Brundlefly

"Insects... don't have politics. They're very... brutal. No compassion, no compromise. We can't trust the insect."

Betcha can't guess what my new 'project' is.

Alien

"Unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."

He's in a good mood though, 'cuz he found a trampoline.

Zee Fini

A Z-Day Zebra finishes off the alphabet, and my sketch-a-day ambition is satisfied. (I'm high-fiving myself right now. Its kinda sad. Its probably better you can't see it.) I'm going to try to keep posting regularly though, just not every day. Not sure what my next project will be, but I'll figure it out this weekend.


Zebras love peanuts, its a well documented fact.

Yakety-Yak

The Animal-Sketch-A-Day Alphabet is winding down!! Y-Day was gonna either be "Yak" or something that started with "Yellow", and as fun as "Yellow-Bellied Sap-Sucker" is to say, I'd rather draw a Yak. The initial sketch for this was much more involved and set up like an old 70s action movie poster, but I realized I was never gonna get it all done tonight, so I simplified a bit. Meaning a lot. Hopefully I'll have time to come back to it one day. Till then the Yak walks alone.

X Marks The Suck

Hey, know what kinda animals start with X? Really fucking boring ones, that's what kind. There's a homely dog, a fish you can see through, and tiny birds. F-you, animals that start with X, the whole homely tiny translucent lot of you. You're the worst animals ever, and I hate you. For X-Day I did a Xantus. Craptastic.


Lookit 'em, thinking about how much he sucks. I shoulda drawn the ugly dog.

Well, Her I.D. Checks Out...

W-Day. Wolf time. Wish I had a bit more time on this but midnight came along and ruined the party. Way to go, midnight. No one likes you, ya know. Except Gremlins, I guess.


Red Riding Hood was dumb, is my point.

Vampy

V-Day. Vampire bat. Smeh!

U Know It.

U-Day. On my way home from seeing Stallone's "The Expendables" today, I killed four hundred and twenty-seven people. I don't know how it happened, but it did. There was a high-speed chase on a tanker truck, I jumped away from an explosion onto the runner of a helicopter, and had a knife fight with an ex-military Brazilian soldier of fortune on a sinking aircraft carrier. I punched an F-15 Tomcat in the fuel tank and blew it up. I used a gravely voice to tell a politician I didn't have time for his crap, put a grenade down his pants and set him on fire. I suplexed an entire office building. I grabbed a disheveled girl from some wreckage, kissed her passionately, threw my cigar into a trail of gasoline leading to her house and played an ass-kicking guitar solo while it burned. Then I came home and drew a Unicorn.

Titi. Just One.

Its T-Day. Paintball has made me too tired to draw, but I tried anyway. This is a Titi. Titis are monkeys. This one is evil. He's pointin' at someone. Heh, its like on that one show.


If I had drawn a second Titi, I would have a pair.

Sluggish

S-Day! Feeling lazy. Want the rest of the night off. Slug time! Slugs, everyone loves 'em. Just don't eat 'em or your head will explode like that guy in that movie about slugs. I think it was called... Slugs.


Yeah, Slugs! (Don't judge me, I just wanna play videogames tonight.)

Run With Us

R-Day! A little Canadian content today. "The Raccoons: How It Really Ended."

That's My Q

If there's one thing I'm not, it's a painter. Usually I don't try to, and here's why. But what the hell, I can give it a try for an hourlong sketch of a Quokka for Q-Day. Hopefully the powerful Quokka lobbyists don't come after me for messing it up.

P-Day Means Puma-Man

Hee hee hee... Pee Day & Poo-ma man... *ahem*. He flies through the air. He walks through walls. He has a tiny cape. Yes, all the inherent powers of a puma. But what if the Puma Man WAS a Puma? Hmm? Would he be Puma Puma? Man Puma? Who can say. And if you're wondering what the deal is with the onion, you need to watch more Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Now, technically, "Puma" is a genus, not a species, but I don't care, I wanted to draw Puma Man. So DEAL with it.

"O" My Science!

Animal-Sketch-A-Day, Day 15: O-Day. Ottah Time! If you're not familiar with South Park, this is a reference to the episode where Cartman travels ahead in time and encounters Atheist factions warring for control of the future, one of which is a civilization of technologically advanced, super-intelligent Otters. I thought they'd make a good subject.

Narwhal Regicide

This completely slipped my mind today. Its late and I scribbled it out without much of a plan. Its N Day and Narwhal was the first animal I thought of.

MMMMMoose

I got an early start on M-Day, and I quickly decided on moose. (Figuring out how to draw a moose happened less quickly.) Anyway, much like ducks having speech impediments, cartoons have taught us that if there's one thing Mooses love, its pulling things out of hats. Who can blame them, everyone loves that. If I could I'd do it pretty much all day.

L-DAY IN SPAAACE

I'm away from home again so more sketchbook pics. L Day on the road can only mean one thing: Space Lion.

K in a Hurry

In a rush today, so "K Day" is even sketchier than most. Kangaroo was the easy choice, and I just kept adding stuff to it till I had to stop. I truly believe this picture is the most accurate representation of Australia possible. In a 25 minute timeframe. From someone who has never been there. But vaguely remembers those Energizer commercials.

J? Nothing Starts With J

...except I checked, and it turns out, literally hundreds of things actually DO start with J. Joker, Jacket, Jiffy-Lube, Janet Reno... where would we be without J? Slowly-Lubed and Janet Reno-less, that's where. Anyway, here's an evil Jackrabbit.

Indris & iPhones

It's "I Day", and everyone knows that means either Iguana, Impala, or something no one has ever heard of. As such, please welcome the Indri!


He thinks he's people.

H Is For Shark Week

It's Shark Week! Apparently, shark week is a thing. I think its something people with TVs know about. So anyway, I figured I should participate, and what better way than on "H Day" with my favorite of all sharks, the Hammerhead. He's shown here performing his world-famous vaudeville act with his partners, a Harp Seal and a Humpback Whale.


(A-cause he gots the weird eyes, y'see!)

Got'cher Goat Right Here

Back home again, just in time for Letter G. If you're ever out walking along strange, barren hills and see a single goat tied to a sign that says "Pet the Goat," no matter what price is asked, I encourage you to do so immediately. There's nothing to be suspicious of, everyone's life is enriched by a nice goat-pet. Savor it.

F-Word

Still in the hotel so another photo of my sketchbook will have to do. Today is F so I went with Ferret. Eh, he's in the ferret ballpark anyway.

Eels, Findin' An Entrance Where They Can

I'm on a road trip this weekend so I did the drawing in the car. I tried to post from my iPhone, but it didn't work so I'm posting from the hotel tonight. Today was E and since my reception was iffy on the road, how well I figured I could draw things without reference came into play when deciding what to draw. So enjoy this electric eel. He threw you a surprise party, too! Note the festive party hat. What a guy. (Act surprised, don't piss him off.)

D is for Ducks & D-Men.

A-Sketch-A-Day continues! I'm a hockey fan, and when the chance to do a duck for my "D" drawing came along, I couldn't resist the reference to my favorite team, the Anaheim Ducks, and their mascot, "Wild Wing." This is how I like to imagine things go down at Honda Center on a regular basis. The Ice Girls (aka the Power Players) put up with more than you know. Wish I had more time to clean this one up a bit, but I'm already over my deadline for tonight. (By the way, he's not slurring because he's drunk, he's thpitting because he's a duck, and cartoons have told us in no uncertain terms that ducks all have speech impediments. And I will not contradict cartoons.)



PS: Ducks, hurry up and sign Teemu & Bobby, you're stressing me out.

C is for Camel Again

A camel spit on me once. True story. My first camel drawing ended in failure, but I told myself if I could get something else done before midnight I could post a second one. Tah-dah. This one took me about 15 minutes, the other one took me about 3 hours. An evening well spent.


Dammit Camel, why can't you play by the rules?

She Whispers Buh-buh-buh Means Letter B

Day 3, and that means it's "B" time. Rather than go for the obvious and jump straight at Beaver or Badger or the majestic Bonobo, I decided to search for "B animals" on google and pick one randomly. Did you know a basilisk was a real animal? ... me too. Yeah. I always knew, I was just seeing if you did because, frankly, you didn't seem too sharp. Anyway, if you're like me you've always wondered what it would be like if a basilisk lizard stood up. I know, right? Until now there was no way to extrapolate or form even the most vague image of that in your head, but wonder no more! I am here to help. I even attempted to color this one. I hope any basilisks (basilisk? basilii?) reading this feel duly honored.

Aaron A. Aaronson

I got an idea, let's do the alphabet! Yeah! Everyone loves the alphabet. Different drawing a day, subject starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet. Its an concept from way outside the box I know, but stick with me. Its gonna get really interesting once we get to "J." I mean, What starts with J?? I didn't check but I feel confident in saying, literally NOTHING. Nothing starts with J. How am I gonna get myself outta this one? Stay tuned! Meanwhile, here's "A", the aardvark.

Snikety-Snikt.

Comic con just ended and as usual I saw all the work people out there are doing and started getting down on myself for not doing much of anything art-related lately. I decided if I was gonna end up doing anything I'd have to set a goal and make it tough but not unreasonable. Therefore, I figured, if I could do a sketch a day, of anything, its a daily reminder to do something but also loose enough that I can phone it in on days I can't think of much, or just don't have time for much. Most of what I doodle in my spare time is cartoon animals, so that'll probably be most of what the daily sketches end up being. They won't be brilliant and most of them probably won't be funny or anything, but they'll be something. "Something" is my guarantee.

We'll see how long my guarantee is good for. For now I'm starting with a wolverine, for no reason at all.

Twilight: New Moon, Old School

For the Stainless Steel Timberwolves "Twilight" topic. As everyone knows, Twilight: New Moon was first released in 1941 as part of the now-classic Universal Monsters series. The current remake is getting all the attention lately, so I decided to capture the original cast here. Bella and Bela, together again at last.