Where the Wild Things Are...

Hiding in my cupboard of watercolor examples, of course!

Thanks to Maurice Sendak for his inspiration, I attempt to criminalize his elementary book characters.

Inspiration

What a darling creature! So delicate and squishy and cute! I think I will have to draw this...Thank you Bailey!

Birdman of the Sea

I was clearing out some old papers and ran across this sketch I started on that flight to Hawaii. I never did finish the butterfly-wing umbrella, the face, or darken the carpie fishes. I didn't use my favorite pens either, so it seems kind of coarse, but I do believe I will go back and add detail if I can find matching ink.... I think all parts were composed from various pics in good ol Natl Geographic. Thought to ponder: Does that mean I never think of an original idea on my own??!
Now I recall that this was drawn in a sketchbook. Smooth paper lacks tooth. Smooth paper sucks!

Jellies, Giant. Waterworld.

Sketched up a couple more jellyfish and though I am not extremely pleased with their overall form at the moment, I went ahead and added some divers to play up their scale. Not sure what else I'll do with this picture; I'd scanned and printed a couple to 'play' with as usual. Coincidentally, I saw some REAL giant jellyfish (Echizen kurage) online and couldn't believe their massive size. Creepy.
Teg is the foreground diver, courtesy of Facebook, and I've aleady darkened up both humans and added obscure detail...

Joey Krug. My Preference for Strange. The King.

(Just killing 3 birds with 1 stone here. Don't think Mr. Krug is strange!)

Thought I would post some of an incomplete sketch I scanned today...I might try drawing some more of these mindless Jellies as they are pretty cool and blobby, yet somewhat forbodingly evil...heh heh heh.

I recalled earlier today that I'd never blogged about an email I received from Joey Krug several weeks ago, former Limousine band member, which I'd blurbed about in May. Joey was nice enough to tell me that he is practicing some kick-a$$ music and bound to start up playing soon. (I hope!)
However, I have no way of knowing when, because I am "MySpace Incompetent" and cannot communicate.
Alas. My only hope is to be emailed again. And don't worry, I'm not a stalker.

Interestingly (only to me, I assume), I discovered that 'forboding' can also be spelled 'foreboding' since my spell-check is causing me to second-guess myself.
You know, I don't want to do something stupid and spell 'meat' as 'meet' or something! Bailey says that this photo of Dan's HAS to be Burger King in Hawaii!

Congrats Again!

Tegan received another medal--he called on Monday evening after what sounded like several days without SLEEP. The USS Greeneville is out of dry-dock now and he had lots of exciting comments on this feat. Mom says "Get some sleep!"
Fake medal here ...I have no idea what is should be!

Dark Indian

Found this pic in a drawer... I think in about '87, I worked for an illustrator for a couple months...was inspired to go home and try something, so I took 2 scraps of illustration board and glued them together, carving into the top one with an exacto knife because I like texture that I can feel I think the feathers are carved out too...and its a combo of acrylics, oil, turpentine, ink, colored pencil. It hangs in a dark corner...

And speaking of Indians, I also came across this pic of me during the early 70's. Before high school anyway. The girl on the horse visited up the road every summer and her dad was a Secret Service Agent for the Pres. I look like I should of been cast in the movie BILLY JACK. (But I did attempt to force the rest of my siblings to wear painted-up fringed pillow case dresses and loin clothes and build willow huts one summer...!)