Another thing that I really love is cooking, and watching cooking shows. One show I really enjoy is "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives." If you haven't seen it, check it out, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. One night while I was watching Triple D, I saw this HUGE guy, just sitting there, enjoying his meal, and razzing the host a little. I took the best mental picture I could of him before the show cut away, grabbed my sketchbook, and just drew to my hearts content. Enjoy!
So one day on our way back to Sudbury, my friend Nate says to me, "what would happen if Sasquatch were to fight Dracula?" After taking a few seconds to contemplate this proposed fight, I said something along the lines of, "the most amazing fight ever!!!" We ended up talking about the amazing, fun, potential of this battle, and once we got back to our place, spent the rest of the night drawing up designs for the characters. I ended up focusing on my Sasquatch design because I thought it would give me the most difficulty. I had a great time drawing him and did a few different versions of the beast. When it came to Dracula, I was stumped. I wanted the nice classic 1930's Bela Lugosi look, but with a thinner, more gaunt looking form, and ridiculously huge hands. As you can see from above, Dracula never really was completely designed. Nevertheless, an idea for a short did form, and I did start on some very rough boards. I'll see if it goes anywhere. Hope you enjoy the drawings.
These are a few pages where I continued to develop my hero knight. Once I created the knight, I needed someone for him to battle, and who better than a mean looking Orc. For me, drawing out the fight between the two characters was really my favourite part, as I really got to explore the way the two characters would move, and react in battle. Of course the hero has to win. Besides, there are a lot more Orcs for him to battle with. Hope you enjoy the drawings!
This is my character that I've dubbed Hero Knight. As a matter of fact, these are some of the first ever drawings of the character too. I originally designed him as a simple character that I could do practice hand drawn animations with while I worked as a Flash Animator. Needless to say, my job engulfed me and I wasn't able to do the animations I would have liked to. However, the little Hero has kept showing up in my work from day to day, and I even started to develop a little story for him where he goes on a wild adventure to save a kidnapped princess. Believe me when I say, there will be more of him to come. 
