Mi-go-a-go-go

Here is the colored-in Mi-go from the last post. Unfortunately I didn't have as much time to work on it as I would have liked. But I did get a title with a horrible almost semi-pun, which is the important thing.

Indescribable Horrors And How To Describe Them

I am a big fan of drawin' weird monsters and there are no monsters weirder than those created by H.P. Lovecraft. So I was interested in participating in this challenge on the blog Art Order to draw a creature based on Lovecraft's writing.

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So far, I have this sketch of the Mi-go, the Fungi from Yuggoth, which Lovecraft describes as:

“They were pinkish things about five feet long; with crustaceous bodies bearing vast pairs of dorsal fins or membraneous wings and several sets of articulated limbs, and with a sort of convoluted ellipsoid, covered with multitudes of very short antennae, where a head would ordinarily be.... As it was, nearly all the rumours had several points in common; averring that the creatures were a sort of huge, light-red crab with many pairs of legs and with two great bat-like wings in the middle of their back. They sometimes walked on all their legs, and sometimes on the hindmost pair only, using the others to convey large objects of indeterminate nature."


And here are some other sketches of Lovecraft creatures:


And one from the story, "The Color Out of Space"

Hey Kids, Puppets!

The video I posted the other day of Jim Henson making puppets reminded me that a long time ago I made some puppets for an environmental education center where I once interned. I thought they might be worth putting up to share:

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IF: Old-fashioned

Speaking of birthdays, here is a quick self-portrait for this week's Illustration Friday topic, which is "Old-fashioned." Dang, Illustration Friday, that was cold. You didn't have to rub it in!

Your Newest Favorite Superhero!

Today is Jim Henson's birthday, so I am posting this old drawing of one of my favorite muppets, Captain Vegetable.

Clip here.

(Other birthdays today include F. Scott Fitzgerald and also me, which I mention because it's a good sign for my secret plan to produce "The Great Muppet Gatsby")

Update: Jim Henson teaches you how to make puppets!

Important Things I Saw On The Internet, Part 2

As you know, I always try and keep you informed of the latest videos of animals riding backwards on other animals, so when I saw this, I had to do a quick sketch.

Update: Related

Update to update: It's like a week later and I still have this song stuck in my head, so consider yourself warned.

Happy Anniversablog!

Wow, so one year ago I started this blog with this picture of Christopher Walken. In retrospect, it seems like a hilariously bad way to start a blog, but you have to start somewhere, I guess. Anyway, here's hoping next year will be even better!