Shaun of the Holidays

Here are some quick inkwash portraits of Shaun and Ed (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost), a la the movie "Shaun of the Dead." I gave these two illustrations away as part of a holiday Twitter contest. Congrats to Dale and Lauren, who were the winners!

Eat Free or Diet Hard

Here's the poster I created for our upcoming Super CookNight 3 event. As you can see, we decided to go with a fun Die Hard theme. I'll be making Slow-Cooked MacClane n' Cheese, if that'll give you an idea of what to expect from the menu!

Every Tuesday our CookNight crew meets. It's made of 8-or-so friends here in Lafayette that lurv them some cookin'. We take turns cooking, which allows for some tasty experiments. And we decided to share those tasty experiments with the world. Or, well, our friends in Lafayette. So instead of just one of the group cooking, we ALL cook. And we also invite guests to bring their own dishes. SCN2 was pretty crazy, and I'm sure this one will top it!

Mugwai

Yesterday I asked Twitter for lunchbreak drawing suggestions. The first request was for Gremlins fan art. Haha, so this is what I came up with. A quick, silly coffee/mogwai pun!

Chirpa Dirp

Drawed Goods went on a mini Ewok kick the other day, so I drew Chief Chirpa dancing the Chirpa Dirp. I'm not sure but I hope it's not a mating dance.

I love Star Wars. Ewoks and all!

Cowboys & Aliens

I think this was pretty much what everyone wanted Cowboys & Aliens to be. Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie. I just wish it would have featured Harrison Ford riding a rancor.

The Rickmen

To be honest, I'm not really sure how this Alan Rickman tribute came about. I had drawn Snape a couple of times before because he's such a fun character to illustrate. I then had the idea to draw four or so Rickman characters together. And that evolved into a BUNCH of them. And then I figured I could just call it a "tribute" and title it
"The Rickmen."

As you can see, I tend to get carried away when drawing random things. I was considering coloring it, so if I get enough requests via FB / Twitter / blog comments, I may end up doing that!

Some Thing Wicked

The Thing is one of my favorite movies, so I figured that it was time to do some fan art. So, here's Kurt Russell happening upon some Thing in the dark!

With the exception of that first cheesy UFO clip, the movie is a mixture of tension, psychological horror and special effects. And that blood testing scene? UNFORGETTABLE. Good job, J-Carp. Good job.

True Grit - Jeff Bridges

I don't know much about True Grit. But I DO know that Jeff Bridges is pretty awesome, AND that the Coen brothers are pretty darned awesome.

So, I reckon this movie'll be pretty darned tootin' awesome.

I haven't read the book or seen the John Wayne movie. Don't hate me.

Lookin' Sharp!

Edward Scissorhands was on TV last weekend and I just happened to catch the ending. I thought "You know, I should eventually do an illustration of ol' Eddie." So when Sketchgroup came around, I finally got around to drawing the character.

I gave him a leather hoodie because he's so emo. I also thought he kind of looks like Ben Linus from LOST. Yeah? Hahaha.

I always loved the parts of the movie where you can see on Eddie's face the love for making art with his hands. Sculpting hedges and trimming hair were acts of beauty for him. If life gives you scissors-for-hands, make lemonade!