Christopher Walken caricature W.I.P.

A couple of progress shots of my Christopher Walken caricature. The first is the initial ball point pen sketch done in my sketchbook. I scanned it in and started to tone the sketch in grey tones using the soft airbrush in photoshop. Next I will start to glaze color over the grey tones and continue to adjust the shapes and details along the way. I'll post the finished piece soon.

R.I.P. Jean Giraud AKA Moebius

Sad news today, I woke up the find out that one of my heroes has past. Rest In Peace friend. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012)[1][2] was a French comics artist, working in the French tradition of bandes dessineés. Giraud earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Mœbius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings.

Among his most famous creation was the Western comic series "Blueberry" which he cocreated with Jean-Michel Charlier, one of the first Western anti-heroes to appear in comics. Under the pseudonym Moebius he created a wide range of science fiction and and fantasy comics in a highly imaginative and surreal almost abstract style, the most famous of which are Arzach and the Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius, and the The Incal. Blueberry was adapted for the screen in 2004. Many of his strips were reprinted here in the states in Heavy Metal magazine.

He died of cancer on 10 March 2012 at age 73 in Paris.

Quick update

Here is a W.I.P. of the sketch in the last post. Still got a way to go on it.
Heavily anime inspired.

Dames and The Droids That Love Them

Some recent personal sketches and concepts.

Pepo and his bully repellent monster

This cartoon was inspired by a conversation I had with my wife about my 2 year old grandson. Because of all the recent media coverage on bullying in schools, my step-daughter and wife were showing concern, hoping that lil Jon-Jon a.ka. DA PEPO (my grandson) would not have to face bullying when he starts school. Is this a special power that Pepo has to deal with bullies or could it be an over active imagination that helps him have the confidence to keep the bullies at bay. I'll leave that to your interpretation. At any rate here is Pepo's anti-bully message, it really is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. The scripture on his T-shirt is taken from the book of Isiah in The Holy Bible: "No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn".



This is the quick ball point pen sketch:

Today's Sketches

2 Character ideas I'll be painting soon.

New Sketches

I haven't posted any sketches in awhile. This blog is about daily doodles after all, so here you have it.