random 'ring

this one's from a short cartoon idea that i had storyboarded a while ago.

the one with the heavy 90s sitcom star

my wife has a crush on zac efron.

we rented the movie "17 again" and i was extremely satisfied with the notion that no matter how pretty a teenage boy may be, eventually we all more or less end up looking like a doughy matthew perry.

the thin man returns

william powell is awesome and myrna loy is too adorable in this film series.

my favorite line is from the first film where nick is progressively discovering christmas presents that his heiress wife has done him the favor of buying for herself.

she bends over him while he lounges with his breakfast cocktail and a baubly necklace dangles in his face.

he reaches up to inspect it, looks at norah and inquires, "another present from me?"

she nods a confirmation and he wryly comments, "i'm spoiling you."

they don't make dialogue like that any more.

enjoy the sketches.




excelsior!

njm

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4, 8 , 15, 16, 23, 42

how i love me some lost.

here's some sketches i did from the archives.

i can't wait for the new season to start.





excelsior!

njm

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whiny vader

here's a sketch from a while back.

i liked this sketch but i was trying to work it into a composition where his silhouette formed vader's helmet.

it proved to be the better of me.

nonetheless, it resurfaces as a 'rings post.

enjoy.

where the wild 'rings are

this drawring is inspired by one of my favorite sites, drawergreeks.com.

every 2 weeks or so they have an illustration subject.

this week's subject was "where the wild things are."

i'm hoping to get on the invite list but in the mean time i'll have to wait for the posts.

here's my sketch to final images.

flame on!

speaking of my favorite comic...

here's a human torch sketch that i found in the archive.

a propensity for grimmery

when people ask me who my favorite comic character is i always say spider-man.

however my favorite comic book series has always been the fantastic four.

while cleaning up my office the last few days, i've noticed that every sketch book of mine always has several drawings of the ever-loving blue eyed Thing.

mad props to the legendary jack kirby.

as if he needed it.

here's some random ben grimms from my sketch archive.

caricature sketches

here's one i did a while ago of john stewart

cyborg sloths with laser eyes!

there's a silly character generator site called seventh sanctum which provided the concept for today's sketch.

thanks to melmade's blog for the link.

latverians unite!

what would it look like if the good doctor had an actual propaganda campaign.

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excelsior!

this is a t-shirt design that i did of stan lee.

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giant sized super hero squad

more photoshop silliness.

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no time for love dr. jones!

progression of indiana jones caricature for previously mentioned nerd-baby illustration project.

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mel gibson in signs

i loved this creepy movie.

especially the scene in the corn field.

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more optimus

not my sketch but i did the color fills.

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cereal killer-stration

more t-shirt concepts.

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big pun

progression of a recent drawergeeks.com subject.

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optimus prime always comes back

not an illustration, just some fun photoshop trickery.

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block vader

i liked my chewblocka so much that i wanted to do another one.

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ascii - frank

here's a t-shirt design that i did recently.

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crouching tiger

i thought the tree scenes in this movie were stunning and i wanted to emulate that floating feeling.

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chewblocka

t-shirt design.

my favorite is the millenium falcon/blaster border.

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krypto

here's an illustration that i recently completed for a children's ABC book featuring scifi/fantasy/comic characters.

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halle berry

i was curious to see whether i could caricature someone so beautiful.

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s'morfs

mmm... melty and blue!

shakira

progression from sketch to final.

conan + puppet + smigel head = genius!

i put this on my business card with the byline "noah medlen is a good graphic designer... for me to poop on."

nicholas cage

how creepy is this man

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michelle pfieffer

here's a progression of sketch to final.

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buffy

i wanted to play with a limited color palette on this one.

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crazy is as crazy does

i was once reamed by an editorial cartoonist over this rendition of tom cruise.

he said that tom cruise was a matinee idol and that i made him look like a demonic, crazy person.

this was before the couch incident.

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one drawring to rule them all

heeeeeeeere's frodo

the hef

i was impressed by a photograph of the dirty old man in rolling stone.

here's my take.

jakob dylan

college illustration that really got me hooked on caricature as editorial statement.

i was really struck by the frail posings of bobby d's boy.

i wanted to show his stiff almost cadaver like image.

fete the vette

here's a spot illustration that i did a few years ago for a company newsletter.

7 of 9 - what a hottie!

i used to work at the local fox affiliate and i was responsible for airing the late night star trek: voyager episodes.

what's not to love about sexy cyborgs in cat suits?

you will be assimilated.

njm

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