VinodBlog

June 24, 2012

SOTW 285

Charlie Mushroom: The drug dealer with a heart of gold.

Side note: For whatever reason this sketch is one of my favorite things I've drawn in a long time. I feel like a lot of things clicked. The pose, the costume, and the expression are all interesting and draw you into the character. Also I knew when to stop drawing. Typically when I sketch straight with pen I tend to noodle the drawing to death.

I drew this while lounging in the dressing room area while Emily was trying on some clothes. I remember being inspired by a long, thin sweater jacket thingy hanging in front of me. Inspiration is everywhere! I really want to design the rest of this guy and throw some color on him.

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my new site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

June 16, 2012

SOTW 284

The "Ambassador." Don't let his over sized cranium fool
you. He's not super smart, he's just horribly deformed.

I'm behind on a few of these SOTW posts... bear with me as I catch up!

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my new site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

SOTW 283

Know someone who needs a good thrashing? Consider
hiring Mr. Bolus. I'd say he's the third best hired
pummel-ist in this part of town.

SOTW 282

Drew this lady after reading the first Hunger Games
book. I'll call her: Marigold Steadyknee.
(every character in that book has a crazy name)

Also just for fun I threw some basic color on her and made her head bigger. These are just fun simple ways to explore character design/costume design while doodling in my sketchbook. The drawings aren't perfect but I can use some of these ideas for actual characters down the road.

June 8, 2012

SOTW 281


Some of these people are real, some of them aren't.

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my new site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

May 21, 2012

Things to click on

The internet is full of wonderful and horrible things. (mostly horrible) So from time to time I thought I'd share some stuff that's caught my interest.

Emily posted a really well written list of her top 10 artistic influences. She did it in conjunction with the IMPACT blog:
http://fabledearth.blogspot.com/2012/04/top-ten-inspirational-artists.html

I've been listening to some Philip Glass music lately, I really like his collaboration with Ravi Shankar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WVAdT27MdE

Spotted this guy on CG Hub, it brought a smile to my face. It has a Jim Henson "muppet" quality that I just love:
http://cghub.com/images/view/227971/

Maurice Sendak passed away. Emily wrote a nice post about him with some great links to recent interviews:
http://fabledearth.blogspot.com/2012/05/maurice-sendak-1928-2012.html
Stephen Colbert also had a great tribute for Mr. Sendak:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/413972/may-11-2012/uncensored---maurice-sendak-tribute----i-am-a-pole--and-so-can-you----release?xrs=share_copy

Larry McDougal had to re-start his blog, for various stupid internet reasons. But his new one is full of the same amazing art, check it out!
http://larry-macdougall.blogspot.ca/

My friend Maegan Walling started a CGhub account, check out her amazing first post!
http://cghub.com/images/view/231152/

Start your clicking!

May 18, 2012

SOTW 280

Why is everyone so sad? Cheer up sad elf man! You're immortal! Cheer up small
eyed cave dwelling mutant! You umm... live in a cave!

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my new site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/