Old fang.

Recently I noticed that some blogging illustrators took to drawing their, "teenage-selves." I went the other route...

Illiterate man.

I made this on the train coming home from teaching a few years ago...

Great Falls, VA.

My wife travels for a living and occasionally I accompany her on her trips. A few weeks ago I went with her to the DC area and visited Great Falls National Park on the Virginia/Maryland border. I sat in the gorge for a few hours and drew some of the dramatic scenery with my brush pens. The top drawing here is out of my comfort zone but I think it came out nice (for my benefit anyway).

1776.

This year the Hussian School of Art (where I teach) is moving into the Bourse building which is located right next to Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the Ben Franklin House (to name just a few of the Historic building in the Old City area of Philadelphia). I have always loved history and now I will be surrounded by it.

Having just finished 1776 by David Mc Collough, my appreciation for what those ragtag band of men accomplished knows no bounds. It really is remarkable.

See you in 4 years, London!

Here is more from the series of goofy Olympic drawings in my sketchbook. Most of these are nonsensical drawings that I do while not trying to think all that much.

I've got to tell you, if you missed the presentation of the Olympic flag to the Mayor of London during the closing ceremonies you missed the best part of the olympics. He was a mess.

I have no idea why I drew a winter sport, but here you go.

And I would really like to try out something like this...

For the Ladies...

The best thing this guy ever did was not clip his finger nails.

Olympics

My wife and I have been watching the Olympics since they started on Friday. As is my custom with sports of any kind, I get bored so I open my sketchbook and start drawing.

Sentence Shaper

These images will be featured in a new program for people with language disorders called "SentenceShaper® II" which will be released later this year by Psycholinguistic Technologies.

For the past 12 years I have had the privilege of completing roughly 1300 illustrations for the Sentence Shaper program as well as the design of the program's look (buttons, etc.). Overall my cartooning has had to remain the same which has been difficult considering my artistic growth. However, the biggest challenge has been that each illustration needed to easily and recognizably portray an action or entire scenario without the use of words. You'll note that motion lines are emphasized. This was to help draw the patient's eye and bring attention to an action or variation.

This latest batch of scenarios were "point-and-click" colored (due to time and budget constraints) with the help of Drew Phillips. I'll post more as time allows, God knows I have plenty to show.

Charles Schulz

Okay, I'm ready to talk about it.

If you know me, you know how much of a fan I am of Charles Schulz and Peanuts. Recently I finished the newest biography by David Michaelis, Schulz and Peanuts. While I enjoyed the book I found that some parts were extremely hard to read since it felt so close to home. However, as I read I found that it helped heal me of many of the struggles that I have been dealing with my entire life, but the most important of all was this:

1. Never put your work before your family or your God.

Shepherd.

Forgive me, but sometimes I get bored at church. Don't get me wrong, I'm listening, I just need to do something other than listen. The sketches I do usually tie in with our pastor's message.

The story behind this sketch:

Sheep are considered to be the dumbest animals on the planet. If a sheep continued to wander, shepherds would break one of the sheep's legs making the sheep more dependent on the shepherd. That way, the shepherd could keep track of his flock, keep it safe and guide it in the right direction. Sometimes it's good to have your leg broken.