New and Improved

Well, it took a long time, but I've updated the blog and finally got a banner up at the top. I can't figure out how to get rid of the text on my banner so if anyone knows how, please let me know. Not that I'll understand it, but I might be able to pass that info on to someone who can implement it for me. Hope you all like Surf Dog's new playgound. enjoy.

Vicunas

Here is another pic from my book. These are the three vicunas that our heroes meet. I had no idea what a vicuna was (turns out it looks alot like an alpaca (which I thought was a llama because of how similar they are)). Enjoy.

Ozzy!

Here's another character from the book I illustrated. His name is Ozzimandius (I hope that's how you spell it). He's kind of a mouse prophet. He tells our heroine of the forecoming doom. He's also a sarcastic cuss and therefore my favorite character in the book. This is him in full prophesy mode. Imagine him yellinng "DOOM DOOM DOOM!" As usual, go pick up a book over at buttersby.com. Enjoy.

A Buttersby Pic

So here's one of the interior pictures from the book I just did. I plan on doing quite a few more of these (I was pretty happy with them.) Anywho, this is one of the cavaconda (who also appears on the cover) He's an anaconda made of rock. Fun times huh? Everyone should really go buy one of these books. It's pretty fun stuff and the art is half bad if I do say so myself. You can go to Buttersby.com and then find the store from there. Enjoy.

Ninja Frog!

Here's another in a series of Animals turned into ninjas pictures. Enjoy.

Shawn Boyles....Published Illustrator!

I think that's how I'll introduce myself from now on. "Hi, how are you, I'm Shawn Boyles...(pause for emphasis) published illustrator. I've been wanting to do this post in here for a while. I've actually had the book for a couple months now, but now it is finally being sold and so I can tell all of you about it. So here it is, the Cavern of Babel. I got this project through a friend of mine at work (thanks Isaac) and it was a blast. It's a young adult chapter book about alpacas. I know what you're thinking too, "Finally, someone has written a book about alpacas. I'm sick of all the spy novels and techno thrillers and whatnot. Let's have some alpacas!" Now you're dreams are a reality. In all seriousness though I think this is a pretty fun book. At the begining of the project I was only going to paint a cover and then do two interior illustrations of the main characters. As I read the book through with my wife, however, I found that I liked the story and that I wanted to do more. I talked with the Author and we worked out that I would do a drawing for every chapter (kind of like you find in the Series of Unfortunate Events books, or Harry Potter) and then a couple more on top of that. So anyway the purpose of this post is to let you all know where you can find this book and then go and buy one (or two or three or four. I would keep a couple of them in those mylar protective bags so they'er in mint condition.) So if you want to check it out you can go to Buttersby.com (buttersby is the name of the main character). On that website you will find some options. Feel free to look around, buit if you're just there for the book, I would go to the store and it will lead you on from there. In the next couple of weeks I hope to post up some of the pictures I did for the interior as well as the whole wraparound cover without the text on it for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.

Ninja Hippo!

A couple weeks ago I painted a go-go girl on my sisters wall for her and now I guess it's my brother's turn to get something on his wall. My brother is really into karate so we decide to go with an animal/ninja approach. I did quite a few drawings and while my brother ended up choosing something else, I personally liked this one. There will probably be another ninja animal tomorrow. Enjoy.

Superman

Happy New Year everyone! Man it's been a long time. Sorry about that. Things got kind of hectic towards the end of the year and then I took some vacation time, so while I did do quite a bit of artwork, I was no where near the internet and therefore you haven't seen it. Well now I'm back. This is a drawing I did while watching Superman Returns over the break (imagine that). I might color this guy up one day. I think it's a fun drawing. Anywho, enjoy. There's plenty more to come.

Just some sketches

Here's just a couple sketches for y'all. I recently got the art of "Open Season" book and have been perusing it ravenously. Man the designs are gorgeous. So I decided to draw some ducks and dogs and things and most of it is pretty much a rip off of Carter Goddrich's stuff. That guy's amazing. Enjoy.

El Pitufo Grande!

This last week at work we had a challenge to draw up a lucha libre wrestler. I started thinking about what I would want to do and then the idea came into my head that I would call him "El Pitufo Grande!" Pitufo is one of my favorite spanish words and it means Smurf, or I guess the show Smurfs down in Mexico is called Pitufo's. So that's why he's all blue and white. I'm going to really take some more time on this one and post him up again later (if you're lucky), but for now, here he is. Enjoy.

Macaw

Here's the first pass at this little guy. I really had fun with this drawing so I think I'm going to put some time into coloring him. So this is a basic color scheme laid down. WE'll see how he turns out. Enjoy.

Gibbon

Hello Everyone. Sorry about the long delay. Things have been kind of hectic lately what with one thing or another. A couple of weeks ago I went to the zoo and was able to see my favorite animal ever. The gibbon. Hae you all seen these guys. they're so cool. They just swing around so effortlessly. If I believed in reincarnation I would totally wait in line after this life for my chance to be a gibbon. What would you all like to come back as? Enjoy.

Happy Really lat Thanksgiving

Drew this turkey on thanksgiving while I was watching the macy's parade with my family. Enjoy.

Super Heroes

This is a painting I did for my brother in law and his family. Every year on my wife's side of the family we swap names for Christmas to see who is buying for whom. And every year the couple that gets a present from us says to me, "Instead of a present you could just paint us something." Well this is what came of it this year. No I will not be putting up any of the past years paintings, because I am too embarrassed to do so. That's a good thing though right? I mean the fact that I think everything I did last year sucks, means that I am improving, right? Maybe I'm just getting better at seeing what sucks and what doesn't. So enjoy the super hero family while you can cause in a week or two I probably won't like it anymore. Oh and by the way, my brother in law asked that he and his family be turned into super heros. So he, his wife and his three kids all have super powers. You get to decide what those powers are and how they can be used for the good of mankind. Enjoy.

Freaky Fish

Just a freaky fish. That's all. Enjoy.

Zombie Boy

I've decided that most of my drawings do not look finished enough. I get about half way done and then I move on to something else. In an effort to correct that I have decided to start inking things up. It was much easier to scan and then color this way and I really am pleased with the results. There's still lots to learn about how to make it really sing, but I count this as a valient first try. Oh, why did I decide to draw a zombie boy you ask? Well I was out at a party and everyone was sitting around drawing zombie boys and I just gave into the peer pressure. Don't you judge me. Enjoy.

My son

Ok, obviously this isn't my son. Or more accurately this is not my son as he is, but rather as he would like to be. My son is 4, and he loves cars. Not just the movie that just came out on DVD (although he does love that quite a bit) but just cars in general. He owns probably 300 hotwheels cars due mostly to me buying him one everytime we go to Walmart (it's as cheep as a candy bar and lasts alot longer). So we play cars at home and most of his room is taken over by either his hotwheels cars or the various larger car/truck/tractor type vehicles that I or others have given him. Well like I said the pixar movie Cars just came out on DVD and my son is "happy as a tornado in a trailer park" (quote from the movie) and I got to thinking what Lucas would look like if he were in this movie. Well my son runs all over the place and has recently started to climb all over furniture and the unfortunate people that happen to be sitting on it so I made him a jeep. An off road jeep. Why is he yellow you ask? Because I like yellow, plain and simple. The large rearview mirrors were intended to be his ears which stick out of his head. (It's harder to tell the more his hair grows. Anywho, I think I'm going to have to paint this one up for him and frame it for his room (I'll also need to make sure he's wearing a diaper at the time because he just might wet himself.) Enjoy.

Ninja

Thought I would have some fun doing a ninja. This started out as a basic Karate Kid pose (don't tell me you didn't spend three months of your life perfecting that move when you were a kid like I did, cause I know you did. You still do when no one's watching don't you?) but I also made him kind of rockin' out. (look at the hands). Originally he was going to be a dark ninja, but the face ended up bing so small that I thought white might work better. Enjoy.

Your Regualr Monday Sketch Dump

Well like most mondays I am giving you my church sketches from this week. I'll see if I have time for something a little more done later. Enjoy.

Quick little bird

Well I guess that says it all then doesn't it? Wanted to get something in for the day. Enjoy.