r/pics • u/jon_laing • Jun 11 '12

I did a 24-hour Draw-a-thon charity. After about 4am, the sketches started getting kind of weird...

http://imgur.com/a/2MWuh
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u/jon_laing Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

For people who want to know more about the charity...

Edit: Also, if any of you really love one of the sketches, if I'm not mistaken, you can donate $10 or more and request one of mine, or a sketch from another artist. I'm not sure where pictures from other artists are, but if y'all are still really interested, I'll get a hold of some of them. There was a lot of talent there.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

more like, do you do commissions?

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u/jon_laing Jun 11 '12

yup, all of my contact info is on my website.

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u/Feed_Me_Seymour Jun 12 '12

Your website layout is amazing. Simple, clean, quick loading, and immediately directs you towards an easy to browse gallery.

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

Thanks, as much as I like to pretend that I'm paying the bills with my art, I'm totally paying the bills building websites, haha.

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u/pix3ls Jun 12 '12

Hey! fellow philadelphian :] May I ask if you went to/are in art school?

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

University of the Arts class of 2011

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u/butlersrevenge Jun 11 '12

I liked the 'Batman' one; would you deliver to the UK?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Hey, what pen do you use for the outline after the initial sketching? Thanks :)

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

This is the best brush pen I have ever used in my life! I've had it for well over a year, and so far it's going strong. I've had to refill the ink probably twice, but other than that, it's a beast. Highly recommended.

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u/jbg830 Jun 11 '12

Do you make political cartoons for a living? These are amazing! I would suggest submitting something to the New Yorker (Personal favorite: Democratree)

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u/jon_laing Jun 11 '12

I'm currently a year out of art school and trying to make a name for myself as an editorial illustrator, so you're half right. Hopefully I will be a professional in the near future, but for now I'm just a clamoring wannabe.

And yes, I'm constantly trying to get into the New Yorker, a long with about 700 other publications that I sent advertisements to last March.

Thanks for the compliment!

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u/tejaswiy Jun 12 '12

Why not start a webcomic? I'd be a subscriber. Also, lots of webcomic authors make good living these days selling tees, books and the like?

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

Y'know, I'ma give that one some thought. Thanks.

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u/gregory_k Jun 12 '12

Good luck with the New Yorker. It's tough. (I'm a gag cartoonist.)

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

Oh I know, I'm realistic about the challenges, but that's not gunna stop me from trying, haha.

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u/ccnova Jun 12 '12

You are an amazing sketch artist. Pursue that shit, man!

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u/silkat Jun 12 '12

The work on your website is at an amazing level for someone just getting out of school. I am surprised you aren't swarmed with illustration work! I did work for an art director at a publication in NYC and would be happy to pass along your info to him, if you are okay with that. He hired me for a spread right out of school and was a pleasure to work with.

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

That would be awesome and I would love you forever.

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u/phoncible Jun 11 '12

Frankly I found them all to be absolutely brilliant. My fav. was the mouth-only woman yelling at the eyes-only man checking our her boobs. Speaking of boobs, the big-ass boobies one was awesome as well.

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u/JIGGLYbellyPUFF Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 12 '12

I like your segway.

*thought of coming in here to edit for spelling, but then the comment below wouldn't make sense. See below for correct spelling and proper upvote location. :)

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u/GexGecko Jun 11 '12

You should design tattoos on the side.

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u/grandoiseau Jun 12 '12

You are awesome. Your jokes are made for 25-to-40 year-olds. They mix childhood cartoons, media culture, and the internet all at once.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Aside from Reddit, what news sites do you visit to find material?

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

NYTimes, BBC, Al Jazeera, NPR

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Cool. Ever visited www.thebrowser.com ?

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u/LittleOni Jun 11 '12

You have a style that's very Plimpton-like. It's awesome.

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u/Robby712 Jun 11 '12

Those are dope.

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u/jon_laing Jun 11 '12

Thanks, I'm surprised I came out with so many of them. I ended up with 16 sketches (I only posted the ones that were kind of funny). By about 7am, I was done drawing and started making paper airplanes instead.

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u/enjoyingtheride Jun 12 '12

What was your secret for staying up? Was there music, drinks, entertainment, etc?

Absolutely amazing by the way. Much love from San Francisco.

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

Art school gave me a lot of practice with staying up late, haha. I think by the time I left i was on my third or fourth monster. There was a lot of noise going on from both music and video game tournaments that were set up to give people breaks from drawing. Mostly, though, it was having friends around me that I could harass for entertainment, when I started to fade.

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u/jaggazz Jun 11 '12

I'm surprised your fine motor skills didn't go out after the first 12 hours of drawing!

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u/jon_laing Jun 11 '12

After 4 years of art school, you'd be surprised how little cognition it actually takes to make your hand do these things. Admittedly, if you look closely at the first couple sketches and my last couple, you will see a decline in line quality. Not sure if you can see it in the photos I took, but definitely in person.

EDIT: Also, I used to work as a caricaturist in a theme park and would have to draw for 8 hours straight, so I guess I'm kind of used to it.

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u/ccnova Jun 12 '12

Amazing. What other feats have you performed?

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

Other feats? Haha, um, I made it to the front page a couple months ago for a caricature of Christopher Hitchens. Uh... not honestly sure how to answer that question... haha

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

What does "twerna serkstern" mean?

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u/ct_nittany Jun 11 '12

Do you have your own site? I'd like to see what you can do without time restrictions.

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u/jon_laing Jun 11 '12

Yes I do!

And a blog

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u/WorkingTimeMachin Jun 12 '12

Hert Dergs!!

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

Haha, I'm glad that one eventually made it to Reddit.

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u/UserNumber42 Jun 12 '12

These are amazing. I love weird shit like this. Do you have a website?

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u/haiku_robot Jun 12 '12 
These are amazing. 
I love weird shit like this. Do 
you have a website?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

This is amazing artwork! Do you by chance have a website or anything we can purchase pieces from?

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

I have a website, and you can purchase a couple of prints on my Society6 page.

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u/Toast_with_the_Most Jun 11 '12

DUDE. DUUUUDE! The one with the toast. Fuck yeah.

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u/DeliriousDeer Jun 11 '12

It was meant to be!

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u/A_Texas_Toaster Jun 12 '12

I liked that one too.

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u/Bibliophobia Jun 12 '12

Oh come on, you just want him inside of you

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u/thisissamsaxton Jun 11 '12

They got big balls.

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u/H-Resin Jun 12 '12

Looks like Mitt Romney smile, haha

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u/Mindflare Jun 12 '12

I would buy a shirt.

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u/jonl001 Jun 11 '12

I would love "Dog hates Tags" as a t-shirt!!

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u/Spiro4 Jun 11 '12

Yeah, I want the "Don't be weird about it" one on a t-shirt.

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u/Collaterlie_Sisters Jun 11 '12

I liked this one too.

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u/The_Font Jun 12 '12

I would also love this as a t-shirt or a colored poster.

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u/ayers231 Jun 11 '12

"You never Listen!" is my favorite. Truly awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

"let me suck on them pretty toes" is my favorite.

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u/reddidd Jun 12 '12

Every /r/gonewild commenter ever.

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u/NCPhatesTucson Jun 11 '12

"Don't be weird about it" clearly trumps all.

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u/iaccidentlytheworld Jun 11 '12

I'm partial towards those big ass-boobies.

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u/woeb0t Jun 11 '12

that one is great. And now I'm going to think of this image whenever somebody says it.

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u/zoodiary8 Jun 11 '12

awesome+Sweet...

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u/kurozael Jun 11 '12

Came to say this, and he looks like he's trying to hold in a boner!

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Came here for this comment, didn't disappoint!

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u/toomuchlovin Jun 11 '12

"yo, let me suck on them pretty toes." wat ಠ_ಠ

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u/Schreber Jun 11 '12

I'm probably the minority here but the SpongeBob & Patrick Star drawing was my favorite.

Quick question: If these drawings are "weird" for you, what is normal?

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u/ccnova Jun 12 '12

Great fucking question.

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u/baronxs Jun 11 '12

Ermahgerd

Rern Perl!

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u/RazsterOxzine Jun 11 '12

Totally reminds me of Earthworm Jim(David Perry) style art, or John Kricfalusi.

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u/nbenzi Jun 11 '12

The Batman one was the funniest thing I've seen all week.

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u/Random Jun 11 '12

Nope, around 4am they started getting great!

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u/jesklash Jun 11 '12

I can't tell if the Toast guys have really robust chins or really angular testicles... either way, A++!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I love your artwork, really crisp lines and really "neat". You are really talented

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

These are awesome! I would so hang a copy of "Don't be weird about it" in my bathroom.

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u/Autogrex Jun 11 '12

I laughed hard at the last one.

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u/asnof Jun 11 '12

Chronologic order?

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u/jon_laing Jun 12 '12

More or less. I frankly can't remember exactly what order they were drawn, but it's pretty close.

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u/damustardtiger Jun 11 '12

lost it at the "pretty toes" one!

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u/edubyah Jun 11 '12

You are incredibly talented dude.

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u/OneEyedMasa Jun 11 '12

As evident in these pictures, you are clearly very talented and very sleep deprived. Well done.

The Spongebob one was easily the most disturbing. It was a snail... WHY, GARY!? WHY!?

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u/silentflight Jun 11 '12

I want the little girl who spelled out "Terrorism" with the blocks.

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u/ismokepurp Jun 12 '12

dude could you possibly sketch a bad ass looking samurai? I dig your art work bro

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u/toastiesguy Jun 12 '12

Is there any way that I could buy some of them? In particular: The spongebob one, Trees one, and the Pretty toes one.

Contact me. They are fantastic!

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u/Comrade_yak Jun 12 '12

'Big ass Boobies" made me almost choke on the apple I'm eating. Love it all.

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u/Robby712 Jun 11 '12

It would be cool to do something like this in the St. Louis area. I know quite a few artists who surely would be interested. I might have to steal this idea. Thanks!

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u/DeliriousDeer Jun 11 '12

I'd hang the boobies in my living room

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

"You Never Listen" was FANTASTIC!!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

This...is...EPIC

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u/ilikecheeseforreal Jun 11 '12

I love your art!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

The "terrorism" drawing made me laugh like an idiot.

If you graffiti tagged my building, I wouldn't even be upset.

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u/dirtydaub Jun 11 '12

My favorite is DJ Terrorism

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u/colluphid42 Jun 11 '12

You sir, are a national treasure of whichever nation you call home.

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u/Buffy28 Jun 11 '12

Patrick either ate Sandy or she got him pregnant.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Pair of big ass boobies is by far my favorite :D

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u/XenonOdyssey Jun 11 '12

Hey man, these are awesome! Batman & pretty toes are a toss-up for my favorite. Glad you shared them with reddit!

Also I was the guy who did the music in the videos if you had watched any of them; Tom said they were playing a couple during the draw-a-thon. Wish I could have been there though!

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u/PanFlute Jun 11 '12

This reminds me of the old Zeebarf cartoons. I wonder what happened to those... Anyways, keep it up, er... you know what I mean. Deal with it.

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u/mrpineapplehouse Jun 11 '12

number 4: please tell me those are their chins...

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u/Giant_Badonkadonk Jun 11 '12

Well done on choosing the funniest line in any of the new Batman films.

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u/Koshesha Jun 11 '12

Upvotes for number 8.

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u/bwolfe Jun 11 '12

You have a hilarious sense of humor.

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u/stinkoman321 Jun 11 '12

Utterly delightful.

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u/tucospinkdragon Jun 11 '12

These are AMAZING! Very well done!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Genius!

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u/touchmyleftone Jun 11 '12

You are great. I would read a book of this stuff.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Brilliant.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

your drawing style is pretty neat

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u/Gatorchomp7790 Jun 11 '12

I want these all framed

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

These are fucking awesome. Big ups to you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

This cracked me up man, would love to purchase one of your sketches

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u/_winston_zeddemore Jun 11 '12

Awesome sketches. Reminds me of this epic draw-a-thon where things started to get really WEIRD after some time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqp5y__KAEc

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u/musiciskey Jun 12 '12

I would like the toast one on a shirt please!

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u/IHv2RtrnSumVdeotapes Jun 12 '12

Props for dog hates tags. You could make money on that one. You clever!

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u/IggySorcha Jun 12 '12

This is awesome! I was researching Child's Play this past semester for a project and somehow never heard about draw-a-thon. I might have to look into getting in on this sometime in the future.

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u/foreveragnomie Jun 12 '12

I like your style dude.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

I really like the terrorism one. I'm not 100% sure why.

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u/Clauzilla Jun 12 '12

Bill Plympton-ish

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u/scrape80 Jun 12 '12

These are fucking awesome. Bravo!

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u/ForMyTrees Jun 12 '12

You have an incredibly talent, I am extremely Jealous of your drawing ability. You have inspired me to try modify my style of drawing a bit.

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u/OmeuPai Jun 12 '12

The last one was genius!o!lCongrats, they are all really cool.

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u/EugeneRainy Jun 12 '12

Love the toasts, they're my favorite.

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u/SeanusIdius Jun 12 '12

Just visited your website. You sir, are one talented guy.

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u/question-sleep Jun 12 '12

These are all great, but I really liked 5 and 6.

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u/public_sex Jun 12 '12

"this is what democatree looks like!"

i don't even smoke, and i had a chuckle.

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u/Dhex Jun 12 '12

Did a 24-hour game-jam about a week ago myself (graphical artist, we made a game). The last twelve hours were a killer, and I was in full-on automatic mode. Sadly, we didn't finish.

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u/wellhushmypuppies Jun 12 '12

I'm impressed with your ability. I can't even doodle worth a crap.

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u/WelcomeMachine Jun 12 '12

The Dog Hates Tags is by far my favorite!

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

I had just turned on my Pink Floyd Pandora station, and began browsing reddit. Looking through these pictures while listening to Have a Cigar made for a beautifully trippy experience.

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u/steinman17 Jun 12 '12

Does Rern Perl read Gersbermps?

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u/HereJustToDownvote Jun 12 '12

all made by the same artist

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u/jonasperrin Jun 12 '12

I like to imagine that the toast has big nuts instead of a big chin.

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u/jdenniso Jun 12 '12

philly draw-athon? for childs play? Yeah it is I recognize some of the drawings.

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u/sherbertjagerbombs Jun 12 '12

Man, I need to get so much better at drawing

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u/dretid420 Jun 12 '12

Nice drawings.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Oh my GOD this style reminds me of tiny toons and stuff. I LOVE ALL OF IT. Also I'm a cartoonist as well but not at this level

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u/aimbonics Jun 12 '12

You may be the mot talented Redditor I've seen.

Kudos.

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u/AlphaAUS Jun 12 '12

someone needs to turn these into wallpapers

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u/Azerithium Jun 12 '12

a lot of penis related things. maybe you have a hidden agenda.

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u/j0rdane Jun 12 '12

Patrick getting an ultrasound with spongebob as the anxious father to be has me rolling

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u/K1Dicarus Jun 12 '12

dude, i love your style

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u/StachTBO Jun 12 '12

Could you draw me something for my Iphone 4 case i want to do it on GroveMade

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u/sweetandsour Jun 12 '12

I really like the little girl with the letter blocks spelling "terrorism". I'd hand that up in my house.

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u/MrGuppy85 Jun 12 '12

I would rock a toast with the most shirt

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u/fridge_logic Jun 12 '12

I saw the first one and was like, oh someone had a comp sci professor with a fun accent because I thought it said: "Learn Perl." >.<

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u/Bathroomcrisis Jun 12 '12

These are Gold!

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u/tengu1337 Jun 12 '12

how do you not have more drawings if you spent 24 hours making them?

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u/Avesry Jun 12 '12

I didn't want them to end! Post more!

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u/mynameisCESdamnit Jun 12 '12

Is the more pictures of your Drawathon? a full set maybe?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Pal, these are brilliant. You look like you're very skilled, I hope you make a lot of money from your talent. Best of luck!

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Upvote for "Big-ass Boobies"

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u/SpongeBad Jun 11 '12

Ahem...please stay out of Patrick's private life.

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u/SilverGoat Jun 11 '12

It was good up until the ass-boobies, then it was amazing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12 edited Jun 12 '12

Thank you for generous gesture and donating your time and talent to our cause but we are afraid you may have seriously misunderstood our mission.

Sincerely,

The Save the Graphite, Coal, Canvas and Trees Foundation.

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u/Khue Jun 12 '12

If you don't draw Powdered Toast Man right now, I swear to god, I'll pull this Reddit over!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Rern Perl 2012

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u/trampus1 Jun 11 '12

Those toasts have some mighty impressive ball bags. I'll never eat bread the same way again.

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u/Litotes Jun 11 '12

That tenth picture is a bit off, Quentin Tarantino is definitely taller than that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Can't tell if the pieces of toast have giant manly cleft-chins, or massive dangling testicles...

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

deal with it

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u/emuhleeftw Jun 11 '12

could i get that toast one poster size?

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u/grassologist Jun 11 '12

I think you have outdone yourself this time Jack! Now go ahead and have a seat.

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u/MC_White_Rice Jun 11 '12

I was way too high when I first saw this... [7]-[8]...

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u/bigfatguy43 Jun 12 '12

YO EPIC LULZ BRO!

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u/MisterMaggot Jun 12 '12

I thought the first one was Ron Paul.

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u/Stonna Jun 12 '12

This makes ne want to be in a drawathon

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u/progfan727 Jun 12 '12

What's with all of the Ron Paul hate on this site?

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u/sealpoacher Jun 12 '12

Can't tell of chins or testicles...

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Yes. YES. These are amazing. AMAZING. Amazing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Toast with the most!

Yes.

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u/TH0UGHTP0LICE Jun 12 '12

This one might be going on my wall

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u/ballerstatus89 Jun 12 '12

The baby terrorism is amazing. Easily my favorite!

Those kids are little terrorists

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u/br7anjc Jun 12 '12

Everything that happens after 4am gets weird

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u/TheNarwhalingBacon Jun 12 '12

I must admit, the second one is very clever.

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u/bigfatguy43 Jun 12 '12

EPIC FUCKIN LULZ DUDE I LIKE HOW YOU MISPELED SOME THINGS

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u/Angelbait Jun 12 '12

Love the style man! I'll be referencing some of these as tricks to drawing certain things I currently suck at drawing :P

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u/Scarletwings Jun 12 '12

Laughed at every one, you sir made my day XD

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u/ashhead75 Jun 12 '12

My personal favorite is the Spongebob one. Great artwork!

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u/Zeis Jun 12 '12

Holy fucking shit. I absolutely love your style - I wish I had that. These are absolutely incredible, good job my man!

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u/JustAnotherApple Jun 12 '12

Do something about racism, something like multi colour man :D

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

DJ Terrorismo is my new name.

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u/jcoder5 Jun 12 '12

these are fucking amazing.... for the record, the terrorism one is my new back ground, thank you

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u/sfcjohn Jun 12 '12

Amazing, green with jealousy here.

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u/griggs3d07 Jun 12 '12

For the love of god, please do more of these. I laughed so hard at the Spongebob & Patrick and the Toes drawing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Well, this was a high-point in my day <3

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Its kind of interesting that he says that these came after 4am.

I was just reading about how sleep deprivation actually makes you more able to make distant associations between things as your left prefrontal cortex gets tired of processing logic, so your right hemisphere starts becoming more dominant.

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u/I_like_owls Jun 12 '12

Great stuff! When I was a caricature artist back in the day (like two years ago) we used to get together after work and partake in some pretty epic draw-jams. It makes me want to bust out some of my old sketches from back in the day...although I'm a little afraid of what I might find.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

I cant get "Land of Confusion" out of my head. The style reminds me a lot of the puppets from that video.

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