Hatching a Sinister Plot

No time to refine this one. Guess you'll just have to deal with some scribbles today.

Digging my Own Grave

Sometimes I feel this way about this blog. :-)

Brains

Yes, this is a little more gruesome than my usual fare... Not to worry, I haven't slipped over to the dark side (even though I hear they have cookies). Actually, this one just started out as a random squiggle and ended up here. Good thing I don't go for any of that pop-psychology stuff, or I'd start to worry about my subconscious mind.

Sick as a Dog

Did this one in pen and scanned it in because I'm sick today. The pen I used is a Pentel EnerGel 0.7mm ball, and is my favorite pen to doodle with. The ink in this pen flows so smoothly and is so easy to control. This little scribble doesn't do it justice.

Random Doodle

Been doing quite a few of these lately it seems... Some drawings I just can't explain.

Piece o' Cake

Feeling my age today for some reason...

Faun

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Desert Mountains

Practicing a bit more digital painting. Mountains this time. I'm really enjoying this type of thing, and finding it a lot easier than I expected.

Cloud

This isn't terribly exciting. I was just practicing some painting techniques in Photoshop. I think I need a little more practice...

Random Doodle

It's very hard to draw when you have a cat trying to climb her way onto the computer, and then onto the drawing tablet, and then onto your shoulders... Amazingly, I was able to get this one out.

All in the Family

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Wump

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Leading the Way - Completed

Here it is, my 200th entry to Doodle-All-A-Day. I added a background, some texture to the robot and made some adjustments to the shadows and highlights. Pretty happy with this one, and it has given me an idea for what I'd like to do once I've completed 365 (stay tuned).

Wizard on the Watchtower

Just a quick scribble today... Yeah, I know the perspective is a bit off.

The Big Squeeze

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Leading the Way - Progress (Highlights)

Only a little change on this one, but I think the highlights add a world of difference. This will be the last update on this before I post the final product in a couple of days.

Leading the Way - Progress (Shadows)

Making some progress on this. I've added shadows to the robot and the girl, so they pop a little bit more. Next I'll be adding some highlights, which should make it come to life even more. I've removed the sketch layer - as it is no longer needed - and added a (temporary) gray background.

Stray Cat

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Bwah!

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Leading the Way - Progress (Base Color)

Added base coloring to the picture. Looks pretty flat so far, but the next stage is to add some shadows. That will start giving it a bit more shape/definition... I'll post further progress in a day or two.

Leading the Way - Progress (Outlining)

Lowered the opacity on the sketch layer and cleaned up the outlines over it. You'll probably also note that I changed a few minor details from the initial sketch. Next will be adding base coloring to the image.

Leading the Way - Sketch

My 200th doodle is coming up soon (for those of you keeping score, this post is number 191). Since I did a color drawing for my 100th, I thought I'd do the same for 200 as well. Since color takes a little longer to do, I thought I'd post my progress in 3 or 4 stages. This is the first stage, a quick sketch that I actually did in pencil rather than using the drawing tablet. The rest of the piece will be done in the normal fashion.

"Excuse me, sir? You dropped your knife."

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Random Doodle

Y'know... I didn't notice this before, but this bears a striking resemblance to yesterday's post. Weird.

Vulture

Yeah. It's weird...

The Dark Knight

Experimenting a little bit here. I keep reading other artists' blogs where they talk about working from dark to light, so I thought I'd try it.

Gangsta Rat

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A Series of Unfortunate Elephants - V

One of the cool things about elephants is that they are gray... so it's much easier to color them!

Robo-Waiter

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Dragonfly Completed

Today's post represents the halfway point of Doodle-All-A-Day! Frankly, I didn't think I was going to make it this far... To celebrate this milestone, I thought I'd complete this sketch that I posted earlier this week. Unfortunately, I ran out of time to add color to it, but I like the way it turned out just the same.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Hope 2009 treats you better than 2008...

... and for those that might object to my depiction of underage drinking, I offer the following excuses:

1. This is a cartoon, so don't take it too seriously.
2. The baby is drinking Guinness, which demonstrates that he has good taste.
3. I have it on the best authority that Guinness is good for you.