Drawing a Day 32

Drawing a Day 32, originally uploaded by speartoons.

Ghost meets a mouse in a haunted house

I drew this in Adobe Illustrator.

Yes, I'm feeling a little Halloweenish today.

Drawing a Day 29

Here's a drawing I did in Adobe Illustrator. This is in my simple, cartoon style.

Illustration Friday: clutter

Man shows clutter on the brain. I was thinking how cluttered the mind can get when there are so many things to do. The sketch was rendered in Adobe Photoshop.

Spear 3470 / Drawing a Day 27

I found these two characters in my sketchbook and I decided to get them out into the open. It's a good day for an alien sighting anyway.

I rendered these in Adobe Illustrator.

Drawing a Day 023-The birthday

Woman with cake to older woman, "Look, Ms. Goldie, I'm sorry I put, 'Sweet eighty six and never been kissed,' on your cake."

Yes, birthdays are on my mind. I had one last week, so I'm the old woman, except I'm a middle aged guy.

I did this in pen and ink before taking it into Photoshop. There is a marked difference between this style and the last one I did. I waver between using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for a cartoon. Illustrators has it's advantages in that it is bold and graphic. I can blow it up and I don't have to worry about an illustration getting pixelated. However, Photoshop allows me to put some texture in the illustration.

Let's say they are like my kids; I love them both. Though if I had to make a choice, I'd choose my kids.

Illustration Friday: routine / Drawing a Day 22

Dog with owner. Dog says to a cat, "He's been a good owner once I got him on a routine."

I scanned my pen and ink drawing into Adobe Illustrator. I used Live Trace and Live Paint to colorize the drawing.

Drawing a Day #21 / Illustration Friday: Detach

365 Drawing Challenge #21, Cartoon 3464. Man with laptop in park. Squirrel looks on. Also is for Illustration Friday's word: Detach

Drawing a Day 020

Cartoon: Boy to monster, "I know what you mean, when I was the new kid in school, I felt like I stood out too."

I found this monster in one of my past sketchbooks and wondered what it would be like if he had to go back to school.

Drawing a Day 019

Cartoon of three boys on a medals stand. One says, "Do we have to do this every time you win something?”

I have to do something while I'm watching the Olympics. This one came when I saw a few pouting faces as the medals were presented. Cheer up guys! There's always four years from now.

If you need a cartoon on a specific subject, send me an email and I can help you out.

Drawing a day 18

Cartoon: Girl to prostrate boy, "I have to say your repenting skills are improving."

Illustration Friday: Sail/ Drawing a day #17

Cartoon of man and woman in a sailboat. Woman says, "So this is the luxury cruise you promised me?"

Once again, I'm combining a drawing a day with Illustration Friday. It gave me a good chance to get a sailing scene drawn out.

Cartoon 3459 Roller Coaster

I went to Kings Island on Wednesday. Amazingly enough, I didn't get sick, though after eleven roller coasters, the old body had enough.

Drawing a Day 14/Illustration Friday: Poof

I was thinking how we wish life would be easy. Yet, what would be the point? If life was easy, we would be lazy. We'd spend all day in front of the television, bored and lethargic. An easy life just isn't magically delicious.

Drawing a day 13

Yesterday I was asked to act as a science teacher for our Wednesday night church kids.

We were supposed to have a science experiment. I was handed the materials on Sunday, had vacation time Sunday and Monday, and got to see what it was all about on Tuesday evening. I didn't have time to try the experiment ahead of time. Big mistake!

Nothing exploded, thank heavens. No one got hurt, no one passed out, but the experiment didn't work. Chalk one up to "should have tried the experiment ahead of time!

Drawing a Day 012

When calculators first came into the mainstream market, my baby sister would spend hours playing with it as if it was a video game. Come to think of it, Pong wasn't much more exciting than a calculator!

Drawing a Day_009/Illustration Friday: Canned

Drawing a Day_009/Illustration Friday: Canned, originally uploaded by speartoons.

Here is my post for Illustration Friday. Yes, I've been canned before. I prefer the term downsized. It sounds good to the waist.

Drawing a Day 8

Be careful when you put those sheets in the laundry.

Drawing a Day 007

Drawing a Day 007, originally uploaded by speartoons.

Drawing from sketchbook 0806, page 130-schnauzer
This was done in Adobe Illustrator. The outlines are a 2 point pressure brush. I drew the lines on a Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.

Drawing a Day 006

Drawing a Day 006, originally uploaded by speartoons.

It's those lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer. This would be a good day to examine some ants and consider their ways.

Drawing a Day 005

Drawing a Day 005, originally uploaded by speartoons.

A duck scolds a boy. I've been amused when I've witnessed the littlest creatures have the biggest attitudes. A little critter can be the ruler of the roost.