Let’s start with the illustrations. They are fantabulous! They are what drew me to the books initially. If you’re a fan of Tim Burton or Edward Gorey, you’ll fall in love with these characters before reading a single word.
On to the story. It is a riotously fun, silly, touching tale, littered with disgusting details one would expect from a world populated by monsters. The attention to detail in the characters, their clothes, homes and food is astounding and endlessly entertaining. You can feel the joy the author must have had creating it all.
A gothic romp full of wit that will please anyone that wishes Halloween could be year round.
Free Funny - Needy Monsters
Beginning to wonder if this was a metaphor for some of my foster dogs. Haven't had any that have wreaked this much destruction, but a few have come close. A lot of these quick toons sprout from common sayings that I catch myself and others repeated consistently. Then my imagination takes it to the extreme, or more accurately, the dark extreme. It's not a technique I consciously farm, but maybe I should.
On that note, I'm going to have more live-streams coming up. Currently getting familiar with OBS, Open Broadcasting Software. The plan is to live-stream drawing comic strips, children's book illustrations and single panel cartoons. So while I figure out the difference between "scenes" and "sources" in O.B.S., I'm also putting together lesson outlines and ideas.
If there's a particular concept or process or technique you'd like to see live-streamed, let me know in the comments or drop me a line. Once I get more proficient at this live-streaming thing, I'll hack together a multi-cam deal so I can live draw in my notebook. Any advice in that arena is also welcome. I've always been a behind the scenes techy and never been much of a fan of being in front of the lens.
