know what that line is from)

Frozen: Arendelle Spring

Inspired by spring in Michigan.

(It would seem the cold doesn't bother Anna either.)

EDIT: One of the disadvantages to drawing digitally is that I'll often find myself leaping to render my idea as it first pops in my head, to jump on that idea while it's fresh and new instead of thinking through and sketching other possible interpretations. For example, this was the original drawing, that once finished, I realized, it wasn't really working.

Zootopia: Bunny Ears

NICK:
I thought you said "bunny ears" were an offensive gesture.

JUDY:
No, it's "two" because we're partners, and there's two of us!

EDIT: I just discovered this promo shot of Judy giving Nick bunny ears.
I would love to see what this full image looks like if anyone has an uncropped version.

Zootopia: New Uniform

Prior to his graduation, Nick poses in front of the mirror in a new uniform again, finally part of a pack. While alone he sheds a tear since he can't let them see they got to him... Even when they're the ones that love him the most.

Blizzard Beach

Another advent sketch, this one of Olaf living in up in summer!

Let it Snow!

It's December and time to welcome that seasonal snow!

Actually, this was supposed to be part of a series advent sketches, but I only made a handful before other projects swept in and took over. You'll likely see some of these other cards throughout the month. 

Hey, Sean Connery, what's your favorite Oscar-winning Disney song?

Penciled Packages 2: The Quickening

While I'm glad to have time to commit to long term projects, I'm also getting in the habit of sketching small and speedy.

Once again, I'm embellishing some Christmas packaging. This time around I wanted to make the drawings more dynamic, play to the shape of the box and not be so tied down to the material I was using for reference.

Color is magic!

Llama Llama Red Pajama. That's new to me.

"Miles from Tomorrowland" is also new to me.
What little I've seen looks better than the "Tomorrowland" movie.

Sophia the First, What's on second, I don't know is on third...

Ariel is "Under the C". Get it?

Cedar Point: Halloweekends!

My last month at Cedar Point yielded a lot of couples looking to get in the Halloween spirit with some cool Halloween themed bodies!

Happy Halloween!

Cedar Point Caricatures: August Edition

By the end of the summer I had really gotten comfortable in my position at the park and relished being able to draw caricatures with wild pop culture themed bodies!

Survey Corps from Attack on Titan

Anna and Kristoff from Frozen (with Olaf and Sven)

Raptor Trainer from Jurassic World

Rick and Morty

Ghostbuster and The Silver Surfer

Ducky Momo No More!

After listening to this inspiring interview with storyboard artist Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft, I'd been binge watching episodes of "Phineas and Ferb" and was surprised how it was still producing quality material after all this time!

Then I found out that the show was going into indefinite hiatus.

It got be to thinking about how the characters in the show itself might feel about losing cartoon characters that had brought them such joy as well. Hence this shot of Candace and her beloved Ducky Momo parting ways in homage to the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #50.

Hm... Let's see if I can end this on a happier note.

MCC Weekly 10: Gizmoduck

Gizmoduck from Duck Tales. Getting some mileage out of that Eggshell color I bought for Elsa's hair on that dust cloud!

Tomorrow, I'll be doing free sketches at Collector's Corner in Midland, so stay tuned!

Geek Fallout 115: Top 5 Cartoon Characters

Art by Ryan Dunlavey

Coming on the heels of the Spongebob Movie, its time we talk about our favorite cartoon characters. 

Join Jason Roberts, Carly Vore, Chris Giada, Derek Ash as we turn on the toons and sing along to some jaunty jingles!

MCC Weekly 9: Timon and Pumbaa

Hakuna Matata... It means no worries.

Sketch you later!

Let it Go! (Elsa Step by Step Process)

This past Christmas I received several markers as gifts that I've been itching to test out, especially since some of them were very specific shades.

I wanted to do an illustration of Elsa since I had requested many of these colors with her in mind. I worked from this promotional image. While I would have liked to have made something original, I was more concerned with coloring rather than composing at the time.

Roughs with a mechanical pencil on 6 x 8 Bristol Board

Spot Blacks with a Faber-Castell Pitt Pen and technical pens for the small details

I bought an "Eggshell" Prismacolor marker to better match her platinum blonde hair. I also finally got my chance to try out Copics with a new "Skin White" marker that looked to match her pale tone more so than the "Light Peach" Prismacolor I had been using previously. 

Add in some classic comic book Kirby Krackle!

Snowflakes courtesy of a Uniball brand White Gel Pen 

(I don't know how I ever lived without this!)

And the final, with some blues over certain snowflakes, a few grayscale touch ups, trim the excess around the edges and I'm done. Whew!

Sketch you later!

Secret Santa Sketches

One of the local elementary schools asked me to make some sketch cards for the kids as part of a Secret Santa exchange.

Hiro and Baymax

Groot and Rocket

Groot and Rocket

All those who chose to oppose his shield must YEILD!

First time I've drawn Anna.
Seriously I've gotten more requests for Sven than her!

Dave... or maybe Steve

Olaf

Rapunzel, another Disney first for me.

Wolverine as Michael Keaton's Batman!

Starfox and Wonder Man as Harold and Kumar.
This sketch is actually for the Michigan Comics Collective Secret Santa Exchange.

Now I want to hear from you! Which card is your favorite and who would you request for a secret Santa sketch?

Sketch ya' later!