Trying Something New, Nothing Borrowed, but Some Things Blue

The family that draws together, draws together.

The family that draws together, draws together.

I was very excited last week when my six year old said that he wanted to start posting on Doodlehoose as well. This site started out as a way for me to share my art with the world and make sure that I was creating every week. After a while I was able to convince my younger brother to join in the fun as Doodlehoose Too, and then the site became a way for the two of use to communicate over distance and with our art. My wife (she’s the one on the moose) has dropped in a cameo or two as well, and with my son taking on Wednesdays it seemed like time for redesign. Up top is the new logo, and I haven’t quite worked out the new theme yet. I’m frustrated with how the banner is coming out blurry when the source material is not.

Anyway we have a new theme, a new logo, and a new schedule. Give us feedback and look for more changes as we go.

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Bats in his belfry

Villians are, on average, a superstitious cowardly lot

Villians are, on average, a superstitious cowardly lot

He is the hero Gotham deserves.

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The Werewolf Has Arisen

AaawooooOOooooo

AaawooooOOooooo

This Wednesday introduces the amazingly talented Doodlehoose Jr. (J). Doodlehoose Jr. is six years old and looking forward to sharing his art with you. Come back on Wednesdays and check it out. He may not be able to get something up every week (after all it is his first year of school), but he’s gonna try.

J drew this werewolf and created the title so that you could have a little Halloween in February. Daddy (Robert Hoose) scanned it and added the black at his son’s command.

J gave us this story to go with the illustration. Oh no, the Werewolf has got me!

Come back next week. We’re going to do Lego drawings next week.

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A Bunny and a Guy in a Moth Suit

Can I put you down now or do I really have to carry you all the way. A deal is a deal.

“Can I put you down now or do I really have to carry you all the way.”” A deal is a deal.”

Here it is another installment of the cast of Doodlehoose meets the cast of The Tick!

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More Pugs because… PUGS!

So many crazy pugs

So many crazy pugs

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Rolling for Amusement

Matt's first run on the logo and box design

Matt’s first run on the logo and box design

An early version I did of the card

An early version I did of the card

Rolling RedesignMy second run at the card design (Garrett didn’t like this one)

 

This week’s post is in honor of one of my best friends Garrett Herdter. He has been designing games for several years and this year he will have his first three published! Rolling for Amusement is one of his games that is coming out in 2015. It’s is a dice rolling game where you try to build the best amusement park in the world (while also sabotaging competitors). My brother (Doodlehoose Two) and I did the concept art for the game box and cards. The company that picked it up went with a different artist, but the game is still super cool. You can support Garrett and get your own copy of the game over at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1976621458/rolling-for-amusement-0?ref=nav_search

Don’t waste anymore time and get your entrepreneurial juices going!

 

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Pug, pug, pug, pug

He's so plump his tail is uncurling.

He’s so plump his tail is uncurling.

Plus, a bonus Doodle Caption Contest, Winner gets a No Prize!

CaptionContest

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Universal

Howoooooooooo

Howoooooooooo

Gill Man by Hoose

I didn't ask to be created

I didn’t ask to be created

This week’s post is inspired by Skottie Young’s style and some class monsters. Wolfman, Gill Man and Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster (he never bother to name the poor fellow, but then again when you use the parts of so many different corpses who gets the naming rights?), and the Invisible Man (can you find him).

I made these by drawing them with a sharpy then coloring them with regular crayola markers (on both sides of regular copy paper) and spritzing them with water to blend the colors. Wolfman was the only one that I had to rework after it dried because his plaid shirt blended with his fur.

Hope you like them. I plan to do more.

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A Work In Progress

Something I doodled quickly for someone and has some changes coming at some point.

A Mad Man In A Blue Box

A Mad Man In A Blue Box

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Give me all your bacon and eggs

Kendra you know what? I am going to have that third steak after all...

Kendra you know what? I am going to have that third steak after all…

My brother has been having fun with Parks and Rec and I couldn’t resist jumping on the bandwagon. Here’s my Ronsong

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