Category: Fantasy

Rapunzel

Posted ColbyPosted in CARTOONS, Fantasy

Digital illustration. Since I was a child my favorite Disney princess was Snow White. I even compared my first grade teacher to her. There were others I liked but as the years went on the characters became too formulaic. Until “Tangled.” Finally, a character who was more real. She was brave and frightened, courageous and […]

Dryad

Posted Colby1 CommentPosted in DRAWINGS, Fantasy

I came across the term “dryad” the other day and felt compelled to come up with my own version so I conjured up this creature on my iPad just for the fun of it. Click on image to enlarge. Computer illustration

Smack!

Posted Colby48 CommentsPosted in CARTOONS, Fantasy

In the olden days I would draw, ink and color a cartoon on a single piece of paper. Technology, since then, has allowed me to draw sketches on a piece of scratch paper, scan them into my computer and do all the “inking” and coloring digitally. I just bought myself a new iPad Pro. This […]

Cyclops!

Posted Colby6 CommentsPosted in DRAWINGS, Fantasy

Here’s another one of those posters I did with Marks-A-Lot to advertise the movies we showed the kids at the recreation center. The black ink is faded and the poster board is yellowing and stained. Click on image to enlarge. Felt tip marker on poster board, 22″ x 28″

It Came From Beneath The Sea!

Posted Colby4 CommentsPosted in DRAWINGS, Fantasy

Back in my previous life we would show movies to the kids at the recreation center. This was before tapes and DVDs. Before Blockbuster, Netflix, etc. We’d use a biggo projector and actual 16mm film and show them on the wall until we built a homemade canvas screen. The kids would sit on tumbling mats […]