PMD Xmas Card Envelopes 2021: Back Scratcher
So, my family has a history of being known for "toilet humor". I know my sister in particular gets a big kick out of Plunger Monkey because, well, plungers. When I shared last year that I was thinking of doing an illustrated book of Totally Reasonable Uses for a Plunger, she (along with my
PMD Xmas Card Envelopes 2021: Arrow
I sent "arrow" to my college/art school friend Rebecca. She has become quite the athlete in the intervening years, getting heavily involved in Crossfit. I know archery isn't really in the Crossfit repertoire, but, it IS a sport, so I thought it was a match. Rebecca and I both went through the illustration and
PMD Xmas Card Envelopes 2021: A Rapier
Like my sister, my brother also appreciates the family toilet humor. He also has two young (and very energetic) boys...who sometimes like to sword fight...I'm sorry James (but if this happens, I want to see video). I still laugh thinking back to a time when I was old enough to be left "in charge"
Inktober 2021 Day #31: Risk
Inktober 2021 Day #31: RISK. So, in a lot of my PMD illustrations, he seems to have a penchant for putting plungers on things...fair warning... There it is, the final prompt of Inktober 2021, completed 10 days into November. I've had a lot of set backs, probably more than previous years, but I couldn't
Inktober 2021 Day #30: Slither
Inktober 2021 Day #30: SLITHER. Okay, this one might be a bit out there. It certainly wasn't the direction I thought I was going to go in. My original ideas had something to do with PMD performing some snake-style kung fu or something. I wasn't super into it, so I turned to Google. The
Inktober 2021 Day #29: Patch
Inktober Day #29: PATCH. I have thought about turning some of my shirt designs, and particularly some PMD images, into patches. I don't know that there's a market for such things (especially when no one knows who I am), and I just haven't looked into it yet. At some point I probably will. This
Inktober 2021 Day #28: Crispy
Inktober 2021 Day #28: Crispy. Yet another prompt I struggled with an idea for, so I turned to Googling the definition. That lead to me thinking about a "crisp" Autumn day, and walking through crunchy leaves, which could also be described as "crispy". So, that's what I went with. Stylistically I was thinking of
Inktober 2021 Day #27: Spark
Inktober 2021 Day #27: SPARK. First page of a new sketchbook! This one amuses me. This was supposed to be a "simple" idea, but it wound up taking me well over 3 hours. I thought about PMD using a flint and steel, or having electric super powers. Then I thought about tasers for some
Inktober Day #26: Connect
Inktober 2021 Day #26: CONNECT. I'm not much of a baseball guy, but this is one of the ideas that came to mind, and I thought it would be fun and a good excuse to practice illustrating motion and impact, so I went with it. Representing movement in a static medium is always challenging.
Inktober 2021 Day #25: Splat (backed chair)
Inktober 2021 Day #25: SPLAT (backed chair). Okay, so, at first glance, this one is probably a "huh?" I was going to go with the more obvious this time around because I thought it would be fun: PMD smooshed up against a pane of glass, maybe with a squashed banana in one hand and
Inktober 2021 Day #24: Extinct
Inktober 2021 Day #24: EXTINCT. I spent a long time wracking my Brain trying to come up with a good idea for this one, but I just couldn't come up with something clever or unique. So, when that happens, I resort to being a bit more obvious in my interpretation of the prompt, and
Inktober 2021 Day #23: Leak
Inktober 2021 Day #23: LEAK. Okay, this one might not make sense outside of my own head. As I usually do, I was trying to think of the less obvious way to illustrate the prompt, so I came to "leaked information/news", like from a movie set or something. PMD, since I'm not convinced it
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