I took the 30 Characters in 30 days challenge presented by these guys and drew a new character from scratch every day in November. I usually start these things and trail off by the end but this time I got through the whole thing. Here are my characters in order:
1. El Bib – Red Ballpoint
Bible backwards, El Bib’s name was already scrawled in my sketchbook. He seems like a good supporting character in a Western RPG.
2. Dr. Sword – Mechanical Pencil
Jonah came up with Dr. Sword when we were playing with his toy stethoscope and a paper towel tube. Dr. Sword can wield his blade with surgical precision. Damn, you can tell I haven’t been drawing much lately in this one.
3. Warrior of the Purple Sands - Illustrator
The warrior of the purple sands was inspired by this photo of Jonah at the Michigan Ren Fest. I liked the way the sifter looked like some weird yellow weapon and how his squire cut bangs reminded me of He-Man.
4. Mr. Munch – Sharpie and grey marker
I stand and stare out our kitchen window that overlooks our apartment complex’s parking lot, often with a bag of snacks in my hands. This is what I picture the neighbor kids calling me if they saw me there too often.
5. King Chicken of Book Mountain - Pencil
Inspired by the wire chicken whatever it is that sits on a pile of books near our couch. Jonah and I pretended this chicken was an evil King that required his Duplo people to perform degrading tasks. Seems like good storybook fodder to me.
6. Sparklebeard the Pirate - Illustrator
Sparklebeard’s fuzzy beard is coated in gold dust, causing it to glitter in the sun.
7. Nobot – Sharpie and grey marker
The other day I envisioned robots that were designed only to destroy themselves upon being turned on. This is the first design. I’d like to do a whole series of these and maybe build a couple of them. Any robot builders out there interested?
8. Hippy Hat Harold – Sharpie
I left my sketchbook out and Jonah graced it with a neat scribble. I turned it into Harold, a slumpy hippy fucker with a sweet hat.
9. Maniac Mike and his Magic Meat Skateboard – Sharpie and hi-liter
This one got a lot of attention when I posted it to Facebook. I’m not sure why Mike is a maniac or where he got his magic meat skateboard, but I’d play his video game.
10 & 11 Long John Creme-filled and Cranky Crueler – ballpoint pen
More pirate characters. These Donut N’er-do-wells plunder the sweet seas for SPRINKLES! Guess who went to QD for donuts this morning 
