Posts Tagged cartoon
How to Draw a Scary Monster.
Old school monsters are the best. I loved those Monster Island movies when I was a kid and still do. As soon as one of those movies came on I’d run and grab my sketch pad and start drawing…
First you hear the footsteps, then he leans back and roars that terrible roar. The whole town [...]
Google Docs Rocks
I’ve been messing around with Google Docs a bit lately and decided to try it for a tutorial I built a while back. The original was built in HTML and took forever. It was a ton of work and after I posted it I found a bunch of errors, which of course was heartbreaking. I’d [...]
My Interview with Carlos Castellanos
I met with cartoonist Carlos Castellanos and artist Fian Arroyo last summer. You might know Carlos from his syndicated cartoon strip Baldo. We had a great time talking about art, marketing and all kinds of stuff. It was a really cool day… plus Carlos was kind enough to buy me lunch at 5 Guys. *Hint- if [...]
What’s a Mini-Canvas?
I’ve been having a lot of fun with these mini canvases lately. Here’s one I did with my class at Jerry’s Artarama. These things are great.
Our theme for the last class was Under the Sea (I thought it would be fun to do a snail). We used acrylic paint, sharpie markers, acrylic gel medium, sand [...]
Spider-Bob?
I dig Spiderman. I actually had the opportunity to work on a Spiderman book years ago, along with the help of a some very talented friends. Working on that project was quite a stretch from my normal style. Here’s a more whimsical take on what he might look like if there hadn’t been any style [...]
Hairdos and Hair Don’ts (How to Draw Hair for Cartoons).
You’re probably thinking… Hey, what’s this guy know about hair, he has less hair then a naked mole rat . Well that may be true but you don’t have to have great hair to draw great hair. In this lesson I’ll show you some simple ways to make the hair on your cartoon really shine…. [...]
New H2D Logo
I’ve been working on this site for a little while now and decided it was time for a new logo. All I’ve really had until now is the Potato-Boy header with the How to Draw Stuff type. Although I kind of like that little guy he’s hardly a logo.
How to Draw a Fish
How to Draw a fish.
Just follow these simple steps and pretty soon you will have a friendly fish of your very own swimming across your page.
Mine’s name is Charlie and he likes to watch cartoons. If your fish has a name go ahead and email it to me I’d love to see him….or her… and [...]
Star Trek
I love the old Star Trek and I’m not talking about Next Generation or Deep Space 9. I’m talking about the real Star Trek. The one with William Shatner, Leonard Nemoy and DeForest Kelley. The ones I used to watch as reruns after school as a kid. I loved that show then and I still [...]
