Crab Cake!

Hi all, Mark here!
Today's theme is "Dessert Characters"!

I love crabs--especially hermit crabs-- so I created a crab character, "Crab Cake".
Also, the fact that I drew a cake character 9 days before my birthday isn't at all a thinly-veiled attempt at coercing my friends into getting me cake, no sir.

I would love this character as a plush!

And on the subject of dessert characters, here's my line of ice cream bears, the Cub Cones!  I created them in 2012 and hope to someday license them to a company like Sanrio.

You're welcome, America

Nostalgia: Mega Man Edition!

Hi all, Mark here!
The theme this week is favorite nostalgic character, and mine is most definitely Mega Man.

Mega Man is a classic NES video game hero, and to me, the very definition of the early 90's.  I still remember my older brother playing Mega Man 3 when I was only 4, and the art in the Mega Man games inspired me to draw.  One of my earliest memories is when I drew Mega Man on my parents' house with a pen (sorry, mom and dad).

Please enjoy my take on this retro game hero from my childhood!

Mark's Monster Art!

Hi all, Mark here!
Today's post is an idea I came up with earlier in the year-- monsters in high school!  It was a fun idea to play with, and good for character design exercise.  Also, I like to show people that I am capable of drawing art that isn't just cute characters.

Here's a close up of the gals--

I straight-up adore Layla's design; I like how small she is compared to the others, and her inverted bob haircut is, to me, extremely cute.   Ceri and Skye also sport unique designs that were a blast to create. 

 And here are the guys:

I love how Dax towers over everyone else, and I really like how sad Enoch turned out.  I also enjoyed the sharp look for Jagger's facial features and hair.

Eventually I'd like to color these in Illustrator!  

Tell me, who's your favorite of the bunch?