Day 5 - Walkers Sighted

I've fallen behind on Drawtober because I was working on Pax! Expect to see some quicker, rougher pictures for the next few days (maybe even multiple pics in a single day) as I try to catch up. Here's Day 5, illustrating a scene from a favorite movie in my style. My style apparently is 3D stereo pairs, and if you cross your eyes and merge the images into one, you'll get the effect.

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Pax

Finally finished this pen and ink piece for the First Pres Theater fundraiser late last night. Now I've got 3 days of Drawtober pictures to catch up on!

Day 4 - Opposites Attract

The first three colors on this palette immediately suggested an underwater theme, but what to do with the red and yellow...?

Day 3 - Paisley Pangolin

So, with yesterday's prompt I had a bit of difficulty coming up with an original idea because it seemed so concrete (how do you put a unique spin on someone looking out a window at a city being destroyed?) Todays prompt, on the other hand, was difficult for exactly the opposite reason. The prompt is "Add stripes, spots, or other common markings to an unusual animal".  An unusual animal? There are so many! And if it's so unusual, how would a few stripes or spots make it even more interesting? The concept I ended up going with came from a suggestion from my wife. The unusual animal is my go-to favorite, the good old elusive pangolin, and the common markings are paisleys. After she suggested it, I knew instantly what it would look like. It took a little more time to actually do it, but here, finally, is my paisley pangolin!

Day 2 - The Swarm

Today's challenge: "They watched the destruction from the twentieth floor, as the city lights went out one by one."

I began this one by wondering why the lights were going out. At first, I assumed the darkness was a result of the destruction, like from a fire or volcano. Then I realized it might be more interesting if maybe the lights were attracting unwanted visitors and the only way to avoid destruction was to turn them off. I hope those people up on the twentieth floor balcony figure that out pretty soon!

Day 1 - Jestbot 1300

Today's challenge - a medieval robot and its operator! Behold, the Jestbot 1300 - everything you would ever want for your twelfth-century entertainment needs!

Bears, Bulbs and Me

Like a bear, who in the spring

Arises from his slumbering

Or like a bulb, who dormant lay

Sends up green shoots once it is May

I, too, must find the energy

To rouse myself from lethargy

Because tomorrow, once again,

Drawtober makes me lift my pen

And every day draw something new

A bit of art to share with you

So buckle up cause here we go

Tomorrow we’ll begin the show!

Father-Daughter Maps

It's been a while, and when posting this I realized the previous post was the big 800!

Anyway, tonight my youngest and I went to a class at the library about making fantasy maps with Photoshop. It went very well. Here's her map of the land inhabited by her stuffed animal friends:

Not bad! (I helped a little with Strawberry and the Minion, but most of it's all her.)

I did one, too, but ended up going a little overboard with some of the filters and things. I guess I just can't stay away from the space stuff...

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers, grandmothers, wanna-be mothers, or bad mother... Shut yo mouth!... Just talkin' 'bout mothers!... And we can dig it!

Anyway, here's the drawing from the front of this year's card. Love you, mom!

Ode to Old Gold

Today I had to say goodbye
My little car just got too old
And so, despite the times we've had
I took it in, and now it's sold

Ah yes, those times, they were so good
Like driving in to work each day
And then back home, where it would stop
In the garage, where it would stay

For eight long years it took me forth
And back and forth and back again
And in that time it gained some quirks
That popped up every now and then

Quirks like a wobbly back end
Providing me a chance to feel
A sense of wonder as I though
If I was gonna lose a wheel

The dashboard lights would sometimes pulse
The headlights pointed different ways
And though I might not see at night
They seemed alright during the days

Beneath the hood, something would leak
And leave a puddle on the floor
I thought the leak was just one thing
Surprise! In fact there's several more!

The engine, rough and grumbly,
Was also an exciting part
Cause every time I turned the key
I wondered whether it would start

So last week, in to get repairs
The service people took the keys
They looked it over, then they said
"Two thousand dollars, if you please"

To fix a '97 car?
That figure seemed ridiculous
And though it pained my wife and me
Our only choice was obvious

We traded it for something newer
(That will be another rhyme)
So here's to you, my old, gold car
You served me, well, most of the time