Unit Responding

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     My cats (in today's drawing) are in a more playful mood this morning. But their artist creator is worried about the big job that was offered to him. Many costs and benefits to consider, as well as the considerations of whether I really want to push myself so hard at this busy time of year. With so many irons in the fire and so many obligations, I'm not sure how much margin of error I would have (one small cold or another bad spill on my bike and I could really be in the soup). On the other hand, a little extra cash would give me more room to maneuver and allow me the ability to expand in other areas. 

     I just have to pull on my chin and wrestle it out with myself over the next few days.

     By Monday, I'll have decided which way to go. 

From Me to You

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     Daddy said that it was a sad song. 

     When I was a kid, it didn't seem sad, it just seemed like a song. That's because I hadn't really made any mistakes yet, and I didn't have any regrets. 

     But when I hear it today...

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Bruised Fruit

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     This one was doodled out very small on a scrap of paper that was left over from the piece, "Mountain Road" that I did a few months ago. I had to test out the little wavy brush technique that I used on that piece, and my little "test paper" was still knocking about on my messy desk. So with a bit of doodling, it became -this! 

     In real life, it's so small that it almost falls apart at computer resolution, but I kind of like the crunchy lines and super looseness of it. Gives it some character, especially these days, when there is far too much slick, smooth, perfect-lines-upon-bad-technique art that is out there in the internet galleries.

     As a person, I don't like to stand out in my appearance or behavior. ("Be invisible. Try not to appear in the mirror")  But I like it when my art stands out. 

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On, In, and Under

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     Aha! Here is my "new" way of looking at ships and water themes. Were you tired of looking at my little seascapes with a few sailing yachts, a few fishes, and a few oddball elements? Yep, me too. There are all kinds of ways to show ships and yachts and people out on the water. 

   Like say, this one: The cutaway! Oooh, such a fine way to show the goodies within. Did you want to know what was going on inside of the ship? Well, now you can. 

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Grub Cycle

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     I pictured this fellow being a Mealworm at first, and I had the not-very bright idea of calling it "Mealworm on a Bike"  but then I realized the [totally AWEsome!] pun of the life cycle of insects…pupae, grub, adult, etc. And since he's riding a bicycle…"cycle". Yeahza! So be careful with this one. It's got so much funny Pun Power that it should be kept out of the hands of children, really. 

     (I am such a goob). 

     I think this will post much bigger than the actual drawing, which is very small. The original is almost Post-it note sized. It's another ink doodle on neutral grey Canson paper with Cel Vinyl highlights. 

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Bike Movie

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    It looked real, when it finally showed up on the silver screen. But it most definitely was NOT real while we were doing it. Nor was it easy. 

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The Littlest Dip

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    Lulu was the littlest dip working the Blue Line. At 17 years of age she looked 12, and she was quick. She was never felt by her mark, but she was occasionally seen by a bystander. On these occasions, she usually started yelling really loud about how the pervy man was trying to touch her and that he should "LEAVE ME ALONE!" People always came to her defense. 

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     I recently "liked" Chris Sanders, and now a lot of his drawings come into my Facebook feed. He was one of the creators of Lilo and Stitch and you can see their DNA in most of his awesome AWESOME drawings. Wow, what a draftsman.

     Anyway, this is me trying to draw a "Chris Sanders" girl. It looked like so much fun that I had to give it a go. So I drew her with giant slanted eyes placed on the side of her head. Fun experiment for me, even though I don't really have the life drawing chops to pull it off. It still made me smile to try something new. 

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