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January 13th, 2014 – #DailyInks #13 – Gator Valentine!

by on Jan.14, 2014, under Cartooning

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This is one of the drawings being proposed for a set of Swampy’s Florida Valentine cards. I’ll post the color version as it comes along.

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January 12th, 2014 – #DailyInks #12 – Flamingo Valentine!

by on Jan.12, 2014, under Cartooning, What's New?

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This is one of the drawings being proposed for a set of Swampy’s Florida Valentine cards. I’ll post the color version as it comes along.

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January 7th, 2013 – #DailyInks #7 – Turtle

by on Jan.07, 2014, under Cartooning, Swampy's Florida

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Rob Smith Jr – Turtle Signing – Daily inks 7

As i signed a couple sets of Swampy’s Florida books for the Silver River Museum to sell, I added a critter or two along the way. You can get your copies by going by or contacting the Silver River Museum. Click here to learn more. Here’s a turtle resting along the waters of the Silver River.

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January 2nd, 2014- #DailInks #2 – Thank you cartoon critters!

by on Jan.02, 2014, under Cartooning

Cartoon I drew as Thank You to the nice folks at Dennis Miller Radio

Cartoon I drew as Thank You to the nice folks at Dennis Miller Radio

Had a thank you to send to the folks at the DMZ – the Dennis Miller Zone. The only trouble I had after \geting my credit card hacked into two months ago was getting my subscription to the Dennis Miller radio program cut due to it being the only one trying to charge the card while it was down. It took some back and forth, but the folks that run the service let me back in with my longevity of 2009. I sent them the above cartoon thanking them for going to the trouble, becuase, apparently, it was difficult to pull off.

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January 1st, 2014- #DailInks #1 , Volume 2 – J.Z. Hip Hop Car Shop

by on Jan.01, 2014, under What's New?

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The Swampy Machine decided to take a break from it’s operating procedures Monday as I made my way to a meeting in a Palm Bay, Florida , with Tim Reynolds of The Knowledge Exchange. That had me staying at my friend Jim Fern’s house during the time it took to fix the catalytic converter.

Was I surprised when I drove the car a mere few miles away and it kinked out again in a Publix parking lot. Tim Reynolds and his wife were too kind to drive out to the stilled vehicle during New Years Eve. But not before a number of Publix customers gathered around the car trying to figure the trouble. A group consensus was that the starter had gotten clogged with oil that had gotten loose under the hood.

The crowd dispersed and Tim had the real answer to my trouble and that’s what we did. I bought a new starter and Tom and his son inserted the replacement.

To do this meant doing it at Jin Fern’s house, where I was staying. Thus I drew the drawing above as Jim’s home became a mechanic’s den.

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December 10th, 2013 – #DailyInks #39 : Christmas Caricature!

by on Dec.10, 2013, under Cartooning

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Penciled and prepped this caricature yesterday afternoon before wheeling out to the event I posted about last night. As was the case yesterday, i met with Kristina, below, who requested this illustration. Yesterday we met in Winter Garden, Florida, and today met in Leesburg  to watercolor the artwork at the Leesburg Library coffee shop.

I watercolored the artwork with the exception of the orange color seen. Used a Prang marker brush to really pop the color out representing the colors of the Tennessee college that has a football team, the Volunteers.Not surprisingly I know more about the name of the volunteers and it’s place in Civil War history than the name of the college that has a football team with the name. 🙂

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December 9th, 2013 – #DailyInks #38 – Caricature detours!

by on Dec.10, 2013, under Caricatures, What's New?

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When I woke this morning I had no idea the day would take so many sudden turns in so many directions! First I answered the call for a last minute caricature by changing plans and meeting the client and doing the artwork. While I was working on the caricature with the client, I got a call about a last minute caricature gig about an hours drive from where I was. Decided to meet that challenge and head in the opposite direction of home and drew at that event for a few hours. Now I’m staying overnight nearby and plan to see home tomorrow afternoon….. Depending on last minute requests! 🙂

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November 25th, 2013 – #Dailynks #24 – Christmas Card – Part 2

by on Nov.25, 2013, under Illusration

2013-1125-24-SantaWaterHere’s another peak at my annual Christmas card as i continue to work on it. Native Florida critters always dominate the illustration along with a Florida historic site. Here’s the Bald Eagle that can be found statewide. I should have the card finished tomorrow. Hope to start distributing cards Thursday and this weekend in southwest Florida.

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#Dailyinks #15 – Werewolf at Large! Caricatures from Today’s Event ….

by on Nov.16, 2013, under Caricatures, Cartooning

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Performed at a community event today at Jones High School in Orlando and above is one of the drawings I did. Had fun drawing the werewolf. CAn’t even recall the last time I drew a werewolf.

Below are more drawings I did.

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Janice collects elephants and loes to cook and furnish food at family reunions. The elephant’s ear was an artistic tactical issue.

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