Surf Dog's Blog the Art of Shawn Boyles

As if there was another monster I would pick for F.  Enjoy.

I had a hard time coming up with E.  There were quite a few options, but nothing that really stuck with me.  Then my brother mentioned E c...

Just a random character sketch from sunday.  Enjoy.

Another sketch from my sketchbook.  Enjoy.

Just a drawing in the sketchbook.  Enjoy.

Here's the fourth one in the series.  My wife told me I should put some of our other kids in the book as well and not just the younges...

It took way too long to get this one done.  Hopefully I can move more quickly through the rest.  Enjoy.

Just a random sketch from the sketch book.  Sometimes I just start playing around with lines and shapes with no clear goal in sight.  This...

It's taken me too long to get to these.  Here's another tiger.  I've got plenty more rough sketches to clean up and I should b...

Here's page 2 in my sons new monster ABC book.  B was a tough one, there were quite a few options to choose from, Blob(obviously) Bigf...

We just had a new baby boy born into our family a little over two weeks ago.  It's so fun having a new baby around.  I decided I wante...

Here's another tiger sketch.  I tried to push the pose on this one and really stretch the forms.  I need to work on posing my drawings...

Here's another of those big cats I've been drawing.  I have a feeling there are plenty more tigers to come.  I'm having too mu...

Started a new sketchbook recently.  I often do theme sketch books.  I've had an alligator sketchbook, an elephant, zombies, sharks, mo...

Here is a sketch from a few weeks back.  More is on the way. Enjoy.

Went and guest lectured at a character design class last night.  As part of it I gave them an assignment to draw a lucha libre wrestler.  ...

I'm going to teach a character design class this thursday and wanted to have a small assignment to give during it.  I decided on h...

Last week a friend of mine, Joe Pearman, asked me "what should I draw?"  I told him (and don't ask where it came from, cause...

Just a fun little sketch I put some quick color to.  enjoy.