Missing the Desert

The Magic of Photoshop

A Disguise, By Any Other Name, Will Still Look Just as Sweet

Ready Steady Go!!!

Gee whiz, practicing all this anatomy is really kicking my ass!

But I think it's paying off... slowly but surely.

It's funny how getting things so perfect and then adjusting one thing turns something beautiful into something hideous. It's as if ugliness is a hair away from perfect beauty. There's probably some truth in that.

SO after announcing the contest, my internet ran away and joined the circus and a bunch of other crap happened... blah blah blah excuses shmuses... From now until the 31st. Every day! No ifs ands ors or buts about it!

Ramones - I Don't Want To Grow Up

What do you get when you combine Dan Clowes, The Ramones, and some of the saddest/best lyrics?

Foreshortening the Face

Who wouldn't want to foreshorten a beautiful woman's face?

Hey, TOPPLED IDOLS is announcing its first CONTEST!!!

To celebrate ONE YEAR next month... whoever leaves the MOST comments this month wins a PRIZE!!! That's right, an 11 X 15 picture of WHATEVER YOU WANT!!! Truckstop lasciviousness, Octopi attacking Abe Lincoln, your teacher in an iron maiden (band or torture device!), Mark E Smith sober, whatever your imagination can muster... I WILL DRAW IT!!!

BUT, you have to leave the most comments in MAY!!!

And tell your friends... I need to beat my personal best of 500 peeps checking out Toppled Idols next month.

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Let's take it over!!!
Whatever happened to the punk rock dream?



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I've been really studying the basics of character and perspective.

AND Dave Sim's Glamourpuss, which is absolutely stunning.

I still have a long way to go... but Andrew Loomis and Preston Blair made the most helpful books on how to draw. Andrew Loomis' books are all out of print. Preston Blair's are desecrated due to copyright issues. It's as if there's a school of hidden knowledge that is being purposefully obscured.

To drive the point home, on free comic book day (aka best day ever!) I got a comic on how to draw. It had some really terrible examples in it that I would have followed if I didn't know better. Worse yet, it skips steps, which could only frustrate aspiring artists like myself.

Why are they giving away terrible advice while hiding anything helpful?

Thankfully the internet and public library have the information you require. It just takes a lot of work. But it's no wonder there's so much terrible art in the world... if this is the state of things...

M Lamar's 7 inch Release

Oh, the vinyl looks so cool!

Here's the sticker I made last night what will adhere to the surface of the bag that will contain the 7 inch that Jack built.

Wait... what?

As Promised

The eye from yesta' day. Where else could I get such delicate detail???

Is there possibly a Japanese nib better than these?

God bless manga!