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The Banality of Ruth

2012-02-08T19:00:00.000-08:00

Shoe Drop

2012-02-07T19:22:00.000-08:00

For Illustration Friday. Suspense

Apple Eye Phone

2012-02-06T05:44:00.000-08:00

Date Night With Chaperone

2012-02-04T08:01:00.000-08:00

Lipitoro

2012-02-02T20:07:00.000-08:00

Hoppy

2012-02-01T05:42:00.001-08:00

Bi-Directional

2012-01-30T23:40:00.000-08:00

For Illustration Friday - "Forward"

Early Warning System

2012-01-30T05:40:00.001-08:00

Raspberry

2012-01-29T13:18:00.000-08:00

Footstool

2012-01-28T17:15:00.001-08:00

Botsters

2012-01-26T19:19:00.000-08:00

Birdoplanes

2012-01-24T19:21:00.000-08:00

Runner

2012-01-23T20:34:00.001-08:00

Deterrence

2012-01-22T17:21:00.000-08:00

Eye Love King Can

2012-01-19T19:27:00.000-08:00

BustnButtons

2012-01-18T20:52:00.000-08:00

Stop (the) Online Piracy Act

2012-01-18T05:45:00.000-08:00

Swiped from Questionable Content because I didn't have time to make one myself this morning.

Visit QC - it's a great cartoon!

Rockwinkle and Bully

2012-01-17T19:14:00.000-08:00

Eyeclops

2012-01-16T18:01:00.000-08:00

Botaday at CES

2012-01-15T17:36:00.000-08:00

I got to draw on this panel for a bit.

Bish Op

2012-01-12T19:14:00.000-08:00

The bishop has an operating system.

Scanned ballpoint, processed and tinted in Inkscape

Awww

2012-01-12T05:15:00.000-08:00

See you at CES!

Tober

2012-01-10T18:47:00.000-08:00

Scanned ballpoint, processed and tinted in Inkscape

Legs

2012-01-08T20:58:00.000-08:00

Favorites

2012-01-06T05:24:00.000-08:00

What if Cog Was One of Us

2012-01-04T19:36:00.000-08:00

Recital

2012-01-03T18:33:00.001-08:00

Scanned ballpoint, processed and tinted in Inkscape

For Illustration Friday

Lip Roller

2012-01-02T18:36:00.001-08:00

Easy Mark

2012-01-01T13:06:00.000-08:00

Hectavon

2011-12-31T12:12:00.000-08:00

This is the first drawing I've worked in inkscape where I have begun to come to grips with the intricacies of the Bezier Curve tool.

In the image below, you can see how the tool can create really clean curves.

It requires dragging with the tool and then releasing the mouse button.

When the button is released, you are left with the Bezier handle (the straight line on the right) and the new line (the curve on the left)

I used this technique to create the shadow on the hectavon's beak.

There are tons of inkscape tutorials out there, so I'm not going to go into great detail here, but for me, this was a very important discovery - that I could draw a curved line with a very nice, clean edge.

In other words, there is no way I could draw a similar line freehand.

If you look, I used this to add shadows to the hectavon's feet as well.

Enjoy!

Disarmament

2011-12-30T05:38:00.001-08:00

I was confounded for the longest time because I thought I was a cartoonist.

The problem is, I don't have any stories.

I have a lot to say, but what I have to say doesn't lend itself well to what I like to draw.

For people whose words line up more elegantly with their pictures... More power to ya!

OW

2011-12-26T09:36:00.000-08:00

When I take a step back and actually look at it, I HAVE the artistic environment I always wanted.

Years ago I learned to airbrush so I could apply graduated tones to ink drawings.

The things that were inside my head back then are the things that I can produce on a computer almost effortlessly today.

Well, not effortlessly, but the effort is such a fascination that, even though I may lose hours of time making it happen, it feels easy.

Bipolar Vision

2011-12-22T21:16:00.000-08:00

Banana Copter

2011-12-21T05:39:00.001-08:00

Most Famous

2011-12-19T18:58:00.000-08:00

No. That's not National Public Radio.

It's North Pole - Rudolph

Thanks to Wikipedia

Its All About Line

2011-12-18T19:05:00.000-08:00

You First

2011-12-18T05:59:00.000-08:00

Man Emo & Shaq

2011-12-16T19:28:00.001-08:00

Light Engine

2011-12-15T19:51:00.001-08:00

Eyes N Eyes

2011-12-14T18:04:00.000-08:00

Look Ma

2011-12-13T19:27:00.000-08:00

Fears 'n' Tear

2011-12-12T19:56:00.001-08:00

Cousins

2011-12-11T17:40:00.001-08:00

Different as night and day

Rocket Buzz

2011-12-09T20:16:00.001-08:00

Strange Layers

2011-12-07T20:39:00.000-08:00

Rollermania

2011-12-05T18:12:00.001-08:00

TV Dialogue

2011-12-04T14:33:00.000-08:00

They Said it Couldn't Happen Here

2011-12-03T21:10:00.001-08:00

GPS

2011-12-02T18:14:00.000-08:00

Serpentina

2011-11-30T21:31:00.000-08:00

King Cocktail

2011-11-29T19:42:00.000-08:00

Walker

2011-11-28T05:52:00.001-08:00

Ice Station WTF

2011-11-26T18:54:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving Conspiracy Theory

2011-11-23T20:32:00.000-08:00

Ever notice how "Piracy" is a part of "Conspiracy"?

Uh, huh...

Summit

2011-11-22T05:49:00.001-08:00

The World is Not Simple

2011-11-21T19:16:00.001-08:00

The Lineup

2011-11-20T19:19:00.000-08:00

WO

2011-11-19T08:36:00.000-08:00

The Plan

2011-11-17T19:38:00.000-08:00

110511-1

2011-11-11T06:58:00.001-08:00

Prodigal Son

2011-11-07T06:11:00.000-08:00

102311-1

2011-11-06T06:32:00.001-08:00

Unrelated

2011-11-05T09:56:00.000-07:00

Daily Dose

2011-11-02T18:52:00.000-07:00

Space Bunquees

2011-11-02T06:11:00.000-07:00

Pointers

2011-10-29T19:41:00.000-07:00

101411-1

2011-10-29T17:12:00.000-07:00

Standoff

2011-10-27T19:15:00.000-07:00

101011-3

2011-10-27T00:49:00.001-07:00

Mardi Gras

2011-10-23T20:27:00.000-07:00

I know next to nothing about Mardi Gras.

However, when I cut out this section, that's what came to me and so that's what I named it.

Doc at the Radar Station

2011-10-23T07:54:00.001-07:00

Inspired by the title of a Captain Beefhart album.

When I finished drawing this, the album title popped into my mind.

Not meant as competition with the original album-cover artwork.

101011-1 color

2011-10-21T18:47:00.000-07:00

101011-1

2011-10-17T06:09:00.001-07:00

092111-2

2011-10-14T18:28:00.000-07:00

Sharpener Party

2011-10-12T19:58:00.000-07:00

Tank Chair Island

2011-10-10T05:42:00.000-07:00

Plot Thickens

2011-10-07T05:48:00.001-07:00

Beneath

2011-10-04T19:21:00.001-07:00

Justice

2011-10-02T08:18:00.000-07:00

The Monkey With Them

2011-10-01T18:59:00.000-07:00

090711-5

2011-10-01T06:49:00.001-07:00

090711-4

2011-09-27T18:12:00.000-07:00

Psybickle

2011-09-25T07:15:00.001-07:00

Felicitous Dandroids

2011-09-22T05:36:00.000-07:00

090711-1

2011-09-21T18:22:00.001-07:00

Enginoid

2011-09-15T06:25:00.001-07:00

082511-2

2011-09-14T19:07:00.001-07:00

082511-1

2011-09-13T05:50:00.001-07:00

Music Tableau

2011-09-08T05:46:00.001-07:00

Aint Got Time for That Now

2011-09-07T20:10:00.000-07:00

081311-1

2011-09-07T05:55:00.000-07:00

081911-1

2011-09-05T10:04:00.000-07:00

Just a stupid sketch. That's all I got, man.

R3D2

2011-09-03T16:17:00.000-07:00

Winglass

2011-09-02T06:25:00.001-07:00

The View

2011-08-31T21:37:00.000-07:00

Solar Powered Walker

2011-08-31T05:19:00.000-07:00

Swanclops II

2011-08-29T06:01:00.001-07:00

Swanclops I

2011-08-28T07:43:00.000-07:00

Mobile Molar

2011-08-23T19:56:00.000-07:00

Evil Wicked Sun

2011-08-22T04:43:00.000-07:00

Welcome to another week!