Dan the Doodlebug ✏️: Funko Homer Tattoo Sketching!

 I've been thinking that I need to do more of these but I wasn't sure what to draw. I have a lot of ideas it's just sometimes a struggle to get them to look the way that I want them to. I often don't have the time to sit down and draw. I work every day of the week but one and on that day I usually get high, watch a film and relax. That being said, this past Saturday I got baked and decided to do some sketching. As some of you know I am a Funko fan and collector of several different lines of pops. I got a few of the latest Simpsons House of Horrors, my favourite being the Jack-In-The-Box Homer. There's just something cute and funny about it that tickles my fancy. <Why does that sound so filthy? Originally, I wrote this blog in October of 2020. I took most of the rest of the year off as a way to clense my thoughts and myself. I'm still active on here, just nowhere as active as I used to be. I guess getting older and working more has made the blog less of a priority. I still love to write and I still will be. I'm working on a new book or two and have other blogs lined up to do. I think its more of a combo of hating this new blogger setting and not having the ability to focus as well. I have blogs from over a month ago that Ive started and not finsihed. I have blogs from all the way back in 2019 that are sitting unflinished. I guess I just lose the interest and move onto new and more relevant things. I really don't have a concept of time. Sober or stoned. > 

Anyway, I figured drawing a Pop! figure would be something fun to do on a Saturday after I've had an edible or two. There's just something relaxing about drawing high; you get everything out of you. I didn't want to draw Homer inside the box, so I started with the simple squarish shape that is the head of the Funko. I started to sketch into the hat, which I find hilarious. I just couldn't stop laughing. I had to stop drawing. Usually, as I draw, I do a little bit of the shading as I go along. It just helps me to complete the wider version. I go back in after I've added some details and look to see the spots that I need to go over again or add to. Drawing is really just building blocks. That's how I see it. Layer on Layer. Like a cake...on that thought, I really fucking hate carrot cake. I tried to like it. I have fucking tried! Every spring and Easter when they start rolling out, I either bake one or buy one and every time I'm left with a soppy, shite taste in the back of my mouth. I don't know why I ranted there, but it feels good. 

The original design doesn't have a Gothic H, but I wanted to add something of my own flair to the design. I didn't want it to feel like a copy of something. I started adding the shading to see what was missing. The drawing was done, but it felt like it was missing something. Then it hit me. I need to somehow work in the famous pink doughnut. 

I decided to approach this more like I do my tattoo sketches. I want balance and beauty in the piece. I want him to pop out of the doughnut.a pop..popping...LOL What is even happening with this? I love sketching up new designs, even if I never end up getting them tattooed. I have quite a few sketch books filled with sketches I've never posted on here or on my Instagram or Twtter. (Links below)  

It's inspired me to do a range of Funko inspired tattoo designs! I'm not sure which pops I want to draw as of now, but keep an eye out for new works to hit Mental Masturbation!

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