Gallery Update: A Jedi’s Strength Flows From the Force…
I think I'm finally calling this piece done. I've had this idea kicking around in my head to do a series of drawings depicting myself and Plunger Monkey doing various things. In many ways, he's kind of like my Hobbes, I guess. But I could also argue he's kind of like Yoda to my Luke...hence the idea for this drawing. That, and, I've had a lot of Star Wars on my brain lately. Actually, that's not unusual, but more on that in a minute. At first I was thinking I'd just do a line drawing... This kind of fits
50 Shades of (Toby) Gray
Alright, just to clear the air: I have not seen the movie nor read the book, and I have ZERO intention to, but I couldn't resist the play on words as a title for this entry. Forgive me. Anywhat, *gasp*, right? A second post this week? I told you, I have a bunch of plans and ideas, I'm just struggling to make the time to get around to them. But, since I did pass a small milestone this week with drawing my 50th manga self portrait, I didn't want to wait too long without doing something fun to mark the
Studio Stuff: Pepere’s Hat
It's been, again, far too long since I've posted here. I'm a little better about making micro updates and posts on the TOBYSBRAIN FB page, but I've had a bunch of post ideas-a list, in fact-I just haven't had the time to get to them. Rest assured you will see them with your own two eyes. At some point. Promise. Anywho, a lot has transpired in the world of Toby that I've wanted to comment on (and I will...I haven't forgotten. I made that promise just last paragraph). I've made some Plunger Monkey art. There were the annual Plunger Monkey
American Ninja Warrior…and stuff.
So, once again, it's been far too long since I've posted here. I've been a little better about posting on my FB page (I just added today's manga self portraits, the first in about 20 days), but not much in the last few weeks. I've had other obligations, I've been renovating the guest room in our house, prepping for the holidays, etc. One thing I did get around to though (aside from seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens on opening night and the following night), was filming my latest entry video for American Ninja Warrior. I've got a long history
Process: How to Mangafy Yourself in 6 Easy Steps
Okay, I've been busy for a while. Life and stuff. But, since everyone is clamoring for it (well, no one is actually doing any clamoring...other than imaginary people in my head. No, that's not sad, it's, um, practice. For when I actually have fans and followers. Who clamor for things. Yeah. Definitely practice. Not sad...), I thought I'd throw together a quick process post for how I've been going about my manga self portrait exercise. Grrrr...or, Arrrr...you decide! First, I snap a reference photo of myself and open it in Photoshop. It already looks like me... I
Inktober 2015 Recap
Now that we're half way through November, I'm finally getting around to doing a recap of my first Inktober. In case you missed it, Inktober is an annual challenge started by artist Jake Parker. The goal is to do one ink drawing every day for the month of October (or as many as you can manage) in order to improve your skills with ink as well as foster the good art habit of daily practice. When I decided to take up the challenge, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to do a drawing every few days, much less every
Please let me know what you think, it makes my brain happy.