The Game is On!

     I, like many, am a huge fan of the BBC's "Sherlock" series! The new season's final episode airs the same night as the Super Bowl. This is the night when us Americans like to gather with friends and family, eat fatty foods, and watch all the funny commercials that air during some sort of sporting event.

     While all of these things appeal to me, I'm not sure I can stand to wait and watch Sherlock on the DVR. While I hammer out this First World problem of mine, here's the duo from Baker Street themselves! Enjoy.

     Football! THAT's the sporting event that runs between the commercials! Football! Or, as it is known across the pond... Soccer.

Resolutions

     It's a New Year, which means most of us feel the need to make little promises to ourselves. For me, I've decided to get the ball rolling on several different "projects" that I've had ideas for. Here's a random collage of everything I'm working on so far. I'll hopefully post some finished versions of these in the near future.

I also resolved to watch less television.

Yeah. Not really. That would be ridiculous.

"And a Happy New Year to you! ...in JAIL!"

     Here's the last of my "It's a Wonderful Life" characters, the richest and meanest man in the county, Henry F. Potter!

     Why is Mr. Potter so mean? What's his motivation? What does he stand to gain? Wouldn't he stand to profit more from treating his customers with just a minuscule bit of kindness? 

     I would think so, but what do I know? I'm certainly no businessman, which according to Mr. Potter, will be what kills me.

Happy New Year everyone!

"My mouth's bleeding, Bert! MY MOUTH'S BLEEDING!"

     Here's everyone's favorite accordion-playing policeman, Bert the cop!

     I always thought that Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie were named after the Bert and Ernie from "It's a Wonderful Life." But apparently the fact that they have the same names was just a coincidence. However, the film's deleted scene where Bert the cop expresses his love for pigeons and the word 'linoleum' makes me doubt this.

"Hey Mr. Martini!! How 'bout some Wine?"

     Next up, from Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life," the film's female lead, Mary Bailey, wonderfully played by Donna Reed.

     This Mary I chose to draw is from the scene where she and George are presenting the Martini family the keys to their new house in Bailey Park. Mary gives them bread, so their house will never know hunger. Salt, so their life will always have flavor. And wine, so joy and prosperity may reign forever.

Sweet stuff.

     I didn't get any of this when I bought my first home... just a bunch of paper work. I remember asking the lady at the Mortgage Office, "Where's my SALT, woman?!?"

"Hot Dog!!!"

     Last December, I drew some characters from my favorite film of all time, "It's a Wonderful Life." This year, I thought it'd be fun to go ahead and draw some more. First up, the town druggist, Old Man Gower.

     Mr. Gower doesn't have just a whole lot of screen time in the film, and most of the time that we do see him, he's not very happy. I didn't think drawing a drunk and depressed Mr. Gower would really have the same spirit as the rest of these drawings, so I gave him a more cheerful disposition. Who knows, maybe this is how he looked before he received the earth-shattering news that his son had died, causing him to physically abuse his underage employee. 

     By the way, if I'm ever referred to as "Old Man Nate," I will be 100% okay with it.

Number One or Number Two?

This one's kind of random, but I have this blog, so I might as well post something!

These are some bathroom passes my grandpa and I made for my aunt's class of first graders. My aunt really likes the "Peanuts" gang, so she wanted Charlie Brown and friends to be on them. My grandpa really likes woodworking, so he made them. I really like to draw, and so I drew them.

And that, my friends, is as interesting as this story gets.

And Then Shawarma After

     I guess it's kind of weird feeling all nostalgic for a message board, but that seems to be the case with me at the moment. Artist Ben Caldwell used to have a forum on his website that several aspiring artists such as myself would frequent. I had a lot of fun posting art, looking at the art of others, and conversing with everyone on the various message boards. Alas, the number of visitors to the forums steadily dwindled and now the site no longer exists. *sniffle*

But enough wining! Back in 2007, the forum had one of its "Weekly Challenges" where everyone was supposed to put their own spin on Iron Man. To the left here is my entry for the contest. I can't help but cringe every time I look at it. Aside from the messed up proportions, there's a whole wannabe "Metropolis" thing going on. That's not really Iron Man's style.

     I've never been the biggest comic book fan and this was back before the first Iron Man movie hit theaters so, at the time, I really couldn't have cared less about the character. I've since seen the movie, of course, as well as the rest of the Avengers blockbusters and I now can't get enough of the guy! After stumbling upon my old contest entry, I thought it would be fun to give it another try. I know there's definitely no shortage of Iron Man fan art out there today, but I don't tend to draw a whole lot of super heroes, so this is a big deal for me and my little world of Care Bears and Disney Ducks.

     Oh! And on a side note: I'm not really a fan of "Iron Man 2." Really, Mickey Rourke?!? Giant Laser Whips?!? That was your master plan?!?

That would have been a fun little rant for the message boards.

Mickey's Not-So Scary Halloween

My emotions are mixed when it comes to the subject of Halloween. I don't have much of a tolerance for things that are scary... but I really love dressing up!

Here, in the spirit of just fun cosplay, are Disney characters dressed... as Disney characters!

Mickey Mouse as Peter Pan

Chip 'n' Dale as Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

Daisy Duck as Ursula

Donald Duck as Jack Sparrow

Minnie Mouse as Belle

Pluto as Tigger

Goofy as Woody

Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!