Posted on February 5, 2025 by James
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I was feeling a bit grouchy the other day, so I drew this goat that was feeling the same… I sketched this grumpy goat with a Prismacolor Col-Erase pencil, then inked it with a Japanese Brush Pen, and colored it with Prismacolor Soft Core…
Category: Blog Tags: angry, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, billy goat, brush pen, caged, cartoon, cartoonist, Character Design, character designer, colored pencil, creature design, creature designer, doodle, drawing, farm, goat, grouchy, grumpy, illustration, illustrator, inked, odd, penned in, sketch, strange, weird
Posted on January 15, 2025 by James
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To relax one day, I doodled this adorable and very round cartoon armadillo! This guy was drawn with Prismacolor colored pencils on ordinary printer paper. Sometimes drawing on “throwaway” paper can help you not feel so pressured to make an extraordinary piece of art….
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, animal, animals, animated TV series, Arizona artist, armadillo, artist, artwork, bubbly, cartoon, cartoonist, Character Design, character designer, children's book illustration, children's book illustrator, colored pencils, cute, desert, doodle, drawing, illustration, illustrator, kid's book, round, sketch
Posted on November 17, 2024 by James
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I’ve always been a fan of different animated styles over the decades. And I love drawing in a wide variety of styles. So, just for fun, I drew a fun newsboy fox character in a 1930’s – 1940’s cartoon animation style. I sketched this…
Category: Blog Tags: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, adorable, appealing, Arizona artist, artist, Character Design, character designer, clothing, concept art, cute, doodle, drawing, fox, happy, illustration, illustrator, newsboy, newsie, orange, outfit, retro, sketch, vintage, walking, wolf
Posted on October 17, 2024 by James
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I was simply doodling one evening, and randomly sketched out a Creature From the Black Lagoon style swamp monster girl. I gave her a bit of an 80’s style prom dress and corsage. And then that led to drawing her a date… I sketched…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, animated, awkward, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, concept art, concept artist, creature, creature design, creature designer, Creature from the Black Lagoon, cute, doodle, drawing, endearing, funny, illustration, monster, ocean, prom dress, prom photo, prom tux, sea, silly, sketch, swamp monster, ugly, water
Posted on February 22, 2024 by James
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This is an alien ladybug habitat maintenance worker… On their planet, they had to create artificial grass landing areas in the sky to help bring back the purple ladybug population from extinction. These little ladybugs are very sensitive though. They won’t land on a…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, alien, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, bizarre, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, cleaning up, cleanup crew, cute, doodle, drawing, endangered species, endearing, eyeball, eyeball for a head, illustration, illustrator, ladybug, ladybugs, maintenance worker, odd, purple, sketch, strange, sweet, weird
Posted on December 7, 2022 by James
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I had this grumpy, grouchy feeling about a week ago… so I drew this guy out on paper ☕️ Who can relate to this? I was behind on too many illustration projects and busier than I wanted to be with holiday activities and vendor…
Category: Blog Tags: angry, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, burnt coffee, burnt out, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, coffee, coffee pot, coffee shop, doodle, drawing, exhausted, funny, grouchy, grumpy, hilarious, hot coffee, illustration, illustrator, meme, silly, sketch, tired, worn out
Posted on May 3, 2022 by James
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This parakeet wants to cheer up his friend … The hedgehog is a little apprehensive, because he popped the last balloon he had. It’s okay to try again little guy! I drew this by hand in my sketchbook. Here’s the look at the black…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, animals, apprehensive, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, balloon, bird, children's book, color markers, cute, doodle, drawing, emotional, emotions, friendly, friends, gift, giving, happy, hedgehog, illustration, illustrator, nervous, parakeet, pen and ink, pets, red, sad, sketch, sketchbook
Posted on April 20, 2022 by James
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Did you know there are such a thing as blue java bananas? And did you know that they taste like vanilla ice cream? That’s what inspired this banana ice cream man! I really enjoy the aesthetic of vintage cartoons, so you’ll find I incorporate…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, artist, artwork, banana, blue, cart, cartoon, character, Character Design, character designer, cute, doodle, drawing, fruit, fun, happy, ice cream, ice cream cone, illustration, joyful, man, pastel colors, retro, salesman, salesperson, sketch, vintage
Posted on December 20, 2021 by James
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This frog is ready for Christmas! What do you think his beverage of choice is? I’ve been wanting to draw a character for myself for a while now. This frog cartoon is drawn in my sketchbook with brush pen and colored with markers. I…
Category: Blog Tags: amphibian, Character Design, character designer, Christmas, content, dapper, doodle, drawing, fancy, frog, happy, hat, holiday, hot cocoa, hot coffee, mittens, scarf, season, sketch, sketchbook, snowing, suit, toad, wearing, wind in the willows, winter
Posted on July 5, 2021 by James
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This cute, happy little scarab beetle is heading to a picnic! Who do you think she’s meeting on her picnic? Had fun using my metallic markers on this one. Here’s a look at the actual drawing in my sketchbook: And here’s the lineart before…
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, artist, artwork, basket, brush pen, bugs, cartoon, character, character designer, cute, doodle, drawing, flying, happy, illustrator, insects, iridescent, markers, metallic, picnic, scarab beetle, sketch, sketchbook, summer
Posted on May 4, 2021 by James
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So when I was in elementary school, I had a dream about these weird little shrimp critters with glowing numbered balls… In my childhood dream, they were quite small and running all around my bedroom floor, each with a different number. They would bump…
Category: Blog Tags: 6 legged, Arizona artist, ball, bug, cartoonist, character, character designer, childhood, creature, creature designer, creepy, critter, cute, doodle, drawing, elementary school, funny, glowing, goofy, insect, kid, monster, numbered, odd, orb, ping pong, pink, racing, recreated, shrimp, silly, sketch, then and now, weird
Posted on April 30, 2021 by James
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My wife calls this latest creation of mine, The Eggsplorer. He better pay attention to that next step! Drawn in my sketchbook, and inked with a Zebra brush pen by hand. Here’s a closer look at the black and white lineart. And here’s my…
Category: Blog Tags: adventure, adventurer, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, brush pen, camper, camping, cartoon, character designer, children's book, cliff, doodle, drawing, egg, eggs, eggsplorer, explorer, exploring, falling off, funny, hiker, hiking, humpty dumpty, illustration, illustrator, inked, journey, kids book, life, markers, nature, next step, outdoors, path, road, sketch
Posted on March 29, 2021 by James
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Here’s a little Mushroom Fighter I created for fun, for the Character Design Challenge group on Facebook. I did this one purely to relax and just doodle. Sometimes it’s nice not to put so much pressure on each drawing and just enjoy sketching for…
Category: Blog Tags: Arizona artist, artwork, cartoonist, character, Character Design, character design challenge, character designer, color markers, colorful, creature, doodle, drawing, fighter, fungi, holding, illustrator, mace, mushroom, pen and ink, plant, shield, sketch, sketchbook, warrior, wielding
Posted on March 16, 2021 by James
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I randomly sketched this grumpy little monster guy in my sketchbook recently. Not sure where he came from, but I really like his look a lot! I gave him a giant helmet that pretty much protects his whole body. I imagine that maybe he…
Category: Blog Tags: angry, Arizona artist, artist, artwork, biker, Character Design, character designer, creature, creature design, creature designer, critter, doodle, drawing, funny, grouchy, illustration, illustrator, mad, monster, motorcycle rider, orange, silly, sketch, sketchbook, small, striped, wearing helmet
Posted on January 27, 2021 by James
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I created a version of myself as a cartoon dragonfly! Here’s the black and white lineart sketch of my cartoon dragonfly persona. And here’s the drawing, colored. I used markers to color this up, with a little white gel pen for the eye highlights….
Category: Blog Tags: adorable, Arizona artist, artist, awkward, bug, cartoon, cute, doodle, dragonfly, drawing, freelance artist, Freelance Fridge, Geek, illustrator, insect, Nerdy, orange, red, self portrait, silly, sketch, wearing a shirt and hat
