Jimmy the Goon

Sluggish

2010-08-29T13:12:00.000-07:00

The Odd Couple

2010-08-15T13:46:00.000-07:00

10x10". Currently acrylic, but I'm going to experiment with an oil topcoat for blending purposes.

Wha'?

2010-02-25T15:30:00.000-08:00

Initial sketchplorations for the next etching.

Didn't get the memo ...

2010-02-18T09:37:00.000-08:00

4 of 5

Pretty pretty princess

2010-02-14T21:23:00.000-08:00

3 of 5

Lost in a sea of underwear

2010-02-10T09:08:00.000-08:00

I'm still working on monsters, but I got slightly side-tracked by this small project for a friend.

Robert snapped that last picture. The canvases are small — the square in the middle is 2.75x2.75 — but it takes me as long to finish one as it takes Robert to do a large, 24x30 painting. Very different styles.

Etching

2010-01-27T09:17:00.000-08:00

Robert, my main squeeze, has been getting into various types of printing lately — first linoleum block, now etching. Inspired by his efforts, I decided to try turning this pen and ink drawing I did back in 2005 into a print. After a bit a trial and error with getting the finer lines to remain clean, we began pulling some moderately successful prints.

I'm looking forward to more etching experiments.

A second tighty-whity wearing creature has joined the ranks

2010-01-18T09:33:00.001-08:00

2 of 5

Monsters in Tighty Whities

2010-01-15T10:50:00.000-08:00

I'm working on a new series of mini-canvases featuring monsters in tighty whities. Here is the first, which is near-complete but still needs a bit of touching up.

Slackin'

2009-04-20T13:32:00.000-07:00

Sketching more but finishing less.

Mini-canvi

2009-02-15T14:42:00.000-08:00

I recently purchased a bunch of teensy little mini-canvases from Utrecht as an impulse buy (they were right by the door!). And yesterday I finally picked up the paintbrush for the first time in over four years. Results below (penny for scale).

The essence of a gentleperson

2009-02-15T12:50:00.000-08:00

I wanted to create a character that captured the character of the Century Ballroom without alluding to a specific dance style. These are three scratchboard sketches where I played with different types of styling. I really wish I'd made the cane point in towards the feet. /sigh/

Scratchboardings

2009-02-14T20:51:00.000-08:00

The original sketch was inspired by a photo of Josephine Baker. One dancer led to another.

A Wind in the Door

2009-02-14T17:12:00.000-08:00

It might be time to add color to this ...

anatomically incorrect

2009-01-13T22:12:00.000-08:00

Sweet Potato

2009-01-08T23:27:00.001-08:00

I'm feeling about as creative as a gluttonous slug.

Toes

2008-11-06T17:28:00.000-08:00

Older stuffs

2008-10-02T14:43:00.000-07:00

It began its life as a face...

2008-09-18T18:16:00.000-07:00

... but Hannah thought it was a fish, so it became a fish. With an ear.

Self-portraits?

2008-08-11T11:57:00.000-07:00

Many an art teacher has said amateurs tend to use their own features when doing portraits — it has something to do with what our mind is most familiar with, and a tendency to draw what we think is there rather than what we're actually looking at. I tend to draw very large noses. I'll just leave it at that.

Not Lisa

2008-08-08T09:18:00.000-07:00

Lisa

2008-08-07T16:08:00.000-07:00

A quick sketch of my roommate's long-time friend. She's a little shy sometimes, but I was dressed as a ninja, hiding behind the curtain, and had an invisibility blanket over my head, so she didn't realize she was the object of my scrutiny.

These creatures three ...

2008-08-07T12:30:00.000-07:00

For Brian ...

The Gift

2008-06-29T23:23:00.000-07:00

Hallelujah, summer is here!

2008-06-28T21:20:00.000-07:00

During a fabulous BBQ today (thanks for hosting, Alissa), I managed to sketch an overweight wanna-be superhero, bleeding ballerina, and flying dolphins. All of this scattered creativity inspired an actual sit-down inking. Results below. W00t!

Nom nom nom

2008-03-24T21:15:00.000-07:00

The girls, they are here, and I am a cliché. There's still a fairly vocal part of my brain that says "Girl, you're going crazy right now! Come on, you're tough, you're strong! You're not swayed by any of this cutesy maternal crap!" and then I find myself telling my co-workers I'm available to show them the slide show if they're interested in baby pictures because ... well ... who wouldn't be? Right? (because I know you are ... )

Oh sheesh. Strong, independent, competent, feminist Rose is on vacation. She'll return after a few hours of screaming babies.

Twinlings!

2008-03-20T21:16:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow I become an auntie.

Thank you, Beanie, for having babies so I don't have to! She's even considerate enough to have two so there's extra to go around! Woohoo!

Albert and my new snowboard boot

2008-03-18T00:01:00.000-07:00

An Evening Bit o' Crazy

2008-03-17T23:49:00.001-07:00

Big Grump

2008-03-17T23:48:00.001-07:00

This is a Drill (or "If my scanner isn't under the bed, where could it be?")

2008-03-17T23:14:00.000-07:00

In an effort to poke my creative self in the ass, I'm going to start posting my nightly sketches. Welcome to my cartoon diary.