Toad's Stool

quick Spidey

2011-09-20T17:03:00.001-07:00

...Cause it's been ages since I done posted.....

sometimes things work out....

2011-03-29T17:38:00.000-07:00

So, I'm probably going to tighten this up some and stuff, but I'm so chuffed with the sketch that I thought I'd post it. Hope you like it some too....

Undead Justice

2011-01-20T11:39:00.000-08:00

New drawing! Yay!

Somtimes you just gotta draw something that's not a Superhero....

2010-12-10T15:42:00.001-08:00

... So I drew this. Hope you like...

an old friend....

2010-11-26T17:47:00.000-08:00

I just sketched up a quick drawing of Regina, one of the 100 Girls from, well... 100 Girls. I haven't drawn her in some time and missed doing so..... Yup...

Hulk!

2010-11-08T13:23:00.001-08:00

......

...yup.

lazy lazy lazy

2010-11-01T16:24:00.000-07:00

I keep saying I'm going to post more regularly, and then I realize a couple months has gone by... alas.

Here's a Spidey I did the other day. Hope you like!

thing......

2010-08-31T11:43:00.000-07:00

Just a quick l'il Thing I just drewed.... I plan to colour 'im up sooner or later, stay tooned.... Get it?! hahahaha............ ugh. I apologize.

iron man

2010-08-06T13:53:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in a while so I took my beautiful fiance's suggestion (whose brand new blog can be found at martaziemnicka.blogspot.com... go check it out!) to do a quick drawing of the show I'm currently working on... The Avengers! So here's a quick sketch I did of Iron Man from said show... s'ok, I guess....

new ones...

2010-04-18T13:59:00.000-07:00

A Superman sketch, one of 'em coloured... obviously... yup...

Buffy!

2010-04-08T15:29:00.000-07:00

Well, 4 months later.... For those of, well, whomever who come to look here, a new drawing! I have ideas of drawing a little sketch every day, but... we'll see. Anyways, a drawing of Buffy that turned out ok, I think.... Maybe not... I dunno...

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-18T12:40:00.000-08:00

A very Undead Christmas to all, and a Justice-y New Years!!

3 months!!

2009-11-10T15:29:00.000-08:00

Wow... 3 months... I'm lazy. Anyways, I done this awhile ago based on a little poem I thunk up while falling asleep... I didn't like it, thought I'd redo it, maybe still will but thought I'd post it anyways... Here it is.

con sketchin'...

2009-08-10T18:40:00.000-07:00

Did this one while I was down at San Diego last month... I like it! I don't know what it is though...

shrug

2009-07-16T18:09:00.000-07:00

Just a quick sketch to fill the void.... I'm not even sure if I like it....

Lizard

2009-07-02T15:12:00.000-07:00

Quick sketch of The Lizard I did.... yup.

somethin' else

2009-06-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

mmmmm.... just a drawing really. Not much to say aboot it *shrug*

Dalton

2009-06-11T14:45:00.000-07:00

Quick sketch of a character I'm doing for a short story... I've been drawing her for years, so it's kinda exciting. Hope whomever likes it!

something, at least....

2009-05-14T14:21:00.001-07:00

I just did this yesterday. Kinda fun cause it's a simple pencil and ink. I haven't done a non-digital drawing in a while so I kinda enjoyed this. It's pretty simple, but I thought it turned out none so bad...

sketchy sketch...

2009-02-10T16:49:00.000-08:00

...sort of. I drew this in my sketchbook while waiting for my flight home at Christmas, but scanned it into my computer and cleaned it up just a bit... Anyways, yeah...

'nuther spidey

2009-01-22T13:56:00.001-08:00

I had actually drawn the Spidey a while ago, but wanted to get a BG in there... Anyways, hope whomever looks at it likes it!

new stuff!!!

2008-11-26T18:30:00.001-08:00

I'm lazy, but whatcha' gonna do? Anyhow, I drew this in San Diego but just got around to scanning it in today, and went ahead and colored it too! Hopes you likey....

quickie

2008-09-27T12:03:00.000-07:00

just a small one to try and fill the void... Man I'm not very good at updating this thing... and I have been drawing, just lazy.. Perhaps I'll get off my butt and scan some new stuff in. Anyways, for the time being, here's a quick one I did of a friend of mine....

Boba Fett

2008-08-20T21:12:00.000-07:00

I drew this one 5 long years ago, and totally forgot about it until I was looking through some old stuff and rediscovered it. So I decided to color it up after all this time... Here it is.... yeah....

Jeez...

2008-08-10T12:31:00.000-07:00

...been a long time. So, here's a new drawing... A commission from San Diego for a cute L'il SwampThing kind deal... I like it actually. Dunno how cute it is but I still likes it. Turned out pretty darned well, I feels, and it seems the folks I drewed it for felt the same way, so it's a win-win.

man alive

2008-03-24T14:44:00.000-07:00

I don't know why I don't post more often... I've been drawing. I guess it's better than never posting at all. Anyway, here's a recent Spidey that turned out all right, I think...

been a while...

2008-01-24T21:58:00.001-08:00

Well I finally have some new drawings done so I thought I ought to start posting some... Here's a Wolverine I did while stealing some time at work...

oops...

2007-11-07T18:07:00.000-08:00

I didn't realize it's been so long since my last post... Here's another sketch that turned out...

jus' some sketchin'...

2007-10-04T18:50:00.001-07:00

I reckon the title says it all...

finally...

2007-09-25T23:24:00.001-07:00

Well, I took my computer in to get fixed and I finally got it back. I did this here drawing during some stolen time at work. It's one of Arcana's (the wonderful publisher of 100 Girls) characters named Ezra... turned out pretty well I reckon. Hope you like it!

-T

...for the peanut gallery...

2007-08-22T18:49:00.000-07:00

... quick color sketch... that is all...

The First...

2007-08-06T02:41:00.000-07:00

... So I bought the Cintiq, and this is the first one I've done at home. I'm fairly happy w/ it. I was just playing around w/ both Sketchbook and Photoshop... Not much else to say. Adam, if you see this I hope it inspires you to further writing...

Last before Con...

2007-07-24T22:37:00.000-07:00

...not that it matters, since I only post sporadically. Anyhow, another digital sketch, another Hellboy. It's funny, he's not my favorite comic character, though I do enjoy his adventures. He is, however, exceedingly fun to draw. Hence why I clearly draw him so often... Anyhow, have a good one folks...

not much to say...

2007-07-16T21:07:00.000-07:00

...this one is what it is, I reckon. Hopes you likes it.

ah... cintiq...

2007-07-03T19:40:00.000-07:00

I'm loving it... I almost don't want to draw unless I'm using it. Hence, I did this quickie before I left work so I could post something new. It's no one inparticular, but it turned out okay... I like the sketchiness of it. Yeah...

I forgot to mention, you should check out my good friend Kenny Parks new Blog. You will see why we call him such a hack and try to convince him he should quit and go dig ditches or something... (It's cause it will make the rest of us feel not so bad about our level of talent... he's so good)

experiment

2007-06-06T23:01:00.000-07:00

So, I'm lucky enough to get to use a Cintiq at work (for those of you who don't know, it's basically a computer monitor you can draw directly on) It gave me the idea of seeing if I can't duplicate pencil and ink drawings. So I tried this... It turned out pretty well, so I tried another one that turned out better. But that one's not done so you get this for now. Anyways, this is my first ever completely digital drawing... I think it looks pretty un-digital, wadda you think?

-T

'nuther one

2007-05-21T19:08:00.000-07:00

mmm... 3 weeks eh? Time flies when you're busy. Anyhow, it seems I like to draw Hellboy when I'm at conventions. I did this one at the Calgary con a few weeks ago. So there you go...

I dunno...

2007-04-25T21:50:00.000-07:00

... what this is. Just a sketch. Hope you likey.

-T

floating heads...

2007-04-10T16:33:00.000-07:00

Has anyone noticed that we all draw an inordinate amount of floating heads? I know... they're just portraits or studies or whatever, but really, they look like floating heads... Anyway, here's one of mine. Well, I drew it. It was inspired while I was watching that Dr.Jekyll movie with Julia Roberts? Mary Kelley I think? Anyway, It started out as John Malkovitch as Mr Hyde, then turned into this. Anyway, yeah. Floating head...

Alberto Ruiz who?...

2007-04-03T15:28:00.000-07:00

Yeah, so I drew this after staring at his sketch books awhile... It got me inspired to draw a lady. Usually I go out of my way to NOT try and ape someone elses style, but when I finished this, well, I totally had. Waddyagonnado? Anyways, this is Alberto Ruiz as filtered thru my noggin'. Aboot a million times worse than his stuff, but for a Todd Demong version, not so bad. Anyhow, if you like this at all go check out his stuff. Then you can see how someone who can actually draw does it... anyhow, thanks Alberto!

-T

FCBD

2007-03-26T21:15:00.000-07:00

So, here's a page from the new Arcana Presents FCBD... be sure to check it out (I think Free Comic Book Day is one May 5th or something...) at any rate, there's a brand new 100 Girls short story in it. And this page is from it. I thought it turned out okay... yeah...

-T

'nuther quickie

2007-03-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

just another quick marker sketch of Dalton (the cowgirl character I done like to drawr...) turned out okay, so there you go...

-T

another strange one...

2007-03-06T22:17:00.000-08:00

This one is interesting cause it's actually just a doodle I did a couple years ago, then came across it again just a few weeks ago. I didn't like it at the time of original sketching, but it caught my eye, so I worked it over some more and it came out like this. I kind of like it now...

-T

Titanize!

2007-02-13T19:12:00.000-08:00

Well it's almost been a couple weeks so here we are. Anyhow this one is I drew based on some fan mail we received at the show. A young fan took some time to come up with a whole new character so that one of our main characters could have a girlfriend. So cute! She sent in a bunch of stuff telling us about said characters background as well as a number of drawings showing us what she would look like. I thought it was so sweet that she took the time to do this that I took those drawings and "titanized" her character for her, then sent her the original along with a lovely letter. Anyways, this is "Hilary" for Hilary.

-T

sketchy sketch

2007-01-28T16:43:00.000-08:00

I did this after reading the outline for the next 100 Girls series... Just a moment from it that inspired me...

-T

not quite within a week...

2007-01-21T22:18:00.000-08:00

oh well... Anyhow, this is just a few different colored versions of a sketch I liked. Still playing with the markers...

-T

ooo... new stuff!

2007-01-11T19:44:00.000-08:00

Well, I'll try to keep updating this more frequently, at least once a week, but, well, frankly I'm lazy. Anyhow, a little something new. This is a character that is going to play are fairly important role in the next 100 Girls series. He's based on a good friend of mine, Mike Lane, and hopefully he looks somewhat like him too... Mike, if you see this, I hope you're not offended!

-T

filler

2006-12-19T19:29:00.000-08:00

just a wee sketch I's did that I liked... Merry Holidays, by the way!

-T

wha?...

2006-11-30T19:06:00.000-08:00

Just a strange little sketch I did that I like, so there...

-T

oooo... Spidey...

2006-11-15T21:34:00.000-08:00

I did this sketch a while ago, totally forgot about it. So I thought I'd try to polish it up a bit with some new colors. I like the sketch, but the colors... didn't like them last night, tonight I kinda do. So there you go. Hope somebody else does too...

-T

color sketchy fun...

2006-11-02T22:28:00.000-08:00

Here's just a quick sketch I did of Sylvia (the main character from 100 Girls).... I guess I'm starting to miss her...

-T

mmmm... monster...

2006-10-25T22:27:00.000-07:00

This here's a guy that's going to be in the next series of 100 Girls. He actually came about from a pin-up one of Adam's friends did for us in issue 4 of the first series. We both liked it so much that we wanted to use it in one of the stories. So here's the original pin-up, done by the highly talented Ben Stenbeck as well as my stylized bastardization. Hope you like one or both of 'em!

-T

an oldie...

2006-10-19T23:06:00.000-07:00

This here's a design I did for a creature that had a central role in the comic I did called "Hell". Sadly it didn't get used. My writer wanted something more human looking, so I ended up doing a couple other designs and going with something much simpler. Which was fine, but I always liked this one best. It's kinda like a bird bred with an Alien... Anyways, maybe I'll try and use this thing at a later date...

-T

dood...les...

2006-10-10T21:36:00.000-07:00

So, I'm not much of a doodler. I really need to know what I'm going to draw before I do; creating a little story in my head even if it's only for one drawing. My buddy Scott Underwood is a fantastic doodler (as well as an all round tremendous artist). He has this ability to kind of start with any line or squiggle and make it into something funny and interesting. So, in honour of Scott, and also to try working some muscles that I never do, I too tried just drawing without thinking. This here's one that I quite liked! Here's to you Diggs!

-T

gotsa get to work!

2006-09-26T22:44:00.000-07:00

Man... I gotta get sketchin'... Anyhow, this is just a wee exercise with heavy blacks that turned out okay...

-T

a quickie...

2006-09-21T17:54:00.000-07:00

this here's just a wee sketch I did of Sylvia (the main character in 100 Girls)... It's a much different sort of look than what's in the comics, but I liked how it turned out anyway...

R.I.P. Zombie Cop

2006-09-18T22:32:00.000-07:00

Ah... we hardly knew ye. Zombie Cop (or Zombie 5-0 or Dead Cop Walking - my personal favorite) was a potential project that Adam (my friend who write 100 Girls) and I were totally going to do. I loved it. However, we dragged our collective heels for the last year and a half or so and not 1 but 2 projects came out that were waaay too similar. One was published by a company called Alias, and the other by Ben Templsmith of 30 Days of Night fame. Since neither Adam or I feel like being either sued or coming off as aping anyone, we have put the kibosh on the idea, at least for the time being. My hope is that one day we'll be able to resurrect him once more... no pun intended. These 3 drawings were just some doodles I did while trying to figure out what exactly he'd look like. I colored them today in photoshop just cause I recently learned some new tricks and was playing around... the colors're okay... nothing to write home aboot. Anyhow...

-T

You like me... You really like me...

2006-09-15T19:53:00.000-07:00

So, yeah. Turns out I won an award last night. Best Storyboard for Animation at the 1st Annual Canadian Awards for the Electronic & Animated Arts. I won it with my good friend Chez Battista (What's going on?) who co-boarded an episode of Class of the Titans with me. We won for an episode called "Make-up Exam". Thanks to those who've already sent their best wishes! Also, here's a quick sketch of a pretty Asian Lady cause I haven't posted anything in like a week! Yeah, so there you go...

-T

... and now for something completely different...

2006-09-09T17:39:00.000-07:00

... sorta just what I said. I actually drew this at the booth at the Chicago Con, but it really has nothing to do with comics or anything. Just sort of came out, and I liked it.... yeah...

no... not a vampire...

2006-09-06T19:14:00.000-07:00

... just felt like using the grey markers, then decided to make the lips red. Though, I do concede she does look awful vampire-ish...

-T

marker fun...

2006-09-04T21:37:00.000-07:00

Just a wee sketch I did the other day, playing with the markers. Colour is not really my thing so I'm trying to experiment with it a little, trying to get better (which is a little tough when you only have a handful of colours to choose from...) I don't know if this works or not but I think I kinda like it, so there you go...

-T

The Thing

2006-08-29T22:10:00.000-07:00

Not much to say about this... it is what it is... I suppose it could do with some colours. Maybe someday...

-T

Lucy

2006-08-26T16:49:00.000-07:00

Just a wee drawring I did recently... A little different than my usual stuff, but I think I like it. It's her expression... sort of a resigned fury. Anyhow...

-T

Ladies...

2006-08-23T21:45:00.000-07:00

...cause I like drawing ladies. They're pretty... the coloured one I did right after I got some new markers... turned out okay, I guess..

-T

Batgirl and Hans Olo...

2006-08-21T22:17:00.000-07:00

Just a couple more pics... The Batgirl was something I drew for the hell of it, cause I like the character (the new Batgirl) and am saddened by the fact that her monthly series is no more. The Han Solo was done for the Star Wars Celebration last year, and it was inked by the incomparable Howard Shum, creator of Gun-Fu and Intrigue among many fine others... Anyhoo hope you likey!

-T

What the hell...

2006-08-17T22:49:00.000-07:00

Well, I wasn't going to post anything today, but I figured, what the hell... (a phrase so nice, you gotta say it twice!) Anyhow, these are a couple recent sketches of another character of mine called Dalton. She's just an old fashioned Cow-girl lady. I actually drew an 8 page short featuring her... jeez, aboot 4 years ago. Anyhow, it's not great, but it was the first comic I drew since I was a wee bairn, so I'm okay with it... I suppose I'll have to post that at some point. Plus check out some of the links... Some are friends, all of 'em are artists, and all are super sweet (that's for Toomey). Anyhow, hopes you like these!

-T

oops... the rest...

2006-08-15T18:20:00.000-07:00

Um... I couldn't post 'em all at once. So here are the rest...

-T

100 Girls n' COTT stuff

2006-08-15T17:48:00.000-07:00

Well, thanks for the support family and friends, and even from some folks I don't know! Wonder of wonders! Anyhow, I figured I'd post a couple things that have been asked for. A few pages from the most recent 100 Girls comic, which, while it has been delayed, should be out in stores come Nov/ Dec. Also, for those COTT fans, is an early concept sketch for a Werewolf that will be appearing in an episode of season 2. It's an early concept, so it's not quite to the design of the show, but I felt it captured the feel of what I was going for... Anyhoo...

-T

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step...

2006-08-14T23:05:00.000-07:00

... or so they say... Whoever "they" are...
Anyhow, here I am finally getting a blog going and posting some of my work. I've been resistant to this for a good long time, and I couldn't really say why. Probably because I'm nervous about showing my work, which is weird because I draw for a living and people see my stuff all the time on a fairly large scale. But these decisions are rarely logic based, so there you go... Anyhow, to the drawings! The Super-Girl-Lady is a drawing I did of a friend last year that I thought turned out well, so here it is. Next is a drawing I did of Venom a couple years ago. This particular drawing has actually been floating around the web for a while, I know it was on Deviant Art for a time, so it might seem familiar. Usually I don't like anything I did more than a month ago, but for whatever reason this seems to stand out, and I still really like it, so there you go.

It was coloured (I'm Canadian, so it's not a typo) by a friend of mine, Jeremy Treece. I think he did a spectacular job! The last 2 are, of course, Hellboy. The coloured one is actually a Convention sketch I did at the Wizard World Chicago a week and a half ago. Love the character, love drawing him. Though whether or not I did him justice is up to whomever ...um..., yeah! Hope anyone who sees these likes 'em! I'd love to hear any comments, even bad ones so long as they're constructive... Cheers!

-T