Coffee Sketch -- Poli-Pricks

This gentlemen frequents my local coffee shop daily. And every day, he shares his thoughts on politics and world affairs -- at 140 decibels to anyone within a 5 feet perimeter. Okay, fair enough. Problem is, he doesn't know anything about politics or world affairs. So that, combined with his lack of volume control, not to mention the fact he is a regular, means he's a business killer. I fear my local coffee shop will not survive the winter.

 BTW -- Every city in America has one of these guys. All tourists, be warned.

Coffee Sketch -- Old Man and the C(offee)

I'm gonna get popped one of these days drawing folks. It's gonna happen. Until then, enjoy!

This guys was downing coffee, talking about jury duty. Smiling the whole time. His neck was really that big; I shit you not. (click to see larger)

Lunch Sketch -- Spidey

A little lunchtime pen/pencil sketch of Spidey. Not very good. Too much muscle. But what can you really expect in 20 minutes? (Click to see larger)

Breakfast Sketch -- Hard Times for Santa

Ol' St. Nick stopped by McDonald's this morning. Looks like 2011 has been pretty rough on him.

(Done with a mechanical pencil. Click for larger version.)

Breakfast Sketch -- Lack-of-Coffee Skater

I had mentioned on Twitter a few weeks back that I had started doing warm-up sketches again.

Here's one I did this morning of a 40-year-old-plus skater who frequents my local coffee establishment. Now, I know what you're thinking. However, the answer is no; the dude's much uglier than I've portrayed here.

(Done with a uni-ball pen. Click for larger version.)

Prickly

Here is a little sketch I did of Carmen and Winslow from Scott Stantis' comic, "Prickly City."

You see, back around 2006 Scott was looking for someone to help him with some of the ink/art duties of his strip. If I recall, he was having arm surgery.

Well, good friend of mine who is also friends with Scott, told Scott I was looking for cartooning work. As a result, Scott asked me to submit some illustration samples to make sure I could match his style ( more likely, to make sure I could actually draw). The above sketch was one of several I submitted.

Scott really liked the illustrations, and pretty much told me I had the job. However, just like these days, newspapers were cutting strips left and right. Scott lost two huge papers during this process. Because of this, he couldn't afford to pay me and I was never able to ink any of the strips. Oh, well. It was a fun ride while it lasted!

Man, I really nailed those characters.

Evolution

When I first sketched Clovis on the back of some note paper several years ago, I had no idea he be anything more than just that -- a sketch. But now, 4 years, more than 700 strips, and several thousand readers later, Clovis has become a huge part of my life.


Here is the very first sketch of Clovis I sketched way back in 2006/2007:

...and what Clovis looks like now:

 It's interesting how a character evolves, isn't it? It's hard for me to remember a time when Clovis' ears were on the top of his head, rather than on the bottom.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these drawings.

Thanks to all the readers out there!

-L

A Super Man

I loved the "Superman vs. Doomsday" storyline back in the 90s. Here is an illustration I drew from that series. It's not as good as the original, but still. Enjoy! ...until DC makes me remove it.

A Kids' Book

I love children's books. I would love to draw children's books. Here is the cover from a children's book I created a few years ago. Nobody bought it. But I still like it. So, there. Enjoy!

Ah, The First Post

Welcome to my blog. What can you expect here? Not much. Thoughts, art. Basically, that's it.

Here are some of my fav caricatures I did for the Prizewinning Political cartoon book from a few years ago. It features (from left) Steve Breen, Don Asmussen, and Clay Bennett. I'm not that good of a caricaturist. However, I liked these ones. Enjoy.