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September 13th, 2007 | Posted in General
I’m off today to Alaska on a fishing trip with my father-in-law Joe and all my brother-in-laws to celebrate Joe’s 70th birthday. I am pretty sure I was invited along in case of a bear attack, where I am supposed to be the one who gets eaten while the others escape. I don’t know why I think that… maybe it’s the T-shirt they gave me for the trip that says “Bear Bait” in big letters and smells strongly of honey. Also I noticed my return ticket is the refundable kind. I won’t be back until Tuesday, if I get back at all. Never fear… through… READ MORE
September 10th, 2007 | Posted in General
A few from Valleyfair yesterday: As humbling as it is to post these things, I am finding it to be beneficial for myself. Granted, it’s easy with hindsight to look at the still photos, groan and see where I could have done a much better job with this and that… but considering that information was there in front of me the whole time it’s a motivation to look harder to see things better the first time. READ MORE
September 4th, 2007 | Posted in General
All full time theme park caricaturists know what I am talking about. The best day of the year. I wish I had it off, but… READ MORE
September 3rd, 2007 | Posted in General
Some live work from Labor Day weekend at Valleyfair. Sorry about the bad lighting, cropped pics, etc. It’s impossible to take a decent picture of the caricatures out there. Also, apparently it was “Gigantic Ears get in Free Day” at the park: READ MORE
September 1st, 2007 | Posted in General
A few days ago I posted the Deadline Demon, as I am occasionally wont to do, and I got a few comments from some readers saying how they like and use the image as chat icons. I posted the following comment of my own: I don’t know what to say to that, gentlemen. I’m flattered, but you do realize that you shouldn’t just take any image you want to from the internet and use it for whatever you want to use it for? You should at the very least ask permission of the creator, be it myself or anyone. I got two responses, one a… READ MORE
August 31st, 2007 | Posted in General
Being a fan of spy novel master Frederick Forsyth, I have naturally sampled the wares of other authors who write in the genre. Some bring something of their own to the table… Tom Clancy‘s books are much heavier on the modern techno/cyber war elements, for example. Some are more like pale imitations of Forsyth. Robert Ludlum, the author of the “Jason Bourne” books among many others, falls somewhere in between. His books follow the Forsyth pattern of strong, formidable, often reluctant heros who have few equals going up against large organizations that are corrupt, evil and destructive, with sweeping descriptions of exotic locales and plenty… READ MORE
August 30th, 2007 | Posted in General
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August 23rd, 2007 | Posted in General
I drew at Valleyfair on Monday, which was a rainy, cold, crappy day. I didn’t do many live drawings and I forgot my camera anyway, so I have no live drawings to share this time around. I did manage to finally finish that park sample of the Harry Potter kids that I posted the rough for a while back: Simple, but that’s the idea. Again, the samples up on the walls need to be representational (mostly) of the work produced on site. I thought about having sparks shooting up out of Harry’s wand… but that might be too much for the family friendly theme park!… READ MORE
