Theodore Roosevelt

This is Theodore Roosevelt. He has the memento around his neck. Have I mentioned the memento yet? It makes you invincible.

So, Theodore Roosevelt was giving a speech in Milwaukee Wisconsin on October 14, 1912. And then some saloonkeeper decides to shoot him point blank in the chest. And what does Roosevelt do? He says "Bump that, I've got a speech to give." And he gives it. And it's ninety minutes long. And when he goes to the hospital, he tells them to just leave the bullet in there. 

So there's no way Theodore Roosevelt was not secretly invincible, at least for a time in October 1912.

Finished!

I think this is it. So this is State, the number two character in The Mug Club. He's an empiricist and is the innocence side of the argument. He values science, logic, and an objective truth, so I drew him conducting some sort of catapult physics project.

Also, in terms of appreciation of art, he's a classicist, and believes in beauty and mastery of craft, so there is a little more attention paid to the environment and details. The classicist believes in beausty, so there's more of a focus on his environment and the naturalistic setting than the figure and the narrative being told by him.

Continnued Progress

This is still in progress, but this time, with more progress.

IN PROG

This is in progress.

Joel doin' a little filmmakin.'

This one took far too long. I think I like it?

Because I Promised

Here are some reference photos I took last night. I hope illustrations of these will pop up in the next day or so. There's Chris Jopp/ Ned Hurley as Toby, Ooter as Joel, Phong Tran as State and Rachel Jenkins as Claire.

Walking like it's the West Wing.

Hang glidin.'

Having a reflective moment.

Why Not Monster?

This is a cereal box design I'm doing for my storyboarding class. It features main Mug Cub member Joel, but this can't actually be used in the official senior project. Joel, you see, is a monster, but this is never actually mentioned in the show. Joel serves as a comment on the universe these characters exist in. There are weird, sci-fi things going on here, but some of them are just normal. It's up to me to spell out what's normal and what isn't.

Getting There

Now with color mock-up?

The Sky's the Limit

I'm putting up this sketch so I am forced to finish the illustration tonight. It's from the second episode of The Mug Club, "The Sky's the Limit," and it features Toby, State, and Claire as they rocket towards the sky in Toby's ridiculous hang glider. It takes place at Checkerboard Field, which may have an important part in The Mug Club mythology.

Feelin' Fine

Okay, it's done. Toby is STOKED.


I think it's done now. It looks like a Fran illustration.

Not sure if this one is done or not. The colors may change. But this is the main character in The Mug Club, Toby Mears. He loves carnivals.

Welcome to The Mug Club blog! Here I'll be posting info on my upcoming senior project, as well as complete and in-progress illustrations. Here's the first finished illustration now!