A monster for Robots and Monsters based on the keywords happy, hairy, and gentle.
A robot for Robots and Monsters, based on the keywords portly, lovestruck, and monocle.
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I drew this double-page movie-themed puzzle for an upcoming issue of chickaDEE Magazine. It's a little noisier than my usual work, but that's the nature of a dense find-em puzzle. Less is less in this case.
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…the Thursday morning sun was bright and clear as it shone on Arthur Dent’s house for what was to be the last time.
I am cross-posting this from Picture Book Report.
Once I had decided to interpret The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I knew that this scene would be my first illustration. Whenever I even think about the story, it’s these first small chapters that enter my thoughts. It’s the opening scene in the text adventure game version, as well, which I never had the patience to conquer, and always found myself, in the role of Arthur Dent, dead before ever leaving the house.
I’ve always loved the parallels between the large, yellow bulldozers intent to demolish Arthur’s house and the large, yellow Vogon ships, which would do the same to the entire planet. The layout for this illustration drew itself.
I can remember being twelve years old, and reading this paragraph for the first time:
The great ships hung motionless in the sky, over every nation on Earth. Motionless they hung, huge, heavy, steady in the sky, a blasphemy against nature. Many people went straight into shock as their minds tried to encompass what they were looking at. The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t."
I must have re-read that last sentence at least ten times. What an odd, but wonderful analogy, I thought. It was one of those moments that seems exclusive to childhood — that feeling of having discovered something special that could become my very own. I felt a connection between myself and the words, and something in that sentence ignited in me an appreciation for looking at things with a slightly skewed perspective. I was soon to learn that Douglas Adams was a master at this in the way he blurred the lines between nonsense and clarity.
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Several weeks ago, Ken at OpenSRS asked if I'd be interested in helping him invent some sports teams to exist in the OpenSRS universe -- sports teams that the mascots and characters that populate their website would potentially join or be fans of. These teams would be realized in the form of t-shirts for OpenSRS staff and clients. Here are the final designs, which I think turned out great. In addition to designing the logos, I also got to brainstorm and give the teams their tames.
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I am excited to announce the launch of Picture Book Report -- fifteen different illustrators, each of them illustrating a scene from one of their favourite books, once a month. I'll be tackling Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.
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The latest monster drawing for Robots and Monsters. This one was based on the words dragon, feathered wings, and rain.
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John Martz is an illustrator, designer and cartoonist. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
He also blogs at Drawn!
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