Comic collab with my kid.

I thought I'd share some stuff out of my sketchbook while I finish up on my next strip. My daughter and I read every morning on our way to her school and I had an idea to try and put a short strip together. She can make up a story and I'll draw. The "Bunny Funny" strip was something I came up with so she can see what the end result would look like. "A Guy Doing Something" is her first story. I thought "A Guy Doing Something" was really neat because there's only one panel with dialogue.

A Guy Doing Something

story by Frankie

and here is an owl wearing sneakers.

Happy Friday

Here are a few drawings I've recently drawn in my sketchbook or scrap pieces of paper. I really like the look of the first pic. I took some pictures of myself making this goofy face and used it as reference. The second and third pics look weird because I was drawing in the dark using a tiny little flash light to help me see. Didn't want to disturb my wife's sleep. The fourth pic I was playing with some red ink. Then the pic of the gorilla looking thing is suppose to be Chewbacca but I didn't really like the way it was turning out but I still like it.

I recently got this book called "In the Studio: Visits With Contemporary Cartoonists" by Todd Hignite. It features interviews with nine cartoonist like R. crumb, Charles Burns, Seth, and Art Spiegelman to name a few. I've read a bit of it so far and I like it but I especially like how they show the work of other artists who have influence them. Very Awesome.

Blur

The last couple of days I've been walking around blind as a bat. I broke my glasses but fortunately I can get a new pair this summer. woo hoo! I always thought I could do without wearing my glasses but now I feel naked not having them. I'm still going to Krazy glue this pair back together.

I'm drawing, I'm drawing.

So I know I haven't been keeping up with my strip but I assure you that I am working on it and I will post them up soon. I've been a bit busy with some projects. So in the mean time I want to share some sketches I was working on today. ^-^

Sketchbook Madness!

Here are a few pages out of my sketchbook. I try and make it a habit to carry it with me all the time. I'm still a bit shy when it comes to drawing in public. I'm blind as it is so sometimes when I'm drawing someone I start to think they probably notice and that I'm some kind of creep who keeps looking their way. I try to be stealth like but my narrow eyes must give me away and plus it must not help that I look like a uni bomber (according to my wife). I can't draw girls or at least I don't like the way they come out, but nothing a little bit of practice can't help. Hope you enjoy and please feel free to leave me a comment.

Quick doodle post!

Just wanted to make a quick post. I got a long week ahead of me. Enjoy!

WOOHOOOO!!!

I have here some new sketches and shit!!!!! Last year I did a couple of paintings for an art show at Monkeyhouse Toys in Silverlake and I did this piece with my rabbit in space. I was really happy with the way it came out, yet I do feel I should have added a bit more to it. So I decided to make a few small pieces of the rabbit where you'll see him exploring space and such. Here is what i'm currently working on and some sketched out ideas.

Hope you enjoyed. I'll have more new stuff to share very soon. Please feel free to leave a comment. L8S!

"I must not think bad thoughts. I must not think bad thoughts. I must not..."

Last year took a toll on me. I wasn't really drawing as much as I would have liked. I wasn't in the best of moods either. I was feeling very frustrated all the time. I felt like my brain was about to explode. To much shit was going on. I did try to keep myself thinking positive and some days I would be able to kinda get in the mood and doodle. I take the bus to work and I usually don't have trouble sketching but this bus just moves way to much. I have to be patient and wait for it to stop to continue were I left off. Anyways, I did manage to do a few sketches that I really enjoyed like this one on the left. At my job I found a piece of paper were some one had drawn on it a bunch of heads which all fit together like a puzzle. I thought it was so cool. It inspired me to try it out myself and I really had fun drawing these. I would sometimes just add random shapes to try and push myself to make characters out of them. Great way to get your imagination working.

I drew on the cover of an 'LA Weekly' at work while listening to DJ Krush.

I want a pair of Goldblum's glasses.

Sorry about the bad pics. Hope you enjoy!