Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The Hiding Homonculus


Hey all! Continuing with my New Years post dump, here is a little something I've been toying with for some time, on-and-off for a year or so now. Basically, I had the thought of having a survival horror/rpg game take place in a cabinet of curiosities. It would have a look a little bit like a slightly more surreal Castlevania game, but most of the gameplay would be focused on stealth and evasion. In that vein, your main character is the recently disembodied soul of a scholar, relocated into the half-formed husk of a partially completed homonculus that happened to be in the cabinet. The homonculus is pretty weak. Fast and nimble, but frail, so he has to rely on hiding and setting traps to evade the various horrors that have sprung to life in the cabinet.
I've been toying with this guy for some time and he doesn't feel quite done yet. I'm still wrestling with how a survival horror concept can have a fairly cute protagonist and silly enemies like living dolls and animated taxidermied animals.
This idea has been about the only breath of fresh air in my psyche these days. So much fun.

A Fine Gentleman


Hey all! This is one of my coffee shop doodles that I had a little bit more fun with. I began drawing people who passed by, which, considering that I had about three seconds to take in their general appearance made for a very challenging session. This guy kind of sprung out of that. I've been thinking of many otherworldly type horrors lately so this seemed like a natural fit. I had this idea of a guy slowing being eaten away by some kind of Cthonic infection that turns infected tissue into horrible alien growths of oozing tentacles and rancid polyps.
I'm suddenly glad my skin was never that bad.

A New Year of Drink & Draw


Hey all! A very happy belated New Year to you all! It's been a rather busy couple of weeks, between work, apartment hunting for April and regular social obligations, but I've been doing my best to stay on top of my artwork. I figured I'd make a little post to start this year off right and show off some of the stuff that's been going on with the ongoing Montreal Drink & Draw.
I was informed a while ago that there already existed a Montreal Drink & Draw event. Naturally, this news filled me with a feeling that can only be summarized by watching the dance/fight "RUMBLE!!" scenes from West Side Story. That was until I learned that they haven't really had an event in well over a year. Guess the point is a little moot.
Anyhow, our group has been making the effort to keep this going regularly. We didn't take the holidays off or anything, though we did have one night where it took people a long time to show up. We've gone through many themes, and these are just a sample of some of the pages that I'm a little prouder of. Behold the Kitten Emperor, waging endless war against Captain From the Future!! So amazing!