This tubby gator became Bart's archenemy after an altercation on the playground over a recess treat.

Hawk




Fire

Here are some rough characters that I thought were fun.

This hippo reminds me of a Pokemon.


Elephant seal, what a hideous animal.

Of course cartoon owls always wear graduation caps and gowns. This one is obviously pissed about something, but then again owls always seem to look that way.

The great thing about working with a Cintiq directly into a computer program is that you can copy stuff you like and play around with different things without losing your original. I just changed up a few things on these guys and colored them different. Also, I have just noticed that the oriental guy's mustache is coming out of his nostrils, perhaps I should change that.
To me this guy seems like an annoying, rude, perverted hockey dad who thinks his kid is the best thing going. Also slightly based off a high school teacher I had.
Bart was inspired by the U2 concert we went to at Gilette Stadium in September........of course he always gets the words wrong.

Here are some more sketches and doodles

Hey everyone,
Thanks for visiting my blog,
I am pretty new at all this.
I decided to blog because I've been inspired by other artist's blogs, so I decided to start my own.
I've loved to draw for as long as I can remember and am an aspiring illustrator and 4th year communications student at a local university.
I'm always trying to learn and improve but sometimes it's hard to discipline myself from just doodling for hours on end. I blame that on years of schooling and enduring lame classes from which I have developed the habit of drawing instead of doing whatever mundane assignment is expected of me.
I wouldn't say Character design is what I like, more like character concept stuff... but maybe that is the same thing, i dunno. I love to sit down and just come up with fun characters.
Anyway, with all that being said, comments and tips are appreciated.
Here is some stuff from my sketchbook.
Thanks.