ArtLung

since 1999 this has been the personal website, blog, archive, message in a bottle, calling card, digital garden, rough draft, and curriculum vitae of me, joe crawford. hi.

SF and waveriding? I enjoy.

I dig this combination of waveriding and science fiction!

Previously: QOTD, New Blog Read: 23 Breaths

keep coming back — it works if you work it #stoke

Latest family scanning batch being readied to take flight.

This illustration by Shaun Kerri was reportedly published in CARtoons Magazine. When? Based on the Locals Only t-shirt, boom box, sunglasses and painter’s cap: early 1980s. That beach wall could only be Mission or Pacific Beach. Shaun Kerri was an incredible draughtsperson and cartoonist. Details on her retreat from art are spotty and mostly speculative. None of my business. This cartoon looks like the PB and MB of my teenage years. It’s unlike any drawing I would ever share: lascivious and debauched, yet brilliant. I’ve colored the image in Procreate as an exercise. I look forward to a day when I’ll be able to purchase a collection of reprints of Shaun Kerri’s work. What an artist! #ShaunKerri

Amazed I’ve made this many pages of comics. More to come.

Left the screaming busy early afternoon shore break. Walking the six blocks to my car. I’m on the left side of the road; I notice a red Mini on the right side, tracking me. “I’m stalking you” exclaims the driver, a woman. “Okay” I reply, pointing an arc representing much further up the street. Another block. Then another. “Next block, left side of the street” I motion. “Maybe I’ll go up there” she says. “White Pilot” I reply. The Mini drives to my car and makes a u-turn. I unlock the car by remote. “No rush” says the red Mini, two older ladies I see now. Summer hats on. Older than me and I’m not young anymore. I stow my gear in the back. “No hurry” says Mini. “Change your clothes if you want”—then—“don’t get naked” the ladies cackle/giggle. I double take back the car, my hoodie on now. “I might be getting ogled” I say—then more giggling from the Mini. I close the Pilot’s hatch. I get in my car and drive off, a little wave out my window. I can feel the summer ending. A last blast of enthusiastic summer energy out at the beaches. The giddy death throes of Summer vacation for everyone.

I took it easy this week. Back to it hard today. A new prescription pill added to my morning routine added this week. So far so good. Age!

@trixxieland is a whirling dervish of curation! This was her last week assembling the Anthropomorphic Art Show of which I’m a part this month (“Cube Cat’s Drink”, a Riso print printed by @burn_all_books. The show opened tonight at @mikehessbrewing in North Park. Super fun. Follow Trixie’s account @arthang1 for cool San Diego art doings!

Drop it like it’s bivalve. #webcomic #gull #beach

Who did you see riding waves without a surfboard north of Scripps Pier? Me or a sea lion.