Feb 20 2013
During my latest travels over the wintry break from brain-washing the young adults of America’s community college classrooms, I visited warm, sunny, taco truck-laden Florida and didn’t want to leave. And I wanted to try my hand at fore- shortening, one of my visual arts goals of late. Needs work, right? I had photo reference …
Oct 04 2011
[click on image to enlarge, as if they aren't doing fine on their own] Conversations with Mark! #2 is now brought to you in vivid color with StrohmengerScope. Thanks to the talents of Stephen Strohmenger and his strong work ethic for this more visually attractive version of the original B&W comic from 2008. Shit, I’m …
Jul 26 2011
About two weeks ago I sat at Borders (not going to happen for much longer) sipping my red iced tea with honey and I tried to draw myself from what’s in my head. Then I thought about how I might lay out a four-panel daily journal idea, much like James Kochalka’s, but then I put …
Jun 21 2011
Last night I drew for over two hours while at Borders (while it still exists). I sat down and I fucking drew until the store was about to close and I do desperately had to pee. I tried to capture the vitality and soul in Julia’s eyes and in her smile and I couldn’t do …
May 24 2011
This self-portrait made from a picture I took needs to be inked and I’ve various ideas on how to play with it with different coloring and shading ideas. If it’s not too late I might like to use it for my ArmzRace business card. This tracing of the above self-portrait makes me out to be …
Jul 04 2010
I definitely need to play with this. Everything came out too light, so I may print it and add some gray tones and try to…gulp…ink it or maybe I’ll use some software to do all of this. I really need the practice with both. Any suggestions?
Feb 01 2010
Shit. It worked out in the end. My backlogging of blog entries had made it to 7, and I’d posted on time on day 9, and here is day 8, created on 8 January in Mark!’s swanky Uptown (Re: Almost Harlem) apartment overlooking Cloverfield. If Mark! hadn’t gone to some tropical island to swim with …
Jan 10 2010
Here is the rough I created for the first installment of ‘junct. It would have been great if I’d given it more time before creating a more finalized version. Kind of like waiting a few days between writing drafts. Same idea. I wonder what I’ll think I should have changed when I wake up tomorrow …
Jan 10 2010
My second to last full night in New York I went to the library as I always patronize the super awesome Suffolk County Library system because they have almost every book, album, or movie I could ever want. Mark! heartily agreed. I met up with my friend, Steve, who had to use the bathroom, so …
Jan 10 2010
I’m afraid the scanner might not be the best tool for showing this. At least, not with my current knowledge of the scanner’s workings. Anyhow, I’ve shaded the figure using a light source on opposite sides for each image, respectively. I’m playing around with basic stuff since I’m so very out of practice or have …
Jan 10 2010
This is the first part of the ‘junct series. I came up with the name about a year ago and Andi and Mark! loved it. I’m sure they’ll be contributing ideas, comics, and cartoons. I also welcome ideas from my many colleagues being treated poorly in the world of higher education. If you couldn’t tell, …
Jan 10 2010
I liked how Jugwinecomix used her gray Prismacolors for some backgrounds so I decided to try this myself. I like how it makes the figure stand out more. Background grays are probably very effective when the figures aren’t colored I imagine. Click the image to enlarge. I’ve finally learned how to do this thanks to …
Jan 04 2010
I’ve been wanting to draw this as a cartoon or comic for over a year. Just wait for the punchline on this one. First, I realize of I’m not going to ink these in any way, I’ll need to darken the lines more until I have my scanner and can make adjustments that way. Until …
Jan 03 2010
Tonight there were MEGARIBS from Dixie’s Smokehouse Texas BBQ and Rotisserie in Kings Park, New York. I miss Long Island. I miss it. Tonight there was agita. As part of my apparent theme of getting old, agita is a significant aspect of aging. I don’t think children suffer from it. It seems to be an …
Jan 02 2010
Click to enlarge It was the first day of the year when I began this cartoon. Since this post is about my father and me, I’ll take the time to bitch and explain how his printer/scanner isn’t set up to scan anymore and despite my best efforts I could not download the drivers, so I’ve …
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