Presenting- Rocket Turtle

Well, I haven't gotten the pics and vids for the trebuchet yet, so I guess I'll go back to what I was doing. That is, its time to continue our tour though my mind via my pictures.

Up next is a picture telling the story of a turtle that is sick and tired of going slow. He wants to go fast. Blazing fast. Really super duper blazing fast. Like that fast that you know you should slow down, but want to keep going faster. Like that fast. But even faster. So, how did he solve this dilemma? Like any well educated reptile would: by strapping a rocket to his back.

So, with out further ado, I present Rocket Turtle.

OK, so on further review, it's more of a jet than a rocket. But he's a turtle, how is he supposed to know the difference? I mean, its not like he went to college or anything. He couldn't exactly fill out the applications considering he hasn't got any thumbs! But know, you all expect him to have a rocket, and he's got a jet instead, and that just isn't good enough for you. Well, at least he's trying. Can't you at least give him that? I mean, come one! Have you ever strapped a jet to your back? I didn't think so.

That's it for now. We're getting close to the end here, so I probably need to try and come up with some new stuff. Adios.

Heaven 'n Hell

I really have no idea what brought on this next picture. I suppose late night and too much caffeine again. Funny what those can do to you.

Here it is: Heaven 'n Hell. Just the first name that popped into my mind.

This is the real reason Lucifer became the Devil. He and Jesus were in a garage band together, and they got into an argument over who got to play the awesome guitar solo in their new song. Unfortunately, they were unable to decide, and Satan left the band, and tried to start his own, more awesome band. When no one would join, he tried to usurp Jesus' spot, and got kicked out of Heaven. True story.

No idea who the drummer would be, just thought that he needed an afro.

I H8 Bees

Ok, my grandparents are in town so I may not be able to get on every day. So I'll give y'all a new picture tonight.

This is my favorite picture. I may have said that about one of my others already, but this one tops that. This picture is so awesome, it has two names. FireMan and I Hate Bees. Frankly, I hate all insects, since an incident when I was three where some carpenter ants decided that my bed made a nice apartment.

So, here it is, I Hate Bees:
In this picture, we see the aftermath of an innocent young man coming across some evil, murderous bees. They have lit him on fire, and are chasing him around with an axe. They are furry little manifestations of pure evil. And buzziness. Can't trust 'em. Flying around in stripes, stealing pollen, selling tooth-rotting honey to innocent young children. Dying when they sting you. Its a conspiracy I tell you! They'll turn you into one of them! That's just what we need, a bunch of Zombees (get it?). Ok, so puns aren't funny. But still, you probably get my point. I don't like bees. I mean, look what they did to this guy! And no, I don't know how they lit him on fire, or where they found the axe, or how they're chasing him with it. Its because they're evil.


Bees are evil.

The Tables Are Turned

Don't have time to talk about this now. Here's the picture

Truly Epic

Wow, the Muffin Man was pretty popular.

This next picture is truly epic, and thus is its title. It will need a little explanation I suppose, but that does not diminish its epicness.

I give you: Truly Epic


This is a picture of a velociraptor that is on fire playing the guitar with its eye lasters while a ninja sneaks up behind it. Never will you find a picture more awesome than this. Unless the ninja was on fire too. And had a lightsaber. Drats! It's not epic enough!

Muffin Man Digital and Colored

Meh, it's not bad. Not sure if I'll do this for many others, maybe just ones I really like. Click the title for the full size version.

Muffin Man: Colored Version

Muffin Man

This is a rare one for two reasons. First, it was a suggestion from a friend. Not this picture exactly, but the idea in general. It was also the only one I conferred with others with before it was finished. I usually work completely independent.

Second, this one (possibly) have a colored version going up soon. Normally I either doodle it on the computer, or sketch it out and leave it in black and white. This one I scanned in and am going to try adding some color to it. If it turns out fine, I may do it with other ones as well.

I might be putting up a different version of this at some time. It doesn't feel quite finished. But I wanted to get it up tonight.

Yes, it is a muffin cooking up a batch of people. And it is a little girl muffin and a baby muffin in the corner. And the little man is trying to climb out of the muffin tray. I really don't have a clue on this one.

This is (IMHO) one of my better sketches. I really like how it turned out, though it took a while to figure out the best way to put it on the paper. This was also drawn on regular printer paper, not the sketch paper I usually use. If I make an updated version, I'll be sure to upload it.

Now then, on to the digital version.

Zombie Butter!

I promise not to revert back to a zombie themed day. Ok, no promises, but I'll try not to. I remember doodling something like this in my English notes one slow day. I'm pretty sure there is a flash game where you are toast and are fighting off butter, but I'm not 100% sure.

So here it is: Zombie Butter vs. Toast Man
There's not really a whole lot to say about this one. Its an armed piece of toast fighting of a stick of zombified butter. Frankly, that's all there is to it.

Balloon

The next piece on the tour was slightly influenced by Don Hertzfeldt's Billy's Balloon (Don is the guy that wrote Rejected, if you're familiar at all with that.
My piece is a random drawing of several different characters that are just kinda standing there doing nothing. Doing more nothing than usual, since they're technically always doing nothing, as they are nothing more than 2D drawings on a piece of paper.

Anyway, here is Balloon.

Yea, I really don't know either. Just a bunch of random doodles, exploring some different looks at stuff, testing things out. Gotta love the scared little penguin down at the bottom. Little eyebrows flying up. Pretty sweet.

That's all for this one.

Zombies are Gross

I really seem to be on the topic of zombies today. No idea why. Well, since we're on this topic anyway, here is the next installment of my sketches, Zombies Are Gross and Scary, But Good At Tennis.

I can not remember what inspired me to do this. It must have been a late night and lots of soda. I did spend a lot of time playing Dead Rising over the summer, so that may have affected my mind somehow. Who knows. I do remember trying various looks for the zombie before settling on the one in the picture. I really like what I wound up with. Its a good zombie for being a black and white stick figure.

This one is pretty self-explanatory. The people are afraid of the zombie, grossed out by it, and in awe of its tennis prowess. Except for the guy on the right. He's just bummed because he got whupped by a zombie. I mean, if you lost 40-Love to a dead guy, wouldn't you be upset? That's got to be a tough pill to swallow.


Just noticed that you can see some of the eraser marks on it. Well, I'm no fancy artist. These were all done with a simple mechanical pencil. And most of them late at night, where sleep deprivation and a day of sugar and caffeine take their toll on the mind.

So then, hope you enjoy this one. We'll have to see if this "theme" thing works out. I think I could run with it.

The Awesome Penguin

Alrighty then. Now we start the series of sketches I did last summer when bored. These are going to be in no particular order, just however I feel like posting them. If you see something you like, please comment with your adoring praise. And conversely, if you hate it,  please tell me so that I can send a box of rotten fruit your way. 

So then, here we are: The Awesome Penguin.

This one is pretty straight forward. The penguin is awesome, and he knows it. Now of course, all penguins are awesome, but this one is particularlly cocky. Don't ask how he drives that car. It is part of his epic coolness.

That is all there is about the penguin. So now, onto the next exhibit.

Angry Robot

Ok, this was what I originally created the blog for, so I'm try doing it this time.
When I get bored, I sketch, doodle, and draw. On my notes, homework, Paint, GIMP, notebooks, whatever. A while ago, I uploaded a bunch of my favorites onto Flickr. You can see there here if you wanted too. But that would be cheating. So don't do it.

My plan is to put one up here every day or so, and put a little description of it so you, the willing and lovely reader, can see just how out of my mind get a feel for my artistic abilities.

So with out further ado, I present my first lovely image, doodled while waiting for Xbuntu to install on my laptop, Angry Robot.

This is a robot who is quite angry. He has dropped his burger, and the puffin flying overhead is pooping on it. Pretty simple. The explosion of color behind him represents the fact that all the white space back there looked boring.


So there you have it. The unveiling of my first (which is actually the last created) masterpiece.

Stand behind the velvet ropes. No flash photography. Please do not touch. Thank you for coming. See you soon.

-MW