can you say "wet dog"

hol just came back with the dogs...after a jaunt in the rain...the
smell of wet dog is much more abrasive than a bucket full of
diapers...honest...

yo yo Yo!

it's been a while

and i'm okay

YO!

Relaxing

Yep...it's been about a week since my last post and I feel no guilt.
It's been a good time off...have got to hang with the wife...burp the
kid from time to time...and gotten to watch a great show that
got cancelled way before it's time:

Firefly is a great show...funny...exciting...and great writing
about characters and how they interact to create. I'm a huge
fan of ensemble shows...The Simpsons, Angel, Arrested
Development, News Radio, Boomtown, Firefly, ER (a while
ago when it was good), MASH (oh that Radar...he was a cut
up)...on and on. You may notice a decent trend.. all except one
are cancelled... I have this knack for finding cool shorts that
never have a long life...it's a sad gift.

So anyway...Firefly... it's good stuff and I highly recommend
it... but I will warn you that it got cancelled (not much of a
spoiler) and so you're going to fall in love and then your heart
will be ripped out. Something like when you found your first love
at summer camp and 6 days later they were gone. Well...that's
what I've been told. Camp was never a great place for me to
pick up chicks.

Onto drawing...these are some "T-Stances"... at least that is
what my boy Woot calls them. They what illustrators give to
the computer animator dudes to give them a good idea of
what the character should look like in the computer...which
Woot is going to do. The sketches aren't the freshest or the
most creative...but that isn't their purpose. Woot is going to
make these guys 3-D! More to come.

blue

roughs!

Some days I realize that I need some reference to sketch what I
sketch...and then I don't get reference and keep going...those are
deemed "lazy days"...but sometimes I jump onto google...type
in a term and do an image search...it's great.

this wasn't one of those days.

a trend in my drawing...

yep...more

another coloring page

It's perfectly natural for two floating heads (one an ice cream
man and the other a cow-ish animal) to be talking about prayer
over a stack of melting ice cream.

Perfectly natural...we'll see if this builds into 3 year olds or
destroys their young minds...hoping for the first one...

yes....more

more characters

Ice Cream

This is a coloring page that the kids will get during the service
that ties into what they learned in large group. These kids are 3
and 4 years old so words can't be used...well..they can but it
doesn't do anything for them. The thought is that this tells enough
about large group so that when (hopefully when...not if) the parent
asks "What did you do?" the kid can hold up the coloring sheet
and explain everything.

or they'll stick the thumb in their mouth and hum softly

...the kid of course...

it's a coin toss which way they'll go...

Some character studies

Yeah...I know it doesn't look like much work...and it's mostly
just a start anyway...

These are color and style studies...what are the best colors
that will strengthen the personality of these guys...so take the
guy on the left...his outfit would look better on a senior citizen
than what he is actually supposed to be...but...it's fun none
the less.

not much to say...

any given sunday

i should be sketching...