Today’s sketch is inspired by Zorgor‘s recent post.
This is what came out of my pens today. I originally wanted to put some eyes on it but I didn’t draw them correctly so I just covered them up. I also wanted to make the landscape checkerboard colored, but the clock was ticking. *shrug*
Source Images: Stone Bridge – Troll
Another digital illustration. Sparked by a thread on the Ultima Dragons Facebook Group, this is what I think of when I imagine bridge trolls in Ultima.
Turrets Syndrome. 😛
STRAP-ON BUTT. (for those assless fellows in need)
Lunch yesterday was Ted’s Montana Grill, which surprised me on many counts. The food was excellent, the atmosphere was quite classy, and the service was everything I hope for but never get in a dining experience. Best of all, however, was that you can draw on the tables. ^_^
Welcoming the new hires in style again. 🙂
Inspiration:
Original Keep Britannia Clean Scroll – Ultima 7
This is from scrolls found in Ultima VII: The Black Gate. I’ve wanted to make this poster for pretty much a decade now. The idea first occurred to my in printmaking when I was at Ball State. I wanted to hang these all over campus but I never got around to it before transferring. Nearly a decade later, I finally made it!
The subtext here is Richard Garriott addressing racism in the world that he created, Britannia. I always thought the race issue in Ultima VII was very powerful as it was one of the many threads of life and realism he was able to weave into his simulations.
Original gargoyle artwork by Denis Loubet from the Ultima IX instruction manual. I modified it a bit to make them look more evil. The font is Free Press from DaFont. The parchment is is from DeviantArt’s Empty-Dreams and can be found here.
(If you’re curious, I have a DeviantArt entry for this poster here.)
References: Ludwig von Koopa – Joseph Karl Stieler‘s Beethoven portrait
Some days I feel like drawing something utterly ridiculous. Today is one of those days.
References: Pixel graphics from Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World
I get to write the new hires on the board at work. I’ve been having more and more fun each time it happens. Today’s artwork took long enough that I can’t justify an independent lunch sketch, so here you go. 🙂
p.s. We’re hiring! Check out our jobs page if you want to see your name spotlighted on our new hire board. If any of the open positions strike your fancy, leave a comment on this post and I’ll get back to you. 🙂 (Your email address will only be visible to me, so don’t worry)
Please tell me that I’m not the only one who got the weird feeling that John’s dad in Homestuck and Mr. Pipe from Ren & Stimpy could be the same person. Either way, here they are. References are from screen caps from the rubber nipple salesmen episode of Ren & Stimpy and from various pages of Homestuck.
Also, this was another one I actually started with pencil.
References: Mr. Horse (of course), Thor’s Helmet, Mjölnir 1, Mjölnir 2
Yesterday during lunch, I was conversing with some of the new hires about the drawings and calligraphy I do around the office. I asked a particular person what she wanted to have drawn on her white board and she said,
“A tiger! Or a horse!”
I struggled to come up with a silly portmanteau for tiger and horse, but it wasn’t happening. Then the other person we were sitting with blurted out,
“THORSE!”
This, of course, cracked my shit up and filled me with ridiculous mental images. Turns out, there already is a somewhat popular Thorse image out there, but I like mine better.
If I could do it again, I would changed the text to “I didn’t smite it” instead of “I won’t smite it.” *shrug* For those of you that don’t get the reference, first of all, shame on you. Second of all, here, watch this.
Reference Photo: Mildly Homely Platy
BigBadOrc always wants me to draw him a platypus ninja. So…here’s one. In all of its cute glory, taking a break. What a let down, eh?