Sketchbook Sunday
Thumbnail doodles done from life found here and there in the corners and margins of an old sketchbook.
Let the countdown begin!
My brother just sent me this picture from the corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and Highland Ave...
The Reluctant Genius
My old friend Tracy Mazuer recently created an online advice column. She also commissioned me to illustrate her logo/banner. Visit www.therecluctantgenius.com
STAR WARS Wednesday!
I present Chapter II in my 1980 comic book of what I thought Return of the Jedi might be when I was 14 years old. Chapter I is here (or scroll down).
I must apologize. I teased last week that today would be "The Rescue of Han Solo". I was wrong. That happens soon but not as early as I remembered it did, it's been 28 years. Today's chapter does have YODA!
Click on any page to enlarge.
NEXT WEEK: Will Luke become a JEDI?
I must apologize. I teased last week that today would be "The Rescue of Han Solo". I was wrong. That happens soon but not as early as I remembered it did, it's been 28 years. Today's chapter does have YODA!
Click on any page to enlarge.
NEXT WEEK: Will Luke become a JEDI?
BIG NEWS!
I've just found out I'm QVC's number one buyer of MARIE OSMOND designed dolls!
I know, I wrote last week that this would be STAR WARS Tuesday but this news preempts it. My lame version of the imagined REVENGE OF THE JEDI created when I was 14 will be pushed back until tomorrow!
I've been buying Marie Osmond designed dolls for what seems like forever. I've always hoped my dedication would pay off. I was awarded the 18,999th out of 19,000 dolls created for the new line. This is a dream come true! I am the happiest man on the planet!
I know, I wrote last week that this would be STAR WARS Tuesday but this news preempts it. My lame version of the imagined REVENGE OF THE JEDI created when I was 14 will be pushed back until tomorrow!
I've been buying Marie Osmond designed dolls for what seems like forever. I've always hoped my dedication would pay off. I was awarded the 18,999th out of 19,000 dolls created for the new line. This is a dream come true! I am the happiest man on the planet!
VIVA GLITTER!
I've worked with Kathy Cano-Murillo aka The Crafty Chica on a couple of DIY shows. She's currently fighting back (with tongue in cheek) against Ellen DeGeneres' campaign to ban glitter.
You can read all about it on her blog by clicking HERE. To help Kathy's cause, I've added the design above to LOWE DOWN STUFF (my online store for T-shirts and much more).
30 cartoons and counting.
I've added my 30th cartoon today on PARA ABNORMAL. If you haven't visited yet I hope you do and tell a friend. WWW.PARAABNORMALTHECOMIC.COM
A Rustic Sign
Here's a project from HGTV's OUTER SPACES that ended up on the "cutting room" floor and no one saw. I like it because it's a good idea, easy to make and had personal meaning. I thought I'd share it and the "how to" for anyone interested.
My sister Megan and brother in law Paul got a backyard makeover on the show. Nepotism? Yes, but it was not unfair to other applicants. There was a unique criteria needed for homes on the show. Megan and Paul's place sat in the "maybe" file for two seasons among others before the design idea just happened to work for the new season and fit in the schedule. So there!
One element to the yard was a small outdoor "pub" for Paul. A pub needs a sign right? I designed a project making the sign from old wood fence pickets. It was named the THREE DOG INN for the 3 dogs that were part of Megan and Paul's lives.
It's construction is very simple.
This sign was a 3 family member team effort for family. I designed it, brother in law Kirk constructed it and sister Monica painted it. I like that.
My sister Megan and brother in law Paul got a backyard makeover on the show. Nepotism? Yes, but it was not unfair to other applicants. There was a unique criteria needed for homes on the show. Megan and Paul's place sat in the "maybe" file for two seasons among others before the design idea just happened to work for the new season and fit in the schedule. So there!
One element to the yard was a small outdoor "pub" for Paul. A pub needs a sign right? I designed a project making the sign from old wood fence pickets. It was named the THREE DOG INN for the 3 dogs that were part of Megan and Paul's lives.
It's construction is very simple.
This sign was a 3 family member team effort for family. I designed it, brother in law Kirk constructed it and sister Monica painted it. I like that.
STAR WARS Tuesday!
Back in the summer of 1980, just after THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK was released (and had seen it 12 times and counting) I couldn't wait for the next chapter. It was already rumored to be called REVENGE OF THE JEDI (and of course became RETURN). I decided to write and draw my own comic book of what I imagined the final film might be. It was a 72 page adventure drawn on ACADEME' grocery store art paper in felt tip pen and colored with magic markers. I had certain ideas or situations in mind but dove right into it without planning. Making it up as I went along from page 1 to the last. I blatantly stole Luke and Leia's spaceship design from an issue of Marvel Comic's Star Wars series drawn by Michael Golden. I just thought it was too cool looking not to use.For laughs, I've decided to share my fanboy epic done when I was a 14 year old every Tuesday. Please forgive some cropped edges, my scanner bed is just a little too small.
So, without further adieu...
CHAPTER ONE
Click on image to enlarge.
NEXT WEEK! The rescue of Han Solo!
Easter Sunday
As kids, our Mom would block our bedroom door on Easter morning with a large rock to remind us what this day was really about...
Flashback Friday
An old "poster" I did around '88 for fun and practice. It lives at my brother's place now. Acrylic on illustration board.
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