on tap, Morning Noon and Night September 1, 2009

Hey there everyone! One week before school starts for me and I’m trying to get in as much comic-ing as possible. In the works is a very short mini comic, a true story about me and a bug. Well, it’s true until the end. More about that lata! In my other time, I’m just spending some time at my parent’s home, driving them crazy by leaving lights on and fascinating myself with cable.

Another fun project has been a collaboration between myself and my long time friend, Dorothy. Dorothy is an awesome artist. We were in high school art classes together so we know each other’s styles very, very well. Dorothy has turned the project into a blog to share! It’s called on tap and it’s the drawn narrative of a beer bottle who is telling his and his family’s life story. So far, it’s a bit sad, but we’re still at the beginning, so hey, this thing could turn into a musical by the end! Here’s my latest page, which I am unhappy with my brushwork…

Too much of my shadow and brushwork really doesn’t tend to look good online, although in person it is more appealing.

I’m also still struggling a bit with the format for my newly updated comic strip, The Hard Shell. I think simple black and white, limited gray shadows and no panel outline look best and I’m going to try to develop that into a neater appearance.

In other news, life has been pretty good. Philadelphia has fantastic thrift store shopping (can anyone say 1940′s sailor top?) and I attended a crab party the other night, which had nothing to do with orgies and all to do with whacking deliciously cooked crabs with wooden sticks in order to eat them. I drank a little more than intended and have a very strong memory of attempting to remove a beer bottle cap that was already removed and walking in on some guy peeing (lock the door, damnit!). I also remember proclaiming the blueberry “amazing, but only at the crust” and talking about that for far too long. Oy.

Although I’m still having some trouble sleeping, I think that’ll be fixed once school starts, although over the next few days I’m going to taper down that pain at home by waking up earlier and a no nap rule. We’ll see how long that lasts…

Happy New Addition! June 30, 2009

One of my goals has been to create a webcomic. And guess what? It’s here!

It’s called the Hard Shell and you can find it right here!! But until tomorrow there’s only sneak peaks available.

A new strip will be added on Tuesdays, which I think is a good day for comics. 

I’ll also be keeping everyone posted about a giveaway that’ll be coming up fairly soon.

When I almost saw my roommate naked… June 24, 2009

Then I ran into my room and he ran into the bathroom. This happened a couple of days ago, but I think I blocked it out of my mind.

I’m old, cranky and mean! June 22, 2009

Well, at least I am in my entry for this contest http://philmcandrew.blogspot.com/. You’re supposed to draw yourself at the age of 100. Here I am!

Tripping the handsome, young doctor while wandering the hospital halls shoeless.

Well, I can’t believe how pooped I am, but it was truly a lovely weekend. Yesterday I spent the day in Scituate with my pals Matt and Jen. It was like a mini vacation, being all by the water and lighthouses and jetties. And today I went to my brother’s Father’s Day lunch in Chinatown, which was delicious. I came home and napped for 3 hours with the cat afterwards.

Oh! I got some great finds at the Scituate flea market, which I need to take a photo of. TONS of books and some great brooches too. One made it’s debut today.

I talked to my own dad, who had to go because the fire alarm was going off at his work, ha. If I had a nickel!

Slightly out of it still so I’m saying goodnight now. G’night all.

The Devil Inside Me June 18, 2009

The devil inside me has a side ponytail and blue Nike high tops. She loves all things sugary, spicy, trendy and scandalous. But fortunately, I think she’s pretty small. For now.

 

So I think I’m going to be making more paper dolls for sale. Let me know if there are any ones in particular I should make.

Just playing around June 15, 2009

with my new gauche paints. (spelling?). They are kind of like watercolor but I think they are a bit thicker and more opaque. I only got the basic 5 color set, so I’m desperately trying to remember my color wheel. Here’s some little creatures I made.

The paint makes them look like storybook characters, which is fun.

 

And now, back to work!

Oh my gosh! June 14, 2009

The weather yesterday was lovely. Sunny and hot, with a bit of breeze. I rode my bike into Harvard Square and went with Jen to the Cambridge River Festival and then met up with my bro and his fam! Rafi kept asking me if I was visiting them and I didn’t quite know how to answer that. “Well, we’re both here in the same place, so it’s more like we’re hanging out together, rather than a visit”. He was not satisfied with that answer. I tried some pakoras from the indian food stand, which were unfortunately fried, but extremely good too. Afterwards, Jen and I went to Charlie’s Beer Garden and I got raspberry beer. Excellent. I love anything raspberry though.

I came home and watched “The Changeling”, which was horribly sad and made me depressed. I drew this lil toon because I couldn’t fall asleep…

Speaking of pajamas (!, no we weren’t!), here’s my other mini toon.

True story.

I slept way too late today and I need to go to the art store to pick up new pens but I’m moving kind of slow. Which is fine, I think, cuz the art store just opened.

Bleep, blart. That’s how I feel today.

Oh, this drawing is the inspiration for my next painted bag…

New toons! June 10, 2009

One for the cats I torture:

 

Please bear with me as I’m slowly trying to reduce the rough edges and appearance to the comics I upload. It’s taking me a bit to learn the best way to scan and draw them. But there is some slow improvement happening!

Biking Comic June 1, 2009

Oh, new mini toon! May 29, 2009

Forgot something!