Freak & Freak Illustrations

In September/October of 2012 I worked freelance for, you guessed it, Sonic Bunny Productions. They were pitching a show idea, "Freak & Freak," to a network and needed illustrations to fill in some gaps in their pitch bible. What I submitted was b&w linework, but I added some tones for this update.

The show would have been a stop-motion animated comedy about a school of circus freaks. Here's what I contributed:

Character Illustrations

Willy, the lizard boy:

Latyr, half-goat, half-boy (and best friend of Willy):

Three-Headed Girls:

Scene Illustrations

Opening illustration:

"The Walkabout" (Willy and Latyr find themselves on a spiritual journey full of hallucinations):

"The Costume Caper" (Willy and Latyr scheme to steal the ringmaster's suit):

"King Miba's New Pet" (Willy and Latyr must rescue their friend, Sherman the Merman, from a ruthless cannibal king):

"Goose is Loose" (an escaped chicken and rabbit interbreed  releasing a horde of hybrid offspring, and it's up to Willy to catch them all):

"Lice Alert!" (The school is hit by a plague of lice, hijinks ensue):

"Barter Stars" (Latyr goes from rags to riches in the barter game, while all Willy wants is his stuffed bear):

Spy poster

I draw a comic on the side called Carzorthade, which is about a kid's online avatars, specifically his forum and chat usernames, crossing over into his world. Along the way I introduced a few new characters, some of which entered permanently into the cast, others gained a spin-off series, and some vanished entirely.

One of the characters, Campion Blaine, an obvious parody of James Bond, was one character that was almost entirely forgotten. That is, until a comic-making friend sent me a few guest comics with Blaine in the starring role. I enjoyed them so much I asked him to take the character for himself, which he declined. Instead, he wrote a small miniseries and asked if I wanted to illustrate them. The material was so good I immediately agreed. However, this was in the middle of college which was taking more and more of my spare time, causing me to drop comics altogether.

Well, I'm managing my time more efficiently now.


I drew a lot of inspiration from this:


This was an experiment as the inks are in Flash, and the colors in Photoshop. Previously, I only made comics in Flash. However, my previous job (the one I was laid off from) gave me a lot of work involving Photoshop so I've since become more comfortable with layers, brushes, and colors. I'm hoping that as I draw the actual comics, which I'll upload here, I can continue to experiment with brushes, color, and texture.