simon the brain tumor gets the eviction notice (concept art)

“simon the brain tumor gets the eviction notice” concept sketches (4/15/22)

lol, if you guys ever really read my notes you truly know i cannot spell…and i’m ok with that, at least in my sketchbooks.

some of you know where this idea spawned from, and for those of you who don’t, well that will just have to be a tale for another time… (oh, the suspense!)

this is me trying to attain accountability here from all of you. i am going to give inktober another go this fall. i’m gonna do it! follow through, follow through! but this time, i’m more determined than ever. here is the plan…i am going to make “simon the brain tumor” into a comic strip…not sure how long or any of those things. i know nothing about any of the comic strip technical terms. but have been studying “calvin and hobbes” and other great strips to learn more about all of this. cause its magic right now. the first strip (or whatever it’s called) will be about simon getting a surprising letter in the mail, an eviction notice…(snickering) poor lil’ simon. well, he deserves it! Hey, who let him rent that space in the first place? time for that lil’ (expletive) to go…!

here i did expression studies from various other artists (god bless pinterest!) and did a character study of simon. through inktober i solemnly vow to do a brush pen, inked drawing of simon for every day of October. exploring all his moods and behaviors…perhaps even drawing the whole “simon the brain tumor gets the eviction notice” drama…that would be cool. and i see this going much farther than a comic strip, but we shall see…

so, keep me accountable. I think, the way things are in my creative life now, i could follow through and pull it off this year. so, the prospect of attempting inktober this go round is a very exciting thing for me. whaddya think? can i do it? i’ll end here with an excited sigh…”ahhhhhhhhhhh” yeah, this feels right…