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这是一副推理图！圣诞节前两天去渡了个小假，回来时发现窗帘多了两道刮纱！谁是兇手？我想，定是大黄猫乘我不在家跑到房里来欺负Bobo了！把Bobo抓来检查，果然掉了两撮毛！

This is an inference picture! After a two days vacation before Christmas, I noticed that my curtain have two scratches added on it! Who did that? When I checked on Bobo, two furless spots found! Poor Bobo, obviously she had been bullied by the jealous male orange cat who came every night! Now, I got the suspect, but what I can do further? "Nothing"! :>



就是这只大黃猫，好几个月前就来了，每晚在窗外站岗，我走近就喵喵叫，要食物，要人疼，比Bobo还嗲！

Here's the orange cat, still came every night, sitting outside the window, asking for food, asking to be stroked! Sometimes I feel that he love me more than Bobo do! :(


Bobo本来很愜意的在刷毛洗身体，他看着看着就眼红了，跳上来巴她！后来我就不淮他进来房间了！

Bobo brushing her body comfortably before he jumped up slapping on her! Since then, I won't allow him to enter my room!



Bobo怕他又爱偷看他！

Bobo afraid of him, yet like to peep at him!

Here's a recent page from my sketchbook.

I was shopping at Newbury Comics the other day, and came across one of my newer Club Earth toy items that I hadn’t seen out in the world yet.

This little otter guy is weighted so that he will float. A bubble bottle fits inside him so you can have bubble stuff in the tub or pool.

Amy Louise was shocked and amazed at fluffy fun falling from the sky.
he he he he! Happy New Year Everyone.

这是一副推理图！圣诞节前两天去渡了个小假，回来时发现窗帘多了两道刮纱！谁是兇手？我想，定是大黄猫乘我不在家跑到房里来欺负Bobo了！把Bobo抓来检查，果然掉了两撮毛！

This is an inference picture! After a two days vacation before Christmas, I noticed that my curtain have two scratches added on it! Who did that? When I checked on Bobo, two furless spots found! Poor Bobo, obviously she had been bullied by the jealous male orange cat who came every night! Now, I got the suspect, but what I can do further? "Nothing"! :>



就是这只大黃猫，好几个月前就来了，每晚在窗外站岗，我走近就喵喵叫，要食物，要人疼，比Bobo还嗲！

Here's the orange cat, still came every night, sitting outside the window, asking for food, asking to be stroked! Sometimes I feel that he love me more than Bobo do! :(


Bobo本来很愜意的在刷毛洗身体，他看着看着就眼红了，跳上来巴她！后来我就不淮他进来房间了！

Bobo brushing her body comfortably before he jumped up slapping on her! Since then, I won't allow him to enter my room!



Bobo怕他又爱偷看他！

Bobo afraid of him, yet like to peep at him!

This is the thinnest life model I've ever seen. He also gives poetry readings in the nude. He reminded me of Lytton Strachey.
Watercolour 25cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

Joe Alterio of the awesome project Robots & Monsters has seen fit to call me an “All-Star!” I’ll take it! And what does that mean to you, you robot- and/or monster-lover? It means that you can bid on a chance to give me some suggestions, and I’ll draw you a big (9”x12”-ish) robot or monster to love and cherish for years to come. (or from which to cower in fear, if you want a scary one) Go place your bids for a chance to have me do your bidding! As always, funds raised go toward a charitable organization!

At Spadina Cres (by Herry Arifin)

Yes, there's 20 inches of snow on the ground (with another exciting storm on the way!), but spring is just around the corner over at Amazon.com. Who Has These Feet?, my illustrious illustration project for 2011, is ready and waiting for its marching orders. Written by Brooklyn Friends School Learning Specialist, Laura Hulbert, and published by Henry Holt, Who Has These Feet? will step into the world on August 16th.

"You can't plow a field by turning it over in your mind." -Irish proverb

I stumbled across that saying years ago and it has traveled with me, scrawled on a scrap of paper, from the bulletin board of my tiny apartment in Austin, TX, to my even tinier apartments in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and now to the bulletin board of my slightly less tiny home in Colorado.

I've always enjoyed imagining my life as a children's book illustrator. Its easy to IMAGINE making beautiful illustrations and beautfiul books and having a big, busy, successful career. But the DOING... sometimes the doing requires a bit of a nudge from that scrap of paper.

And now, after being laid off at the beginning of December due to the sluggish economy...Now, at the beginning of another year...Now, more than ever, is the time for doing.

So here's to new beginnings and joyful days. Here's to "plowing the field" for real.

Happy New Year!

这是一副推理图！圣诞节前两天去渡了个小假，回来时发现窗帘多了两道刮纱！谁是兇手？我想，定是大黄猫乘我不在家跑到房里来欺负Bobo了！把Bobo抓来检查，果然掉了两撮毛！
This is an inference picture! After a two days vacation before Christmas, I noticed that my curtain have two scratches added on it! Who did that? When I checked on Bobo, two furless spots found! Poor Bobo, obviously she had been bullied by the jealous male orange cat who came every night! Now, I got the suspect, what I can do further? "Nothing"! :>



就是这只大黃猫，好几个月前就来了，每晚在窗外站岗，我走近就喵喵叫，要食物，要人疼，比Bobo还嗲！
Here's the orange cat, still came every night, sitting outside the window, asking for food, asking to be stroked! Sometimes I feel that he love me more than Bobo do! :(


Bobo本来很愜意的在刷毛洗身体，他看着看着就眼红了，跳上来巴她！后来我就不淮他进来房间了！
Bobo brushing her body comfortably before he jumped up slapping on her! Since then, I won't allow him to enter my room!



Bobo怕他又爱偷看他！
Bobo afraid of him, yet like to peep at him!

New Brecht Evens gouaches on Flickr.

Also:The Wrong Place by Brecht Evens (Amazon Link) - One of my favourite books of the year.

Each day this week on Illustration Pages they are featuring the remarkable career of Harry Borgman, presented in a time line format, written by the artist himself. Throughout this incredible journey readers will have the opportunity to see the art of Harry Borgman, from present day – going as far back as his early childhood years. Each day a new feature about Harry will be posted.

Check out the series starting today at Illustration Pages.