Robin! Hand me the cannister of Bat-Shark repellent!

History lesson boys and girls. A long time ago, batman was played by an actor named Adam West! You may know him now as the mayor from Family Guy but way back in the 1960's he was the caped crusader! The original Batman movie had Batman and Robin fighting the likes of Joker, CatWoman, The Penguin, and the Riddler all at once!!! And let's not forget about the scene where a shark jumps out of the ocean and bites onto Batmans leg while he dangles from a ladder attached to the Bat-Copter!!! Luckily bats had some Bat-Shark repellent on hand and the shark fell safely into the ocean... This was a real quick and unfinished drawing but dammit that was a "classic" scene and for some reason I can't get that horrible movie out of my head!!!

Oldies but goodies

Like I have said before, I enjoy sharpies. If I would take more time I could even out the blacks and make it look "cleaner" but again I got lost having fun drawing a few of Universal Studios famous movie monsters.

I'm going to have to fix this one up, maybe add some color to it and show it again, or I might get distracted and take a nap. Only time will tell.

Yes... that is a Fraggle

His name is Boober, and he was the doom and gloom Fraggle. My wife Nicole gives me ideas of things to draw to help expand my drawing knowledge. As we sat here geeking it out to video games and comic art she turned to me and said, "you need to draw a Fraggle!" What the hell... I really enjoyed drawing him, I got to have a little fun with color and it was a pretty quick drawing. You can almost smell the freshly eaten Dozer sticks... For any kids out there not knowing what I am talking about feel free to Google the wonderful world of Fraggle Rock!

It's-a me Mario!!!

The wife was busting out some old school Super Mario World last night and that made me have to do a pen and ink sketch of my man Mario. I hope that Bullet Bill doesn't have any plans for old Mario, he's got a princess to save! I'm trying to adjust my style where it looks good and I can get drawings done quickly. This is one of the next steps in my plan. Develop a quicker style, perfect backgrounds, work on panel art, send off submissions and make money drawing comics!!!!!!

The ghost with the most!

I got bit by the motivation bug last night. I sat down with some scrap paper, an HB pencil and a sharpie marker. I have always loved sharpies, I have no idea why, usually the blacks aren't consistent but something about the bold lines they leave... Anyway, here is my take on Beetlejuice! I took away some of the more human facial features and darkened him up a bit. I have another I'm still working on where he looks more real and decomposed and will post that one later but for now here's this one. I did have a lot of fun drawing the ghost with the most!

Arkham Asylum's Finest

It would be my dream job to draw a batman book, I have always wanted to put my interpretations of the batman characters out there. I wanted to start with the villians. Batman had the BEST bad guys and the riddler always fell short. The classic Riddler was a lame 2nd stringer version of the joker, Jim Carrey's version was...well let's just say that the entire batman franchise was headed in the wrong direction. My batman universe would be more twisted, there is a lot of sick deranged goings on in Gotham city and my riddler is a great example. I traded the question mark suit coat for a body scarred and tattooed with question marks. There is no mask, but you can't see his face. The biggest riddle about my riddler is no one knows who he is all batman knows is that he is literally obsessed with 2 things, the riddle and the death and demise of batman. Yeah I know... you guys just read a hard core geek moment in my life but I really like the sketch, this one was fun and there will be more to come.

Who ya gonna call?!?!

Here is a sketch I did of a ghostbuster, along with everybody's favorite spooks; the Staypuff Marshmallow Man and Slimer!! This is a simple pencil sketch I did because my adorable nephew is 2 and LOVES the "ghosbussers" so here you go...

Spider-man, spider-man doin' whatever a spider can...

Here is a pencil sketch of Spidey hanging out on a building ledge. I like the younger nerdy Spidey and I thought a cartoonie look was nice. I know I put my rough sketches on here and they don't always look top notch, but I don't use software to refine my work. I hope it will eventually make me develop a cleaner style but for now I hope you like the rough stuff... um, anyway here's your friendly neighborhood spider-man.

Tin men and winged primates oh my!!!

Here are my takes on some of the Wizard of Oz characters. These two are just pencil sketches that I inked with a fine line sharpie. I wanted to

give the flying monkey a more menacing and mamilian look so I opted for bat wings I threw the bell hop cap in for fun. The tin-man I wanted to show frozen in time, almost like he was working on escaping then...just couldn't. These sketches put an idea in my head to revamp the Oz story but lets not jump the gun yet. I'm just getting started.

Let me know what you think. I realize that these sketches look a little rough, I inked my pencils and didnt erase the rough edges. These are concept sketches, just quick drawings to put thought on paper. I want to put different levels of my art work up in different stages, it's kinda like viewing my thought process and it helps me figure out what to do next.

This is a pencil drawing I did of good old St. Nick if he had gotten caught in a zombie attack! I have an obsession with zombies, as a matter of fact one of the first things my wife and I found out that we had in common is that we would both be well prepared to survive in case of a zombie attack. True love. Anyway this is just a pencil sketch that I did to have fun, hope you like it and let me know what else you might want to see.

Art, life, and random comments: My very first blog

Well, My name is James Kyle. I am a happily married 30 year old living in DeSoto, Missouri with my wonderful wife Nicole. I work at a home for special needs individuals, go to school full time to be a teacher and all around I'm happy with my life... Except for one thing.

I've always wanted to be a comic book artist. Ever since I was a little chubby boy I have loved the images and storys that comic books have to offer. I found hope and security knowing that there were heroes doing good for the world in those comics I read. I soon found myself drawing those heroes I looked up to and found out that I wasn't that bad at it. Soon I found refuge in a group of young comic lovers drawing our own crude versions of our famous comics, but I never stopped drawing.

It's been 30 years now and drawing has taken a back seat to everyday life. I was to the point of just doing doodles in my free time, but my wife, in all her loving and understanding has prompted me to pick up my pencils and give it one last shot.

Here I am back at the drawing board. I will be posting drawings and taking critiques and suggestions. I will also be telling random tidbits from life just to keep it interesting. I don't know if it will do any good but hopefully through this I will find my confidence in drawing again and maybe... Just maybe someone will see my drawings and I can get my foot in the door to a career doing my art.

I hope you enjoy it and like I said, leave suggestions. Any odd ideas or characters you want to see done just let me know and I will draw it up. I will try to post daily and I look foreward to this experience.