R.I.P. Mr. Sketchbook MacDougal
Alright, short on time, so just a quick-ish update. First off, in reference to the title of this post...you probably had to be there to appreciate it, but, many moons ago, my best friend Jorj and I were fresh out of college, trying to find something to do with our lives and our art. We decided to start planning the ultimate video game that mashed up all the different genres of games we loved. We were tossing around story ideas, and then characters and monsters. We were trying to come up with a list of names and sort of work
Studio Stuff: Comics, Comics, Comics, Comics, Part 2-The Comics-ing
May 7th was Free Comic Book Day this year. Last year we hit up one of our favorite comic book stores after a Cub Scout event, and this year was the same (though the events were different). Apparently we shelled out enough dough last year, and on some more unique books than the standard fare, that the owner actually remembered us and had some suggestions to boot. I still have quite a few things that I haven't gotten around to reading yet, I think I just need to shut myself in my studio for a day or two and do
Gallery Update: Happy Day After Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there, particularly my own mother and my wife. You may recall the lengthy retrospective-type post I did last year of all my hand-drawn Mother's Day cards that I've been making for my wife since our first child was born. Well, this is 2016's: Those are supposed to be stars spelling out "Happy Mother's Day", but I don't think I went dark enough with the sky for it to "pop". All this drawing I've been doing since the Inktober challenge has really helped me improve my skills (funny how near daily
Gallery Update: It’s Tick Season…Yay.
It's been a little while since an update. I've been plenty busy both in the studio and out. I'm wrapping up the camp shirt design, I think I'm done with another project for my cousin (still waiting for final word), finally finished up a gift/project for my nephew that became more involved than I originally thought (I got carried away), as well as finished up yet another project (that I can't post about until next week...you'll know why when you see it), all while churning away on the comic strip. Outside of the studio, there's been a few camping trips
Gallery Update: Baby’s Are Like Squids…
I'm finding it difficult to not spend all my studio time working on It's Plunger Monkey Dynamo Time!, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I'm making some progress towards some big goals/ambitions...but I'm completely not touching some others. Hrm. I need better time management skills, but that's nothing new. What is new (see what I did there?) is that my good friend and his wife are due to have their first child any time now. Obviously this called for the traditional, custom PMD card: No, this doesn't imply having a kid is like
Gallery Update: Milk, A Body Good, It Does
Firstly, be sure to check out the latest installment of It's Plunger Monkey Dynamo Time! if you didn't already. I think I'm going to try to post new installments on Tuesdays and Fridays, we'll see how long that keeps up, though. If I can't stay far enough ahead, I may drop back to once a week. Secondly, I didn't spend time in the studio yesterday because I was volunteering at my youngest's elementary school for Art Day. I helped run a few different stations that saw the kids producing different types of art, filling in where ever the staff needed
Please let me know what you think, it makes my brain happy.