060_Shirley-and-Charlie

060_Shirley-and-Charlie
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

“The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.”

-Erma Bombeck

An image like this would make a great gift for that cubical or next to your wedding picture.

061_Megan-&-Ben

061_Megan-&-Ben
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

“Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.”

-Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, 1859

This image would make a great gift for that cubical or over the mantle.

065_Yoda-and-Wookies

065_Yoda-and-Wookies
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

-Yoda
Star Wars:The Phantom Menace

“Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.”

-Yoda
Star Wars: The Empire Srikes Back

062_Angelina-Faith-Dracul

062_Angelina-Faith-Dracul
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

This is my first drawing for an RPG player, her character is described below. Vampires are always fun to draw, maybe I'll get a zombie request soon.

About this Drawing:

Was born in a small town in the United States. Raised by parents who are full blooded wizards. She was the youngest of four, and all attended Hogwarts. She trained as mage and a healer, finished school and did some traveling. Her aunt passed away and left her a castle and belongings in the United Kingdom and looked at the home, it was to big for just me so I let some of my closest friends and their family live there. Shortly after I moved to the United Kingdom I met and fell in love with Barty Crouch Jr.. He was with another, she was a powerful witch and being. I was warned and threatened to stay away from him but I didn't listen. My dear friend MariLee wanted to help protect me by biting me and turned me into a Vampire. This opened a hole new world for me leaving my birth name and family behind, I took the name Angelina Dracul.

Classic DrawsumthinCool: 003_mermaid

003_mermaid
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

About this drawing:

Meet Pearl.

Growing up is hard enough, but when you grow up under the sea it's just plain crazy. There are dangers everywhere, sharks, giant squids, electric eels, and including from above.

But life is what you make of it, and there is no other place like under the sea.

064_Wednesdays-with-Na_Na

064_Wednesdays-with-Na_Na
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

Hey Kids...

Sorry it has taken so long since I've posted. But I've been busy with t-shirt art, proposals, podcasing, drawsumthincool, and life in general I haven't had a chance to put anything up. But I swear here is more on the way, so share and enjoy.

-Matt

About this Drawing:

Wednesday is the day that Na-Na and Jack play.
Jack is a play hard kind of guy, but when he wears himself out he likes to curl up with Na-Na for a nice nap.


An image like this would make a great gift for that cubical or next to the Shillelagh.

I (heart) Steampunk.

Classic DrawsumthinCool: 002-princess

002-princess
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

About this drawing:

In a world that is beside our own there is a world where they live by the gun and the sword, and are ruled over by a monarchy. A princess who is being groomed to take over her kingdom is the target of growing coup by dark forces.

She decides take action and follow the "Way of the gun."

063_A-Sunday-Stroll

063_A-Sunday-Stroll
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

About this drawing:

Sundays are the day that Gung-Gung and Jack go for their stroll. Sundays are the best days for stroll down to the park. The streets are quiet, kids are out playing and Gung-Gung also like to bring Blondie “the dog”.

Today Jack insisted that he held Blondie’s leash, and when a taunting squirrel crossed their path, Jack learned how to wrangle a charging beast!

An image like this would make a great gift for that cubical or next to the bottle of animal tranquilizers.

Classic DrawsumthinCool: 001_Spiff

001_Spiff
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

Hey Kids.

I know I haven't posted in two days. It's not because I haven't been busy. I'm actually hard at work, and I'm sitting on five new illustrations I want to post. But the problem is that most are gifts and I don't want to accidentally give away the surprise.

So...I have a bunch of stuff that I haven't posted before I started this blog or the Doubledorkmeter Podcast site. I please enjoy some classic DrawsumthinCool and check back because I'll have new stuff up in the next day or two.

Thanks.

-Matt

DrawsumthinCool: 001_Spiff

Meet Spiff.

Space adventurer! No planet is to mean, or alien punk to tough to take down Spiff. He travels the Galaxy in search of adventure. No task is to dangerous with this trusty blaster at his side.

This image would make a great gift for that cubical or over the mantle or next to your blaster charger.

This artwork is still for sale. If you are interested in purchasing this art please e-mail us and let us know.

I'm a somebody!

Hey Folks!

Couple months back my favorite serial audio drama podcast (Wormwood) put out the call for episodic show art. By the way Wormwood is an incredible Horror/Mystery serial podcast, which is funny, and dark with a huge cast of interesting characters voiced by a small but incredibly talented troupe.

If you are a fan of Steve Niles, or Twin Peaks you will love this show.

Anyways... I decided that I'd like to contribute my depiction of the lovely sarcastic Sparrow, the assistant to Dr. Xander Crowe and my favorite character.



I thought I would include the before show number and title.


After Show number and title.

So if your into the theatre of the mind check out: Wormwood. You won't regret it.

058_Motherhood

058_Motherhood
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

058_Motherhood

About this Drawing:

"So when the great word 'Mother!' rang once more,
I saw at last its meaning and its place;
Not the blind passion of the brooding past,
But Mother -- the World's Mother -- come at last,
To love as she had never loved before --
To feed and guard and teach the human race."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman

An image like this would make a great gift for that cubical or next to the crib.

Ninja-bot FTW!

About a week or two ago I made a post on Facebook and Twitter, asking "Ninja vs. Robots, who would win?"

The overwhelming response was Ninja-Robot!

So I present a rough sketch of Ninja-Bot!

This Droid will be the main villian in this years Leong family comic cover!

In previous years we've had the Family Adventure cover...

and the Matt and Jack roaming the 7th Layer of Hell in "DriftWorld" (which some day may find it's way into an audiodrama.)


But this year I'm putting the family back into peril while we fight Ninja-Robots! So stay posted and you'll see roughs, pencils, inks, and full colour!

So stay tuned!

DrawsumthinCool Presents: The Doubledorkmeter Podcast #60!

DrawsumthinCool Presents:
The Doubledorkmeter Podcast #60
The Gadget Show!

Listen here!

Theme song

1.Apology
2.Gadgets
3.Song: Company Man by Power Pop group: Edmund's Crown
4. A word from our sponsor-DrawsumthinCool
5.Outro

Close:
-the music provided tonight from the PodShow Podsafe Music Network. Check it out at 'music.podshow.com'"

Please leave me a review at itunes.

http://www.doubledorkmeter.libsyn.com

You meet some intresting people in Jersey.

This is a video capture done by a guy I went to school with back in Jersey.

His name is Ted Kim, and his Kung-Fu is mighty.

If you like his stuff you might want to follow his blog.

Share and enjoy.

057_honeybee

057_honeybee
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

About this Drawing:

"The wild Bee reels from bough to bough With (her) furry coat and (her) gauzy wing, Now in a lily cup, and now Setting a jacinth bell a-swing, In (her) wandering."

Author: Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde)
Source: Her Voice

An image like this would make a great gift for that cubical or over the mantle or next to the jar of honey in your breakfast nook.

056_ladybug

056_ladybug
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

About this Drawing:

Quoted from Wikipedia about Ladybugs:

In parts of Northern Europe, tradition says that one's wish granted if a ladybird lands on oneself (this tradition lives on in North America, where children capture a ladybird, make a wish, and then "blow it away" back home to make the wish come true). In Italy, it is said by some that if a ladybird flies into one's bedroom, it is considered good luck. In central Europe, a ladybird crawling across a girl's hand is thought to mean she will get married within the year. In some cultures they are referred to as lucky bugs (Turkish: uğur böceği)

An image like this would make a great gift for that cubical or next to your view of the garden.

055_Victory!

055_Victory
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

About this Drawing:

The Great Gran-Dan-O has finally met his match.
No one could expected “The Fury of the Carnage Cousins!”

Gran-Dan-O never saw it coming as Tornado Tyler administered a brutal ankle biting attack. Then to be brought down the Marvelous Mason’s Flying Noogie Smack-Down!

This was a brilliant VICTORY for the rookie pair-up!

But the Great Gran-Dan-O spoke to our correspondent after the match and swears that there will be a rematch as soon as the room stops spinning.

An image like this would make a great gift for that cubical or next to the tube of BenGay on the nightstand.

Wish I was in Colorado...

Man. I'm sittin here while Jack is takin his bath I'm going through the
pictures on my phone and came across this pic from Colorado last year.

There was nothing like standing on top of that mountain, looking out at
everything. The brisk cold air in my lungs and the clear blue sky broken
up by mountain peaks. Then the sensation of snow running underfoot the
rush of air across your face, then the sound of snow crunching before it
flies up in a giant white cloud as your skis dig in.

Just another day in paradise.

DDMPC_ep_059_The O'-Nine New Years Show

1.What's been up?
2.Drawsumthin Cool!
3.Obama is comin.
4.Song-Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance by Jonathan Coulton
5. Outro

Click here to listen!

054_Wagon Bullet Train!

054_Wagon Bullet Train!
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

About this Drawing:

There is nothing more relaxing then a trip to the park on a lazy Sunday afternoon...

That was until Tyler decided to take the wheel on the wagon and plummet down the steepest hill they could find!

“Wait!” screamed Grandpa Dan, as he chased after Tyler and Mason.

The Wagon only picked up speed as if Grandpa Dan’s desperate cries were rocket fuel that propelled them onwards to adventure and juice boxes!

An image like this would make a great gift for that cubical or next to your plush tiger doll.

053_The-Great-Gran-Dan-O

053_The-Great-Gran-Dan-O
Originally uploaded by doubledorkmeter

About this Drawing:

Sunday...Sunday...Sunday!

Meet the Great-Gran-Dan-O!

The Gran-Daddy of all Professional Wrestlers! No toddler can equal his mighty “Hang you upside down attack”. Or can out manuver his “Tickle you while you squeal” technique.

See him tonight at the Pak-N-Play Dome of Thunder!

If you Dare!

An image like this would make a great gift for that cubical or over the mantle or next to your World Championship Wresting belt.