Sketchbook: Bear problems

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I might start mixing animals up.. or maybe assorted kinds of bears?

..but then does it become an awkward nationality or racial thing?

US Presidents with facial hair #1

Only full-on beards and moustaches, sideburns excluded so far (sorry, Martin Van Buren). It might be fun to draw some of the livelier muttonchops in presidential history, but then where do I draw the line?

Abraham Lincoln-


Ulysses S. Grant-


There's a string of facial-haired presidents from Lincoln through Taft, with Andrew Johnson and McKinley being the only spoilers.

I didn't get much drawing/comic-making done in the past two weeks, and I'll blame the conventions for the most part, but also a changing work schedule.. I may continue this series, but I've been sitting on several comic ideas for weeks, and though I've second-guessed them by this point, I'd like to do one as soon as I can.

Flightless birds, stupid hats

Sometimes you get what you pay for, and this blog is free.

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I haven't posted much this month, but I've got some stuff in the works. I'd like to put together a small zine or something. Hopefully I'll make time to do a new comic this week as well.. We'll see how it goes, with the real job to contend with and all.

Bad People #2

More total jerks.

Click on them and they shall appear larger, and perhaps more sinister-

Bad People

Collect 'em all!

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I did this first one with a ballpoint pen.. I later took a rapidograph to it in an attempt to touch it up a bit.

More Filler!

In an effort to put some wood on the little campfire that is my blog, here are more sketches, some more recent than others.

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First, above we have a bit of concept art for a comic I made for an as yet unreleased CD by composer Michael Perilstein (The Deadly Spawn, Winterbeast). Buy his The Least Worst of Michael Perilstein, and you will not only enjoy some of his finest music (plug!), but you will also see the first comic I did for him a few years back. I suppose I own this image as it didn't end up in this comic, but my current profile picture is actually from yet another comic that I worked with him on, and therefore he technically holds copyright on it (!). I, however, retain ownership of myself and Michael Perilstein likewise holds all rights to Michael Perilstein. Above we find him in France.


Birds are always pretty good.


"So I was hawlin' muh trailurh down ta Dixon Cownteh.."


Attempts to draw my old roommate's dog.. Honestly, it doesn't really look like her.


Why not?

Filler

I picked a bad time to start this blog, given how I've been pretty busy in the month or so since its inception.. Barring the event of some sort of disaster or personal crisis, I am vowing to not let this blog go an entire week without a new post (and I'm certainly hoping to post more often than that). That being said, I haven't drawn much of anything in the last week. So here, instead of something fresh, is a bunch of old stuff from a sketchbook of mine from several years ago. Is there anything more exciting than looking at somebody's old sketches? Of course not. Something good came of this though, in that I found an old idea that I plan to turn into a new comic when I get a chance.

Also, I think it was actually a great habit to be in.. Just coming home at the end of the day and drawing without really thinking, which I too rarely do nowadays, especially with just a pen. I would scribble out anything that came to mind.

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Abe Lincoln often comes to mind.


What?


Hmm.


I like this a little bit.


Moustaches can be a little creepy. Not always, but sometimes.


I don't know.


Yep.