Rowdy Schoolyard

Cards Project: Spider-Man and Aquaman are...

2012-02-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

He-Man sketch page

2012-02-01T08:00:00.000-08:00

I have entirely NOT ENOUGH He-Man drawings in my sketchbook.

Cards Project: Freddy Dreamin'

2012-01-31T18:48:00.000-08:00

A couple months ago, I started drawing cards for anybody on Twitter who asked for one and named what pop fiction figures they wanted me to draw. I even mailed them out for free! I took scans of them all, and I'm gonna start posting the results here under the tag "Cards Project," so look for that over in the right-hand column where the other tags are. And if you want a card, drop me a line here or on Twitter! I still have some to finish, but I don't mind taking on more at @RickeyPurdin.

This one was for my buddy-booby-brother-boy, TJ.
Never Sleep Again.

Toasters!

2012-01-31T10:00:00.000-08:00

BEEP BEEP!

UnitedMonkee Design Ideas

2012-01-30T10:00:00.000-08:00

I drew a logo for TJ's site here, but these are some of the abandoned ideas we went through.

Bros

2012-01-27T22:00:00.000-08:00

Dorkseid and the Black Cloud

Bored Stuffs

2012-01-25T16:00:00.000-08:00

Doodling during movies.

NOM NOM NOM

2012-01-25T10:00:00.000-08:00

More Abandoned Concept Drawings

2012-01-24T10:00:00.000-08:00

Abandoned from a project with TJ.

TALK TO THE HAND

2012-01-23T14:00:00.000-08:00

Nothingface

2012-01-23T10:00:00.000-08:00

Another nightmare I had a bunch as a kid.
Just stringy, gross, thin hair and no eyes or nose, but a stitched up mouth and delighted eyes in a giggle-squint. Bluh.

Apocalyptic Toilet Kid

2012-01-20T14:00:00.000-08:00

Spiderhead and Superterror

2012-01-20T08:00:00.000-08:00

Another nightmare I had one time.

These Guys

2012-01-19T14:00:00.000-08:00

Archie in SPACE!

2012-01-19T06:00:00.000-08:00

I drew this for Archie's head of Publicity, Alex Segura, for his birthday in 2011 based on the cover of Archie's Pal Jughead #86, which always blew my mind. I heart you, Alex!

Nancy

2012-01-18T20:58:00.001-08:00

Astronaut Comics

2012-01-18T20:57:00.000-08:00

(Sry Community and/or SDF)

All The Weapons you Needed Were Over Here

2012-01-18T19:14:00.000-08:00

Abandoned concept drawings

2012-01-18T19:05:00.000-08:00

Abandoned from a project with TJ.

Horn guy

2012-01-18T19:04:00.000-08:00

Heads Heads Heads

2011-12-20T11:32:00.000-08:00

Boo

2011-12-16T13:04:00.000-08:00

Astronaut Comics

2011-12-08T18:50:00.000-08:00

Space boots.

I think there's actually a Tom Gauld comic that this closely resembles. Sorry, Tom! Expect more Astronauts doing things hopefully not already drawn by other people in the future.

Oh wow!

2011-12-07T14:16:00.000-08:00

Ceiling Xavier

2011-04-18T23:07:00.000-07:00

...is watching you magnetize things.

Lil' OMAC and his new toy

2011-01-23T18:55:00.001-08:00

IN 3-D

2011-01-05T13:03:00.001-08:00

Will

2011-01-03T22:05:00.000-08:00

Painting inspired by my friend's short film RE-BOOT.

Who Is Hank Empire?

2010-12-14T14:38:00.001-08:00

(Image by Rickey)

Shock the Monkey

2010-12-05T05:31:00.000-08:00

Felt like painting last night and ended up with this in the morning. I mixed Peter Gabriel's current look with an aspect of this music video.
I think Mr. Gabriel has the coolest-looking eyes.

??

2010-11-19T11:19:00.001-08:00

The Expendables opened on Friday the 13th, sooooo...

2010-08-13T12:28:00.000-07:00

Gorillafox

2010-07-28T12:50:00.001-07:00

Smoke Monster

2010-02-24T19:35:00.000-08:00

I had a nightmare about this guy after drinking a LOT one night.

((should have gone up October 8, 2009)

RASL GIRL

2010-02-23T21:50:00.000-08:00

The creepy girl from Jeff Smith's Rasl freaked the lice out of me. But now I don't have lice, so I WIN. Go read Rasl now. There're only 6 issues so far and it's "early seasons of Lost" dope.

(should have gone up October 7, 2009)

Black Flame

2010-02-22T19:42:00.000-08:00

You ain't seen nothin' til you seen your boss roll up in a board meeting to fire everybody with a Black Flame suit on. You need to be reading B.P.R.D., by the way. I'm embarrassed it took me so long.

(This should have gone up October 6, 2009...)

Horror Cassette!

2010-02-21T20:00:00.000-08:00

I posted this drawing of my good buddy Justin Aclin's character 'Geist from his new graphic novel "Hero House" over at a new sketch blog I'm working on with some of my best friends called We Are The Law. And you can/SHOULD buy Justin's book here on Amazon!

IHOP Butter Monsters!

2010-02-20T20:00:00.000-08:00

For Valentine's Day, I went with my girlfriend to IHOP for breakfast dinner and she asked me to draw faces on the butter piles pictured on the place mat. PLOP! It's a boy and girl!

Photoshop turns 20

2010-02-19T20:14:00.000-08:00

Photoshop has been around 20 years today and I dunno if there's another thing in the world I've used as much as Photoshop to make my friends smile (unless you count farts), so I wanted to say Happy Birthday with this drawing I colored with the graphics program. I love you hard, bro.

NIGHT BREED! NIGHT BREED!

2010-02-04T21:10:00.000-08:00

Paging Dr. Decker!

It's come to my attention that a few month's time off sent the message that we let this site die. Well, we DIDN'T! And we were wrong to leave you in the basement with the lights off for so long. So, dammit, I'm finishing these horror drawings, and the Swayze drawings, and then we're gonna blow your MINDS with other stuff. Stuff with sparkles!

(this should have gone up October 5, 2009...)

The Wild Things

2009-10-14T19:23:00.000-07:00

Say what you will about the new movie from Spike Jonze (I can't wait to see it!), but when I was in Germany in the 3rd grade, my school went to see a "Where the Wild Things Are" opera/play in a small village and the impressive, homemade costumes scared the fuck out of me. In some yearbook on some shelf somewhere, there's a picture of me all freaked out in the audience and looking for my sister in some seat dozens of rows behind me. This is a drawing of the lead monster from the book.

(Should have gone up October 4...)

Stand in the Corner

2009-10-13T22:20:00.001-07:00

Everybody knows the Blair Witch makes you stand in the corner if she catches you. This scene haunted me out of nowhere weeks after I saw the movie and I still get spooked when I walk into dark empty rooms.

(this shoulda gone up October 3...almost caught up)

Large Marge!

2009-10-13T22:11:00.000-07:00

I haven't met a single fucking person who's seen this movie and hasn't said to me that Large Marge freaked them out. Here's a reminder.

(this shoulda gone up October 2)

Celestial Babies

2009-10-08T19:56:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry.

While searching for pictures of the Facehugger from Alien, I found this.
Now you have to see it, too.

Facehugger Club

2009-10-07T20:11:00.000-07:00

What can I say? The fucking things gimme the willies. Especially the Japanese one s.

Killing When Killing Wasn't Cool

2009-10-06T20:43:00.000-07:00

Cinnamon Jack's reflection?

When it comes to creepy comics, Al Columbia isn't only a member - he's the president. And in Fantagraphic's Zero Zero #4, Columbia produced a short story called "I Was Killing When Killing Wasn't Cool" that is so startling and nightmarish in its quiet elegance that it'll stick with you forever. I don't wanna give anything away, but that bastard I drew above was partially responsible for said startling nightmarishness. Columbia JUST released a new book, so GO FUCKING GET IT.

(I meant to post this on October 1. See? Catching up.)

I Heart Tom Atkins

2009-10-06T20:31:00.000-07:00

This hot shit right here has appeared in so many FUCKING COOL movies that I can't understand why I haven't seen more people with tattoos of him. You know I love him. Now please go and look at this list, then rent ANYthing from it during the month of October (I recommend this and this) and fall in love, too.

Martians Bring it All Back

2009-10-05T21:23:00.000-07:00

BOO.

It's October, and you know what that means - sketches of shit I find startling provided at least once a day all month long! I mostly kept it up last year (that's right, our little sketch blog is over a year old), but I plan on staying on top all this month. I know I'm currently 5 days behind, but that just means I'll be posting some late additions over the next few days (DOUBLE THE FUN!).

Patrick Swayze will also be making a few appearances here and there because I owe about 11 of the drawings I've started in remembrance of him, but I didn't want to push the October fun too far back, so rest assured they'll appear over time. I got me some new pens, I rented some weirdo movies, and I'm pumped. Come back daily!

And kicking off the whole celebration is my Mars Attacks friend above. Ack-Bak!

To Wong Foo...

2009-09-17T22:03:00.000-07:00

Swayze as the very glamorous cross-dresser Vida in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. Of course, it co-starred Blade and the Clown from Spawn.

Click here for the trailer. Seriously. You need to.

Chippendales

2009-09-16T21:30:00.000-07:00

Swayze as Adrian - a Chippendales dancer hopeful - versus Chris Farley's "Barney" - the only competition. Even if you've seen it before, watch the 2 and a half minute video now.

Falling in love with a Stallyn

2009-09-15T21:02:00.000-07:00

Here's Swayze falling through the air as Bodhi in Point Break. His falling buddy? Ted Theodore Logan from the future's biggest band, Wyld Stallyns.

Patrick Swayze

2009-09-14T21:52:00.000-07:00

Since I was a kid, I've been in love with Patrick Swayze. My sister would watch Dirty Dancing non FUCKING stop and whenever I got the chance, I'd pop Road House into the VCR, so the guy wasn't just in heavy rotation - he WAS the rotation. Shit, I've even had to come to terms with the fact that Dirty Dancing is a damn fun film and has become one of my favorites for all kinds of reasons.

Needless to say, I'm especially moved by his death, I'm gonna post a new picture I've sketched of him each day for the rest of September until I begin my horror-sketch-a-day routine in October. I'm starting below with my favorite scene of his EVER.

Seriously, I was a fan of the guy. Few celebrity deaths have kicked me in the gut this hard.

As Johnny Castle in the Dirty Dancing climax

(Take the 5 minutes to click here and witness this grin-smearing scene in all its glory)

Educators in exile

2009-09-11T23:15:00.001-07:00

Hey there

2009-09-09T19:35:00.001-07:00

Worm!

2009-09-02T15:00:00.000-07:00

Random Panels

2009-09-01T14:00:00.000-07:00

of stuff

Chubs and little man

2009-08-31T21:34:00.000-07:00

Found in Austin

2009-08-14T13:30:00.000-07:00

From some Hall and Oates drawing contest. And it didn't even fucking win?!

Walking Robot

2009-08-13T20:30:00.000-07:00

The future of walking.

BURGLAR!

2009-08-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

What a jerk.

Big Ol' Robots!!!

2009-08-11T20:35:00.000-07:00

And I saw Transformers 2 last weekend and I didn't like it. A lot.
Like how much I don't like poison ivy.

Iron Patriot

2009-08-06T10:08:00.001-07:00

Custom Figure: Shitty-Looking Star included.

MaskMan drops!

2009-07-31T11:00:00.000-07:00

MaskMan LEAPS!

2009-07-31T10:30:00.000-07:00

Whoooosh!

Work meeting doodles

2009-07-30T10:45:00.000-07:00

Taste the rainbow

Horn Guy

2009-07-29T10:30:00.000-07:00

I dunno.

Happy feet

2009-07-28T13:42:00.000-07:00

He's got those happy feet.

Doodle Leader

2009-07-07T14:04:00.002-07:00

Part three in my series of Ugly Marvel Villains

Doodle Vulture

2009-07-07T14:04:00.001-07:00

Doodle Blob

2009-07-07T13:42:00.001-07:00

Cake!

2009-07-02T00:12:00.000-07:00

To me!

Superhero portraits

2009-06-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

say "cheese"

Back in the day

2009-06-25T22:00:00.000-07:00

Frumpy here was a hero.

Fuzzy Robot Man

2009-06-24T19:34:00.000-07:00

Cute! And this one makes 100 posts for Rowdy Schoolyard. Thanks for looking!

More Black Cloud

2009-06-22T22:25:00.000-07:00

sigh.

All Together Now

2009-06-19T20:01:00.000-07:00

I dunno. I'd read this.

Sad Magoo!

2009-06-19T13:00:00.000-07:00

boo hoo

Skin Face!

2009-06-18T20:00:00.000-07:00

ew.

Chimp Lightning!

2009-06-18T13:00:00.001-07:00

Shorts!

The Black Cloud and Droplet!

2009-06-17T19:54:00.001-07:00

Droplet is a dick.

Censored guy screaming that he's the Crow

2009-06-16T21:04:00.000-07:00

Told you so.

Let me see that booty SWING!

2009-06-11T21:33:00.000-07:00

dance

Lizard Man!

2009-06-10T21:31:00.000-07:00

sssssss

Special message

2009-06-09T20:53:00.000-07:00

Him Just a Little Guy

2009-06-07T15:39:00.000-07:00

Panties

2009-06-04T17:24:00.000-07:00

Cause it's funny to me always

2009-06-03T19:21:00.000-07:00

Choose your own adventure

2009-05-30T12:32:00.000-07:00

Yummers

2009-05-27T20:44:00.000-07:00

Supers

2009-05-26T20:49:00.000-07:00

Mens.

2009-05-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

Classic Pancake Lover

2009-05-23T23:39:00.000-07:00

NOW IN HIGH-DEF!

It was what kind of mash?

2009-05-21T21:22:00.000-07:00

a MONSTER mash!

Rocket man

2009-05-19T17:34:00.000-07:00

Rock it, man.

What do we want?

2009-05-18T16:32:00.000-07:00

and things

Vampire Enrique

2009-05-17T21:31:00.000-07:00

What's a bomb sound like?

2009-05-14T20:34:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I posted, so I'm getting my act together thanks to Dave's recent posts and I'll post more often. I swear.

GARY'S ON THE CASE!

2009-05-06T11:52:00.000-07:00

Gary

2009-05-05T11:16:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2009-04-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

You glorious bastard.