Sketch-Offed

The Valentines Sketch-Off was a big success! People were were having so much fun with it, I felt bad having to bugger off earlier than is the Sketch-Off norm... so I came later in the weekend for a surprise second batch.

You can see the full gallery of finished drawings by clicking the image below! (There were even more pieces than in that preview, believe it or not.) We interpreted the pin-up/valentines theme pretty broadly, but I think we got some great ideas out of it. I did them in the style of the mailer commissions this time around... smaller 8x5.5" pieces with greytone shading added.

As usual, if you'd like to purchase any of the originals, they can be had first come first serve, $25 for black and white pieces or $50 for colour. (And yes, b&w pieces can be colourized.) You can also get any one of them as the included original drawing with the original art version of the new ebook. Just email me to stake your claim!



-Sam Logan

Yup, it's that time again! Starting at the slightly rescheduled time of 12:30 pm (pacific time), I will be live-drawing original 8 x 5.5" drawings based on my favourite suggestions you tweet and email me! You can watch the drawing live at livestream, or just see the finished drawings as I post them on twitter.

This time around, I'm drawing pin-up style sketches, so I want to hear your costume/design ideas for a particular Sam and Fuzzy characters. Fabio-styled romance novel Edwin, burlesque Gert, catsuit Hazel, Lady Gaga Nic, Victoria Secret Skull Panda... you decide! I'll be pick my favourite ideas -- be they especially funny, cool-sounding, thematically appropriate, or just really fun to draw -- and make 'em real.

As usual, if you'd like to buy one of the finished drawings, I'll be selling them for $25 in black and white, or $50 in colour, plus $5 shipping. (Just email me if you see one you like!) Custom original pieces are also included with my new pay-what-you-want pin-up e-artbook for those who pay $30 or more, if you'd like to order one in advance. (Just hit the image below for more info.)



Meanwhile, things continue ever onward in our Shiftylook comic, Tower of Babel! A new page went up on Wednesday, and another new page will be going up today at 6am. (And when it does, you'll find it right here.

-Sam Logan

New Pin-up Ebook, and Sketch-Off this Friday

Good news, everyone! My new ebook art collection is now on sale, for $2 or more. I packed this sucker with 46 pages of my pin-up sketches and illustrations -- Sam & Fuzzy ladies and dudes, other original characters, and fan art.

I hope you like it! Some of the drawings are fun, some are sexy, some are goofy. (And some are a combo of all three.) Faint of heart be warned that this is a pin-up art book, albeit one of tremendous class and refinement. So a small handful of the drawings do suffer from some mild cases of butts and nipples. Don't worry, though. You probably already have both of those. (And if you don't: I'm sorry!)



As you'll see on the order page, I'm also offering to include custom original pin-up drawings, ala our recent mailer sketches, for those who pay $30 or more. To that end, I will be doing one of my fabulous Twitter Sketch-Offs this Friday!

From 11 am til 4pm pacific time, I'll be drawing pin-ups based on the character and theme choices you tweet or email me. I'll do a mix -- some for folks who really want to buy 'em, and some that I just think sound like awesome ideas.

Anyhow, enjoy! And see you on Friday.

-Sam Logan