Thursday, March 3, 2011

Monkeys, our friends

Nickelodeon has a gallery space with a new show every month. February was the "studio gallery". I had no idea what to submit, and somehow I just ended up with monkeys.





It was an awesome show. Everyone here is insanely talented!

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...and here are some observational monkey sketches. I find that they behave in a more natural manner when they think no one is watching. Monkeys are funny things.




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24 comments:

  1. Ryan GreenMarch 3, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    If only monkeys would pose like that at the zoo...

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  2. Stu LivingstonMarch 3, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    Haa man these sketches are great

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  3. Megan Nicole DongMarch 3, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    Haha, nice illustrations & sketches. I love the dramatic life drawing monkeys!

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  4. chengwhichMarch 3, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    wow, great stuff!

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  5. stickman550March 3, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    lol the last one is my favorite

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  6. Carrie LiaoMarch 3, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    @Ryan: You mean you haven't seen them do this at the zoo?!

    Thanks guys!

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  7. Mike NassarMarch 3, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    So Awesome! great painting. how do you pull off those global gradients and subtle shifts in color over the whole piece? Are you using a lot of layers?

    sweet monkey poses! I never knew monkey's had a thing for bows and perms :)

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  8. FawnMarch 3, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    Last panel = sexy monkeys!

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  9. rad sechristMarch 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    Hi, met you briefly at the sketchcrawl, great work!

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  10. Mike YamadaMarch 7, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    If monkeys were that awesome. I'd love to have one in my home.

    Great sketches!

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  11. Nate VillanuevaMarch 8, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    awesome sketches! tons of personality in those monkeys.

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  12. thumpMarch 8, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    is it just me or does the first picture of the really really happy monkey remind me of tommy?

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  13. Andrea FernandezMarch 8, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    Great blog and beautiful drawings :)

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  14. Charles SantosoMarch 10, 2011 at 12:51 AM

    They're awesome! :D

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  15. UnknownMarch 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Funny stuff!

    I've had the same experience with monkeys posing. I had a gorilla who would lean forward and look at me when I was drawing, then return to his pose whenever I glanced up at him.

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  16. UnknownMarch 20, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    these monkeys are wonderful!

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  17. Ted BlackmanMarch 23, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    Have you noticed: Humans behave in a more natural manner when they think no one is looking, either. And we're always embarrassed when we're caught.
    Great monkey drawings!

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  18. KATia GrifolsMarch 31, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    I love the colors and the compisitions form the first and second one!! and The B/W ones are really hilarious!

    Kt

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  19. Rachel RadishMarch 31, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    whoa, you HAVE been posting. monkey paintings look great, and corndogs delicious. your drawings are kicking some ass, carrie!

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  20. Anthony HoldenApril 1, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    The contented expression underneath that perfectly coiffed afro is KILLER!

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  21. James LienApril 9, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    cool monkeys!

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  22. C.DebodaApril 9, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    Cool blog! Very entertaining stuff here. :)

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  23. Foom SpectacularApril 11, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    Vous avez un très bon blog avec beaucoup de bon travail.

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  24. Carrie LiaoApril 22, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    thanks, guys! you are all awesome :)

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