Ozma as Santa

Hoping you have a very Ozzy Christmas. Bonus points if you could name the girl Ozma is giving the gift to.

Emma Crewe

Here is my version of Emma Crewe, the main character from Megan Lavey-Heaton and Isabelle Melançon's wonderful webcomic Namesake. If you haven't checked it out, do so at http://namesakecomic.com/ .

Flight of the Gump

It has been a while since I've had a chance to put anything up on the blog. Here is a picture I did from a sketch I showed on facebook.

Characters of Oz mini poster

I am selling a poster based on the cover of a book I'm doing. The poster is approximately 17x11 inches in full color and drawn my me, S.P.Maldonado. Each one will be signed and numbered. Help me get to the Winkie Convention by buying one for $10.00. you can contact me at oz_diggs@yahoo.com . 

Scarecrow in acrylics

I'm not much of a painter, but here is a painting I did of the Scarecrow.

Styles

As an artist I think I'm pretty adaptable. Maybe not as good as some, but I can change my style easily if I want to. Here are some pictures of Ozma in different styles I use.

1. This is what I would call my natural drawing style.
2. When I started illustrating Oz, this is the style I used. 
3. This is the style I have been using for Illustrator's Guide to Oz.
4. This is what I call my comic-book style.

Is there a certain style that you prefer?

Dorothy Gale movie style

Glinda: Skottie Young style

Here is my attrmpt at drawing like Skottie Young.

Glinda

Dorothy

Kabumpo in Oz cover

The Cowardly Lion

Nick Chopper

Scarecrow

Now in color

The Illustrator's Guide to Oz cover

Can you name them all?

Dorothy, Shanower style

Here is my attempt at drawing Dorothy like Eric Shanower.

Carter Green

Here is an attempt at doing a digital drawing.

Preview part two "The Illustrator's Guide to Oz": Houses of Oz

Here is another look at my illustrator's guide book. I'm not just going to do character designs. I would like to do things like houses, buildings, clothing, etc.

Preview of "The Illustrator's Guide to Oz"

I have been considering a book on character designs for artists who want to work on Oz books. I want to be able to as many characters as I can. I always thought it would be interesting to have one book that I could reference for a characters look without having to pull out different books all the time (to be honest, I haven't needed to do that in a long time, but I know that some artists might still have too.).

Evric and Red Reera

Waddles, the Frogman, and Cayke

The Tin Soldier

The Bumpy Man

O. Z. Diggs

Just playing with Photoshop.

Ozma and The Umberellaphant

Magical Mimics of Oz cover

Mari Ness finds this hilarious

The latest issue of the Baum Bugle came out and there is a review for "Bucketheads in Oz" done by Mari Ness. Here is what she says about me:

             "A quick note on the illustrations: S. P. Maldonado has chosen a decidedly

           cartoonish feel here, which works remarkably well for some scenes and

           characters - a bit where a farmer chases a college student is hilarious, and I

           loved His Honor Cornelius Ulyssicus Later, a distinguished alligator - but

           perhaps less well for other characters, particularly better known ones."

Rinkitink and Bilbil

It's L. Frank Baum's birthday, so here's a picture of Rinkitink and Bilbil.

Glinda

Fun with Adobe Illustrator and a celebrity photo.

Lucky Bucky and Davy Jones

A suggestion from Marcus Mebes.

Gayelette and Quelala

Nathan DeHoff  suggested this picture.

Jenny Jump

Thanks to Jared Davis for the suggestion, here is a picture of Jenny Jump. For this I used a brush pen.

Ozma of Oz

Here is a picture I did in Adobe Illustrator based on an illustration by John R Neill from Ozma of Oz.

Ozma Paperdoll 2

Here is one of the paper dolls I did finished in Adobe Illustrator.

Ozma paper doll

Copy.Color.Cut.Connect.

Dick Martin

If there is one Oz artist I feel closest to in style, it would be Dick Martin. When Hungry Tiger Press did a blog that featured a poster Dick did, I decided to play around with it and practice with Illustrator.

Princess Ozma

I just finished The Outsiders from Oz art. Here is a preview.

Dreaming of Oz

I woke up with this vision in my head.

Let's play a game

Anyone have an idea what's on the screen?

The Laughing Dragon of Oz

The Laughing Dragon of Oz was a book written by L. Frank Baum's son Frank Joslyn Baum. With this book came some controversy. Frank J. felt that his was the natural successor to the Oz books. He tried to get "Oz" trademarked in his name and get Reilly & Lee to stop publishing the Oz books. It was his mother, who made the deal with the publishers, who had to sue him for the trademark. When The Laughing Dragon was published by Witman, Reilly & Lee sued them and the book quickly went out of print.

Ozma Comic Book Style

I consider my style as being more cartoony than comic book. Here is my attempt at doing a comic book style.

The Gump

This shows you just how much Ted Geisel is an influence on me.