pa and his boy...

one track mind...

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"Charlie in the rain". a new painting...

a new "painting" (36 x 36) of my boy, Charlie, who passed away Friday, November 15.  he liked lying in the shade of bushes and sitting stout-like in the drizzling rain.  an absolute badass, and i miss him a lot...

ten hand made books...

since December 2009 i've been making my own drawing books...well, punching and binding them with old book covers, to be exact. just made book # 10. so much growth, thank God...

guns make me sad...

"Snow Queen" to "Frozen"...

i'll regret posting this, but here are some old and simple concepts from 2008 during my Disney internship for "Snow Queen", now "Frozen".  have yet to see the movie in theaters, but my idea was a story based on broken hearts and isolation from all things joyful.  am grateful my skills have improved a great deal since then.  bloody hell...

the press room...

an overnight stay in Santa Barbara; went bar hopping to occupy the time, and stumbled upon this less "pretty" pub called The Press Room. my kind of joint...

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birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it...

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clown and cat...

i'm voting for the clown because he's quiet and has a sense of humor..

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# eight...

saw this nice lil image on BART last night.  made me smile..

finger paint and pen # SeVeN...

would like to have a bit less green in there, but that's what you get when there's a lack of planning and you just go for it.  you learn to accept it and find the joy in it rather than being bitter and self deprecating over noth'n.  one of these days i will plan instead of just scribbling all over the place like a lil kid.  come to think of it, maybe i should do life like that as well..

# six

NOTE:  sometimes i don't make sense to myself while making these.  however, i just gotta get it out anyways regardless..

# five...

it's like he's invisible, whether he wants to be or not i don't know, but he don't look too hopeful..

finger painting and pen # four...

finger painting and pen #three

what i enjoy about doing these is there is no underdrawing or pre mixing the colors.  just drop some simple colors on the page then start pushing it around, mixing, and scratching bits away.  the result is a fun surprise..

finger paintings and pen..

loved indeed...

feeling worthless? have you not been hugged by a white bearded man for a while? then go find him, or her if possible, and wrap your sweet arms around them. you are loved indeed...

dirty animals..

sometimes you meet people who just want to tell you how good they think they have it...and then they want to show you...and then they say you're shy for not looking..

Internet lies...

it's quite easy to find way too many people who believe they possess great wisdom, who have an Instagram account, and thus share their "deep and loving advice" to the populous on "how to be a better person". ignorant, narrow and simple-minded statements ensue. perhaps the same could be said for this exact thing i'm doing now...posting to my blog or Facebook. guess i just want to rid of the lies, for God's sake..

little finger paintings on cels...

bring'n back the cels.  front-->back.  as kids my brother and i loved learning about the animation process and so would try to create our own cels with our own characters.  now, everything is digital and everyone and their mom's an artist.  it's just too easy..

OMG...

Facebook...setting the moral standard.  convenient giving.

at the Mojo Lounge...

-Stevenson Proffitt on guitar and mic...

the universe don't give a fiddler's fart...

new brush. trial picture...

have always enjoyed the speckled look that airbrush or paint/toothbrush can give.  so, tried to recreate something of the sorts.  and the bottom one, well, that's just some foolishness..

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another bar scene...

a lighter touch..

sometimes, perhaps, it's good to step outside yourself into gentler territories.  i've forgotten what it's like to draw kind things.  bit of discomfort :-)

bad body..

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'rich man giving'

this is my small contribution to the Ronald Searle auction happening on ebay around mid July.  proceeds will go to shipping Searle's original work to the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco.  show will appear around this Fall.  that night will be an exciting one

click here to see all the great art..

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images from the book..

for some reason or another it's been a real delight to have my book on me wherever i go and drawing as i please.  what's produced is sheer comfort and joy-- sometimes mad frustration.  i don't know, there seems to be a feeling of an unknown life event that's on the cusp of taking affect.  and the way my mind has been wondering and wrestling with the heart i can't help but think what pleasure or pain awaits my future, and where am i being led with just all of this.  am i being led even and simply walking the same cliché path as the rest with little care..