Round IIX: Soccer Moms Gone Bad

Greetings on what for me is a cold and rainy morning, I hope your spring is better weather wise this time.  Dan chose this week's topic "Soccer Moms Gone Bad" it was either that or "People Who Shouldn't Be Hula Dancers",  I thought this had the potential of being less vomit inducing.   What's truly amazing about this is that both Dan and I included a reference to a Hummer in our drawings, I suppose this is evidence that massive amounts of debt and a lack of environmental conscious soaks the stereotype of the soccer mom.  

Dan Mathews:

Travis Fantina:

Round VII: First Date Nightmares

We skipped a week; but only to serve you better, we switched to a schedule which will allow Dan and yours truly to have more time to work on these.
Today is a special shout out to any boy or girl who may not have a broken heart but has definitely shut a front door or walked off a porch after a date thinking "What was I thinking?"  So today we give you First Date Nightmares (try not to wet yourself with fright).

Mister Travis Fantina

Mister Dan Mathews

Round VI: It Seemed Like A Good Idea At the Time

There was this one time I talked to a homeless man.  In this situation I made two mistakes, the first was misjudging the size of his beard in proximity to my body (I try to keep a three foot minimum from all strange hairs).  The second came in the form of a lesson: don't start a conversation with someone who is already having a conversation with them self.   The conversation ended with the man up in my face (using his beard weapon to frighten me), screaming that by approaching him we had broken 421 federal laws and the government should come out here to execute us mother[funcakes].   I learned a lot about myself that day.
I suppose we have all had experiences like this, not specifically with the schizophrenic homeless but I imagine everyone has had an experience that seemed like a good idea at the time and later on you realized what a colossal pile of failure it really was.   Perhaps it was while under the influence of some of Uncle Remus's sweet stuff or maybe it was a team effort at the office when you launched a multi-million dollar flag ship product that sank before it ever sailed.  Whatever the case may be here are a few ideas that may have seemed good on paper but failed in reality.

Mister Dan Mathews:

Mister Travis Fantina:

Round V: Summer Jobs

Happy May everyone!  In light of the fact that most people are wrapping up finals, even high schools will be out in a month or so we decided to pay a tribute to perhaps the most nobel group in our society. The unsung heroes of capitalism, yes the minimim wage summer jobbers.  So before you apply to make a little cash before hitting the books again in September take a look at these drawings and ask yourself "is this what I want?"

Dan Mathews:

Travis Fantina:

Send us your thoughts, who won this round?  

Round IV: A Club You Would Never Join

We dropped the ball last week, and to a lesser degree this week as it is Thursday not Wednesday!  Anyway in my personal opinion Dan won this one hands down as he slid his pencil across the page with the prowess of Frank Lloyd Wright crafting some seriously good looking buildings.  Overall I am fairly happy with my drawing, these are the best shoes and chairs I have ever drawn...
With no further adieu here it is: a club that you would never join!

Travis Fantina:

 Dan Mathews:

Round III

Well dear friends, once again we bring you our weekly art battle.  This week's theme "Epic Fails" suggested by Devin Skidmore.   I chose to take an historical approach to this with yet another opportunity to draw a portly balding man.  Dan on the other hand took a finals cop out and produced a meme but I still snorted my milk and cookies when I saw it.  Tell us what you think and visit our Facebook page to suggest a topic for next week.

Travis Fantina:

Dan Mathews: 

Round II: Little Miracles

Sorry this is late, however on the plus side, you made it through your Wednesday and are on to a bigger and better Thursday!  Dan created a series of several amazing 'Little Miracles' and I personally have never been more proud of a head that I've drawn.  So scroll down and enjoy!

Travis Fantina

Dan Mathews 

Round I: Things We Hope Exist in the Future

Happy Wednesday!  To help get you over the hump we have posted our weekly art battle, the theme this week was "Things we hope exist in the future".   Dan created a really awesome video game worthy character... I went more simplistic with a pair of pants that comes when you call (for those cold mornings).   

So have a look, give us a vote and then blog, tweet or post this to help your friends through hump day!

Dan Mathews:

Travis Fantina:

Obi-Wan, decides Luke, is ready for his light saber.

by Dan Mathews

Genisis

Today is an important day, today marks an amalgamation of ideas an dreams.   Actually just one dream,  a dream that I have been developing in my mind for a long time only I've never had the courage, resources or gumption to transform this hazy dream into a glimmering reality.   However today is the realization of that dream, that dream that I had almost a full week ago, March 16 actually.
As Dan Mathews and Myself both have a penchant for drawing and a sense of humor which is slightly to the left of normal we joined forces to create an elite posse of artistic mastery (or the lack thereof) sort of like The Avengers but not as cool and with less Scarlett Johansson.   Every Wednesday we will be both post an image and you, the voting public, will be able to decide which image will be lifted up and glorified and which will fall into the mud puddle of shame and crushed dreams...

...And thus begins 'File 13' a unique collection of doodles, art, and nonsense cumulating every Wednesday at the feet of an epic drawing battle.


PS: I drew the above in about 30 seconds, I promise two things about future posts: 1) They will all be better drawn.  2) They will continue to feature rather obese men.