the mengshui

Hark, a Vagabond

Meng — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:35:25 +0000

Kate Beaton makes drawing Wonder Woman fun.

I copied all these from the excellent Hark, a Vagrant.

Except for this chubby Superman. I stole him from somewhere else.

12 x 12 x January: The Adventures of Fordo!

Meng — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:41:26 +0000

For the 12 picture books in twelve months in 2012 challenge. Here you go:

The Adventures of Fordo, page 1

The Adventures of Fordo, page 2

The Adventures of Fordo, page 3

The Adventures of Fordo, page 4

The Adventures of Fordo, page 5

The Adventures of Fordo, page 6

The Adventures of Fordo, page 7

The Adventures of Fordo, page 8

The Adventures of Fordo, page 9

The Adventures of Fordo, page 10

The Adventures of Fordo, page 11

The Adventures of Fordo, page 12

The Adventures of Fordo, page 13

The Adventures of Fordo, page 14

The REAL Fordo.

That’s a Giant Floating Meatball

Meng — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:13:33 +0000

Twelve Twelve Twelve #1 (prologue)

Meng — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:29:24 +0000

I’m twenty-nine days late to the party but my first entry’s a no-brainer. It’s been a hard fall for me, but somewhere at the outset there was a day where things felt like they were working. I had spent the morning reading a story I had written the night before to my son. It was a perfect morning. Then, like I always do, I shelved the story.

I’m going to take whatever time I can find tomorrow and work out a first draft dummy for my first entry in this project. And then I guess I’ll post it here.

Platypus

Meng — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:51:53 +0000

12×12 in 2012. But First…

Meng — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:07:05 +0000

I found this thing today and filled out the form but I’m not sure if I’m registered.

So, anyway… owls!

I found myself doodling owls a lot last year.

For no good reason.
But now I have a reason, kind of, so I’m drawing more.

I wanted to draw a barn owl.

Sharpie!

Oil pastels!

It came to this.

That last one was inspired by this. Oh, then there was this one.

It’s catching:

Meng — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:25:03 +0000

Meng — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:16:16 +0000

Watercolor Sketching

Meng — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:38:54 +0000

Drawing

Meng — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:37:16 +0000

Watching this video of Jim Woodring drawing Frank with such care and precision made me realize I need to take more time with some of my characters. This penguin particularly.