Sloth Love Chunk

Here's my piece for Gallery1988's Crazy4Cult show that starts tomorrow in New York. It's going to be an amazing show so if you live near NY City, be sure to check it out! After the show opens the prints will be available online here.

Print Info:
Sloth Love Chunk
Size: 9.5 x 13 (including border)
Limited Edition of 25, signed and numbered.
Printed on Moab Entrada 300gsm Bright White stock with archival inks.

I will also have 4 artist proofs available in my store at some point.

Sasquatch Troop Badges Coming Soon

Here's a peek at some badges I'm going to be adding to my store in the next day or two. I wanted something to go along with my Sasquatch print that's available over at AcidFree Gallery.

Sasquatch Troop Print Now Available

My piece for AcidFree's online gallery show, Myths and Monsters, is now available for purchase here!

There's also a single canvas print available as well.

Sasquatch Troop Preview

My Sasquatch Troop piece (for the Myths and Monsters show) is now up over at AcidFree's store. It will be available for purchase there on friday. Here's the full view.

Sasquatch Troop

A sneak peek at my illustration for @acidfreeonline's Myths and Monsters show, which is starting next week! I'll post a link once the print is available.

Hockey Kid

Obviously the name of my blog holds no meaning to me since it's been awhile since i've posted anything. Let's hope I can get better at that (although I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you).

Anyhoo, here's a sketch for today. I've really been diggin' Jolly Roger Bradfield's work lately (look him up if you don't know the name...he's a fantastic illustrator). I love how loose he keeps his drawings. He doesn't worry about wonky lines, or overlapping strokes. His work is quite whimsical and just plain fun to look at.

So here's my attempt at something like that, hockey in July. I'll probably throw some colors on this for tomorrow's post.

TMNT Prints Now Available!

You can now buy prints of my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle illustrations. Head on over to my store to pick them up: http://mattkaufenberg.bigcartel.com/

If you pick up both of them, enter FREESHIP at the checkout for free shipping.

Swim Safe!

I know I always do...

I was in the mood to draw a faux vintage ad for today's illustration.

Summer Fun Preview

Here's a peek at an illustration i'm doing for fun.

Morning Doodle

Work has been keeping me pretty busy so I haven't had the time to finish my newest Avengers' Day Off illustration, but I want to try and post more on here so here's a quick warm-up sketch I did this morning. Definitely a lot different than my normal style (and admittedly very John Romita-esque) but sometimes it's good to break away from your normal style and experiment a little bit.

Hawkeye and Black Widow Sketch

Work has been keeping me busy but here's a look at the next Avengers' Day Off illustration. I already posted a shot of Hawkeye (via twitter/instagram) awhile back but here's a better look at it. I wanted to combine Hawkeye and Black Widow's day off since I see them spending it together.

Hopefully I can render this soon.

Iron Man's Day Off

Who doesn't like roasting marshmallows? In fact...I think i'll go make a s'more right now!

Hulk's Day Off

Finally another one! I know, I know, I took way too long to get to the next in the series, but here it is! Hulk loves to smash even on his day off. He especially loves playing Smash-A-Loki and beating Thor's high score.

Nevermind that the "whac-a-mole" loki dolls look like little construction guys with hard hats on. Ah well...

True story: as kid, after watching the live-action Hulk tv show, I would run around the house growling loudly, "I'm the incredible Huuuuulk!" and then proceed to try and rip my shirt off.

My New Store

I finally launched my new and slightly improved online store. I've added some new prints (including Woody and Buzz) and also added some buttons. Some of my older prints are even on sale now! You also get free shipping on orders over $50.

Head on over to http://mattkaufenberg.bigcartel.com/ and have a look around. If you have any problems with it just let me know!

More Avengers' Day Off Coming Soon

I had to take a quick break from the Avengers while i revamped my store. I definitely have more Avengers art coming and will also announce when the new store is online (should be later today). Until then, here is a sneak peek at what i'm working on.

Agent Coulson's Day Off

My personal favorite from the Avengers movie (and all the other marvel movies/short films he's in), Agent Phil Coulson. Phil loves his job at S.H.I.E.L.D. so much that, even on his day off, he still goes to work.

Thor's Day Off

Ever wonder what the Avengers do when they're not saving the world? Here's a little glimpse into their day off.

More to come...

Turtle Power!

Here is a group shot of all four turtles.

Click on the picture for the full view.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Finally! Here are all four of the turtles, based on their action figures from the late 80's. These will all be available as solo, 8x8 prints, as well as two extra wide prints, one with all four turtles, and one with all four villains. I'll make an announcement here when they're available!

Update: Based on feedback I added open eyes to the other three turtles and made them each a bit more unique!

Krang

Krang and his awesome robot body enjoying some ice cream together. Next up are the four turtles and possibly a few more.

Shredder

Next up: Krang!

Rocksteady

The second one of the series. Next up: Shredder.

Bebop

I decided to do a set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle prints for Springcon (and my online store) and here is the first one: Bebop!

Fables and Fairy Tales Prints

Here are the full views of the 2 prints i did for Acidfree's gallery show, Fables and Fairy Tales. I chose The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Little Red Riding Hood. They'll be available for purchase starting today around 12:15pm EST.

Fonts:
Lavanderia by James T. Edmondson
Deming by Mike Fortress
Governor by Riley Cran

Fables and Fairy Tales Color Proofs

So a friend offered to print up color proofs for my two prints that will be in Acidfree's Fables and Fairy Tales gallery show at the end of March. The colors turned out fantastic and I can't wait to show them to you. Until then, enjoy these small previews!

For more info on Acidfree's upcoming show you can visit the website here.

Wizard of Oz Preview

A small preview of my Wizard of Oz print for the upcoming gallery show over at www.acidfreegallery.com

March already?

Well i haven't been posting much lately and the reason for that is because we suddenly decided to move to a bigger place and are just now getting settled in (we moved last week). We've unpacked the essentials and finally have internet again so now it's time to catch up on work.

I really wanted to do a March of the Monsters again this year but my schedule for March is just insanely swamped so i don't know if it will happen or not. I'm still considering doing it, just not every day (i knew i should have name this An Illustration-Posted-Randomly Blog instead). So stay tuned!

Mola Ram Valentine's Day Card

I haven't been able to do a daily illustration for awhile since i'm really busy with freelance work, but i've been saving this guy just for today. Enjoy!

Donatello

Yarrrgh

Today's illustration is actually one i did a few months back as a sample for a client.

Silly Cat

Just a small illustration of a silly cat for today's entry.

Best Buds

Decided to draw the Rhino after a discussion with Evan Shaner over on Twitter.

The Essentials of The Rocketeer

My contribution to the Essentials of blog. If you haven't checked it out, what are you doing here?? Go check it out!

I love me some Rocketeer. Click the picture for the full view.

The Essentials of

Here is a sneak peek of my piece for The Essentials of blog. I should be done with the full piece tomorrow so be on the look out for that!

Rainbowstache

Just an idea that came to me while playing with the kids tonight (we were making mustaches out of Legos). I thought it would make for a funny illustration. I'm sure it's been done before but oh well.

Indiana Jones

Planet Pulp's theme this month is Indiana Jones so i thought i'd contribute something to that. I think i'll do a few more Indy characters, especially Mola Ram.

The Banana Stand

So due to the fact that I've been reading stories to my kids and watching a little tv before bed, I had the weirdest dream last night. It was basically Arrested Development by Richard Scarry. In it, the narrator from Arrested was reading a Richard Scarry book, but to the plot of the show.

When i mentioned it on twitter, @cool_collected made a hilarious comment about Bananas Gorilla manning the banana stand. From that, I immediately knew I had to draw the scene where Gob tells George Michael to give him a "Gob" (his name for a double-dipped banana with everything on it) with Lowly Worm standing in for Gob (and of course Bananas Gorilla standing in for George Michael). 

So here it is, a scene from Richard Scarry's Busy Development.

click for full view

Plastic Man

Well it's already been a month (and it went by way to quickly) and i'm still trying to live up to the name of this blog. Last month I experimented with a style, and while i enjoyed the end results, i didn't have as much fun creating it.

Yesterday, on the last day of my project, i set out to find a style that i enjoyed more at the drawing stage of the process and actually ended up with something i liked. I'm having so much fun with this style so i'm just going to keep on experimenting with it for the time being. Here is one of my all-time favorite superheroes, Plastic Man.

Batman

So I really feel like i'm fighting with my art lately. I'm not enjoying it like I used to and i feel like I spend more time creating vector shapes than anything else. I decided to try a process that was a bit more organic and less "digital," so here's the result! I have to say...I had a blast working on this. I didn't even take the time to sketch anything out, I just dove into Photoshop with some textured brushes and this was what happened. I hope you enjoy it!

The Adventures of Freddy Freeman

With all the talk of the Captain Marvel reboot DC is planning i felt like drawing Captain Marvel Jr. (or is it Shazam Jr. now?). Since i've always loved Freddy's color scheme, i thought i'd take a stab at him, in a more kid-friendly style.

Weapon 11

So it was my turn to pick the next weapon in the Epic Armory series, and i decided to go with the lightsaber (i chose Luke's orginal one). Make sure to check out the others over on dribbble.

Weapon 06

Another entry for the Epic Armory series, Raphael's weapon of choice.

Final Fantasy Sword

Today's illustration is another one for the Epic Armory project over on dribbble. I decided to do this one before i did any of the other old ones since the other guys all did there version of it. I've never been a huge Final Fantasy guy, but i've always loved this sword!