Illustration Friday - balloon

Fun with voice balloons. One in a series. See here and here and here.

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving to everyone, and to those outside the U.S., happy Friday. :-)

anticipation and creativity

Illustration Friday - opinion

My opinion is that things that happen to us when we are young can have a profound effect on us as adults. :-) Happy early Thanksgiving everyone!!

Oh, and the reference to Ammon Perry's illustrations can be seen here. :-)

Birds!

It must be getting close to winter, birds are everywhere! See more of them here. :-)

Illustration Friday - pretend

Sometimes I pretend this is me, and I can run really fast and catch gazelles for lunch. Even though I'm crying.

K is for kooky

A portrait for K Fingerett, who won a contest and this was her prize. :-)

Buy my tote! :-)

The FLOWER POWER tote is finally here!

My good friend Nikki (owner of Cykochik) asked me to design a tote as part of her Artist Series line. You can be the first of your friends to have one! Click here!

You can customize it in any colors (though I'm personally fond of the orange and hot pink). :-)

Can you tell I'm excited?

Illustration Friday - wise

It's very wise to embrace diversity.

Just had to post this one again

"Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: first, a dissatisfaction with self -- a felt void or need; second, a decision to change -- to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change -- the willful act of making the change: doing something."

-- Dr. Leo Buscaglia, American Professor of Education at USC

A cupcake for Emma

Happy Birthday (a little late). :-)

Illustration Friday - vacant

A vacant expression. No wonder, he feels all boxed in.

Oh, and Happy Halloween! :-) :

Allen

Illustration Friday - Repair

A chair that may soon be in need of repair? :-)

5 drawings I don't particularly like

Sometimes my pen just won't do the curves the way I want it to.


Chicken salad chicken shit? I don't remember what this was even about.


A school that didn't accept me into their grad program.


I do kind of like the cat in this one. Btw, this is a tribute to Crackskull Bob (Wally Torta).


This was the last page in an old sketchbook. I wanted to throw it back.

Illustration Friday - late

It's never too late for hope. :-)

The State Fair of Texas!

Just a few highlights. You can see a few more at my flickr page. :-) Yeeehawwwww!

Illustration Friday - strings

Sarah wants to honk less at others and Michael is quitting smoking and Kerri's lesbian dog eats her panties.

Conversations are a series of very disparate subjects that seem to be connected by the thinnest of strings. But that's what makes them so fun. :-)

Illustration Friday - sugary

I wish I could offer a reasonable explanation, but I can't. There is something sugary (and disturbing) about this. Maybe I chose it because I predicted lots of happy and sweet images in reponse to this topic.

Have a glorious day. ;-)

accept me

Now if only I would. ;-)

Illustration Friday - packed

A lot packed into this meeting. :-)

"Being on the tightrope is living;
everything else is waiting."
-- Karl "The Great" Wallenda

my left thumb

enough brave wise loving strong passionate blessed

Illustration Friday - Clique

The things on my desk have formed a clique. And they're very dangerous. ;-)

In completely unrelated but important news, my friend Paul (who was hit by the truck) is still in rehab, and slowly getting better. I am playing in a golf tournament to help raise money for his family. If you'd like to support me with a donation, you can do that here. Thanks so much!

A dream come true at the Dream Cafe

Thanks to Trixie. xoxo

Illustration Friday - island

Sometimes I feel like an island, and am disconnected from my purpose, and where I fit in.

"If there is no struggle,
there is no progress."

-Frederick Douglass

time for a bath

Illustration Friday - Clutter

The aftermath

i got to get going

Illustration Friday - memories

I will never forget this little girl. She was passing out little cards to raise money on a bus in Buenos Aires. She was tiny and had the sweetest little Spanish voice as she went from seat to seat hoping to get some change. I think she had a black eye which broke my heart, but it was her resolve that really moved me. And when she saw me drawing she stopped and looked over at my sketchbook and started talking to me in Spanish, like she was curious about what I was doing. I explained that I didn't speak Spanish, and she kept right on talking. I ached to know what she was asking me. I still do.

Although I suspect what really hurt was that I wanted to save her, and I couldn't.

Patricia and her mighty pencil

In a belated portrait exchange, here is my late drawing of Pati. Thanks for being so patient! You can see the one she did of me here.

if

Illustration Friday - routine

my little world.

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is
dressed in overalls and looks like work."

-- Thomas Alva Edison

Roller derby!

See more photos here!

Michelle's fever blister never existed

downpour

Illustration Friday - detach

Not sure why, but this just seemed to fit the topic. Because I'm detached when I dream? Or detached from needing to remember? Or am I just crazy and/or deluded? :-)

"He is a wise man who does not
grieve for the things which he has not,
but rejoices for those which he has."

--Epictetus

can i take it all in?

Illustration Friday - Sail

I always prefer flying instead of sailing. Typical view from the cheap seats, right before the bald guy in front of me leans back and spills my drink in my lap and onto my computer bag, with a wailing baby and 2 drunk passengers providing the soundtrack.

Maybe I should take up sailing?

You may remember this post: things I notice on the airplane ride.

Today is 8/8/08. :-)

getting my oil changed and staring at the coffee bar

Illustration Friday - poof!

And just like magic, one day they all start to transform. Some creak, some stop working, and some just start to look funky. :-)

"You're never too old to grow younger."
-Mae West