I’ve been feeling a bit blah and aimless in the artistic department as of late. Inspiration doesn’t come very easily and I’ve been wanting to add a new character design portfolio piece, so yesterday I sat down and forced myself to be spontaneous. I think I’ll call him Mr. Ramdu, and I’ll make him some friends so that he won’t be lonely. Nobody should have to dance alone, after all . . .
beard
En Garde
Yet Another Neck Beard
Neck beards! It looks like I just can’t get enough of them! This was the result of a long afternoon of sketching at Powell’s Books. Be expecting more digital coloring such as this, although of course I’ll always prefer doing it by hand . . .
Great-Grandpa Jimbo
Gawd help us, he got into the schnapps again . . . WHO let him out of the attic?
Beardy-men
Faces with beards or other facial hair are always fun to draw. The lady in the middle seems a little bored by the whole thing though. Maybe she’s jealous because she can’t grow any herself?
The Jellybean Troll
“Come hither, dear people! Follow me, and I will lead you to my secret cave under yonder hill, where I keep a mountain of magickal jellybeans! You’ll have never tasted anything so delicious in your lives!”
“What? the stick? That’s, er. . . for, uh, stirring the jellybeans. Yes, that’s it. . . why?”
Marching monks

Another portfolio project.
Not a happy monk . . .
What could have have made this Orthodox monk so angry? Heresy perhaps . . . Ink + alcohol marker