Toes

Playing with new techniques…just another quick excursion into digital surf art. If I can’t GO surfing…I can at least paint images of surfing, no?

New Surf Art

Did this in Photoshop. 

New Page of Rabbi Encounters

My busy schedule has really hindered me from keeping up with R.E.  Still, I haven’t forgotten where I am, and I’m still fueled by a desire to see this project to the finish…so, I posted another page of chapter seven.  Click the picture to go there.

Last Few Pages of England Sketchbook

More England Sketchbook stuff

Here’s the next few pages.  Something I hadn’t counted on was the way in which the memories of that trip become so vivid when I was sketching something.  That inspires me to want to keep a sketch diary more often.

England Sketchbook

Well…it’s been forever since I’ve posted here…but I, like every other delinquent blogger, intend to change that now.  Some exciting things have been developing with artistic opportunities….but I’ll wait until things are more solidified before I mention them.

For now…here are a few scans from my sketchbook-journal I kept during the trip my wife Robbie and I took to England for our 25th anniversary.

Donald Miller Lost Weight

Seriously…when I saw Donald Miller praying at the DNC, all I could think about at first is how slim that dude looks.  Then I started putting it all together.  The guy’s a genius.  Way to go D-man!!!

Rabbi Encounters Chapter 7

Well…after a 4 month hiatus, I now have a new page uploaded to Rabbi Encounters, and a new chapter beginning to emerge in my mind.  I’m pretty stoked about this one…but it will be very dialogue driven…not tons of action like the “surf” chapter.  Go check it out for me!

On that same subject, the first 4 chapters of Rabbi Encounters can be downloaded at Wowio for free.  Wowio is a site which features electronic versions of books..all kinds of books…including comic books and graphic novels.  If you go sign up for a free account and download Rabbi Encounters…I think it actually pays the artist/author….somehow.  Anyway…you got nothing to lose, and it could help me out, so please download Rabbi Encounters (and anything by Community Comics and Dean Rankine while you’re at it).

Batman Shreds

This is a painting done from a screen capture off a Youtube video I was watching.  I sorta’ like it.  All Photoshop

I don’t really know how I found it…but on Youtube, I saw a clip from the 1967 Batman TV show, where Batman gets into a surf contest against the Joker.  Here’s a spoiler…Batman wins.  He wins because he got 50 points for spraying Bat-Shark Repellent at a shark that was inserted into the scene.  You go, Batman!  This was one of those classic surfer stereotypes of the 60’s.  Batman and Joker paddle out into a micro-surf swell…around knee high.  Then they both take off on the same wave, paddling on their knees (old school…and ouch)….but then we cut to the blue screen where Adam West and Cesar Romero act like they’re balancing on boards…and the wave on the screen behind them is double overhead.  Like I said…it’s classic stuff.

Anyway…if you care, the here’s the video too:

Six-String Samurai

Ok…so one day off, while I was sitting at my computer with my sketchbook…and I watched this really lame movie on Netflix called “Six-string Samurai“.  Seriously, it was beyond terrible…but I used it as a sketching exercise anyway.  As I watched the movie, I drew images that caught my interest using my Pentel brush pen.  No pencil sketching…just drawing with the brush as fast as I could while I still remembered the image I liked.  Anyway…here’s a page from my sketchbook from that day.