Tag: Swampys Florida
December 3rd, 2014- My annual Christmas card artwork!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Dec.03, 2014, under Illusration
My annual Christmas card of Florida native critters inside The Ivy House in Ocala, Florida. Used lots of reference for the interior of the 1890 house/restaurant and had to skew things a bit to make the image more readable. Also,used more reference than years past for the critters. I tried to limit the animals a bit so that the interior of the building could be better felt and understood. I finished inking this Monday.
The Dorris Bobber Memorial Palmetto Bug is hidden somewhere. You’d need to see the actual card to find him, though. This is the first year Swampy, Trilby and Zuber of Swampy’s Florida appear as part of the illustration.
October 19th, 2014 – Happy National Seafood Bisque Day!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.19, 2014, under What's New?
Leave a Comment :alligator, art, cartoon, childrens book illustration, childrens illustration, draw, drawing, Florida, Florida art, florida caricature, Florida cartoon, florida event, illustration, illustration friday, orlando entertainment, Rob Smith Jr, sketch, sketching, Swampys Florida, Taylor Smith more...October 8th, 2014 – Happy World Octopus Day! #Inktober
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Oct.08, 2014, under Cartooning
Here’s the inked art for #Inktober today!
Here’s part of the Swampy’s Florida post:
Swampy says Happy World Octopus Day!
More about the legend of the St Augustine Monster: http://swampysflorida.com/?p=11318
On the #drawing board: Happy Gators!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.16, 2014, under Cartooning, Swampy's Florida
This is the finished color art for an upcoming Swampy’s Florida product. There’s a bit more to this, but I’m leaving that for the Swampy’s Florida page. Look for it there.
On the #drawing board: Start of a mural of Cracker Florida!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.15, 2014, under Cartooning
This is just a small sample of a twenty foot wide mural I’m starting on. This part is of a stream with a cypress tree. In the stream is a bear and bunny making there way along. The mural also includes a Cracker-style home, a Florida panther cooking and, of course, an alligator – playing a banjo. I’ll add updates as I go along.
September 6th, 2014 – Signing Books in Homosassa Springs State Park.
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.07, 2014, under What's New?
On the #drawing board today: Signed and drew in lots and lots of Swampy’s Florida books today at Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park for “Speak Up Homosassa Springs”. Here are a couple photos from teh event.
The young fellow was funny. I asked him about what he likes and found him very articulate. So as he spoke of how he would like to wash things, I asked what he would like to wash. A car. How will you be sure the cars get washed? Will you be a manager? Yes. And on it went. He’s a thinking youngster and hope he stays that way!
August 29th, 2014 – On the Drawing Board: Gators, Whale Sharks and Swampy!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.30, 2014, under Cartooning
A brief hour and a half stop at a local coffee spot found me getting the above artwork done plus more. Rough sketches of baby gators, a sketch for a mural and a cartoon illustration for Swampy’s Florida. I also penciled and inked three editorial cartoons.
July 23rd, 2014: Today on the Drawing Board: Swampy as Batman!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.24, 2014, under Cartooning
Drew my Swampy, the Swamp Ape, as Batman for ‘Batman Day’. with him is Trilby, the baby alligator, as Robin.
July 2nd, 2014 – Today on the drawing board: Turtle Birthday Greetings!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.03, 2014, under Cartooning, Swampy's Florida
Another of the upcoming Swampy’s Florida birthday card series. this time with a turtle. Have another coming with an alligator soon. I’ll post when the cards will be available for purchase.
July 1st, 2014 – Today on the drawing board – Swampy’s Florida Birthday Cards!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.02, 2014, under Cartooning
Worked on a bunch of very different projects today. Here’s one of the Swampy’s Florida new set of birthday cards coming soon!
June 19th, 2014 – Today on the drawing board – Orange County Regional History Center’s Sara Van Arsdel retirement card!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jun.19, 2014, under Caricatures, Cartooning
Really the title should be – “A Few Days Ago on the Drawing Board”. Working waaaay to late Tuesday night had me miss the Orlando Remembered, a board I serve on, meeting at the Orange County Regional History Center early Wednesday morning. Sara Van Arsdel, curator of the museum for the past twenty eight years is retiring. I remember her taking the position so many years ago as, Orlando native, Jean Yothers stepped down after ten years in the position. Hard to imagine so much time has passed!!! I sure admit I have not been a fan of certain activities at the museum. I have been a cheerleader of the unbelievable job Sara did of keeping the history museum in the 1920’s former Orange County Courthouse. A tough task, especially when Orange County was seeking office space for an expanding government in years past. It took her having exhibits that I hated to keep the museum in the courthouse alive. Kudos to Sara for that and for being in charge of the museum for 28 years!
This painting was done last week and passed on to long time dear friend Grace Chewning on Sunday, thanks to help from my father. Grace carted the card for folks to sign and the photo above was taken.