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The Teenage Beast Continues

My punk rock monster, The Teenage Beast, continues to haunt my sketchbooks as I piece together a story through doodles and develop an approach to the illustrations. I’m still figuring out where the story is going and what materials will … Continue reading

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The Tuesday Doodle

The Goo-Goo Muck. Playing around with Sailor, Pentel and a couple other pens during some down time in work. This goes along with an old drawing I did decades ago which I pulled from storage. The old drawing was inspired … Continue reading

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Tuesday Doodle

I am having a lot of fun using my Sailor Fude fountain pens in a couple of small, mixed media sketchbooks. Sometimes I have a subject in mind, and other times — like the drawing above — I go wherever … Continue reading

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I Want a New Toy!

…and I got some new toys! First up is the Sailor Fude de Mannen which is a fabulous fountain pen made in Japan. I think it was meant to be a calligraphy pen, but it works great for drawing. You … Continue reading

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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Gritty City

Back in the ’80s, there were a number of guys in art school playing with grayscale textures created by flicking a toothbrush loaded with ink onto a piece of bristol or illustration board. They would carefully cut frisket masks like … Continue reading

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It’s Pixels Versus Pigments, Again

The late, great Dan Love was a good friend and a technological guru who pushed me kicking and screaming into new computers and gadgets I never realized I needed until I started to use them. He was passionate about computers … Continue reading

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Cosmic Maaaaaannnnn Returns Again!

Cosmic Maaaaaannnn has returned to celebrate my darling wife’s birthday! We first met this star traveler during our crystal anniversary and again on Tina’s birthday ten years ago. Happy birthday, Tina!  

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