Ghostly Toast

Monster-A-Day: January 31st

2011-02-01T06:32:00.000-08:00

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My internet was down again last night, which means that this post is technically showing up under February, even though it was done in January. Sad. Anyway, this is it for my Fun-A-Day! Done and completed, and thanks for looking at them.

This monster is bald, good at making sandwiches for his kids, is named Ben, and is generally in a pretty upbeat mood.

Monster-A-Day: January 30th

2011-01-30T22:50:00.000-08:00

Strawberries or sticks? Food or shelter?

Monster-A-Day: January 29th

2011-01-29T09:43:00.000-08:00

So, the question you have to ask yourself about this monster is, just how big is it? Well, let me tell you, it's just big enough to be scary and dangerous for humans.

Monster-A-Day: January 28th

2011-01-28T19:54:00.000-08:00

It comes from the sea, and hates the little mammals that are always disrupting it's sleep. Now, it shall take revenge on land.

Monster-A-Day: January 27th

2011-01-27T16:48:00.000-08:00

It's a monster date, and they're having a good time. Monster date! It's fun.

Monster-A-Day: January 26th

2011-01-26T19:51:00.000-08:00

The ferocious Traciegator will cut, scratch, bite, and devour you. And you'll like every second of it.

Monster-A-Day: January 25th

2011-01-25T21:02:00.000-08:00

The Bubble Beastie. Also known as the Glistening Snake, the Bubbly Lizard, and the Three Toed Child's Serpent.

Monster-A-Day: January 24th

2011-01-24T20:56:00.000-08:00

Made it! I was working on my comic all morning, and then didn't get home from work until 11:20ish, but still drew this one, uploaded this and the previous drawing and posted it by midnight! Do excuse the sketch cheap quality, though. Like I said, I did it in a rush.

Um, the story here is pretty obvious. ...Or is it?

Monster-A-Day: January 23rd

2011-01-24T20:45:00.000-08:00

So! The internet was down at my house ALL DAY yesterday (ask Simon). I did draw a monster, though, but had no way to post it, or even to mention that I did one, so here it is today! It's called the Sleepy Sloppy Slipperious. Watch out for hugs!

Monster-A-Day: January 22nd

2011-01-22T17:19:00.000-08:00

This monster is the beast that eventually broke off into four distinct animals. It's kind of a missing link...but STILL AROUND.

Monster-A-Day: January 21st

2011-01-21T18:13:00.000-08:00

This one is for you, papi. It's a snow monster! These things are EVERYWHERE in Maine, fer serious.

Monster-A-Day: January 20th

2011-01-20T18:23:00.000-08:00

This one is sleeeeeppyyyyyyyy. It's not because the books are boring, though. It's just trying to learn more about the occult and mystical occurrences, in order to devour humans.

Monster-A-Day: January 19th

2011-01-19T20:11:00.000-08:00

These are not really penguins, they just look like them. The fire ice balls should be a hint. And the flying.

Monster-A-Day:January 18th

2011-01-18T19:26:00.000-08:00

This is Ian. DO NOT trust Ian after dark, even though he looks so sweet during the day.

Monster-A-Day: January 17th

2011-01-17T18:35:00.000-08:00

This monster is dangerous. Don't be scared, though. It only eats humans.

Monster-A-Day: January 16th

2011-01-16T20:41:00.001-08:00

DRAGON!

Monster-A-Day: January 15th

2011-01-15T20:43:00.000-08:00

Mutant Prairie Dog! Very mutant.

Monster-A-Day: January 14th

2011-01-14T09:55:00.000-08:00

I have to go to work soon, until super late, so here's a quick monster right now.

Monster-A-Day: January 13th

2011-01-13T17:16:00.000-08:00

This is a see through X-Ray style image of what is under a winter sheep's coat. Don't hug a sheep.

Monster-A-Day: January 12th

2011-01-12T19:25:00.000-08:00

Reason #378 to be afraid of your own shadow.

Monster-A-Day: January 11th

2011-01-11T20:03:00.000-08:00

This monster is hiding. It is hungry. Don't get your arm near it. Or do! ...If you want to lose an arm.

Monster-A-Day: January 10th

2011-01-10T20:16:00.000-08:00

So I've been sick all day, but even so, here's a monster.

Monster-A-Day: January 9th

2011-01-09T17:17:00.000-08:00

This one's a bit domesticated. Well, as domesticated at it can be. It still is responsible for an average of two deaths a year, but everybody loves the milk-like substance it produces, so they'll continue to try and tame it.

Monster-A-Day: January 8th

2011-01-08T19:41:00.000-08:00

This beauty is always creaking around your house late at night, making noises loud enough to wake you up, but silent and sparsely enough that you're not sure if you heard anything at all. It measure about 6 hands across.

Monster-A-Day: January 7th

2011-01-07T20:50:00.000-08:00

This monster sees all...if you're being consumed.

Mosnter-A-Day: January 6th

2011-01-06T16:34:00.000-08:00

Finally! A genetically engineered monster! There are a few beasts in there, that's for sure.

Ink on paper.

Monster-A-Day: January 5th

2011-01-05T15:32:00.000-08:00

Deep in the jungle of...somewhere...

Ink and marker on paper.

Monster-A-Day: January 4th

2011-01-04T13:18:00.000-08:00

Ah, the dreaded Sea Vegan Human Impersonator.

Ink and marker on paper.

Monster-A-Day: January 3rd

2011-01-03T18:10:00.000-08:00

I think this monster is an adult version of the day 2 monster. It lives a kind of hard life.

Ink and marker on paper.

Monster-A-Day: January 2nd

2011-01-02T20:21:00.000-08:00

I call this one "I Didn't See the Sandwich"

Pen and marker on paper.

Fun-A-Day Day One: Monster-A-Day!

2011-01-01T20:41:00.000-08:00

Aaaaand here we go.

Marker on paper.

Check back here for more monsters, every day throughout the month of January! Happy new year everyone!

Walking in Snow

2010-12-30T13:14:00.000-08:00

Phew, the holiday time is over, which kept me very busy, hence the no posting. Below is a sketch of a girl and a dog (shocking!) that I did on the airplane from the West Coast back out East.

Also, I want to announce that I am going to participate in Fun-a-Day 2011, starting on January 1st! Right here on this blog! There will be drawings! Words! Thrills to no end! I'll post my first image on the new year, along with a short description of my project this year.

Lastly, if something called Fun-a-Day! appeals to you, you should look it up (I cannot find links!)! It's amazing! In a nutshell, you choose something fun (or anything - making your bed, hugging a stranger), and do it every day all the month of January! At the end of the month, there are group shows all over the country. Fun! A day!

A Bit Late, But...

2010-12-11T18:09:00.001-08:00

Here's a character sketch for a comic coming (kind of) soon! It'll be good, because the illustrious William is involved.

A Girl, a Dog, and a 40

2010-11-25T13:17:00.000-08:00

It's Thanksgiving!

I know I've done a variation on this painting a few times now, but... well, I am still dealing with a lot. The girl is totally what I look like these days. I also like the quick brush strokes on the skin - it's a lot more like how I want to use gouache.

Gouache and pen on paper.

Transgender Day of Remebrance 2010

2010-11-18T15:19:00.000-08:00

This Saturday is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. I participated in the annual webcomics project, the archives of which can be found here. The day is to honor and mention trans people who are killed about once a month. Most of the victims are trans women of color, many from other countries besides this one (the U.S.A.). My goal with the page was to discuss my relative good fortune and privilege in my life so far, while also paying tribute to the dead, and looking forward with some amount of hope for the future.

The theme of this year is "Coping." From the website:
How do we cope with the knowledge that transgendered people (and their friends and loved ones) are killed and murdered for who they are (or for who they associate with)? What do we do knowing that we, or someone we know could be targeted for this?

Pen and ink on board.

2010 Archive

My Re Fucking Turn.

2010-11-11T11:27:00.000-08:00

I am so back. This blog is going to be pretty different than what it was before. Now, maybe once or twice a week (I'm not going to be on "on schedule" (like I ever was, heh) anymore, and it won't be a themed blog. Instead, I'll just post something. It might be a finished piece, sketches, doodles, whatever. The general idea is "Art by Elenore."

So! Welcome back, again!

This piece below is pen and guache on paper.

Record Store

2009-09-04T14:40:00.000-07:00

Hi!

So I'm back! I think! My scanner sort of started working again and then I used the magic of a hot glue gun to "fix" the rest. So, yeah. Every Friday, again, there will be a thing up! Thanks to a few people (mostly Imogen), I've slowly been learning more about the internet (and HTML! That makes me feel smart...), and how to do little "easy" things that make life a lot easier. Things like saving for the web, uploading a smaller file, using photoshop better, and linking things quicker and more accurately. So life's getting better, I suppose. Images should start loading up faster now, too.

Oh! Hey! Also, Imogen and I started an online comic! She does all the writing, and I do all the drawing. It's called Stupid Babies, and you can find us at http://stupidbabies.livejournal.com There will be a new strip every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday! That's a lot. A lot of my goal in this project to to draw them quickly, sort of loosening up my style, or at least producing something that won't totally bother me if the drawings aren't exactly what I want (and they never will be). I My goal is to draw each strip in half an hour, but I allow myself up to 45 minutes. With that speed (that's coming up with the panels, penciling and then inking), I have to basically let it go, and accept what comes out. It's pretty much the opposite of everything I've ever done before. Okay, back to drawing!

Not a good day.

2009-07-31T17:40:00.000-07:00

So early this morning Dumpling (my dog) totally chewed up my sketchbook with about 4 months of work in it, along with the piece I was going to post up today. It was horrible, I'm still really upset, I'm going to stop talking about it.

For the last hour or so, as I've been attempting to scan in an older drawing of mine (just to have something up), I'm discovering that my scanner has pretty much quit working again and might be broken for real this time.

Bye.

Closer

2009-07-24T17:37:00.000-07:00

This is an alternate front book jacket cover for Dennis Copper's novel "Closer." Mostly pencil and a bit of Watercolor and pen on board. Finally figured out how to do a good splatter effect!

brain crease!

2009-07-18T14:41:00.001-07:00

Hey so sorry for the no post yesterday but I have some exciting news! Copies of brain crease #2 just arrived in the mail! I'm going to order more of those and some of #3 before the SF Zine Fest next month and APE in October. For now, please feel free to look at the covers for the first three issues of the continuing story of Mortimer J. Cobbles in brain crease!

Also, if you know me, call me up and I'll save you an issue, or if you want, feel free to order from comixpress.com (excpet for #1, which hasn't had this altered cover yet).

They are (in order): colored pencil on board, marker on board, and watercolor on board.

Cloud Fight!

2009-07-10T16:45:00.000-07:00

Hey, it's a cloud fight! If you get hit with a cloud ball, you explode into a cloud. Obviously. Watercolor and ink on board.

Brick

2009-07-03T14:40:00.000-07:00

This is an alternate poster for the wonderful film Brick. Watercolor on board.

It looks like I'm pretty obsessed with drawing smoke these days. I guess the summer of '09 will be my "Smoke Period." (Thanks, Joey.)

It's better than being bread

2009-06-27T09:56:00.000-07:00

This is Ghostly Toast, my mascot! Ink on board. Should I use it as my self-published comics logo too?

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

2009-06-19T15:18:00.000-07:00

Alternate front book jacket for the novel by Jonanthan Safran Foer. Pencil on board.

Teeth

2009-06-12T13:52:00.000-07:00

This is an alternate illustrated poster for the movie "Teeth." Marker and ink on board.

Dogville

2009-06-08T23:07:00.000-07:00

A quick illustrated poster for the film Dogville. Colored pencil, marker, and ink on board.