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My #Inktober #14 – A Flower for Kitty !

by on Oct.14, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration

#Inktober #14 – A Flower for Kitty !
Inked in minutes
Video of that coming.
Pen: Zebra Onamae Mackee Double-Sided Name Marker – Fine / Extra Fine Twin Tip – Black Ink
Paper: Canson watercolor paper: https://amzn.to/3j0eD2T
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My #Inktober #11 – Curious Friends

by on Oct.11, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration

 

Drawn improv. Off the top of my head.
No pencils. No plan. My favorite way to work!
Watercolor piece is available: $10.
+ $5 postage.
If not sold here,later on Etsy $20 + postage.
1st to private message here or e-mail: swampy@swampysFlorida.com
Materials –
Pen: Zebra Onamae Mackee Double-Sided Name Marker – Fine / Extra Fine Twin Tip – Black Ink
Paper: Canson (100510941) XL Series Watercolor Pad
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Happy Birthday, Jacob!

by on Oct.11, 2020, under Cartooning

Celebrated Jacob’s 26th birthday by drawing live the above. Video to come later.
Also the annual banana split at Scoops with friend Marguerite Cavenaugh.

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My #Inktober #9!

by on Oct.10, 2020, under Cartooning

My #Inktober #9 – Drew Birthday Girl, Andrea Kuczynski as, her favorite super hero, Batman battling Satan, traditionally considered a bad guy. 😃

Drew this live on Facebook at 5pm.
Next live is on my personal page 5pm Sunday. Watercolor at 7pm.

Using a new Kuretake Fudegokochi Brush Pen – Regular – Black.
Paper: Sketch paper.
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#Sketch #Cartoon #Comic #comics #liveart #Batman #comicbooks #Comics #Illustration #Birthday #artlife #artlifestyle

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Here’s the color version of my #Inktober #6 Cartoon Kitty!

by on Oct.07, 2020, under Cartooning

Here’s the color version of my #Inktober #6.
Watercolor on heavy sketch paper.
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#CatArt #Cat #Kitty #Art #Cartoon #CartoonCat #watercolor #Watercolorpainting #artlife #artlifestyle #Illustration #catlovers

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My watercolored #Inktober #1 – A Butterfly Visitation.

by on Oct.02, 2020, under Cartooning

My watercolored Inktober #1.
Drawn improv, off the top of my head.
No pencils. No plan. My favorite way to work!

This one is sold.

Materials –
Pen: Zebra Onamae Mackee Double-Sided Name Marker – Fine / Extra Fine Twin Tip – Black Ink
https://www.jetpens.com/Zebra-Onamae-Mackee-Double-…/…/10841

Paper: Canson (100510941) XL Series Watercolor Pad
https://amzn.to/33idn6G

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#Cartoon #cartoonist #LiveArt #LiveArtist #Illustration #Ink
#Cat #Watercolor #WatercolorPainting #Painting #catPainting
#CartoonCat #Butterfly #CarArt

 

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My inked Inktober #1 – A Butterfly Visitation.

by on Oct.02, 2020, under Cartooning

My inked Inktober #1 – A Butterfly Visitation.
Drawn improv, off the top of my head.
No pencils. No plan. My favorite way to work! 

Live watercolor of this piece at 7pm on my personal page.
Video of ink and watercolor later.

Watercolor piece will be available: $10.
+ $5 postage.
If not sold here,later on Etsy $20 + postage.
1st to private message here or e-mail: swampy@swampysFlorida.com

Materials –
Pen: Zebra Onamae Mackee Double-Sided Name Marker – Fine / Extra Fine Twin Tip – Black Ink
https://www.jetpens.com/Zebra-Onamae-Mackee-Double-…/…/10841

Paper: Canson (100510941) XL Series Watercolor Pad
https://amzn.to/33idn6G

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#Cartoon #cartoonist #LiveArt #LiveArtist #Illustration #Ink
#Cat
#CartoonCat #Butterfly

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Last minute caricature illustration by me for a client celebrating a promotion!

by on Sep.30, 2020, under Caricatures

Here’s the last minute caricature illustration I did over the weekend.
A combination of watercolor and colored pencils.
Some of the color dropped out during scanning.
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Here’s the drawing I did Saturday at the 3pm Ha-Ba-Da-Bee- Critter Music!

by on Sep.30, 2020, under Cartooning, Illusration

 

This Saturday’s fun will be part of #Inktober and be a two-parter. Starting at 3pm in black and white.
Live watercolor at 7pm.
I’ll be creating a whole series of watercolor paintings for InkTober.
All will be for sale for a very reasonable price.

These will involve this page, my Cartoons by Rob Smith, Jr. page and my Swampy’s Florida page and an Etsy site.

More as Thursday, October 1st approaches. 🙂
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Book Review; ‘The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance’ by Stuart M. Kaminsky

by on Sep.29, 2020, under Books

The Man Who Shot Lewis VanceThe Man Who Shot Lewis Vance by Stuart M. Kaminsky
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Kaminsky starts this book as all do: continuing from the book before. In this case the one before ends with a call involving John Wayne. This one starts inconsistently with a different beginning not connecting with the end of the last book, though both involve Wayne.

The entire tale Kaminsky has assembled is conflated and ridiculous. The various bad guys involved really couldn’t have pulled off what is written. These are very different bad guys. Making it worse are layer of bad guys that really don’t work. Especially considering the ending. John Wayne appears shoved in to it all and then Charlie Chaplin is looped in. Both are a stretch of Kaminsky’s effort to include celebrities. He does do an excellent job of writing their dialogue. I could hear both in the writings.

Though the plot is over blown,the over all writing is very good. There are some very good and funny scenes,making this still worth reading.

Bottom line: i recommend this book. 5 out of ten points.

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Book Review: ‘Down for the Count’ by Stuart M. Kaminsky

by on Sep.28, 2020, under Books

Down for the Count (Toby Peters, #10)Down for the Count by Stuart M. Kaminsky
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Despite the underlying sadness of most of the characters, Kaminsky molds this series into a very humorous lot. This one is better than others. Knowing the characters from previous books helped liking this book more. Coming into this cold and not knowing certain relationships, a new reader might find this a tougher go.

The plot is very well thought out. Others in the series feels as if Kaminsky is taking a celebrity and forming a story around. This was a stronger story that seemed a celebrity was found to drop in. Again, there is the oddity that another celebrity becomes a friend of the main character and then is dropped off.

I really liked how the plot connected to a few earlier parts of the series and continued the character’s stories…or ended it. The bad guys are a bit similar to earlier Kaminsky bad guys, just with different names for two.

The writing is sharp and funny. All leading to a surprise ending.

Drawback is more focus on side characters and poetry and other’s writings that gets a bit long. Though, shorter than in other entries.

Bottom line: I recommend this book. 8 out of ten points.

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