sketches from the past...(like 6 to 8 months)

Alright. I said I was going to do this weekly or at least more regularly and I missed the first week. But this is way more regularly than once every 10-11 months right? I have valid excuses though. I had a painting I was commissioned to do last week and was generally more busy than usual. So, with that being said, here are some sketches from the last 8 months or so as I grabbed them from the sketch folder. These are mostly from sketching in my cubicle at my soul crushing day job and are inspired by my wandering imagination and whatever I may be reading at the time. 
First up: an 80's burnout brit punk type fella, then 2 sketch pages mashed together there's some fun stuff in those, then an airborne pro wrestler type, then adventure time y'all! jake's gonna mace yo face!, then bill triceratops with the 7 day forecast, cavorting bear, sea cow!, fancy pants iguana has a request, bulldog sketch, and thome guy who ith thuper thtrong you guyth. 
Also included a picture of the aforementioned commission. That's right, it's the elephant from some 2 years ago. Turns out my mom's coworker fell in love with her elephant painting and offered an absurd amount of money for it and she turned it down because she hates me and wants me poor forever. Now he is leaving their practice and they commissioned an elephant of his own for a going away present. Let's hope that sparks some more commissioned work from some doctors with disposable income! (...seriously though, i will take your money for my arts). 
Also another picture of Abe because he's too cute.  
I shall return soon with more sketches and maybe some finished stuff too.

-z

Oh, hey. I was just over there, you know, doing stuff...

Yeah, its been almost a year since I posted but its only sort of my fault. Last year my scanner died. Then my iMac died. Then my ambition took a backseat to my puppy for a while. Then I got paranoid about the interwebs stealing my arts and such. Then I forgot about this blog for awhile. 

But! I have returned! And I bring some arts with me! 

Here's the rundown! First up: the front of a postcard we sent out with our new address on it. Next: self-portrait as a pro wrestler. Watch out for that elbow drop Yeeeeah! Then: adorable puppy sketch. Keep an eye out, there might be a limited run of prints of a finished color version of this coming soon... Followed by: Adorable lion! Say, that lion is cute. Maybe there should be more animals like him. Maybe there are. Maybe you can see them on my portfolio page (zachwagner.carbonmade.com). Also potentially a series of prints coming from that for sale maybe soon? We'll see.  Then: Part-Time WereWolf pencils version, Klauwn pencils, Abe: distraction extraordinaire!, random daily animal drawing from the Amanda collection, puppy sketch, and an arctic themed card i sketched out. I might find the finished version of this and share it with you soon. It turned out super cute!

So. That's where we are at. Amanda, Abe and I just moved in to a new place (thanks Mark, Laurie and Mac!) I've got a studio set up and a scanner and a new computer and the wacom and we are going to get this thing going here. I've got a backlog of sketches needing scanning and blogging and I'm going to try to get this going on a weekly basis again. I'm always available for commissions and maybe prints of previous work if you're interested. Thanksssss.

-z

sketcheries

whats shakin folks. back with some more sketches for you guys. couple bulldogs (surprise surprise) some fantastic four stuff and a sketch page. the fantastic 4 year olds came from my impulse to draw a baby human torch not bad for a real fast sketch. i really dig the bulldogs and the frankenstein on the sketch page. more stuff soon.

-z

i spy...

these half sheet sketch pages that i do at work keep me sane. the general rule of thumb is think of something random and draw! or start drawing and see what comes out. most of them the line goes down unchanged but a few get touched up or beefed up. i really enjoy what comes out of these exercises. can you find 7 bulldog puppies, a flatulent arachnid, a drunken mouse, a sasquatch, an over excited weenie dog, a noisy fly, a baby penguin, a fat pig on his way to market, mike wazowski, and a bipedal whale? have a little fun with this one guys! keep an eye out for the belated post of the adorable fathers day card and more coming soon!

-z

comic book men

its been a while since i posted. but ive got an excuse! a chubby wrinkly furry one. we moved into our new place in the middle of july and the first saturday we were here we headed north to bring home our puppy abe. this is a big deal for me since its been a dream of mine to own an english bulldog for quite a long time. when we met him he was exactly what i had dreamed of. anyway we brought him home and he has been the center of attention since. so double posts tonight and more to come soon. for starters i've got some superheroes for you. if you haven't noticed i'm quite a fan of mr. grimm hence 2 of him here. excelsior true believers!

-z

mamas day card

another parental acknowledgement day has come and passed and another weird zach card has been made. happy mothers day from your baby boy! creepy yet ... terribly creepy. also funny. i was going to do a comic page about trying real hard and making something just for you blah blah blah (poops in diapies) but ran out of patience/time. presented for your disapproval the sketch and final color versions of mamas day card 2012....

-z

sunny days

so some time ago i swore to myself "no more threadless!" because the t shirt site had drifted from the great designs it once featured and the community were snobby undereducated bad designers by and large. a bunch of over designed nonsense and i didnt care for it. however, they hit my weak spot. henson. a sesame street sponsored contest suckered me back in. i sat down and busted out some ideas and later a final concept. here's the sketches and the finals and a link where you can go vote for my design. todays the last day to vote. give it a 5 and maybe it get picks. im spending the day working on a couple projects so stay tuned for more posts in the not too distant future....

http://atrium.threadless.com/sesamestreet/submission/the-people-in-your-neighborhood/

huzzah!

after nearly giving up on my old scanner it has returned from the dead! and that means new drawings for your eyeballs! a bunch of these have been sitting around waiting to get scanned in and i rather like them. theres a safety conscious gorilla cyclist, a pachyderm picabo street, a chameleon looking for lunch, and a vocal crow. theres also a sketch i did of a grizzled bear which i just did a painting of for my papa bear and another cubicle sketch page. this sketch page has 2 drawings i really like on it in the frog smoking a people sized cigarette and the bulldog in a cape known only as superpup!   stay tuned for an extra bonus super fun-time and interactive post for later tonight!

-z

turtle redux

its been a while but heres a sort of new piece. i took the rocket turtle i sketched out at work a while back and it did it up real quick in illustrator. im gonna throw a few older pieces up here as well until i get some of the new stuff scanned in. theres a series of 3 animals i did several years back that im still rather fond of and some other stuffs as well...

-z