Illustration Friday- Breakfast
Back to Lawndale High
Bunny a la Egg
Gamer Melodi-wut?
Hello! I’ve been busy, still drawing and writing, but for other things. A new and exciting gaming blog has popped up and yours truly is taking part. Behold! Gamer Melodico!
Is “Melodico” a word? Maybe not now, but hopefully soon. It should be right up there with “truthiness.” The site is new, but wow, talk about internet traffic. This post by main man Kirk drew a ton of well-deserved attention for his satire of Mass Effect 2. If you are into games, then you will enjoy the site I think. I’ve done a little writing and I am doing a little drawing as well for Gamer Melodico. This is my first drawing for it, and the character is from Bioshock which is an extremely creepy game. The idea was game characters trying to make their way into film and then being mis-cast. This character’s name is “Big Daddy,” so there ya go. I feel the need to explain the drawing more here, since not everyone is into games. In the end, I think the drawing is ok. I got to play some with patterns and paper textures and that is always fun. I have some personal criticisms regarding this drawing though that I hope to address.
Time to come in! Lunch is ready!
Compliments of the Season
Giving You the Bird
The Case of Kirk Hamilton and the Very Happy Pants
Pre-existing Condition
For Zuul!
Who doesn’t like supporting a good cause and getting something nifty cool to hang on your wall? The Hey You Guys! art auction is going on now and this coming weekend they are having a charity event at the Rialto theater in South Pasadena where they will be screening Ghostbusters.
The artwork for bid in this silent auction is ’80s movie-focused and tres groovy. You will probably be bidding against me on some of these!
Money raised will go to DonorsChoose.org.
Seriously, how could you not want your own plush Toht?
UPDATE: Auction is over.
Drum Lines
The Crying Game
A Town Called Awesome
When I think of Belgium I think of waffles, amazing beer and Hercule Poirot. Now I can add “A Town Called Panic” to the list of things I like about Belgium. Last week the San Francisco International Animation Festival had a screening of this film and I am glad I had the opportunity to see it.
“A Town Called Panic” is a strange stop-motion film that demonstrates that not everything has to be animated with CGI. The movie is based on a TV series that has achieved a cult following in Belgium and it’s easy to see why. It’s tres bizarre, but honestly I haven’t laughed this much during a film in a long time.
Cowboy, Indian and Horse all live happily together in a very small town. Indian and Cowboy, who share a room and sleep in twin beds, forget that it is Horse’s birthday. They set about to get him a gift, but of course everything goes awry and panic ensues. After all, it is called “A Town Called Panic.”
Note: some of the animated shorts can be found on YouTube if you want to get an idea.
