Fratman

My buddy Chris Palmer invited me to contribute to his new blog, Batman Tag You're It, a collection of Batman fanart where each artist tags the next for each consecutive submission.

Since I've been either animating and storyboarding on Monsters University for the past year, I'm in a very collegiate state of mind. Plus, with his Olympic level strength and stamina, Batman would be amazing at keg stands.

16 days...

He Does Machines

Earlier today, I tweeted this quick sketch with the caption, "Taking napkin doodles to the next level!" with my childhood favorite ninja turtle, Donatello.

Little did I know Donatello himself, Rob Paulsen, would be digging the sketch hours later! The internet is a weird and awesome place.

Thanks to my pal Chris Chua for helping get the sketch out there!

21 days...

Chades Challenge LXXIV: Shiny Sleds

Before he adopted the cosmic surfboard, the herald of Galactus was known as The Silver Sledder!

 

As always, the Chades (Character Design) Challenge is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you have a shiny sled design of your own, let me know and I'll post your art below. Otherwise, you can join in January 11th for...

Chades Challenge LXXV:

Abominable Snowshoe Rabbits

Jimmy "" Fauntleroy

37 days...

Happy Apocalypse!

I can't wait to see what takes us out today, I hope it's a world-eater!

4 days...(Can you believe it, we almost made it to Christmas!)

Mrs. America and Frau Redskull

My buddy Everett does a Daughter Drawing of the Day where his daughter tells him exactly what she wants drawn. Like Captain America...and his family...in swimsuits.

I love the idea of a Rosie the Riveter-type Mrs. America.

...but as Sir Isaac Newton says, to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So here is Mrs America's equal and opposite: Frau Redskull.

I can't wait to draw her squad of assassin cheerleaders, the Ditzkrieg.

14 days...

Chades Challenge LXXIII: Thanksgiving-Themed Superheroes

Behold, TURDUCKEN! The terrific trifecta of tyranny-toppling troops.

Duck is the only hero of the group with the power of flight, but it's okay; with Chicken tucked in Duck's cavity, and Duck stuffed unsanctimoniously in Turkey's, they manage to fly around as one epic entree of justice!

If you have any Turkey Day supers of your own, let me know and I'll post them below. Otherwise, you can join in December 7th for...

Chades Challenge LXXIV:

Shiny Sleds

21 days...

Happy Halloween!

And Happy Hauntukkah to my BOO!ish friends! My ghoulfiend Heather's birthday is October 29th, and we both love Halloween, so this gave me the perfect excuse to paint something spooky for the bewitching young lady.

Here we are with our Jacques-O-Lantern and Drac-O-Lantern. Drac seems to be suffering a severe allergic reaction to that garlic.

 

Poison Ivy's got a brand new sidekick, and he seems to have some sort of fungal infection.

Anyone can pull off a cool Batman costume, but it takes a real man to rock a Robin. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have a stone-cold fox of a Poison Ivy.

 "Holy venus fly traps, Batman!" 

Hope you guys had as much horribly haunting fun as we did this Halloween! Now time to dust off those ugly Christmas sweaters...

0 days...HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Green Lantern

Below is the Green Lantern redesign that DC unveiled yesterday, complete with gimp mask, biker gloves and gun. This called for a redesign.

I hope that gun is worth the beating Batman is going to give him for breaking Rule #1.

0 days...hut, hut, HIKE!

Dance with the Devil in the Pale Moonlight

Getting excited for Snyder and Capullo's take on the Joker. 

My favorite interpretation of the character has always been Bruce Timm's Joker performed by Mark Hamill. Just the right balance of folly and genuine menace.

5 days...

Shark Week!

Because there's no spray repellent for AWESOME.

0 days...HAPPY SHARK WEEK!

Chades Challenge LXVII: Spider-man's New Sidekick

I can't say I designed a character this week, more like I plussed my buddy Vi's design (see below). I liked his idea, and it immediately brought some ideas to mind. 

When researching Tarantulas, I came across this actual Spider-man villain, Tarantula. He has a mustache, but it's not nearly as mandibular as it should be!

If you have any designs of your own, let me know and I'll post them below. As always, all are welcome to contribute! Otherwise, you can join in August 24th for...

CHADES CHALLENGE LXVIII:

CAPTIVE FRONTIERSMEN

Vi-Dieu "The Highflyer" Nguyen's TARANTULA 

Everett "Big Diptera" Downing's FLYBOY

Austin "Jump Man" Reinkens' THE JUMPING SPIDER

I think it's safe to say that all of these designs are better and more appropriately-themed than Spider-man's official new sidekick, Alpha:

The kid's got electric powers, because y'know, spiders and electricity.

2 days...

Bane Teaser

Boba Fett, Dr. Doom, Cobra Commander, Michael Myers, Blank, Sauron. Masked mystery villains are a staple of genre fiction. Is the character protecting their identity? Are they deformed? Do they need the mask to survive? And most importantly, what the heck is under there? Here are a few of my theories for the latest masked mystery villain, Bane.

Or maybe the mask just to prevents him from biting his nails.

13 days...

Olympic GOLD!

The 2012 Olympics open today in London. That is, unless the UK's finest felon is there to steal all of the gold medals!

For more Dick Figures shenanigans, check out their website, richardfigures.com.

0 days...Let the OLYMPICS begin!

Wrapped in an E. Nygma

Some Riddler sketches made while standing in line for The Dark Knight. Highlight the white font next to "Answer:" to reveal the solution. 

Answer: Coffee

Answer: A dinosaur (on one side of their scales is a feather, on the other side is the rest of the dinosaur!)

Answer: The Star Wars trilogy (that's not The One Ring, it's from the "Look, sir, droids!" moment in A New Hope)

3 days...

Monday Warm-Up Sketch

Aside from The Joker, I'd say Catwoman is my favorite villain in Batman's rogue gallery. After seeing Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, I was convinced that Paula Patton had the perfect balance of kick-assery and charm to portray the character. I've yet to see Dark Knight Rises, though, so we'll see if CatwomANNE pulls it off!

4 days...

No Pain, No Bane

In our excitement for the upcoming Batman movie, my friend Jeff and I decided to do a collaborative Batman vs Bane sketch. Jeff drew Batman first, and I added Bane. 

I figured Batman, being the clever fellow he is, would defeat Bane by taking advantage of his RSI wrist brace.

7 days...

SDCC Yearbook

I brought a moleskine to Comic Con this year.

The initial idea was to sketch the local wildlife.

When I ran into Doug TenNapel, I offered him a sketch trade.

Doug happily agreed! I asked him to illustrate the theme "Comic Con". This beauty is what he came up with:

I loved the sketch so much, I decided to offer my moleskine to other friends/heroes of mine to see their take on the theme. Before long, I had a yearbook of amazing artwork. Here are a few samples!

Bobby Rubio

Vi-Dieu Nguyen

Emma Coats

Everett Downing

 

Mike Krahulik

Stan Sakai

Scott C

Leinil Francis Yu

Nate Bellagarde

Cory Walker

Cory Walker's sketch wasn't actually in the sketchbook, it was a commission my girlfriend got for me. Between the yearbook and the commission, it was a damn good year for SDCC souvenirs!

11 days...