Grimace

When redesigning Grimace, the goal was to find a balance between lovable and absolutely repulsive.

And by the way, what is Grimace supposed to be?!? Does anyone know?

Ronald

Just for fun, I decided to put my own spin on Ronald McDonald.
Why doesn't McDonald's use Ronald and friends as much anymore? Maybe I'm just being nostalgic, but I think there's something fun and uniquely timeless about them. Oh well. C'est la vie.

The Social NATE-work! HAAA!

Happy New Year everyone!

I thought I'd kick off 2012 by joining the masses with my own Facebook fan page. Therefore, this is a formal invitation for anyone interested in enriching their Silly Nate experience to head on over to Mr. Zuckerberg's quaint little corner of the internet and click my "Like" button. You can do so by clicking here.

In addition to keeping everyone up to speed on my random bloggings, I'll also be posting my rough sketches and so-called doodles, as well as links to other artists works that I consider to be Neato.
And since I don't really have a drawing related to this in any way, here instead, is Silly Nate's Ginormous Head with the Disney starburst treatment.

So here's to great new year! Hopefully one where I cease use of the words 'neato' and 'ginormous'.

Happy Festivus

I've been wanting to draw a little something for Christmas, but with all of the hustle and bustle I haven't had the chance.

Therefore, since I have had it with the commercialism, I'm declaring it a Festivus for the Rest of Us!


Let the feats of strength commence!

Memes

Apparently, they are not beneath me.


Ta.

Chico

My grandparents' dog.

Boo

It's December. Christmas is right around the corner, which makes it the perfect time for a post featuring... ghosts. Isn't there a Christmas song that mentions telling ghost stories? Let's see... it's not "Jingle Bells." What's that other one?

Ah well. I didn't post this in October. I'm posting it now.
I thought it would be fun to sort of re-imagine the characters of Super Mario Brothers. Boo here is my first attempt. My goal was to make the style of the character as different as possible while keeping the subtle elements that make the character recognizable.

For those that don't know, here's what the little guy actually looks like.

Phone Booths for Nerds

Happy Halloween! I'm sorry this isn't a Halloween themed post, but... whatchamagonnado?

Someone over at the Action Cartooning forum suggested that everyone draw something Dr. Who related. I drew this. Although I have to admit, I've never seen one single episode of the show. Show? It is a show, right? Not one of them comic strips or Online Multiple Moo-Moo O's that all the kids are into these days?
However, I am a fan of another franchise, if you will, that also features a time traveling phone booth.
So yeah. Bill and Ted, Dr. Who... Potato, Potato.
Wow. That expression does not work in written form.

The Old Stompin' Grounds

From the backyard of the house that I grew up in.

Many an adventure took place under this tree.