I faced down Hemingway’s greatest fear!
Woke up this morning excited about having the day off and having time to make a brand new post for Doodlehoose. Then immediately felt blocked. So i worked on drawing from reference, and from other artists with blah results. Then i decided to embrace the block, and today’s post was born.
I’m going home.
For my M*A*S*H reimagining Blake is not a draftee. Instead he’s career military, counting out the last few days until his twenty years are in and he can finally retire.
He only overlaps with Hawkeye for one year of service before his time in Korea is up. The reason you see such an uptick in Henry’s overall demeanor is this excitement about heading home… SPOILER ALERT… he doesn’t make it.
In Vito Veritas
Okay this week’s post was a tough one to get done. I tried many drawings and didn’t like them. Then I decided to use all stolen textures and that probably took longer to do than just digitally painting it. I wouldn’t know where to begin citing my sources, but I did purloin a pic of 1880s Tombstone Arizona for the background (or what the interweb claimed to be 1880s Tombstone- there was no fact checking for this post). Also the poster format is obviously snatched from the 1993 movie. This was inspired by a conversation I had with my brother last night wherein he could not stop coughing.
Here’s Hawkeye’s good buddy Trapper on his 365th day of active duty and his last.
I could care less, but it would be difficult.
In my re-imagining Pierce didn’t show up until a year into the war. Trapper was there from the beginning. They meet and spend a year making trouble for Blake and the rest of the 4077th, then Trapper goes home at the end of his two year stint.
J presents this week’s post “Birdies and Bombs.” He says that this work shows, “That birds can explode easily.” He said his inspiration was because, “He likes birds.” I asked him how that works with blowing them up and he said, “because I’m crazy.” I’m thinking it might also have something to do with his love of Angry Birds (I hope). I know his hunting grandpa might express the same feelings.
Gimme some sugar baby
While watching Burn Notice I decided to draw Bruce in an earlier incarnation. Didn’t get time to do the color, but I want to. Bruce Campbell is so good at making movies that are more fun to quote than to actually watch.
Was watching M*A*S*H the other night and started doodling. Ended up drawing two versions of each of the main characters (except Winchester, didn’t get Winchester done before I went to bed)
Here’s Hawkeye at the start of his tour and two years later at the end. Truly, war is the H word.
This isn’t a war, it’s a murder.
Fire me and I’ll fire you!
Okay last week was supposed to be dinosaurs in your face, but there were some issues with Doodlehoose Jr. and it didn’t get out. This week Doodlehoose Jr. is sick with a fever so we’re going to pinch hit a drawing he did of a dragon he did. It’s not necessarily in your face, but does seem to have some problem with the HR department.
J says that, “This dragon will eat your face” (which wasn’t quite what you were told to expect, but your face being in a dragon is kind of like a dinosaur in your face). J is still recovering so he didn’t have much more to say than that.
Look for us next week when J says you can expect, “A secret.”
Let me axe you a few questions
This week’s post is brought to you by random drawing and a wacom tablet to digitally paint. It’s rough because it didn’t come with enough patience. I hope you enjoy it, and let me know if it’s an Amazon or a Valkyrie because I can’t figure it out.
