Sunday 30 December 2012

"Civilsation Just Can't Cope With Too Much Fuckin' Peace"...l






How's that for a catchy motto for 2013?

Possibly, the last drawing of 2012 from Filthy Moods, and another self-indulgent dollop of hokum from the "folks" who also brought you Martian Love Machine, Uncle Shit-Beetle and Wanking Jesus... Who says we ain't got standards?

Maybe it's just a "phase" I'm going through. Who knows?

Thank you for dropping by.

Please deposit your apple cores in the waste basket by the exit and call again soon...

Unlikely Twinge of Optimism or Grumpy Manifesto?


Here I am, settling down to embark on another year of drawing & writing with my usual monk-like discipline and air of serious sobriety...

The "Better Nation" quote is taken from the great novelist, writer and artist/designer, Alasdair Gray, (I think that he may have borrowed it from a poet - Will check!) Anyway, it sums up my philosophy of "just because we live in countries dragged into shit and mediocrity by greedy dishonest politicians and tunnel-visioned media whores, that we shouldn't apply humour, imagination and craftsmanship to our own work".

Gray wrote, Lanark, Poor Things, and 1982:Janine, among many others. If you haven't read him, check him out.

2013 !!!


The Filthy Moods Rumpus Room for Rumpled Cartoonists says "Fuck Me! There's another year escaping through our claw-like fingers!"

And we say a big thank you to the visitors who've supported this Blog!

Stay tuned & Drop in any time...

Fish Containing Broken Dude

It's, er... a fish containing... oh, c'mon! You know that I make this stuff up as I go along...

Beep! Beep!


I usually either throw away or "file away" about a third or more of the sketches/drawings that I post up on this Blog. I draw straight with ink & often before I've woken up, so some just don't work & some, er... some fall under the "It was almost a good idea" catagory and are abandoned or swiftly hidden in one of my files to maybe revisit the idea at a later date.

Here's a few "abandoned drawings" from the last couple of weeks that I've decided to inflict on you for various reasons...






Gabriel, Gog and Magog... On Mars! Arch-Angels and Biblical Monsters versus Martians. How did I manage to fuck this up? Oh, well...




Home again, Home again... Do elephants really wear suits? And how did he fasten that tie? Plus how do you spell jiggety with a hangover? Okay, and, uh, what else is wrong in this picture???




Those Modern Couples... As you can tell, I'm a keen observer of the "human condition" and have a balanced non-judgmental view of my fellow man...




...And speaking of "well-balanced", here's More News From Nowhere, or "Enough Sex, Bernard!" 

You should see some of the ones that I throw away...




Tit Flies...




Lonesome Prairie... 

    "Banana Tits"?! I need to get some sleep..!

Saturday 22 December 2012

Wake Up! Wake Up!


The Filthy Moods Hostel for Hostile Cartoonists has been a little empty lately, but not to worry, for I have had a bit of a poke around in the murky corners and the dusty windowsills to see what the previous guests have left behind.

Here and below are the items of lost property that turned up.

If they belong to you, please collect them  no later than yesterday. Standard handling fee of a slice of your sanity, and an ounce of your patience applies as usual.

"Momma,.. Can You Hear Me?"


I may have an explanation for this in the morning...

A Tale of New Frontiers...


"...And the LORD said, Take thyselves to distant lands, and the inhabitants there should also be servants unto Me. You will discover these worlds and spreadeth My Words. And you will love and not abuse these peoples..."

So we did. But, we had firearms and dicks, and they didn't.

So it goes...

"Glump!"


More navigation based humour transposed into a symbiotic anthropomorphic couple of roadcrawlers...

'Tis the Season to Be Jolly...

And it's probably the Season to get away with puns that I should be ashamed of the rest of the year.

This was going to be the Filthy Moods Christmas card...

It Must Be Christmas...

A quick sketch containing the Filthy Moods spirit of Good Cheer and tasteful restraint.

Merry Xmas to you all!

Tuesday 11 December 2012

The Eternal Question

If the eternal question is, "What is that grinning sausage doing in my nest?", then we have answered another Sphinx like riddle. But that's just a cheap tactic to delay my excuses for not posting much up over the past month, as I've been busy writing stuff as well as condemned to the more banal servitude of daily shitwork.

But, here and below are a bunch of dreams, scribbles and moments of madness scrawled with haste, the usual desperation and a leaky pen.

Thank you for stopping by.

"Nature, My Ass!"


Just ignore the girl's head floating above the grumpy tree. But, in order to preserve the integrity and spontaneity of the piece, and the fact that I don't have photoshop there she is.

Alien Monkey Boots...


Even if I knew, I don't think that I could explain what's going on here. This was drawn very early one Saturday morning after a very late Friday night.

"Important Moments"


Here's another highly instructional cartoon displaying the importance of moral responsibility and timeous sobriety. Values that I uphold and practice at all times...   

Serious Alien Nose Injury & Others...


Unfinished drawings/sketches, subconscious noodlings from November...

This one scanned in by accident. It was on the same page as another drawing...





er... Fish!

 


"Blarg!" & Other Dubious Sketches...


More sketchbook drawings paddled out over the murky waters of the past few weeks...

Sentimental soul, ain't I?





More innocence squandered... Although I do really like Astro Boy.


Wednesday 14 November 2012

The Birds and the Trees...

As if this needs an explanation. An excuse maybe...

More RoboSquid!

Inspired by my Cartoonist pal, Paul Steven Frosdick and his recent demented Manga style comic strips, I'm plotting a RoboSquid strip... Stay tuned!

Dinosaurs & Stuff..!


Recent sketchbook drawings featuring the "usual" subjects...





...such as Martians and Insects...




...And this Devil (detail) that I fucked up. Must learn to sketch stuff out & not just jump in with a pen. I'll get it right next time!

"The Artist and His Creations"...


This was a sketch intended as colour for the "banner" on a FB page for my cartoons. It was such a pain in the arse to do (Yeah, I'm a technophobe...) so for now I'm sticking to the Blog for this stuff...

Sunday 4 November 2012

Wanking Jesus!


...And if that doesn't get your attention...

Hey! I draw what I see, ok?

Thank you for not judging me.


FOR SALE!!! Hand Made Prints!!!


It's true! We have limited (And in some cases, unlimited) prints of some of the most popular and neglected images from The Filthy Moods Whorehouse for Shameless Hussies and Wanton Cartoons

Do yourselves a favour & enquire via this modest Blog to purchase a rare treat for your very own eyeballs or that loved one that you've been meaning to torment...










...I mean, seriously, who doesn't want a hand made mounted print of potty-mouthed trees, obscene demons, or multi-breasted insects on their wall? Are you all poncey Banksy fans or somethin'?

28th October...


I don't know why I missed this little flight of fancy in yesterday's posting and, I guess, neither do you. So, let's make amends by posting it here & now, and not telling anybody but me & you...

Saturday 3 November 2012

Oni..!


Good evening.

Above and below are the sketches done today for your amusement, disappointment (or if you've stumbled on this Blog while trawling the internet for educational reasons) your horror.

I've been busy writing, finishing up a couple of projects and doing the usual shit-work, that most of us do. But hopefully in a week or two The Filthy Moods Sweat Shop for Sweaty Cartoons & Cartoonists will be back at full steam!

And don't forget, your love and support is always appreciated, even though I'd prefer your money. God bless you all, and shit like that.

Stay tuned.

"Scrotal Sax"


I ought to be ashamed. And I am...

"Dilemma" in Colour & Greyscale...


Believe it or not, this looked fine in black & white line. Then I decided to add colour before the lines had properly dried & promptly fucked it up.

Below is a Greyscale version, scanned in the hope that it would look a bit better on here & I culd salvage it.

Oh, well... Next time, huh?


Uncle Shitbeetle & Late Nite Sketches...


Continuing my attempts to create rude but loveable cartoon characters, in the form of insects, here is Uncle Shitbeetle and friends. I bet that you'll see more of him any day now! Hey! Come back... I'm just kidding.

Sorta...





Just a sketchbook page drawn late at night long after I should have closed the book & put the cap on the pen...

Hopeful Bug 1 & 2...

I started drawing this and liked the insect but not the tree, so...

...I drew over it on tracing paper & changed the tree. I've used brush & ink on tracing paper before & it's come out fine, but the marker lines went all murky. Maybe they look better on here..?

Saturday 27 October 2012

The Caterpillar and The Aphid


It's Saturday afternoon, so here at The Filthy Moods Dunghill for Segmented Cartoonists, it must mean that we've been busy drawing all morning. There's insects, Halloween monsters, aliens and, er... other stuff !

There's the usual good humoured whimsy, and blatant love for humanity that you have come to expect from a Filthy Moods cartoon. But there's also a bit of dubious morality sprinkled amongst the harmless fun.

Above is a study for a story, called The Caterpillar and the Aphid, at least that's what it's called until I think of a better title.

 

Sticky Planet...


There really is no excuse, is there?

Intermission x2...






Also drawn today, as was the Tralfamadore cartoon, below.

What can I say? Hey, I had a tough week!




As a kid, I read about so-called "alien abductions" and while I certainly do not doubt that there is sentient, highly developed life "out there", I always did wonder that if aliens did "abduct" humans to study or experiment on, why would they return them afterwards? Hmm...