do not let these men pull your teeth:

A friend of mine is in Italy right now, and just mentioned that she might be going to Bergamo, which really tickled me, because Bergamo's regarded as the home of Arlecchino and Brighella, two of the most popular zanni from the Commedia Dell'Arte. I've never actually seen a Commedia performance, but I think I got really interested in it from seeing paintings by Watteau and Picasso.

The above is a little drawing of Pulcinella, another popular zanni associated with Napoli, and Arlecchino. For a long time I really wanted to make a computer game about the characters of the Commedia, but it (surprisingly) didn't go anywhere. If you're reading this and you're in some way shape or form in a position to make computer games, feel free to steal my idea. It's totally public-domain!
At any rate, Pulcinella is also down there to the left also, looking much more sinister with a bird on his back. Pulcinella I feel is much more wicked than Arlecchino, and eventually evolved into the British character Punch, who is famous for beating his wife and killing his baby, and then tricking the devil too.
I know I have many more Commedia doodles, but apparently none on my computer.

I've got to go do my homework now, but if I'm still alive and kicking, I might update again tonight with Hellboy drawings!

take me home tonight.

I think I did these doodles sometime this summer, it's probably one of my better looking pages, I'm usually not satisfied with a lot of what I put down, so I don't really show it, at least online... His sleeves are wonky, in just about every sense, and although I tried to put some wrinkles in his rolled up cuffs, they're noticeably absent from his tucked in tails. I like his hands alright, and his face reminds me of old cartoons, with their shiny, button-eyes. You can also see some practice drawings of the backsides of people's heads! I'm very aware of my limited use of perspectives, and so every once in a while I try really hard to just figure out what the reverse even looks like. I'm pretty satisfied with the reverse 3/4 in the top left.

I should try and get some sleep.

make a circuit with me!

I went to the record store this evening, but I got there just in time to see the employees driving home. I forget how late places are open after the holidays. Anywho, my brother was out, so I figured out how to use his scanner. Here's a picture that I probably drew this summer. It's about as close as my drawings usually get to a finished piece: he almost has legs! So having nothing better to do, I decided to color it. I'm pretty pleased. I draw this guy a lot, you can usually tell it's him because he's quite lanky and wearing stripes.

in came four Rabbits as black as ink, carrying a small black coffin on their shoulders.

This is a guy I made up sometime in my freshman year of college, and he's one of the big reasons I started drawing noses. I feel like I've talked about this before, but for the longest time I just sort of ignored the nose altogether. I still do sometimes, but it's there, even if I don't draw it... Anyway, it's hard to see in the above picture because of the dark background, but he has these horns sort of like rabbit ears coming out of his head. I got the idea from the Pinocchio book by Carlo Collodi. In the book, there's a part where Pinocchio is about to die or something, and these black rabbits come in to carry him away. I thought it was really neat, and I thought it would be interesting if the Angel of Death or the Grim Reaper was less like an angel, and more like a rabbit. So anyways, I feel like he goes all over the place in a transdimensional car and collects lost souls.
Below is one of my only ever attempts at a sequential narrative, because I wanted to see if I could even handle it for more than three panels. I'd be a liar if I saw I wasn't influenced by Enrico Casarosa's (sadly defunct) 5-7-5 comic. Also, it was definitely drawn with a Mirado Black Warrior pencils, which are my absolute favorite, especially when they're still fresh. I don't think I've ever heard anyone talk about them before, but they're my doodling pencil of choice.