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February 27th, 2014 ā€“ Sketch Daily ā€“ Jem lives on!

by on Feb.27, 2014, under Cartooning

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Today’s Sketch Dailies involves the pop punk rock cartoon character Jem. I considered where Jem would be today and see her in a bar in Hoboken singing, as she can, the great American songbook….but still in her punk garb. Kinda as the fate of the singer in Copacabana.

 

Below are a few images of Jem in her prime:

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February 26th, 2014 – Sketch Daily – Mr. T flies!

by on Feb.26, 2014, under Caricatures, Cartooning, Celebrity Illustrations, Illusration

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Saw the subject for a daily artistic challenge is the celebrity, Mr. T. A couple months ago i was thinking I wish i had a reason to draw Mr. T. Here it is!

I took the angle of Mr. T’s roll as B.A. Baracus in the television series The A-Team. In the series, B.A. hates anything to do with flying. Thus, he flies!

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February 20th, 2014 – Pirate Gators Sketch!

by on Feb.20, 2014, under Cartooning

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Signed a couple of Swampy’s Florida books for my friends at the Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce. This alligator pirate sketch is for the book we did for the annual Billy Bowlegs Festival. Last year we worked together to produce two Swampy books about the Chamber’s annual Billy Bowlegs Festival and for the last reunion in Fort Walton Beach of the Doolittle Raiders.

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February 14th, 2014 – What I’m Drawing: A View of the Past!

by on Feb.14, 2014, under Cartooning, Illusration

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At the symposium of Florida springs last week, Scott Mitchell (above) gave an abbreviated talk of the history of the Silver Springs property. While initially sketching this out at the event, the idea of a telescope to the past came to mind. I was going to go further with a coin machine attached. I was going to keep the background blank and realized I needed to tie Scott to Silver Springs State Park.

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February 13th, 2014 – What I was drawing: A Valentine Gill-Man with a Hot Dog!

by on Feb.13, 2014, under Cartooning, Swampy's Florida

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While helping sell the new Swampy’s Florida Valentine line of greeting cards, I also did a small drawing on the back. A wife was telling me about her husband and his liking of the Gil-Man, of the ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ movie. He also likes hot dogs. So, the imagery above. Below is a photo of me drawing during the event February 2nd.

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February 11th, 2014 ā€“ What Iā€™m Drawing: Hiking in Florida!

by on Feb.11, 2014, under Cartooning, Illusration

2014-0211-FloridaTrailThis is part of the Florida Trail Association cartoon I illustrate for each issue of their Footprint magazine. The Florida Trail Association is the organization for hiking throughout Florida. I need to occasionally post some of the cartoons I made for past issues. I won’t be posting the current cartoon, though, as that’s one of the benefits of membership when getting the Underfoot magazine. šŸ™‚

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January 9th, 2014 – Lots of work to do Today!

by on Feb.09, 2014, under Caricatures, Cartooning, Illusration

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Tons of artwork has to get done today! From caricatures to hiking cartoons to illustration, etc! Was hoping to be at a presentation today by Rick Smith, son of author Patrick Smith who wrote the Florida legendary book, ‘A Land Remembered’, but that looks impossible two hours before his presentation. Pen to paper and I’ll post what I can.

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February 9th, 2014 ā€“ What Iā€™m drawing: Springs Symposium Watercolor Painting #3 ā€“ Ryan Smart!

by on Feb.09, 2014, under Caricatures, Cartooning, Illusration

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On January 28th I was part of a symposium about the condition of our springs in north Central Florida. My part was to illustrate each of the speakers. This is one of Ryan Smart, of the Florida Conservation Coalition, who spoke of legislation to help cover the issues of our Florida springs.

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February 5th, 2014 – What I’m drawing: My Springs Symposium Watercolor Painting #1

by on Feb.05, 2014, under Caricatures, Illusration

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On January 28th I was part of a symposium about the condition of our springs in north Central Florida. My part was to illustrate each of the speakers. This is one of the set of Dr. Bob Knight, one of our most knowledgeable experts about water in Florida. Knowing Bob helped me play more here than i did with the others.
Bob opened his talk by announcing he had more bad news. I took it from there.

I’ll be posting the rest over the next week or so.

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