My sketchbook project if now available to view at the arthousecoop with a login or you can just view it here on my blog. My theme was "I remember you." I decided to make it into a comic strip book chronicling the many rejections I received from women over the years. I assume this will most likely land me in hot water with some but ah well. The past is the past and now we can just laugh it off, right? Good, I'm happy you agree.
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By: Chuck Dillon,
on 10/12/2010
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My wife's latest obsession is Fantasy Football which means we have been watching a lot of football which means I am bored which means I have been drawing a lot and catching up on sketchbook stories that I have been meaning to draw out for several years. Man, that was a long sentence. Anyhoot, here is the latest sketchbook story in all of its unedited glory.
This happened about 2 years ago.
By: Chuck Dillon,
on 2/11/2010
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In honor of Valentine's Day I am posting some old comics I did on the subject of love. The first comic is self explanatory. I really don't need to go into it. However, the second is based on a dream I had in which I was Charlie Brown sitting next to Peppermint Patty underneath a large tree discussing the topic of love. I have strange dreams.
By: Chuck Dillon,
on 8/31/2009
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I got some work done early today so I decided to quickly color this piece from my Adirondack sketchbook.
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By: Chuck Dillon,
on 8/31/2009
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Daisy and I vacationed in the Adirondacks (specifically the Lake Placid and Saranac areas) and here are a few pages from my sketchbook. I foolishly started it in very thin pen (01 or 02) and felt like I had to stick with it. Please be kind while looking at these, I did them without any pencil and I have done no spelling or fact checks so I may come across as an idiot.
After watching the olympic Aerialists train and do their show, I had some of them autograph my sketchbook (below). I thought it was pretty funny that the only one to sign the actual drawing was a bob sledder who just happened to be there that day.
I actually did the below sketch on a return trip from DC. I quickly drew people as the zoomed by us. It was a fun exercise so I thought I'd throw it in here.
I can't remember why I drew these bears. I was probably wishing I was in Yellowstone, which is how I spend a good 25% of each day.
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By: Chuck Dillon,
on 8/4/2009
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I can't believe it has been 9 years since I did this sketchbook story but I guess it's just proof that I am getting older. This was back when I was still living in Philadelphia struggling to make it as an illustrator. Pennypack Park is still one of my favorite places to ride my bike and I try to make it there a couple times every year. (Fun Fact: Built in 1697, the King's Highway Bridge, which crosses over the Pennypack Creek on Frankford Avenue, is the oldest stone bridge in all of the Americas. Anyone that traveled north out of Philadelphia used this bridge including our Founding Fathers. I used to wait for the bus on this bridge everyday in high school.)
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By: Chuck Dillon,
on 6/17/2009
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This is an 8 year old sketchbook story but it still makes me laugh. I'll try to dig up some more if I can find them. Here it is for you- spelling mistakes and all...
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Awesome!!!! I absolutely love this kind of autobiographical comic. And of course your drawings are really beautiful and expressive.
Will there be more??? :)
Thanks, Brett. Yes, I hope to do more now that football season is upon us- ha ha!
See there is an upside of me sucking your wife into Fantasy Football... you get more time to draw. You can thank me later. :)
Ha ha ha! You got it! Winkity wink!