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This is a blog covers everyday things that occur to me. No no particular theme other than just my own thoughts and ideas. I also have another blog following my attempts to get my book bought by a traditional publishing company. That one's here: http://thesquishystinkydiaper.wordpress.com/
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1. Proctologist

Here’s an illustration I made for 435 Magazine.  It will be in the January 2015 issue.

Colon Pic 500


Filed under: Magazine Illustrations / Spots Tagged: 435 Magazine, cartoon, colonoscopy, doctor, drawing, humor, magazine illustration, man, patient, photo of colonoscopy, proctologist

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2. Fitbit Love

Here’s an illustration I made for 435 Magazine.  It will be in the January 2015 issue.

Fitbit 500


Filed under: Magazine Illustrations / Spots Tagged: 435 Magazine, cartoon, commission, drawing, fitbit, fitness monitor, husband and wife, inappropriate affection, jealous, love, man and woman, spot illustration

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3. Bearded Man

Old Man Face 500


Filed under: Art, image Tagged: beard, caracter, cartoon, drawing, face, man

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4. Running Hug Sketches

Some quick motion sketches.  Running Hug


Filed under: Images, Sketches Tagged: action poses, black and white, cartoons, happy, hug, kiss, line drawings, love, motion, running, sketches, spinning

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5. Mushrooms

I haven’t posted any macro photos for awhile. So, here you go. Some mushrooms I found this summer in my garden.

I’m not sure what kind they are.  They could have bee small puffballs, but I didn’t risk it by eating any of them.

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Filed under: Photography Tagged: fungi, mushroom, nature, not plants, photography, puffballs?

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6. Bumpkin

cartoon faces - bumpkin - color 400


Filed under: image Tagged: bumpkin, cartoon, illustration, lines only, man, slack-jawed yokel

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7. Evil Mad Scientist

You can tell he’s evil because he has a goatee.

cartoon faces - evil mad scientist - color 400


Filed under: image Tagged: cartoon, evil, goatee, lines only, mad scientist, man

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8. Man in Hat – Color

Now he has some color.  Why do I have a feeling he’s a cat burglar or something like that?

cartoon faces - man in winter hat - color 350


Filed under: image Tagged: cartoon, color, hat, man, sad, turtleneck

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9. Man in Hat

He looks kinda sad.  Wonder what’s wrong.
cartoon faces - man in winter hat 300


Filed under: image Tagged: cartoon, hat, lines only, man, sad, turtleneck

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10. Tearsheets

Here’s a couple of recent tearsheets from 435 Magazine.  I had illustrations in both November’s and December’s issues.

Nov 2014 500 Dec 2014 500


Filed under: Magazine Illustrations / Spots Tagged: 435 Magazine, illustrations, published, tear sheets

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11. You did NOT just say that.

I was hanging around the internet today and someone posted something and I was like…
You did NOT just say that 500…you did NOT just say that.

And so I made this little sketch.


Filed under: Sketches Tagged: attitude, cartoon, drawing, sketch, woman, you did NOT just say that

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12. My Font in a Video Game

calamaras attackMy free font (Big Bottom Cartoon) is now in a ROAR Games product called Calamars Attack. I haven’t played it, but here’s a link to it on Google Play and on iTunes. Remy Trolong, the founder of ROAR Games, tells me that my name’s in the credits, which is a condition for using my font in something like this.

So, that’s interesting.  :)


Filed under: Freebies Tagged: big bottom cartoon font, calamars attack, font, google play, itunes, ROAR Games, video game

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13. Elf on the Shelf

Creepy Elf 500Okay, personally, I think the idea of an elf on the shelf is just super-creepy. Creepier than the idea that one old man knows when you’re sleeping and when you’re awake. I mean, it’s an apparently inanimate object that’s spying on you all day and then going off to report on you at night. How is that not creepy?

But, here you go. A perfectly nice, ordinary, non-creepy, elf spy on the shelf.


Filed under: Christmas, Holidays, image Tagged: bell, cartoon, christmas, doll, drawing, elf, green, illustration, shelf, watching

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14. All Wrapped Up

An illustration of mine for the December issue of 435 Magazine.
Mom All Wrapped Up


Filed under: Christmas, Holidays, Images, Magazine Illustrations / Spots Tagged: 435 Magazine, adobe photoshop, bows, cartoon, christmas, Christmas lights, drawing, expectations, fake smile, humor, magazine illustration, mom, Ribbons, tape, uh-oh, woman, wrapping paper

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15. Digital Artist at Work

Here I am working with my Wacom graphics tablet on my laptop. This is more-or-less how I think I look when I’m working. Sometimes there’s also a cat.

Digital Artist Working
As you can see, it doesn’t really take much. I don’t even need a studio unless I’m framing prints. Just me, my laptop, and my tablet.


Filed under: image Tagged: cartoon, couch, digital artist, drawing, illustration, laptop, self portrait, wacom graphics tablet, woman, working

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16. Nervous Girls

I sketched this today.  I was playing with expressions.  I wonder what they’re so nervous about.

nervous girls 500


Filed under: Sketches Tagged: cartoon, children, drawing, girls, guilty, illustration, line drawing, nervous, scared, sketch

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17. Sassy Fat Lady

More sketching.  I think this lady knows she’s all that.  :)
Sassy Fat Lady 500


Filed under: Sketches Tagged: cartoon, cute, drawing, dressed up, fat lady, positive body image, pretty, sassy, she's all that, sketch, woman

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18. Running Guy

Guy Running 500I was sketching this evening.  Here’s what came out of my stylus.

Bare feet are fun to draw.


Filed under: Sketches Tagged: boy, cartoon, drawing, guy, playing, running, sketch

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19. Doodle Guy

I was doodling tonight.  Thought I’d share.

doodle guy 500


Filed under: image, Sketches Tagged: bowing, cartoon, doodle, drawing, fat, man, running, sketch, sulking, ta-da, thinking, walking

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20. Dolores Umbridge – Final

Dolores Umbridge


Filed under: Children's Illustrations, image Tagged: children's illustration, classroom, digital art, dolores umbridge, fanart, harry potter, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Hermione Granger, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, illustration, J. K. Rowling, Neville Longbottom, raising her hand, scene

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21. Dolores Umbridge – WIP 2

Moving right along, here’s the finished lines without color.

Umbridge 2 500I suppose I should mention that the illustration is copyright by me and the characters and story are copyright J.K. Rowling.


Filed under: Work in Progress Tagged: dolores umbridge, harry potter, illustration, work in progress

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22. Dolores Umbridge – WIP

Here’s a sketch of an image I’m working on just for myself.  I’ll post the final when it’s finished.

Umbridge 500


Filed under: Work in Progress Tagged: dolores umbridge, harry potter, illustration, sketch, wip

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23. School Fundraisers Illustration

Here’s an illustration of mine that’s in the November issue of 435 Magazine.

School Fundraisers - Final 500


Filed under: Images, Magazine Illustrations / Spots Tagged: 435 Magazine, adobe photoshop, adults, African American, asian, book fair, boy, boy scout, caucasian, cheerleader, children, clarinet, coach, commission, digital art, girl, girl scout, illustration, kids, kyle's real watercolor weird 90, latina, librarian, magazine, marching band, men, mom, parent, pta, school fundraisers, spirit squad, tote bag, walk-a-thon, women

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24. Missing You

Miss You 2
I’m not entirely happy with the composition.  It feels sort of unbalanced, somehow, no matter how I crop it…  Dunno.  I may need to work on it some more.  *shrug*

I really like the colors and the way I drew the guy, though.


Filed under: Greeting Cards, Images Tagged: bed, cartoon, emotion, greeting card, illustration, man, miss you

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25. Published in the SCBWI Bulletin

So, here’s my “Girl Reading” image published in the November/December 2014 issue of the SCBWI Bulletin.

Tear Sheet 500


Filed under: Magazine Illustrations / Spots Tagged: cartoon, drawing, girl, lying on floor, magazine illustration, published, reading, scbwi bulletin, tablet, tear sheet

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