WardEntertainment

2011-09-13T21:03:00.002-04:00

My friend Kristen says: if you're behind on your blog, you need to upload a random cat picture. I had to borrow a cat.

Pacific Sharp Nose Shark: Shark Week Sketch Jam

2011-08-07T19:25:00.000-04:00

I missed a day of the Shark Week Sketch Jam, which was the lantern shark. Aaaaaaand then I didn't post my Pacific Sharpnose Shark. So, here are the last few days' worth of Sketch Jam sharks:
Sharpnose, Lantern and Shark Ray.

The last day was a "pick your own shark" day. I chose the Shark Ray because I have never drawn one before and I thought it would be fun.

Bamboo Shark

2011-08-04T20:03:00.000-04:00

Day 5 of Shark Week Sketch Jam is the Brown-Banded Bamboo Shark.

Both boys decided to join me for this one.

Shark Week Sketch Jam: Longnose or Saw Shark

2011-08-03T23:19:00.000-04:00

Day 3 of the Shark Week Sketch Jam was the Longnose or Saw Shark. Logan and Sean both participated with me today. These should be the last ones drawn in the hospital.

Shark Week Sketch Jam: Thresher Shark

2011-08-03T23:15:00.000-04:00

Day 2 of the Shark Week Sketch Jam over at DeviantArt was the Thresher Shark (yesterday). Despite the fact Sean was still in the hospital, we both managed to get our sharks drawn and submitted.
Here's the DeviantArt group: Shark Week Sketch Jam

... or you could just look at them on this blog....

Shark Jam: Hammerhead

2011-08-01T22:58:00.000-04:00

I am participating Shark Week Sketch Jam! over on the Deviantart website in honor of Shark Week.

Every day, the moderator will name a shark, and the participants all submit a drawing of that shark to the group page.

DeviantArt: Shark Week Sketch Jam

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I ended up drawing today's shark (Greater Hammerhead) in my son's hospital room. The up side is that he decided to participate as well.

Work that lasts

2011-07-05T18:09:00.001-04:00

So...
I was just flipping through the South Carolina Aquarium's website. It is cool that a lot of the pictures I took while I was there are still being used.

There's also a non-working link to Fish Fusion, an interactive I illustrated for the the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. A quick web search showed that it is still alive and well Click Here to Play!

It is neat when things you do last...

(Speaking of which...if you go to the Great Hall gallery of the SCA site, you can see a picture of two little boys using a touchscreen - they're some of my best work.)

Snowtrooper Cartoon #1

2011-06-20T17:53:00.000-04:00

Well, the boys and I watched (for the millionth time) The Empire Strikes Back the other day. I had doodled a Snowtrooper a while ago, so I turned it into a little strip.

There are actually 2 more Snowtrooper comics waiting to be scanned, colored and posted.

Enjoy.

2011-06-20T10:43:00.001-04:00

Testing phone posting

DeviantArt postings

2010-09-15T08:41:00.002-04:00

Ok, I believe it is safe to say that I am not much for blogging.
I haven't been posting much of anything, other than Facebook, for months now.
I do, however, have a DeviantArt account, if you want to check out a few misc. drawings and doodles.

Matthew Ward's DeviantArt Account

Drawin' and Playin'

2008-08-11T00:07:00.002-04:00

I recently happened on a copy of TINY TITANS, a comic book with art by Art Baltazar.
It seemed like a simple, fun style, so I thought I'd try it. Instead of DC characters, I started drawing Marvel heroes. For my first few tries, I thought it came out pretty well.

Pokemon fever

2007-07-07T23:53:00.001-04:00

My sons have only recently gotten bitten by the Pokemon bug. While there have been many times I thought I would scream if I heard the word again, it has led to some fun, including making up our own Pokemon. I encourage him to make up his own, develop and draw them. Well, I got sucked into it, too.
This is my first attempt at creating a Pokemon - Sharkor!
I have been informed that this is obviously an "evolved" Pokemon, and apparently I need to come up with the first, unevolved state. I almost think I understand that, which scares me. I'm sure there will be more of these...

World Of Warcraft Comic 2

2007-06-15T17:51:00.001-04:00

I got another comic posted as an honorable mention on the World Of Warcraft's monthly comic contest! Click here to see it! (Even though you won't get it if you don't play the game...)
This is fun. My first published comic was many, many years ago in DRAGON magazine. I actually got paid for that one!

*** 6/18/11 Update - WOW has changed their site, so the link doesn't work. Here's the drawing on my DeviantArt site: WOW comic #1

Fat Catfish

2007-06-13T23:13:00.000-04:00

Hitting the archives again....
This was an image I did for a friend about a year ago. It was for a sign about not over-feeding fish.
So I drew a fat catfish, and added the Stealers' log because she's a fan.
This is one of those drawings that makes me smile just looking at it.

WarCraft Comic 01

2007-05-01T22:35:00.000-04:00

This is the comic that got an honorable mention on the World of Warcraft web site's comic contest a little while back. I wasn't sure about posting it originally, but it turns out they actually encourage that sort of thing. I also got an email from the web master suggesting I submit some more, so there's something else I have to work on...
For those who don't play: The big guy is one of the new races in the game - they have all these tentacle-like things hanging off their faces.

Camping Bear

2007-04-09T23:02:00.000-04:00

Ok, I'm just going through my computer files, looking for things that might entertain people.
Over time, you'll see a number of camping comics. It is a topic that seems to have an endless supply of humor. Strangely enough, I've never actually BEEN camping.
...probably because these are the types of things that would happen to me...

World of Warcraft Comic, Honorable Mention

2007-03-10T16:16:00.000-05:00

I recently submitted a comic to Blizzard's World of Warcraft comic contest. I received notification that it ALMOST won the monthly prize. It still got an honorable mention, and posted on the World Of Warcraft site today.
You can find it by going to the World Of Warcraft site or you can try going directly to it (I don't know if this is going to work) here.

It's a joke on one of the new races in the game, who have these weird tendrils on their faces and heads....

Fanart

2007-03-05T23:06:00.000-05:00

Every once in a while, I like to indulge in some fan-art.
Here's Hellboy (official site www.hellboy.com) done in my cartoon-style.
You'll probably see some more comic-heroes in the future.

Unearthed Arcana

2007-02-11T22:52:00.000-05:00

Wow. So - I was doing some major cleaning this weekend and came across an old sketchbook. I did this one waaaaaay back- March 1997 to be exact. It still amuses me. Maybe I'll have to redraw it and color it Photoshop. Imagine being in the wilds without email, Photoshop or World of Warcraft...

So Far, So Bad

2007-02-07T23:33:00.000-05:00

Ok, blogging is working out about as well as I expected it to.
So it is good, in that it is meeting my expectations. Its bad, in that my expectations were extremely low.
Eventually, I want to post misc. art here, rough sketches, strange projects and the like.
For now, go check out my comic, ON EXIBIT, at www.wardentertainment.com
It is a comic about an an Aquarium.
(Large, big building-type, tourist-attracting aquarium, not sit-on-the-counter-see-the-fishies aquarium.)

I can't believe this...

2006-10-23T17:58:00.000-04:00

I can't believe I actually have a blog.
This'll be for art-related things, such as rough sketches, just-for-fun illustrations, hopefully positive professional advancement.