Surf Dog's Blog the Art of Shawn Boyles

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 t...

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 al...

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...

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 the...

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

I think that's how I'll introduce myself from now on. "Hi, how are you, I'm Shawn Boyles...(pause for emphasis) published ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here's just a couple sketches for y'all. I recently got the art of "Open Season" book and have been perusing it ravenousl...

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 ...

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 hi...

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 ...

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

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 t...

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

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 ...

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 h...

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 mont...

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 late...

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