goooorilla

"you draw that shit freehand man?"

"yeah."
"that shit is tight."

an early review of this gorilla sketch from work last night. 

i will be posting my mom's birthday card and gift soon and you shall be jealous. as i am because i had to give them away. 

laters

-z

elephantastic

a painting was requested of me some time ago but no subject was specified. as such i did nothing out of irritation but then i decided, elephant! so i did a drawing at work and then i decided to do it up digital style before i waste a canvas and paint and so much of my suuuuuper valuable time. so heres the pencil drawing and the digital version. perhaps the final painting will be posted at a later date as well.

-z

candygram...

here's a sketch along the lines of the bear seen febterday. a moderately irritated shark. there might be a more substantial post later this evening but look at this! 2 days in a row.

-z

papa's day present 2011

so obviously this post is slightly delayed...  
I mistakenly began the trend of coming up with adorable parental observation day gifts several years ago and have since outdone myself every time but i might have hit the top with this one. i found these cheap mod figures at target in 2 packs for 5 bucks and bought several sets. while staring at the blank figures i decided it would be adorable to make figures of me and my pops for my fathers day gift this year. now, my outfit is pretty self explanatory as i live in my hoodies. however, for those of you who have never set foot in my parents house after 9 pm for the last 15 years, my dads get up might be a mystery. as a chronic insomniac my dad spends much of his evenings reading books. and eating large bowls of cereal. while wearing nothing but a bath robe and his underpants.  as such this is how many of mine and my sisters friends came to recognize him. as such i got an assist from my adorable girlfriend to stitch a tiny bath robe to cover his little undies. also note the matching wagner butt crack. 2 posts in 1 night? i'm telling you i'm going to be good about this bloggery again... probably...
-zach

is my face red....

Oh me Oh my it's been quite some little time since I posted on this little blog so I'm going to try to make it up to yous guys. To start here are a few sketches that have been sitting on my desk and or I just did at work yesterday. A couple puppy faces and a slightly perturbed bear.... 

more to follow very soon!

Turtle hearts pig

Here's a commission I did recently for a friend from work. His favorite animal is a turtle and his girlfriend loves pigs. He asked me to draw a turtle... playing guitar... for a pig. So here it is. It's a little intimidating to draw a pig representing someone's lady friend so I tried to make it extra cute. I think it turned out pretty cute. If you ever want to hire someone for an awesome one of a kind piece of art... ;)
-zach

Stoughton Stuff

Hey folks. So I recently did a couple illustrations for bar crawls in Stoughton. You may recall the drunken troll a while back, well here's the final illustration and the other is 2 beer steins that resemble the Stoughton clock tower. I'll be posting a commission I recently finished as well as photos of my super awesome father's day present shortly.
-Z

self portrait type drawings

Self-portraits are always a fun way to waste some time and try out new styles or media. I usually dont look at myself when doing them because I have a few attributes I like to play up and see how it goes (i.e. big bald head and beard) Here's a few samples of me drawing me. More posts to follow soon (sorry for the delays!)

BONUS-TYPE POST!

Hey everybody, here's a little bonus post. One of my favorite illustrations that I decided to clean up for my portfolio. The original title was "Polar Opposition" (because I realize polar bears and penguins don't coexist) (and because its moderately clever). 
Enjoy.
-Z

troll update

I posted a first sketch of a drunk troll a few days ago and got some feedback from the client and reworked it over the last 2 days. Here's what it looks like now. I think he's pretty fun and I hope he'll be the final one for this.  I'll post the finished design when I get through with that too...

Also, as you peruse the animal drawings, if any animals comes to mind that I haven't done yet or done right, let me know because some times its tough coming up with animals on the fly and I love suggestions.


Now to start some paintings for Mother's Day because I am such a good little boy....


-Zach