Doodle 266 - Commiting the Pick
I thought I would try to do a little animated thing, but I have to admit I didn’t try very hard. Maybe I’ll attempt again sometime.
Doodle 266 – Commiting the Pick
November 7, 2009 by vonholdtDoodle 265 – My Home Network
November 6, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 265 - My Home Network
I thought today I would do a little scratch doodle of the madness that is my home network. It’s actually not as bad when it’s all physically stretched across the house, but it looks funny on paper. Maybe I’ll doodle how my entertainment center is hooked up someday?
Doodle 264 – Fort Hood
November 5, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 264 - Fort Hood Memorial
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those involved in this tragic event. I’ll never understand why people inflict their grief on other innocent people.
My original version was a little too bright and shiny for the circumstances so I made it more subdued.
Doodle 264 - Fort Hood
Doodle 263 – Cartoon Network Characters
November 4, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 263 - Cartoon Network Characters
My nephew requested that I draw all four of these guys so I just threw them together in a group shot. From left to right it’s Chowder from “Chowder“, Flapjack from “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack“, Fred Fredburger from “The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy“, and Cheese from “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends“.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowder_(TV_series)
Doodle 262 – Snake Eyes
November 3, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 262 - Snake Eyes (colored in Inkscape and The Gimp)
Doodle 262 - Snake Eyes
Today the 2009 G.I.Joe movie came out on DVD, so I thought I’d doodle up a little Snake Eyes. I think I’ll try to watch the movie tomorrow, and we’ll see if it’s any good.
Doodle 261 – Monkey Thoughts
November 2, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 261 - Monkey Thoughts
For some reason this monkey popped in my head today. I think they are probably a lot smarter then some people give them credit. I wonder what they think of us on the other side of the zoo fence…
Doodle 260 – Wooden Heart
November 1, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 260 - Wooden Heart
doodle 260 sketch
For my last Elvis song title inspired doodle I choose the song “Wooden Heart,” which made me think of this tree out in the woods by our old house the boys and I had found. It seems a bunch of young lovers carved in their initials a long time ago and the tree has grown quite a bit since. We went for a walk and found the tree again to take some pictures.
carved tree
Some of those are a good 30-40 feet up.
Doodle 259 – Froggy Came a Calling
October 31, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 259 - Froggy Came a Calling
doodle 259 sketch
So this was an epic fail. I thought of the idea for this doodle from the phrase “Froggy Came a Calling” only to find that the Elvis song is actually “Froggy Went a Courting”. I hang my head in shame…
Doodle 258 – Jailhouse Rock
October 30, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 258 - Jailhouse Rock
I’m not sure if that looks like a rock or not, but that’s what I tried to draw. The cell name is an attempt at a horrible pun so I can say it’s “Rock in R077.”
Doodle 257 – Fools Fall in Love
October 29, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 257 - Fools Fall in Love
Just another in the week of Elvis song title inspired doodles. These lovers are like two cards in a deck.
Doodle 256 – Teddy Bear
October 28, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 256 - Teddy Bear
doodle 256 sketch
My third Elvis song inspired doodle is for “Teddy Bear”, which has nothing to do with the lyrics. Just wanted to draw a fuzzy little dude in a jumpsuit doing a hip thrust. I’m into my ninth bit of doodles now!!!
Update: I decided I’m been pretty lazy of late with coloring stuff and I thought it would be fun to color this one.
Another thumbnail sketch from work to figure out the composition.
thumbnail sketch
Doodle 255 – Burning Love
October 27, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 255 - Burning Love
Day two of the Elvis songs, this one stays a little closer to the song. I had this idea of a young dude going all Human Torch when his lady kissed him, though I don’t know how well that comes across.
This is the little thumbnail sketch I did on a sticky at work of the idea.
Doodle 254 – Apron Strings
October 26, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 254 - Apron Strings
My wife had this great idea that I should do a week of doodles based on Elvis songs. So I wikipedia’d the subject and there are over 800 of them. When I came across the title “Apron Strings”, the image of a mother keepin’ on while her little boy was yanking on the strings popped in my head. So after doodling this up, I come to find out that “Apron Strings” is a love ballad about wanting to be tied up in your ladies apron strings. That’s not as funny so I’m glad I didn’t look that up until it was too late.
Doodle 253 – Astro Boy
October 25, 2009 by vonholdt
Doodle 253 - Astro Boy
Today the boys and I went to Astro Boy after church! That movie was great; simple but great story, awesome animation, family friendly action. Go see it before it gets out of theaters!!!
