Sketch Break!

Happy holidays! As you can see, I've been taking a break from the daily sketches-- I've been travelling and running around for the holidays, and will continue to do so for a while yet. Daily sketches will resume soon.

Sketch-a-Day #15

Today's song: "Surd" by Babes in Toyland. They're the first band to appear twice in these sketches. Neat! Something a little more understated today. I read a little about the band's history today-- I didn't realize that they never necessarily associated themselves with the riot grrrl movement, though they influenced a number of riot grrrl bands. The more you know~ Anyway, enjoy the sketch!

Sketch-a-Day #14

Today's song is "Du Riechst So Gut" by Rammstein. The title's English translation is "You Smell So Good", and it brought to mind a werewolf. I wanted to show the beast during a moment of predatory concentration. It's not looking its fiercest here as it concentrates on olfactory processing. Leave it to Rammstein to pull up some creepy material to draw from :P

Sketch-a-Day #13

Today's song is "Jillian" by Within Temptation. The song's epic/orchestral qualities inspired something a little more serious than usual. Enjoy!

Sketch-a-Day #12

Today will be a double, since I missed yesterday. First off we have a sketch inspired by Nirvana's "Very Ape". Took this one pretty literally :P

Sketch-a-Day #11

Today's song was "Häxprocess" by Opeth. This one was a bit of a challenge at first; the title and most of the lyrics are pretty abstract. The lines "Tracks in the snow / Leading them to woe" evoked a specter with a lantern, lighting the way through the wintery night... but toward what? :O

Sketch-a-Day #10

Today's song was Rush's "The Necromancer". I found it a little harder to settle on a shape/pose for this one. They can't all be zingers, I suppose.

Sketch-a-Day #9

I realized while doing my sketch yesterday that I'd only done male or genderless characters since starting this exercise. Today's song was "Dust Cake Boy"  by Babes in Toyland, it's as if they and Bikini Kill had been sitting there in my library, pissed off at me for the transgression :P The song and Babes in Toyland's attitude inspired this character; she's kinda like... Tank Girl meets the bikers from Akira? Anyway! Enjoy "Bat Grrrl".

Sketch-A-Day #8

Happy 12-12-12 everyone! Today's song is the track "Ocean World: Abyssal Glouglou" by Christophe Heral, from the Rayman: Origins soundtrack. Here's an abyss-dwelling cephalopod-person for ya.

Sketch-A-Day #7

Today's song is Gorillaz' "El Mañana"! It's funny, I had listened to Demon Days this morning and then when I sat down for the sketch this song popped up again as the random track. Neat! I wanted to draw a robotic cowboy, resting by a tree after a long day's rustling.

Sketch-a-Day #6

Today's song: Anamanaguchi - "Power Supply"

Had to do something cartoony for this track :)

Sketch-A-Day #5

This cosmic entity was inspired by Cynic's "Uroboric Forms" rather literally. Enjoy!

Sketch-A-Day #4

Inspired by "E-Pro" by Beck.. Wandering the lands mending people's computer woes, this dude is an electronic professional. And he's got the jaunty swagger to prove it.

Sketch-A-Day #3

The song was Frank Zappa's "Dumb All Over". I was at a loss at first, but there's a line that mentions jogging. I decided to draw a really intense jogger, out there in winter with just a windbreaker and some terrible spandex shorts :P

Sketch-A-Day #2

Missed yesterday-- d'oh! Great start, right? Anyway: The song was Santana's "Say It Again", which brought to mind a creature with many mouths. This turned into a skeletal creature with a cape and a conspicuous number of skulls. Enjoy the Skull Baron! The top skull kinda looks like Red Fang's logo.

Sketch-a-Day #1!

Hey there! I'm doing a creative exercise thingy along with my buddies Eric Stirpe and Joe Rothenberg. The idea is a daily 45-minute character sketch inspired by a randomly-selected song. Perhaps the title, perhaps the lyrics, perhaps just the mood. Today's is inspired by the title of Hacride's "Fate"-- I instantly thought of some kind of cosmic alien bureaucrat who keeps track of the strands of destiny with his fancy clipboard. I present to you the Fate-Scribe: