Thursday, May 28, 2009

Happy Birthday Kylie Minogue


Today Kylie Minogue lost her status as Most Attractive 40 Year Old, but was also crowned Most Attractive 41 Year Old in the process.

Also, this marks my 200th post (already).

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Happy Birthday Christopher Lee (87) and Vincent Price (98)



I have been aware for a while now of this fun coincidence and thought that I might draw them together doing something, but I got lazy so here they are on their own. The one of Christopher Lee is almost the same as a painting I did of him about 3 years ago, with a few small changes. I guess I really liked that reference photo.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Happy Birthday Bob Dylan


They could be worse, but not by much. It was a toss up between him and Tommy Chong. Living in Minneapolis and only a few blocks from the apartment he lived in as a student during his short time here, I figured it was obligatory to draw Bob Dylan at least once in my life. Or twice. I'm not too pleased with these, but I must be moving on with the day.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Rock 'n Roll Phantom


This was commissioned by my friend Mike P. Nelson as a gift for Crazy Al, the host of "Crazy Al's Radio Party" based in Detroit. There's a "Rock 'N Roll Phantom" hour in which they air ultra-unique and priceless 50s ad 60s Doo Wop. The artists of these rarities are unknown, so the concept of the show is that these mysterious recordings have come from a vortex, retrieved and aired by the Rock 'N Roll Phantom.

Mike contributes a number of these records to the show, so he wanted to send this drawing with the next batch. I used to draw monsters quite a bit, so it was fun to finally do one again. This character is very much derived from Alan Freed (the disc jockey who first coined the term "Rock 'n Roll) and the Lon Chaney Phantom, done with markers and airbrush. Click for a better look!

Happy Birthday Drew Carey