miss amandas birthday stuffs

there were 2 birthdays this month that required excessive artwork from yours truly. the first was my mamas (i will post her stuff on wednesday or thursday this week) and amandas. the both got a cut paper card and a painting. these are amandas.  the card is a tiger whose ear pulls out with the message inside. the painting is a monkey which also happened to be the first of well over 100 animals i drew for her whilst flirting at work (unbeknownst to her for quite awhile apparently...) i find both quite cute and fairly successful. she also got 2 seasons of parks and rec on dvd and the pawnee book by leslie knope. spoiled, huh? 

(sorry about the poor quality pics. my camera is currently sans sd card so i made do)

see you all soon,

-z

gator boy early versions

the other night at work i decided i wanted to draw a pudgy little alligator fellow. so i did. and he actually turned out pretty great. i have the original sketch and then it with the details on it. i plan on doing a fully colored version soon and shall post it as well. this idea may have stemmed from a friend making me watch swamp people in which a bunch of rednecks go around shooting alligators. i feel like this guy could talk his way out of a .22 to the back of the head...

-z

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!)