Creative musings about creative stuff by a creative cartoonist.
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The “Haiku Ewe” Project: TUESDAY
Welcome to the second day of my step-by-step progressions of the “Haiku Ewe” comics I drew for last week’s run on GoComics.com. Written by Big Al the gal, the art is completely my interpretation of her haikus. As with yesterday’s post, I’ll keep my comments minimal while letting the art speak for itself. Enjoy! On the…
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The “Haiku Ewe” Project: MONDAY
Two weeks ago I shared with you some preliminary sketches for the “Haiku Ewe” comic strip project. (If you missed them, CLICK HERE for access to all my “Haiku Ewe” posts.) My friend, Big Al the gal hurt her drawing hand and asked a few folks to fill in for her so the “show” could…
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Carl Barks on Walt Disney Treasures DVD
Back in 2005, Disney released a DVD as a part of their Walt Disney Treasures line called The Chronological Donald, Volume Two. This was the second of four two-disc DVD sets of the complete cannon of Donald Duck short cartoons. One of the extras on that set was called “The Art and Animation of Carl…
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The “Haiku Ewe” Project: LIVE!!
Last week I wrote about my involvement in helping out Big Al the gal with her online comic strip “Haiku Ewe” since she had injured her hand. This morning my week of comics went LIVE on GoComics.com. You can see a teaser of the watercolored week’s worth of strips below, but please visit GoComics.com each day…
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The “Haiku Ewe” Project: Pencil Drawings
On Monday I briefly introduced you to my latest project that will make it’s debut online next week – five days of drawing Big Al the gal’s “Haiku Ewe” comic on GoComics.com. Here is another teaser for you today in anticipation of Monday’s debut. Above are some of my extremely rough thumbnail sketches of a…
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The Flight Companion
This past Monday night I returned from a trip to New Jersey for a last visit to my childhood home that my parents are moving from this week. Traveling from California to New Jersey generally requires the use of an airplane, an experience I generally dread. No, I’m not afraid of flying. You see, the…
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Super Sleuth Disney Store Event
I just learned of a special event coming to Disney Stores all around the country this coming Saturday, July 18. Not that Disney needs my help in promoting this event, but I have a certain soft spot for this since I worked on the My Friends Tigger & Pooh series that airs on the Disney…
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The “Haiku Ewe” Project: Character Studies
A few weeks back, my friend Allison Garwood (known to online comics fans as “Big Al, the gal”) experienced something that, as an artist, I fear all the time. She hurt her drawing hand. Something about torn ligaments. Not pretty. What does this mean to an artist? It means you have lost your ability to…
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