How the Grinch Tried to Steal Stitch's Christmas!

Last piece of art for 2013! Bring on the New Year!

YOU'RE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH

 

 

 

Merry Christmas 2013, everyone!!!!

Very few collaborations have worked as gracefully as with Dr. Seuss and Chuck Jones!

Every time I draw in their styles I learn something new!



This Christmas is " a mean one!"

Christmas will be here soon!!!

I Found A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comic Cover From 1988!

 

 

...It's not really a cover from 1988.

 

But I wanted the drawing to have the artistic of a late 80s/early 90s comic book cover. A sort of "McFarlane" type attention to uber detail.

 

I hope it worked.

 

To achieve the worn-out look to the color cover I printed the ink on cardstock.

 

The inks were done on 14inx17in Bristol board.

 

Turtle Power, everyone! 

HAPPY HUNGER GAMES, EVERYONE!

"Catching Fire" opens today!!! 

Done on 11x14in Bristol Board with ink and Prismacolor markers, and pencil colors.

Lilo and Stitch owned by Disney

“You have taught Mogwai to watch television?!”

“To survive a war, you gotta become war.”

Done on 11x14in Bristol board with ink and Prismacolor pencil colors.

Ay, Carumba!

Done on 11x14in Bristol board with ink and Prismacolor markers, and Pencil colors.

Lilo and Stitch owned by Disney

The Simpsons owned by Fox

UNDER THE SEA

I just bought the terrific "Little Mermaid" Blu Ray, and felt inspired...

Done on 11x14in Bristol board with ink and Prismacolor markers, and Pencil colors.

Lilo and Stitch owned by Disney

Little Mermaid owned by Disney

Composing a Symphony

Done on 11x14in Bristol board with ink and Prismacolor markers, and Pencil colors.

Lilo and Stitch owned by Disney

TREEHOUSE OF HORROR

“HERE’S A STORY THAT’S REALLY SCARIFYING!”

So, I’m late by a couple of days. I was suppose to finish this by Halloween, but with four 14in x 17in sheets filled with over 50 drawings I couldn’t quite make the date… but, better late than never.

I love the “Simpsons’ Halloween Specials.” They were a yearly anticipation as a kid.  Heck, when I was a young lad I use to cut “treat or trickin’” short so I could watch the reruns. And since I wanted to make a drawing to honor the holiday I thought of nothing better than the “Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror.”

Feast your eyes, all elements from seasons 2-11 of “Treehouse of Horror” are represented.  Only because I own the DVDs to seasons 1 – 11.

Also, I would like to dedicate this art to the memory of Marica Wallace, who recently passed away. Unfortunately, I could fit in Ms. Crabapple into the poster. Nevertheless, I wanted to thank her in some way for the many years of laughter.

The art was done on 28in x 34in Strathmore Bristol board with ink, Bic and Prismacolor markers, and color pencils.

“Wait a minute! There is still more space dust on here!”

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2013!!!

Happy Halloween, everyone!!!

Done on 11x14in bristol board with ink and prismacolor markers, and pencils.

Lilo and Stitch owned by Disney

Improbable History

I'm a little late to the game for a "Breaking Bad" crossover, but, better late than never.

MIGHT SOLVE A MYSTERY...

The prize I received from Capcom, a "DuckTales: Remastered" Press Kit!

I won the prize by entering a DuckTales art contest where the guidelines were to either draw in the Ducktales characters into the box art of a Capcom video game, or “duckify” a character from a Capcom game.

I sorta did both.

I chose a box art from an old 80’s Nintendo game from Capcom, “Little Nemo: The Dream Master.”

The art was done on 13in X 17in Bristol Board with Sharpies, Prismacolor markers, and color pencils.

I would like to thank Capcom for holding the contest and for choosing my work out of the many submissions they received.

Now if you can excuse me, but I have to dig up my old NES and play some good ol' fashion Ducktales!

WOO-HOO!!!  

WINNER!!!

WOO HOO!!! I won a "DuckTales: Remastered" Press Kit from Capcom, which includes:a collector's edition golden NES cartridge and other treasures. I'm as happy as Scrooge McDuck swimming in his money pit!!!

ROCK N' ROLL ALL NITE!!!

Done on 11x14in bristol board with ink and prismacolor markers, and pencils.

Lilo and Stitch owned by Disney

Little Louie: the Dream Master

This is an entry to a contest Capcom is holding for the new DuckTales game, “DuckTales: Remastered.”

The guidelines is to either draw in the Ducktales characters into the box art of a Capcom video game, or “duckify” a character from a Capcom game.

I sorta did both.

I chose a box art from an old 80’s Nintendo game from Capcom that I was always very fond of, “Little Nemo: The Dream Master.”

The box art expresses sheer imagination. I loved it since I was a kid, and wanted to “recreate” it one day. I finally got my chance with an added “DuckTales” favor to the piece—which—Is always fun to draw in whenever I get a chance.

The art was done on 13in X 17in Bristol Board with Sharpies, Prismacolor markers, and color pencils.

"Just Grab Onto Some Ducktales!"

I would really like to play the new "Ducktales" game!

Done on 14in x 17in Bristol Board, with Sharpies, Copic and Prismacolor markers and color pencils

BIRTHDAY GIFTS!!!

 

 

It pays to be my friend, you get free drawings!

 

These drawings are a birthday gift for my very talented friend, Amanda Wadsworth. She is a wonderful teacher and a wizard at the piano! Check out her website: http://amandaraewadsworth.com/

 

Done on 14in x 17in Bristol Board, with Sharpies, Copic and Prosmacolor markers and color pencils.

The MindHut Features Lego Artwork!

Hello everyone, 

Please check out the link to the website: http://www.sparknotes.com/mindhut/2013/07/30/amazing-lego-man-art

The Sideshow features my "Lego Star Wars." http://dannynicholas.blogspot.com/2012/11/lego-star-wars.html

I would like to thank vadimcream (link to his Deviantart page:http://vadimcream.deviantart.com/) for the excellent article and for featuring my work. The MindHut is a phenomenal website!

WHERE'S STITCH?

Done on 11x14in bristol board with ink, copics, and prismacolor markers and pencils.

ROAST HIM!

"Nobody steps on a church in my town!"

This is done on two 11in x 14in Bristol sheets with black sharpies.

Sort of a stencil/street art style I was trying for. I used two sheets of Bristol because, for one, I thought it would be impressive and two, I wanted to keep the wide screen/cinematic view to attain the screen shot quality.

This is a companion piece to go with "It's The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man." http://dannynicholas.blogspot.com/2012/11/theres-something-you-dont-see-everyday.html

"This Mr. Stay Puft is okay. He's a sailor; in New York. We get this guy laid, we won't have any trouble!"

DIG DUG

 

A classic Namco video game!

Done on 11x14in bristol board with ink, copics, and prismacolor markers and pencils.

 



ACTION! ADVENTURE! EXOTIC LANDS! ... JONNY QUEST

 

Tribute to an action-packed classic.

My personal favorite Hanna Barbera cartoon.

Done on 14in x 17in Bristol Board, with Sharpies, Copic and Prismacolor marks, and pencil colors

and updated version of: http://dannynicholas.blogspot.com/2013/06/tribute-to-action-packed-classic.html

WORLD'S FINEST

 

 

 

The new Superman movie opens this week!

Done on 11x14in bristol board with ink, copics, and prismacolor markers and pencils.

JONNY QUEST

 

 

Tribute to an action-packed classic.

My personal favorite Hanna Barbera cartoon.

Done on 14in x 17in Bristol Board, with Sharpies, Copic and Prismacolor marks, and pencil colors.

Graffiti Kid

Done on 11x17in Bristol board with ink and prismacolor markers.

Characters owned by Disney

Drawings done for May the 4th, STAR WARS DAY!

 

 



Done on 11x14in bristol board with ink, copics, and prismacolor markers and pencils.

 

Lilo and Stitch owned by Disney

 

Star Wars owned by Disney

I Want You To Do Me A Favor . . .

 

 INK VERSION

 

ROUGH VERSION

 

REFERENCE

 

 

I think I feel a series of drawings brewing? Calvin and Hobbes in scenes from "Fight Club!"

Suffice to indicate, this is a spoiler to the 14yrs old film, “Fight Club” (holy cow, has it been that long?).

The idea of this drawing came simply:

1)Calvin and Hobbes is an endearing comic strip about a boy who gets into all kind of madcap adventures with his stuff tiger toy, Hobbes; who is also his imagery friend.

2)Fight Club is a generational defining film (and novel), about a normal man (a button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho) who get into all kind of madcap adventures (if you want to call it that?) with Tyler Durden. Later, the normal man discovers near the end that Tyler was his imagery friend.

Do we see the similarities, everyone?

And being a big fan of both materials, I thought it would be a bit of fun to cross them over. Also, there is always amusement in combining kid friendly material with rate R entertainment, check out my Simpsons/Clockwork Orange crossover to see what I mean.

Author note: A lot of respect to Bill Watterson, he is a tremendous and inspirational artist. If you haven’t read “Calvin and Hobbes,” I strongly suggest for you to check out his work.

Done on 11x17in Bristol board with ink and prismacolor markers.

Calvin and Hobbes created by Bill Watterson

Fight Club own by 20th Century Fox