Voodoo Doll

Voodoo Dolls are a New Orleans tradition that come in many shapes and sizes. Most of these dolls are just decorative fun but there are some that practice Voodoo spells and they believe that by making the doll look like a person they can control what happens to that person. Often pins or needles are used to poke the doll and cause pain to the person it represents.

In my drawing I wanted the Voodoo Doll to look like it was alive and walking through some trees (I almost never draw trees with leaves) and I wanted to have something written on his shirt and so I chose New Orleans own Dash Rip Rock who are a Rock/Country/Punk band that will knock your socks off to be the words on the shirt. The colors are Prismacolor and Copic Markers with some touch up in Adobe Photoshop. I had some problems with the purple markers running out and had to use a mixture of several different ones and on the scan you can really tell but on the original it doesn't look all that much different.

I love the voodoo that you do,
Kevin Johnson
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Voodoo Doll - Copyright © 2011 Kevin P. Johnson



Gargoyle Quick Sketch

It was suggested that I draw a gargoyle during the 31Monster in 31 Days but I passed on that idea but still want to do one and while I was sitting at work waiting for my computer to unfreeze I quickly sketched out a gargoyle.

I drew this with the Prismacolor COL-ERASE Blue pencil comic book artist Tim Lattie gave to me.

Thanks for looking,
Kevin Johnson
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Gargoyle - Copyright © 2011 Kevin P. Johnson

Goblin

This little drawing came out quite by accident I was planning on doing some other monsters and none of those were working when I stumbled upon drawing this weird little guy that I'm thinking is a Goblin. Goblins are nasty little creatures found in dark places and often travel in large numbers (they aren't much of a threat on their own.)

 I'm not sure why I gave him a shirt besides the fact it makes him look a bit funny and sot of nerdy. The colors are Copic Markers.

Thanks for looking,
Kevin Johnson
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Goblin - Copyright © 2011 Kevin P. Johnson

CONtraflow Convention sketches November 4-6, 2011

Well I did the CONtraflow Convention in New Orleans (Gretna), Louisiana this past weekend and attendance was really low but I did a few sketches for myself. These were mostly just ideas for better drawings to maybe do later.

I'm also throwing in some pictures of my table (it was an 8 foot table) with all my goodies that I have for sale.

Thanks for looking,

- Kevin Johnson
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The Boxer - Copyright © 2011 Kevin P. Johnson

It's Steam . . . Punk! - Copyright © 2011 Kevin P. Johnson

Weird Dragon Man - Copyright © 2011 Kevin P. Johnson

Weird Alien - Copyright © 2011 Kevin P. Johnson

Table photos from CONtraflow Convention New Orleans, LA November 4-6, 2011

Practicing Coloring A Monster With Adobe Photoshop

This is just a random monster that I drew so that I could practice with coloring in Adobe Photoshop. It's really pretty basic what I did but I hope to do more coloring with my comics and I need practice. I'd also  like to step up the color techniques I use a bit. There are a lot of things I need to work on but I didn't want to go too long without a new monster. Enjoy.

GROWL,
Kevin P. Johnson

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Color test monster - Copyright © 2011 Kevin P. Johnson