Elderbeasts Part Deux

I got to take my family up to Washington DC this past weekend. It was amazing, we saw all kinds of amazing art we had never seen before and my kids remained tolerant as long as we split the day with something more geared towards their interests. So we hit the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum as well as the Natural History Museum. Whoa. Some of the craziest creatures were in that place, I’ve seen a lot on line, but they actually had them. Some truly freaky stuff particularly in the deep see exhibits.

There was a particularly cool addition to the dinosaurs’ exhibit where they showed old photos of the skeletons posed with their tails dragging on the ground. Once it was discovered that this was an error, they adjusted the display, but used this as an example of how the museum changes with the times. So I thought it would be cool to have a creature that did slump his huge tail on the ground.

Good trip, I highly recommend it! Hope you like my critters!

Club of Burning Love

It’s been raining in NC for over three days now. For the past few hours I’ve been waiting for The Ark to sail through the backyard. While it wouldn’t be filled with a collection of exotic animals, I would expect to see some deer, squirrels, and at least a few soccer moms.

The good news is I’ve had a great excuse to stay in the studio and struggle through some painting. I decided to go with a romantic post because I figure everything loves something at one time or another. Even if it’s a creature and a spiky club.

Elderbeasts

I’ve been feeling pretty old lately. Got me thinking, what happens when creatures get old, not like decrepit, just old. Time to settle down, play with the grand-critters and finally build that cabin in the woods? I’m not there yet, but man…

Team ROBO

Sometime in the near future, once everyone is done with Twitter, Facebook, and American Idol, I could see the human race spending more time building robots. Little garage shops will sprout up across the land creating all sorts of mechanical companions. They’ll cut lawns, wash dishes, play catch with the kids, and eventually start fighting each other. When the time comes, I plan on starting “Team ROBO” – a rag tag group of no nonsense metallic defenders solely designed to keep the streets safe.

Until then, I have to go hit TIVO and see if Adam got axed on Thursday.

Morton.

I think I talked before about my obsession with model sheets. Currently I’m obsessing over 1930′s designs. These guys were inventing the stuff we’re all taking for granted right now! I wanted to hit some of that in a character with a few modern touches. Hope you like this stuff too!

*Update*
Hey guys, thanks so much for the comments and emails. We got a lot of inquiries about whether we had any plans to use him or if he was up for grabs. We have big plans for this little bot! I put together a 3D model of him last night to see if he would hold up. Pretty fun to mess with a simple character.

Space Camp: Day 4,538

I figure Space Camp isn’t just for kids. After several years, maybe even decades, students are finally given the opportunity to chart new territory in the name of the school. The galaxy is a pretty big place so I would imagine there’s plenty to uncover and all sorts of ground to stick flags into.

*Update*
Thanks for all the really kind words everyone. I added a little process jpeg to show our general workflow of rough to line to color.

Party onward!