pencil mayhem

Fill Up Your Hearts

2011-12-04T16:54:00.000-05:00

Once again, Chogrin presents a tribute to an icon of the Nintendo Generation:

The Legend Of Zelda

Head over to http://fillupyourhearts.blogspot.com/ for more

Sam Kinison Commission

2011-09-01T22:58:00.000-04:00

I was asked by Josh Spector at for a commission of Sam Kinison.

He wanted Kinison from the Louder Than Hell album period.

Josh runs a site called Connected Comedy which deals with the business and performing end of comedy, check it out:

Connected Comedy

Connected Comedy site

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(we are) 8-bit Champions!

2011-08-23T00:12:00.003-04:00

September 15th

The Autumn Society & Geek-Art brings you:

8-Bit Champions

La Flaq gallery

36 rue QuincampoixParis, France

40 Artists interpreting 40 popular video games from the great NES age!

My piece is a tribute to the Konami game Circus Charlie:

I hadn't had much experience with this game on a nostalgia level-I was aware of when I was a kid but

I needed a refresher.

From what I gather the game is an existential horror story starring

the titular clown (you) whose whole life consists of running and jumping through a never ending series of flaming hoops, compelled by the scrolling of the screen, a metaphor for man's struggle in a painful existence in the constant face of the oblivion of non-existence. It was no doubt inspired by the works of Samuel Beckett. It also has monkeys.

check out more 8-Bit Champions and other good things at:
http://theautumnsociety.tumblr.com/

Portfolios are up at my new site

2011-07-07T23:05:00.000-04:00

http://craigparrillo.wordpress.com/

I'm switching to wordpress to display portfolios. loving the wordpress.

Is This Thing On?

2011-01-08T18:30:00.004-05:00

The great Gallery1988 in LA presents: Is This Thing On?

100 artists interpreting comedian.

I was asked to do portraits of three comedians: Don Rickles, Chris Farley, and Adam Sandler.

You can check out more artwork form the contributing artists on their blog

opening reception was last night, unfortunately I'm an east coaster (boooo!)

my pieces on the wall!

thanks to Chogrin for the pic

Also, a good bunch of other folks from The Autumn Society where represented in the show including

Dave Perillo, Tom Whalen, Jude Buffum, Danielle Rizzolo, Kim Herbst, Paul Palcko, Scott Derby, and Tom Haubrick.

Thanks to Chris Kurumada and Jenson for a great show

Couldn't ask for a better beginning for the year!

2010-11-10T22:02:00.001-05:00

poor blog. you have not been updated for way too long.
new stuff coming soon!

Gallery 1988 Presents: The G3 Show

2010-08-16T21:01:00.000-04:00

Gizmo

Ghostbustin'

Sloth Loves Chunk

Sailor's Delight

2010-07-08T01:27:00.001-04:00

this is for an upcoming gallery show in Philadelphia:

All Hands On Deck
Chapterhouse cafe &gallery
http://tinyurl.com/24o8vsr

it didn't turn out exactly as i'd hoped but here it is. i've been looking at a lot of single panel cartoonists from the 50s and 60s like Bob Tupper and Parch. They have a great simplicity to heads, hands, and arms that i admire, i don't feel i captured that here but it's a quickie anyway.. I think it's time to break out the pens, i like vectors but moving the old hand around is always a good thing.

CleanUp/Character Stuff

2010-04-12T20:50:00.003-04:00

I really need to work on new poses!

here's that evil biker dude colored:

Cartoon Network and Leprechauns

2010-03-15T02:33:00.005-04:00

Here's some Leprechauns to enjoy. I am not Irish but I enjoy potatoes and the Pogues like I am. so there.

Also:
So I just got back from a trip to Burbank to visit some studios including Cartoon Network.
My buddy Joe Game is a Production Coordinator for Adventure Time (premiering in just a few short weeks in April), so I got the grand tour and got to see where all the magic happens.
Here's some photos from the trip:

I'm geeking out over seeing Aeon Flux creator Peter Cheung's cube:
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2010-02-14T13:54:00.001-05:00

this was a little character that I doodled that made me laugh, so inked it up.
Hope you enjoy it!

Scientists

2010-01-31T20:08:00.003-05:00

2010-01-06T01:28:00.002-05:00

One Last One for 2009

2009-12-30T21:07:00.004-05:00

Okay, it's kind of a redo but needed something I could play around to explore some things. I definitely locked down some things stylistically and finally find a really nice enriched black that I liked after a long struggle.
A frustrating point of doing 'cartoony' stylized work seems to me to be that unless it's very detailed visually, or the content is weird or 'deep' people don't seems to even take more than a 2 second look and move on. Simpler fun character based illustrations of the past by people like Roy Nelson, V. Partch, Devito, or Gene Hazleton have gone to the wayside save for the animation community or cartooning afficionados.

PreSketchDump update

2009-12-15T04:04:00.004-05:00

I spent an hour getting sketches scanned and together and blogger feels like giving me error messages so this is all there is at the moment.
Hope you like drawings of heads cause I sure got em

***
more sketches. and there's many many more to scan...

Cute Animals

2009-12-08T20:36:00.000-05:00

Warms-Up Sketches

2009-12-08T20:34:00.002-05:00

some funny looking old actors:

Hellboy!

2009-12-07T20:38:00.001-05:00

For a recent art show featuring the big red guy.
Fr more check out:
The Autumn Society

Mousey Holiday!

2009-11-28T17:12:00.002-05:00

For The Autumn Society's charity coloring book this year!

Pencil Talk

2009-10-25T12:17:00.005-04:00

**I just only now realized that the link below was wrong. it is now fixed**

I came across this great blog for art supply enthusiasts
pencil talk

"All My Friends Are Monsters"(TM and copyright 2009)

2009-10-23T18:41:00.001-04:00

Some Halloweenish Monsters that are part of a series.
I have some more in the works but like these guys so much I decided to post them early

Wacky Skeletons

2009-10-07T19:41:00.000-04:00

Rethinking.

2009-09-30T02:55:00.000-04:00

as always.
and probably overthinking...

Recent Works

2009-09-30T02:53:00.000-04:00

2009-07-17T04:18:00.000-04:00

Shading

2009-07-13T19:33:00.000-04:00

practicing some shading techniques. i don't how i feel about this one :/
oh well, had some fun nonetheless.

More little creatures

2009-07-12T22:25:00.003-04:00

Lil Vampires

2009-07-08T20:55:00.002-04:00

here's some little characters for some stickers to sell online and at shows:

Creatures of Night Brought To Light...

2009-07-08T20:54:00.001-04:00

Okay, since I have some more time on my hands lately I'm going to try to update this thing every other day.
here goes...

2009-06-15T14:13:00.002-04:00

So I decided I needed to take Stephen Silver's character design class over at Schoolism.com.
This was my first assignment. i went for a Flapjack type feel but i think i missed the mark...

Scrooge Mcduck

2009-06-02T23:11:00.001-04:00

for an upcoming show.
would write more but it's bed time...

humans, dragons, sketches. blah. blah.

2009-05-08T22:42:00.002-04:00

(yes i draw people, and not just cute people)
10:45 on a friday, posting drawings- i am awesome!

why are all the drawing flaws so glaring noticeable after they're scanned?

cute bug concepts

2009-05-08T22:40:00.000-04:00

cute monkeys

2009-05-08T22:38:00.000-04:00

2009-04-05T22:57:00.001-04:00

absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.-Schopenhaur

joker AGAIN!

2009-03-31T22:32:00.000-04:00

joker

2009-03-16T22:11:00.000-04:00

still dont know how i feel about his one

turtle racer

2009-02-24T21:30:00.000-05:00

some progress...

2009-01-19T21:54:00.001-05:00

something newish....

soon?

2009-01-08T00:59:00.001-05:00

did i say new stuff soon a month ago....yeesshhh. well i've been working on some things hopefully i'll be happy enough with them to post them.

Helloooo.

2008-12-04T22:37:00.001-05:00

I've neglected my blog for the past month (poor blog.)
some stuff coming soon.

Halloweenies

2008-10-29T23:00:00.000-04:00

seasons

2008-10-14T21:00:00.003-04:00

the last of the super sweet cutesy artwork for now....

artsy-fartsy shmartsy

2008-10-12T22:25:00.001-04:00

something non-generic for a change. tired of generic...

2 seasons...the cold ones

2008-10-08T23:05:00.004-04:00

still working on autumn....needs something.
have less cutesy stuff coming soon.

2008-09-28T20:53:00.006-04:00

(real men draw princesses)

Messy Love

2008-09-22T22:29:00.002-04:00

whirrds

2008-09-18T20:56:00.001-04:00

“In the absence of will-power the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.”

crassness and cuteness

2008-09-18T20:51:00.004-04:00

“The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.”

Ub Iwerks "Spooks"

2008-09-16T23:14:00.022-04:00

as the world poops

2008-09-08T23:05:00.001-04:00

sketch

damn popeye, you crazy

2008-09-07T00:25:00.001-04:00

sound n fury

2008-08-25T23:00:00.001-04:00

signifying poop.

Pose Reference

2008-08-20T23:26:00.001-04:00

Stills from:
Happy Days
Ub Iworks

every pose is very unique and not generic stock poses-especially evident in the little bit with the golfer.

2008-08-18T01:19:00.000-04:00

some progress....maybe.

grosssssssss.

2008-07-05T12:25:00.001-04:00

doesn't look nearly as clean as the original but at least i'm noticing design flaws (hands aren't flowing as well as they should, eye on the left doesn't conform well enough to the form of the head, the hat should at a slight angle to add asymmetry, legs and feet need work. tangent where dog's nose meets the arm)
will do another drawing with fixes.
the struggle continues!

more drawings.

2008-07-02T23:42:00.000-04:00

need to develop draftsmanship....grrrrrr

doubt

2008-06-17T22:35:00.000-04:00

inking warmup

Punch, the fool

2008-06-09T23:00:00.000-04:00

new stuff

2008-06-09T22:19:00.000-04:00

inspired by african masks

seven deadly sins: wrath

bleh.

2008-04-07T22:27:00.001-04:00

tired of vectors making up for bad drawings.

2008-04-07T00:08:00.001-04:00

warmup sketches: william s burroughs

2008-03-16T22:58:00.001-04:00

random stuff of the moment

2008-03-14T00:25:00.001-04:00

Los Bros Marios

2008-03-08T23:33:00.001-05:00

more mario bros.

2008-03-06T22:08:00.001-05:00

mario!

2008-03-02T20:19:00.000-05:00

Cat Serenade

2008-03-02T20:17:00.001-05:00

New Homepage!

2008-01-24T22:57:00.001-05:00

soon to be at www.craig-parrillo.com:
new website!
new look!
new newness!

work doodles

2008-01-15T14:26:00.001-05:00

"offensive" cartoon still

2008-01-13T19:05:00.001-05:00

from Clown of the Jungle

Influences and Things

2008-01-13T17:42:00.000-05:00

This is the third time i've started this post after multiple crashes of the old (relatively brand new) so i'll keep the writing brief and get to my list. i'm trying to get a sense of what elements of the artists and things i like/admire i'd like to bring to my own artwork in an attempt and have an easier time knowing what sorts of things to observe in artwork.

i realize most of these are pretty standard, oh well :/

so here they are in no order:

Hanna Barbera

as a young lad, the first theory of cartooning i ever learned was the HB face theory. it's such a testament to how great these artists were that even kids could get a sense that the drawings were constructed with principles and ideas

since this pc right now is prone to crashes the rest are in list form:

Mary Blair
Hank Ketchum
John K and the Spumco crew
Evan Dorkin
Peter Bagge
Various other Golden Book artists
the Harvey Comics guys
Katie Rice (also of Spumco)
Chris Battle
Steve Lambe
Ronald Searle
Carl Barks
Fleischer Studios cartoons
Samurai Jack cartoons
Dexter's Lab
Powerpuff Girls
Hamtaro and other cute anime series
Totorro
lots of other i can't remember right now
so i suppose another post should be spent on comparing similarities of these people/cartoons. maybe.

New Posts Soon!

2008-01-12T11:43:00.000-05:00

yikes! it's been a few months since this place got an update!
it's coming soooon!

Girls of your Dreams/Nightmares)

2007-11-07T23:08:00.000-05:00

(still working on these)
an ongoing project from the past week or so:
Nightmare Princesses!

Sally Specter

Cannibal Christie

Donna Doomsday

Donna-behind the eye patch!

pretty happy with these, i think there's a good balance of Mary Blair and horror movies. Just need to finish the backgrounds. (and i'm not thrilled about 'Sally Specter' as a name)

2007-10-24T17:32:00.000-04:00

quick goomba.
wasting work time!

Jason in progress

2007-10-24T00:13:00.001-04:00

an exercise in speed...very static and boring (kind of a slow static character anyway)
i need to work on action poses.

Freddy's Dead

2007-10-21T22:17:00.001-04:00

Beginning

2007-10-16T23:02:00.000-04:00

So this is my first post. I'm trying to track my progress and have a place to keep sketches and any random things i like.
Here's a troll to start

(he looks very much like a smurf, no?)