Link Mania

A few weeks ago I played through the original Legend of Zelda (online) with the kids.  We wandered the forest, gathered heart containers, traversed dungeons, collected the scattered pieces of the triforce, defeated Gannon and saved the princess. 

Obviously the next phase is fan art:

 

Of course there's a lot of Legend of Zelda material online.  You can play the theme music, orchestrated by none other than John Williams, here.  

BONUS PICTURE: here's a little star-girl from another project I'm working on:

She turned out pretty okay, you know?

Catching Kids

"Never a day without a line."  This is the first of a page of quotations in the Cecil Studios Handbook and the best possible advice for any prospective artist.  It's attributed to Apelles, a 4th century Greek painter (thanks Wikipedia!) and it's always stuck with me as I've strived to improve my work.

Now I certainly draw nearly every day.  But lately, as I've been focusing on comics, my life drawing and sketching has fallen by the wayside a bit.  To help make amends, I've gotten myself a 6" x 8" Strathmore drawing pad and begun filling it with sketches of the models I have close at hand.  They are small and they don't hold still for long, so it's catch as catch can.

Strathmore Drawing Medium is still my favorite sketchbook paper.

Unplanned Hiatus

Oops.

I kind of just stopped posting there for a couple weeks.  I can't come up with a reasonable explanation as to why, beyond a general uptick on the busy-o-meter.  I'm going ot make up for it by posting THIS LIZARD who enjoys "permanent houseguest" status at Hatke Headquarters:

And if that's not enough, here's a picture of Wall E.  I love this guy.

  

Why is he holding a sign?!?

Finally, while we're on the subject of lovable wordless characters, Jellaby volume II by Kean Soo is available in stores now.  

I was able to help out in a very small way with the coloring on this book and reading the finished product was definitely a treat.  If you aren't familiar with Jellaby, a good place to start is with these short cartoons.