July 30th

This probably isn't the strongest image to end this image dump on.... but.... meh....

July 29th

One month later after starting this blog.... and in celebration.... I drew a Krang....

July 28th

Probably the best therapy I have....

July 27th

July 26th

July 25th

"Toonthalas"
Preferred food of YOUR big red pet!

July 24th

July 23rd

For those of you who saw the 3 short films I'm sure you recognize this character.... for those of you who didn't, zip on over to itunes and invest the whopping 2 dollars in the Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog by Joss Whedon...
.... it is a musical though. A musical for Geeks....hehe.

July 22nd

This month I finished reading the last installment of Y The Last Man....
I think over the span of that comic's life, I invested so much thought and emotion into those characters, that when it ended it tugged pretty hard on the ol' heart strings. I really found a lot of myself in Yorick's character....
For all his down falls and issues, I'd hope to be able to handle a situation of that magnitude half as well as he did....

July 21st

I... tried to do some drawings of the Joker.....
.... they tended to look more like Zac hopped up on cookies and milk....

July 20th

I should have posted something better than this to post.... this is embarrassing....

July 19th

July 18th

We went to Colorado to take part in some white water rapids...

While we were there Lisa thought about getting another tattoo to accompany the one she already has on her foot....
So spawned my lady bugs....
You ever tried to draw a lady bug? I hadn't either.... but it made for a cheap day's drawings....

July 17th

July 16th

July 15th

July 14h

July 13h

I'm a dummy........ sometimes I get too caught up in the thought inspiring the drawing to continue the drawing....

July 12th

July 11th

Sometimes I don't have a lot of time to do a quality drawing....
.... some would debate that there's a strong irony to that sentence.

And sometimes I have an urge to draw WoW characters....

July 10th

After scanning in this image and playing with it in Photoshop, I noticed that turning the contrast way up catches the image I did on the previous day on the other side of the page....


A simple whim drawing inspired by the emotion that it conveys....

July 9th

This had a reason behind it.... but at this moment I have no idea why or what caused it....

July 8th

Sometimes one drawing on one day turns into 4 a month later.... and then I publish it as a single day's drawings... because I'm lazy....

July 7th

Sometimes I get stuck in themes...

July 6th

July 5th

I'm playing around a bit with this sketch in Photoshop... I may post a colored version later....

July 4th

July 3rd

On July 3rd my Grandpa was admitted into St. Joseph hospital to have a kidney removed due to cancerous masses found completely surrounding it. It was a long day.

Thankfully my Grandpa is an incredibly strong man and has come through the surgery and recovery with flying colors. They weren't able to get all the cancer however and he will have to undergo some varying degrees of chemotherapy or radiation therapy...

My Grandpa has always been the template for the man I want to be... he's a huge influence on my life and this has been a bit challenging to swallow. I have the utmost faith that his strength and the strength of his family will see him through this though...

.... it also helps that he's able to lay in a hospital bed with a sleep mask that says "Wake me only for Sex or Bowling".... and I don't think he minds all the younger nurses having to take care of him.

July 2nd

Admittedly inspired by the announcement of Diablo 3....

July 1st

June 30th

Lisa and I have been watching a lot of "Lost" lately... catching ourselves up to the most current episodes via DVD or the Online episodes....

I admit, the show's addictive. It's awesomely written and as of the last episode I started watching I noticed one of my favorite comic writers (Brian K. Vaughn) is one of the shows writers.

I've done a few different drawings at random times while watching the show... some characters I doodle look more like their TV counterparts than others.... I think I'll take a stab at doing character based on Benjamin Linus as he's slowly becoming one of my favorite characters.

On a side note, I learned today that the woman who played Ben's mom in the show is his wife in real life.... isn't that a bit twisted?

June 29th

Introspection

This isn't going to be a place for words.

Over the last few years since graduating from college and merging onto the interstate of my professional life, I've grown lazy with my work. I found a comfortable, decent paying job, snagged myself a few snacks in the freelance isle and set the car to cruise control. I haven't really looked back much since.....

A few weeks ago while laying in bed, Lisa rolled over and asked me why I hadn't been drawing as much lately... and... I had no good answers. I draw for my job... I do freelance design here and there... but I've totally stopped drawing for myself.... and most importantly I've stopped pushing myself....

If I'm ever going to grow some balls and try to see if I can really open this bitch up in the fast lane, I'm going to have to spend some time making sure the wheels won't fall off.
Over the next 365 days I'm going to draw for myself.... and I'll post a page a day on this online blog (in large amounts at a time I'm sure).