Three Monsters and a Frog

 

     Here I am, your roving blogger back with another Sesame Street blog post. Kermit the Frog is usually seen as an entertainer and the ultimate master of ceremonies, but I've always seen him as a newsman at heart.

Happy Birthday, Jim Henson!

     Today is Jim Henson's birthday! I was going to commemorate the occasion by honoring the man with some standard Kermit fan art. You know? Run of the mill stuff. However, I instead chose to go against the grain a little by drawing some more Sesame Street...

....aaaaand without any characters that Jim Henson ever performed.

...

Yeah I really didn't think this through.

C is for Cookie

     I don't know if anyone out there is getting a kick out of these Sesame Street characters of mine, but I'm certainly getting a kick out of drawing them. Here's the third installment featuring MY personal favorite: Cookie Monster!

     Some of these guys, like Cookie for example, are so simple in their design and yet still so difficult for me to convey the personality that I'm wanting to convey. After a couple of takes, though, I came up with something I'm happy with. Cool story, huh?

Two! Two Sesame Street Blog Posts!

     Here's the next installment of me satisfying my nostalgic urge to draw some classic Sesame Street. Years ago, Palisades Toys announced a line of Sesame Street action figures in the same vein as their beloved Muppet Show figures. Sadly, the company went bankrupt before the toys were ever produced. While this was good news for my bank account, it left a small void in that little muppety piece of my soul. I've attempted to fill this void by drawing these characters in the same waves as the action figures were released. It has absolutely zero collector's value, but it is much easier on said bank account.

Taking It To The Street

    I'm not saying anything unique when I say that Sesame Street was a very influential part of my childhood. It taught me about numbers and letters, of course, but much more! It taught me about birth and death. It taught me about marriage and divorce. It taught me about nutrition, nature, lady bug picnics, Spanish, Mandarin, pinball machines, race relations, subway stations, rhyming, service animals, toaster maintenance, super hero parodies, Broadway parodies, game show parodies... soooo many parodies!

But above all, it taught me this: 

Puppets. 

Are. 

Awesome.

     And because of such, here now is the first of what I hope to be many posts devoted to all the whatnots, monsters, and twiddlebugs who reside in that beloved suburb where the air is oh-so-sweet!