Sunday, August 05, 2007

Illustration Friday: Missing





Don't blink, you'll miss it.


I confess I got the idea from one of my favorite movies of all time; Monster's Inc. Booya! The idea is borrowed but the creature is my own. (Confession over.)

(Update:) I've sketched a few more things while warming up for some more 'serious' work I'm doing.

Enjoy












(Update again:)
I did some sketching in church...

We were discussing Acts 10-14, (Peter & Cornelius the Centurian), and this sketch of a Roman soldier mysteriously appeared on my sketch paper. The alien, I have no explanation for his appearance other than, that's what I do. His pet was inspired by my daughters sketches (who also love to draw in church).






















The first is Jessica's, the second is Abbey's.

29 comments:

lisagloria said...

great drawing!!

Jay said...

Ken this is great. I often dream that I could have been a character designer on Monsters, Inc. Such fun characters, as is this one of yours. Beauty.

thefridayfrog said...

ahhhh a member of the scare floor! :)) my 4 year old insisted allll last year we call him "mike wazowski."

great illio, ken! :)

Alexei Martins said...

Haha!! Cool!! Lovely design! Love his expression!

cheers!

Joe said...

HEhehe. Love it man. Happy Monday.

Jeff said...

Great film and great illustration! Nice job!

Katie McDee said...

Yay for fun monsters and critters! Love your drawings as usual!

Cade said...

Great idea and nice drawing. Cute

Jason said...

Diggin' the dragon. Oh, and does the monster's eyes blink in alternating states, so as not to miss anything. Darn my two eyes that blink simultaneously! Great work, bossman. Keep it up.

imwithsully said...

And of course my little dog is named after Sully the monster. Great idea!

Unknown said...

always love your illos! Hope to one day meet you in person and do some good ol sketchin and gabbin


Loved readin your "potter posts" now that Im done ;)

Unknown said...

HE ! HE!! Love the monsters' expression!! FUN FUN character drawings!

Peter Emmerich said...

LOVE the one on top- and thanks for the comment on my blog!

chris chua said...

really sweet illos! Love the expression on that giraffe!

shaky mouse said...

these are great, they have lots of character..
also, thanks for dropping by the blog and leaving feedback..

ELLA ELVIANA said...

hey, really cool characters! and the walter matthau portrait is truly awesome!

Dan Santat said...

Great pen work!

Rose said...

Love the monsters! I really like the Roman soldier too! Yeah, I don't know how the alien appeared in Church either... :)

Josh (musarter) said...

Great drawings. I also love to draw at church, it is one of the few times I can draw uninterupted. Keep the art coming.

ohmyalikins said...

it's amazing when and where you get an idea ~ you can't control it at times! i love each and every one of these designs!! the centurian soldier is fabulous! and the language that your daughters designs speak is very creative in itself :) fantastic! :)

Ken Chandler said...

Many thanks for all your great comments guys. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work. I wish I could say I'm going to post again real soon, but it may take me a while to get something else together. My time is consumed with a few projects that require my undivided attention for the present. Thanks for your patience and for making time to stop and say hello.

"Design speak" I like that! Thanks Alikins. I'll pass on your thoughts to my daughters. They'll be pleased.

Tim Bye said...

Great drawings - really nice linework!

Josh (musarter) said...

Thanks for stopping by my site. I noticed on your profile one of your favorite movies is "Disney's The Jungle Book." I just read the original book by Kipling and it was different but very good. It has a kind of Eden vs. the fallen nature of man/the world thing going on.

Rodrigo Martin Campo said...

Your blog is amazing!! i can´t believe your works! they are great!

Chris Dainty, Rita Street said...

Cool sketches, great work

Marco Bucci said...

haha - cool. I love the confused characters at the top.

Josh Hoye said...

Discovered your blog from toon club. I love your style! All your monsters are so cool!! And hey, the kids drawings are great too,

garth bruner said...

You do have a great style! It's clean but scratchy, love it! Great characters!

Karalenn Hippen said...

Those are great! I love that you put your kids drawings up there too. Seth and the girls draw all through sacrament meeting too and funny enough our littlest is always making creatures and spiders of all sorts. Our oldest tends to stick with horses. I think my favs are your alien's pet and your blinky monster.