Jack Frost

I quite like Rise of the Guardians and hope to watch it again. It really doesn't deserve the low box office stats.

But anyway, I'm drawing things for our Christmas palm tree again this year and even though North and Baby Tooth are my favorite from the movie, we don't have anything Jack Frost related around the house. So much Santa Clause and snowmen.

And I do like Jack Frost's design.

Now I need a printer that prints color.

Mitchell and Amelia

Say hello to Mitch and Ame (and Mr. Wobbles)! Main characters to my story 'The Girl in the Drawing!'

Haven't really used markers in awhile so why not? I have free time might as well play around with clothing and colors.

Now I'm gonna storyboard a few things.

1920s Lazytown

Can I say I loved Lazytown since it first aired in 2004? Since I was a wee teenage, I decided to watch the first episode the day it aired and fell in love with the characters and songs. Got excited when they came to Sesame Place (worked there for a few years) and wanting it to never end. (so excited for the new stuff)

So years later while watching it, I decided it would be a good thing to see what happens if I put the characters in the 1920s.

So today while watching it, the idea came back and I went with it.

The story goes as follows:

Sportacus is a runaway circus clown from Robbie Rotten's circus. Sportacus got bored and saw some kids trying to inmate him so he decided to help the kids learn to do the tricks themselves. Now he plays an endless game of hide-and-seek from Robbie while teaching the kids circus acts.

Need to get better at drawing Robbie.

Blimp right now it a giant giant, I'll probably draw him smaller if and when I draw him again.

Hope ya enjoyed! 

~Mo.

Honeyglows.

I really loved this movie. So much I need to find a way to watch it over and over.

This is what Disney can do. Make stories like this, make it fun for everyone and I'll be darned if I didn't fall in love with the characters. 

Especially dorky, love-struck characters like Fix-it-Felix Jr.

~Mo.

Goliath and the kid

The other day I had this great crazy dream. It was silly and like most dreams, didn't make much sense once I woke up. Yu-gi-oh card battles, churches showing weird animes, and this little story about a giant taking care of a little kid who actually isn't a little kid but changed into one with magic!

So I'm taking that last idea and making it into something:

Basic drawings of the two based off my dream. The little kid tried to eat the umbrella but when the giant (named him Goliath) tried to take it from him, the kid wouldn't let it go.

The story is a basic one. A knight and Goliath are fighting, one to gain the role as ruler of a small kingdom and the other protecting it. While the fight goes on, a witch is walking by. Annoyed by this display of roughness, she attacks them and although Goliath gets away unharmed, the witch casts a spell on the knight. The spell changes the knight into a small child.

The child confused by what's happening, starts crying as the witch slips away laughing at her work.

Now Goliath needs to figure out what to do with the knight who doesn't even know who he is.

It is a silly tale. And I really just wanted to draw a little kid who wears shirts too big for him and wants to eat everything:

~Mo.

IF: Zoom

Let me introduce Simon and his giant corgi, Golden!

For illustration fridays, I thought I design little characters that have been in my head for weeks. It would a good practice and keep me going. So things might change in future posts.

I just kept thinking of a giant lovable corgi.

I also just like corgis.

See ya next week!

~Mo

CandyCanes

Well it's Christmas time and one of my favorite things in the world is candycanes. So much in fact that in high-school I made a character called the CandyCane fairy and went around giving people candycanes. In college, I did the same thing, but kept a candycane or two on my person at all times.

Seems silly, but they are the best candy.

Also it's good tea. Candycane tea is very good tea. Can't drink or eat anything candycane though until after Thanksgiving. That's my rule.

I also like drawing the candycane fairy as a grumpy old man as long with a happy little magic kid.

You'll be seeing more of him as Christmas draws near!

~Mo