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02-Jul-2005
Sun. TV. Dots., 1987
I have always liked symbols, icons, pictographs, signage. An oddity here, just a bit of watercolor, saying… what? I have no idea my intent here. Was I working on a logo? Was I trying to tap into symbols? I have no idea, but it’s a pretty little composition. Today was pretty good. Got the brakes...
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01-Jul-2005
Chewbacca, 1977
I really loved Star Wars as a kid.
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01-Jul-2005
Monster & Man Diagram, 1987
I used to go to a lot of art supply stores. You know, to browse. I would look at the foamcore, and expensive watercolor paper, and acrylics, and fancy pens, and exotic inks, and lust after them. Oh, and the exotic “letraset” sets. Man there were some really cool things that I just /knew/ would...
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30-Jun-2005
Portrait, Design Class, 1988
Aside: So I got the gift of a flickr pro account from Steve Agalloco. This post is the first of many where I take advantage of the 2 Giga with a “G,” Gigabyte per month upload limit. Profuse thanks Steve, for this wondrous gift! As my first post using this, here’s an image that really...
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29-Jun-2005
Roanoke House, 1991
This was a study for a possible Christmas card I was going to make. A caricature of our house in Roanoke while it was snowing. Very quick, very rough. This is the kind of drawing I really enjoy doing.
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29-Jun-2005
Cyberpunk Guy, 1988
When I was a sophomore in high school I had a friend named Jason Erwin. He was an oddball, computer nerd, and geek. I distinctly remember being driven to see _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai_ with him. He was cool. I don’t remember what the debt was, but in return for _some_ debt from him...
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28-Jun-2005
Estero Beach Wooden Fish, 1993
From my journals. An illustration of a wooden fish I bought on the beach at Estero, in Baja California. We were staying at the cheap campground on the resort, waverunning and such. I haggled and got what seemed like a good price. I think I gave it away as a gift, but I honestly can’t...
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28-Jun-2005
Dwayne the Bear, 1990
Another invented character. I like him, but he really does not have much of a personality beyond looking lanky and bemused. Great name though.
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28-Jun-2005
Dead Man, 1997
In 1997, I was still working as a Respiratory Therapist. I was working at a hospital in downtown Los Angeles. So this is an image of a man I was going to be giving a treatment to. Instead, I discovered the man was not breathing, and was pulseless. He was dead. I don’t know how...
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27-Jun-2005
Abstract Composition, 1987
A cartoony abstract. There’s a dialogue between the two men — the abstract man front and center, and the seemingly skeptical man on the right hand side. I was decidedly ambivalent about abstraction in my own work. It was enjoyable, but I wasn’t quite sure it was _relevant_ in any way to anything I was...
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27-Jun-2005
Tree, 1990
A tree I created with brush and ink and water, 1990. It’s organic, yet a bit mechanical as well. I chose this one because it reminded me of some of Leah’s trees, as in these, and most particularly, these. Leah uses a straw to blow the ink this way and that way. I think I...
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27-Jun-2005
Angry Fellow in a Box, 1989
Funny how angry and boxed in I felt in 1989. This communicates frustration. Thankfully, much has changed.
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26-Jun-2005
Seascape, 2004
The garage may be much cleaner than it was, but there’s still unsorted stuff out there. This is from a small sketchbook we took with us to Utah this Christmastime. Several members of Leah’s family made drawings with the watercolor pencils, this is one of mine. Not terrific, but not bad either. It’s pretty. Night...
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25-Jun-2005
Hero vs. Dragon, 1987
For a period after graduating from High School I was doing a lot of watercolor. I never was much for sword and sorcery stuff. Dragons and faeries and guys in armor. I never got into Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit or any of that stuff. But I loved my comics and science fiction....
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25-Jun-2005
Dog No Where, 1989
“Dog No Where” reminds me of “Goodbye Che.” There’s definitely something about that _sadness_, that sense of loss, that I like. It’s probably why sometimes I like to listen to Mazzy Star and Morrissey.
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25-Jun-2005
Square Guy, 1988
During High School my family had a pad of paper next to our phone. It had little squares of flimsy construction paper. They were perfect little comic panels.
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24-Jun-2005
Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, 1977
When I was 7 years old I really liked comic book characters and would draw them. When I am 35 years old, I talk about Ra’s Al Ghul and Anakin as exemplars of the idea that the end justifies the means with my stepsons. Questioning the wisdom of this outlook, of course. Comic books are...
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24-Jun-2005
Tim the Dog, 1990
Created during a respiratory therapy class. I took a lot of notes, and occasionally I would doodle non-respiratory things. I love the name “Tim” for a dog.
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24-Jun-2005
Robot Fighter, 1982
1982. I was attending school at Christ The King Church in Gretna, Louisiana. My nickname was “Crawdaddy” among the other kids. If you live in Louisiana and your last name is Crawford, you’re pretty much gonna get called Crawdad, Crawfish, or Crawdaddy. These words are what they call Crayfish. Gretna is just outside Louisiana, just...
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23-Jun-2005
Orange Green Guy, 1989
An experiment in watercolor. Color stands out in my notebooks because most of what I’ve ever made has been with pen and only pen.
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23-Jun-2005
Sunglasses Girl with Sweater, 1989
Another one of a girl. Again, slightly punky hair. I like the cross-hatching on the sweater. Funny that I never know, as I look through old drawings, what will catch my eye to post. I think I’m trying to post things that look “finished” somehow. Have you noticed all these “drawings” are in pen? Yes,...
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23-Jun-2005
Leather Jacket Girl, 1989
The hair is good. I liked doing drawings of girls back then. They all seemed to have the same or similar hair. Cropped close or slicked back on the sides, with a wild mane on top. Quick strokes in pen that were made expressively and fast. No editing. No pencil. I hated pencils back then....
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22-Jun-2005
Old Guy with Glasses, 1990
With colored pencil. He’s got a nice, circumspect look to him. I also love the hair.
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22-Jun-2005
Virginia Landscape, 1989
I remember this one as one of several I made by looking out the window on a train trip from Roanoke (well, actually, from Clifton Forge, Virginia) on my way to Washington, D.C. My 19 year old self was on his way to see a David Byrne concert in D.C. I had no reservations for...
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