Daily Doodle

Over the Garden Wall is a miniseries that ran on Cartoon Network recently. It’s about two boys trying to find their way home through strange woods while avoiding the Beast. It takes many winding twists and turns through it’s story but it all comes together elegantly.

ParaNorman is a beautiful stop motion film. You can just feel that the people making it are pouring themselves into every frame. It’s fun, the designs are unique, and as tumblr would say hits you right in the feels.

Don’t Starve has become one of my favorite games. It’s pretty harsh survival done in a cartoony Tim Burton/Edward Gorey style. It can be hard but that only makes it all the more rewarding when you progress and last longer.

Today’s fan art doodle is for Rick & Morty. Originally a parody of Doc and Marty from Back to the Future, this show has some wild scifi stories and the animation when the action heats up is great.

Returning to the idea of kaiju I figured I’d mash it up with the concept of magic girls to make “Magical Kaiju Girls” that get their powers from different monsters. No clue if this has been done before or who I might be enraging with it. It’s an interesting enough idea I figure somebody’s got to have come up with it by now.

Today’s doodle is a variation on a painting I started a few years back. “Space Western” is a bit more common of a concept these days. There’s just something about the idea of a helmet cracking in space that’s terrifying and makes you realize why the giant fish bowl design is impractical yet so fun to draw.

When I think “Robot Dragons,” I picture the different type of dragons I know of. There’s the stereotypical medieval dragon, the asian serpentine kind you see in parades and art a lot, and then I tried combining elements that are dragon-ish like bat wings and a cobra’s head. At this point it gets more cyborg than robot, unless that head is mechanical. It’s an interesting idea engineering a creature. I saw a special where they discussed devolving birds into dinosaurs versus crossbreeding other animals. Then I think of the times in film and literature where other things are viewed as dragons like construction equipment while demolishing a home. Like anything else, the design comes down to the story behind the dragon. Who made it? Is it advanced or primitive? Aggressive or friendly? These are things to consider when brainstorming.