DMA179 Assignment: Madreal... or MAD REAL? :D

So for this assignment we were supposed to research an artist's particular style and try to create a inspired version of our artwork from theirs.

I got assigned Madreal, AKA Derrick Hodgson. You could check out his work out at www.madreal.com, or google his stuff up:

Not pictured: YOUR SANITY

Okay, so my first initial thought was WTF. At first I thought I clicked the wrong link or something, but that's what his work is like, and after looking at it for awhile it began to make me laugh. His style is kinda really simple, as if he doodled everything up and added a bit of color to spice it up. Another thing I noticed were the small eyes and weird blob like bodies he gave everything.

So here is my first version:

Rough

Final

And here's my second version:

Rough

Final

So I kinda stuck with the whole simple and doodle-like look. I sketched it all out and scanned it and played around with it on Photoshop. Man I love bubbles. :D

EDIT: Hmm... I can't figure out why you can't click on the images to make em bigger, so if you wanna view them... check my flickr.