APE-ril: Gleek

I like this drawing for a simple reason...  it totally captures my understanding of the character.  In my internet research I know that Gleek is the pet space monkey of the Wonder Twins, who you may remember from the Super Friends.  I believe his tale can change size and shape (like it can be used for a lasso, or a rope etc.).

I rarely watched Super Friends.  I vaguely remember the Wonder Twins, and I didn't remember a pet space monkey named Gleek.  I just stumbled across him while researching what monkeys I wanted to draw for "APE-ril", and thought he could be fun to draw... that and he's named "Gleek", and with the popularity of the show "Glee", it might be possible somebody Google'ing the word "Gleek" might stumble across my art blog.  See, I'm smart like that.

I think the way I drew him, that he looks a bit like Adam Goldberg.

How we gonna pay...?

Today started as an artist blocky kinda day... but I didn't draw anything yesterday, so I had to draw something.  Cuz I want to draw daily (in a perfect world).  So first I was gonna draw a Star Trek girl due to this little video by Meekakitty (if you want to save your sanity, don't play it).  But that drawing wasn't working at all...   So then I thought I'd take a crack at Mr. Shue from Glee, and try some portrait skills... but, that wasn't working either.  So... I somehow decided to approach Mark Cohen form Rent, in my usual cartoony style, and wah-lah!  A drawing that doesn't totally suck.  Actually I kinda like it.  I might try my hand at the rest of the Rent peeps in my toony style.  Be kinda interesting to see the whole gang together.

But speaking of Rent, and Glee, when are the Gleeks gonna do Rent?  I'd like to see that.