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Friday, March 31, 2006

Illustration Friday - Spring

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When the weather warms up, people head to the beach… even the elves! At least I think he's an elf. The original English word for the sea...
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Friday, March 24, 2006

Illustration Friday-MONSTER

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This is a quick watercolor and colored pencil illustration. I wish I had more time as it was a very quick sketch. As I began to work on it, ...
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Monday, March 20, 2006

Illustration Friday - Feet

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OK, so they are probably more eyes than feet, but I really started because of the feet and got carried away. And then I couldn't help my...
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Friday, March 10, 2006

Illustration Friday - Tattoo

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The Start of Something Big colored pencil 2006 Wow…what a tough topic this week. It really made me think. And made me work. I guess that...
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Saturday, March 04, 2006

Another Insect

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So, I took a look through some of my old paintings and found this one from 1991. It is called More Than A Mouthful . I guess Hooters is goo...
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Friday, March 03, 2006

Illustration Friday – Insect

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The Mole Cricket watercolor 2006 I hear them watching me and I crush them with the news of the world with a force that shakes me to the inn...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

What If?

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I am certain you have been asked the question, "If you knew you would die tomorrow, what would you do?" And when you were asked th...

Illustration Friday - Song

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Monday, February 13, 2006

Illustration Friday – Simple

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It's me again. I have finally been able to get back at it and it wasn't simple, even though the illustration is a bit on the simple...
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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Parents

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I was talking to my oldest girls recently and she told me that being a teen was the hardest thing she has ever had to do. I quickly responde...
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Friday, January 20, 2006

Illustration Friday – Cats

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In the grasp, but the joke’s on him. It's how I want it. It is the way of our kind. Let them think THEY are in control. That purri...
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Friday, January 13, 2006

Ellustration Friday

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E is for Ernie This is a mascot I created for one of my clients. As you can see from his name, he is an enzyme. Unfortunately, Ernie is no l...
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Friday, January 06, 2006

Illustration Friday – Sea

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I have been doing reference drawings of fish since 1988 for New World Publications. I have drawn almost every species of reef fish from Braz...
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Thursday, January 05, 2006

Illustration Fiday – Flavor

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Raisin Bread… In my previous post, I mentioned that my parents were children of the Great Depression. Another story from my father's chi...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

The Lugwah Prize

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There's a post by an old cracker writer who sometimes calls himself Old Folks about a journalist who gave himself the Lugwah Prize. T...
Friday, December 23, 2005

Illustration Friday – Holidays

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Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all. These two illustrations are part of an ongoing marketing campaign I have for myself. Thank God fo...
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Friday, December 16, 2005

Illustration Friday – Imagine

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Can you plack a star from the heavens?
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Thursday, December 08, 2005

Moelf

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Here's a new illustration that I will be using for an upcoming self promo piece. I have really neglected my art in the recent years and ...

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

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"I really thought that love would save us all." — John Lennon, October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Off and Running

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I do my fair share of reading things that other people post on the internet, web sites, forums and blogs, among other things, mostly to expa...
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