I met Jeremy Brooks at HeroesCon, and if I’m not mistaken, he was the first guy to commission a sketch from me. He kinda threw me for a loop when he asked for a sketch of the Monarch from The Venture Bros. I was familiar with the show, but I largely had to pull the character from memory. (At least until Jeremy brought over costume reference in the form of another Monarch sketch he commissioned from Eric Canete. Although it proved to be useful in figuring out some of the details, having an Eric Canee sketch of the same character in front of me really amped up the pressure to do a good job.
Jeremy was kind enough to do me a solid and send a scan of the sketch after he got home, so I thought I’d share it with you. I thought this one was pretty successful, largely because it’s such a big departure from my normal style, and still stayed true to the nature of Dr. Rusty Venture’s arch-nemesis.
- JEP
