I hear that this week is Shark Week. We’re gonna need a bigger blog.
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Category: Random Doodles
Lately my sketchbook has been slowly getting some pages filled. I carry it around, and intend to doodle in it more, but sometimes random, spur-of-the-moment drawings just don’t spring forth as often as one might like. This one moved particularly slowly, but maybe because he’s a turtle.
At least he’s a little dapper.
Hoo boy! I hear it is super hot all over the United States this week! How are YOU beating the heat?
How about those of you who live around the world? Are you experiencing a heat wave? Here in Los Angeles, we have had a pretty mild summer so far. I’ve LOVED it! In past years, we have had many days in the 100s (Fahrenheit) by this time, but not so this year.
So, stay cool, hydrate, and eat lots of ice cream!
“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results“
– Andrew Carnegie (1835 – 1919)
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Here in the States, today is our Independence Day! In 1776, our country’s founding father’s sent a little ol’ letter off to our landlord, King George III of England, stating that we didn’t want to pay him rent anymore. Back then they “celebrated” with a war. Today, we celebrate with parades, barbecues, and fireworks with friends and family.
When I was a kid, I LOVED playing soccer. I played in a league in our town, and really enjoyed the game. My love for the game changed when I aged up into the next group, and found myself to be one of the youngest players in that level, and I was paired with a team that had a few bullies on it.
My own teammates soured me on the whole sport, when during practice, I had kicked the ball in a scrimmage setting, and it hit one of these bullies in the face. After practice that day, I got the stuffing knocked out of me as I was trying to unlock my bike from the bike rack. I didn’t quit the season because I don’t quit my commitments, but after that year, I never played in town leagues again.
I enjoy the nostalgia of having played, and the feeling of exhaustion at the end of a game. It sure was fun. So, I recently had some doodle time, and decided to do a little drawing more in line with what we do in storyboarding for animation – drawings full of action and interesting camera angles!
There’s just something about an alligator that makes me think he can be a dapper waiter, serving up a delectable dish to his deserving customers.
That reminds me, today is Memorial Day here in the States. Anyone planning a BBQ?
When I was a kid, my dad let me read his old comics from the ’50s, and what he collected most was Uncle $crooge comics. Scrooge became my favorite Disney character, so I was influenced at an early age by the work of Carl Barks, creator of the ol’ duck.
This love for Disney comics even led to me writing a Donald Duck story that ended up getting published in Europe and here in the States! (The story was called The Kings of Chaos.)
This inked doodle of ol’ Scrooge McDuck came forth in my sketchbook recently. It’s only surprising that the Disney ducks haven’t shown up there way more often!
