This image (or a version thereof) kept showing up in my imagination so eventually I had to draw it. It’s some sort of giant warrior. If I’d finished the illustration and posted it Kaijuphile I’m sure I would have come up with a story to accompany it. Since I didn’t I’ll leave the story telling to you.
Category Archives: sketchbook
Gorosaurus
A sketch of Gorosaurus, the fictional dinosaur that fought the Japanese King Kong in King Kong Escapes.
Fan Art
The Kaijuphile Fan Art gallery is full art by folks with varying degrees of skill and talent. One of the most prolific artists there is Enshohma with nearly 200 images to his credit so far. This is the pre-Photoshop version of my take on Enshohma, his signature monster character. The finished version of this illustration is here.
Daikazu
Daikazu is, to my knowledge, the only original giant monster who has headlined his own comic book. Konga, Gorgo, Godzilla and Gamera have all had series at one time or another. But they got their starts in the movies. Daikazu was a comic book character first. And probably last. I find it hard to imagine the Big D getting adapted into any other medium. Americans don’t have the fetish for giant monster wrestling that would be necessary to get financing for a film or a tv series.
I had fan art published in one issue of Daikazu. I knew I had to include some version of Daikazu in my monster portraits for Kaijuphile. The finished version of this portrait is here.
The Ice Dragon
Bones of Wood, Skin of Moss
Another example of my fascination with swamp monsters – a Green Warrior.
The Rooster From Hell
The Thullerog
Dragon
I don’t draw dragons much. Dragons are kind of like vampires; they’ve been done so many times by so many people that I find them a little uninteresting. When I do draw dragons I usually draw the Asian type – probably because I’ve seen fewer western artists draw them. And I read Tea with the Black Dragon when I was a kid. Mayland Long had so much more class than Smaug.
