Man, I had a great day today, its two in the morning now, I got my work done early yesterday(now) and went to the Experience Music project at the seattle center with my buddy Jason. They had the Jim Henson Muppet collection there along with all the other cool things and boy it was really fun. Then we went to the beach and hung out, looked at women for a while and finished off the night with some awesome karaoke. A full day to be sure. See ya in 6 hours, lol.

I'm feeling just a bit slumpy these last few days but I have been quite active with my art up till then, I don't see this staying around long. It's probably becaue I've got so much paying work right now, I'm just creatively wiped when I sit down to do some of my own. The comic is moving slow because I'm painting it myself(YIKES). It may be the turn-O-D-century before I'm done. MAN, I admire comic colorists, they just fly through the pages of their books. I'll looking for some practical applications of a good colorist's methods for doing comics now, because I don't want to run out of patience and put this project back in the bin.

This is the cover of the book, now I just need the contents.

There be Dragons

This is the painting that started me on this journey to do a book way back in 2001. I was at a game company that was near death and had lots of time on my hands because work was scarce. This was painted in photoshop.

I was looking round and found a small pic of the artwork of my teacher. His name was John Johns and he was a giant talent. There is very little out there about him but he was a real big deal back in the 50's and 60's. With covers for TV Guide, Time and many others. I wish, I could talk to him today and say thank you for the gift you gave me. The life you opened up for me by training me in this art. Thank you Mr. Johns

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Thats it for now, I'll be posting some more dragon stuff soon and a little from the comic too. so thanks fer lookin'

OK now this one , theres no imbellishment. This guy was jacked up. I wish he had sat down in front of me OOH MAN!!! I would have had a field day!!! But all I got was a glimpse. I was trying not to laugh at this one, and so were my collegues.

I was a little mean to this guys face as he didn't look this bad, but he kinda dissed one of the caricatures of one of our artist, so while it was going on i got a good look at him and really drew him how I felt he looked, not how he really looked. I don't do this too often, but he'll never know anyway....right?

These were some prime hunting grounds for funny faces. We have all seen a guy like this, he has all his features stuffed down at the bottom of his head, and a giant orb above. He had his whole family in tow and got his kid draw(not by me) so I had a chance to get a good look at him.

I drew a couple of fast walking profiles, although thats not my style these guys just had to be done. I did a different hair style on the guy with glasses because he was wearing a ballcap, so I imagined him without one. The other guy was just pure country, and I about fell out when I saw that neck!

This guy was not impressed by our booth or our talent, I wasn't drawing at the time so I got a real good look at him. His face never changed and then he just left, oh well ya can't please em all.

This asian kid was great because his face just shrunk when he smiled and the bushy hair was cool too. His sisters got draw, but he wanted no part of that deal, but he did enjoy laughing at his sisters.

This next guy walked by my booth and this was the expression he had on his face, I hope he had a bluetooth on otherwise....dang,LOL!

Ok heres a bunch of the drawing all together. This first guy was with his family, the fair is near an army fort and a airforce base so ya see lots of hair cuts like this one. But this guys jaw was so big, I just had to draw it. He only wanted his wife and kid drawn because he knew what would happen. So after he left I drew this.

Hey ya'll, Here is another drawing for that fair where I was bored. I've go many more of these but their in the bin right now, I'm diggin' em out tomorrow. Of course the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Hey sorry for the break in posts, I had a mega meltdown with my computer(AGAIN!) But I'm back at it. Things are loking rosier lately and the work is rollin' in. I'll have stuff to show tomorrow, I just got the photoshop reloaded!

Second day of the vet show, BORING! I was working for another company today and they were cordoned off from the show, which meant that I only drew 20 caricatures. I love getting paid for what I do but sitting for 4 hours with nothing to do is a bummer. What was funny was that the people who did come up wanted pics of their pets draw, which is cool, but the pics were all tiny images on cellphones or camera and the dog or cat was black... yeah. Oh well, I could be diggin' ditches..

Just got back from the gig and I made a mistake, it was a vetenarian tradeshow. Man I just get these gigs mixed up sometimes. Anyway the gig went well but I had to draw the people in almost complete darkness, ya kinda lose the features when that happens. But I'm not complaining, it CASH MONEY!!!

Speaking of caricatures, I putting these up because I drew them while bored at a state fair. These aren't real people but they were definitely inspired by the folks I saw walking by my booth. I have a bunch to load so I'll drop some on alittle at a time. I just love the

human face, you just never run out of stuff to draw.

Well, saturday brings more work for me at a dental show today. I be using the projector too today which for me is something I'm still getting used too. But I got some work done for a client yesterday that was fun. The people I drew had great faces and were really fun to draw. Here are a few examples. I think when these folks send their pictures to me they have no idea whats gonna happen,lol. I wonder how the lady is gonna like her caricature, but she was giving the powergrin. The guy with the goat tee was really fun because he had so much to work with and the other guy because he had so little.

Well I sit in my office with a boatload of work to do. My internet caricature biz has picked up alot and now I have plenty to do. I do these business cards with the persons caricature on them and its been pretty cool the response. Here are a few from this week.

Heres a pic that is just kinda out there. I did this for fun a couple of weeks ago because I found the sketch in my bin. Since my actual job is as a caricature artist i guess i ought to put something caricaturey up. This to me proves that everybody needs a vacation sometimes.

Here is an older one that depicts a rider and his mount under attack from parasitic darts. When you fly into territories where these creatures live, you have to be ready or they can bring down the largest of dragons. Their like sky pirahna.

Well the last page is in the works and the good news for me is that I've been too busy to finish it lately. But on to the other project. As all my friends know I have been working on a dragon book for .....ever. Well, dang it I'm gonna finish! And to finish means drawing and painting. I once again have a ton of sketches but no paintings in a while. So here are some of the plates that will be in the book I'm doing.(not that I wrote this I'm bound by law to finish)

Well, Dang it I'm gonna start adding stuff to share, I'm no blogger for sure but I'll give this thing a shot. I'm working on a couple of projects that I finally have had some breakthoughs on and sometime feedback helps.

The first is i'm a frustrated comic artist, and i just never figured out how to do sequential art well, at least thats how I feel. I love the medium and the visual images that are in comics just get my creative juices flowing. Anyway, I'm tippytoeing into this realm again after years of being away. So here some of the stuff i'm doing, Most are paints over drawings I did years ago, but soon I'll be back to doing pages(shiver) and I'll see how it goes.