Category: Drawings

Free wheeling fun on paper

Stages

A brief career outline The six drawings below are selections from stage 1 of my young adult commercial art career life, whereupon I had planned to produce an amateur animated film. I was on a tight budget in 1974 and didn’t have a proper camera… just a bunch of drawings. The project was shelved. In stage 2 of my professional life,… Continue reading Stages

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Cougar

Mascot study. Our daughters started playing softball in Spring 1992. The next season found me as their assistant coach. Katie was on the T-birds and Ash was on the Cougars. Katie’s team mascot was an Amiga computer drawing. (I no longer own that computer) 1993 – Pencil on paper

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Andy Panda

My first commercial artist’s job was to sketch on paper, make a Xerox copy then transfer the Xerox to a canvas backed rubber sheet. The quarter inch thick sheet was hand engraved for making a flexographic printing plate mold masters. I no longer have the original sketch, just this copy. The old Xerox camera with… Continue reading Andy Panda

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Doodle Bug

I liked drawing cars as a kid… this is one of the cuter ones. 1969 – Ink on pencil on paper

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Sweet Potato 

Headin’ for the chuck wagon! This was a drawing for commercial boxes of yams. The film positive was made from my original pen and ink and painted with color markers. (The red and brown color markers ran on the photo paper over the years…) 🫠 1976 – Ink on film positive 

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Goofy

A goofy sketch Found this while purging my files. Pencil on notepad

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Pluto

Something’s up This drawing predates my ability to recall when I did it. Pluto is actually speaking his first words from his two dimensional flat plane domain. Pluto’s original creators did not see fit to give him an English speaking role. Pluto was oppressed. He was subservient to his master, Mickey Mouse. And to make… Continue reading Pluto

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Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse in the house I grew up on cartoons and Mickey was one of my favorites. He was a good guy. But he didn’t finish last. He was a soft spoken hero. The Mickey Mouse image at the bottom of the photo below and the further down, below Santa Mickey image are cutouts from… Continue reading Mickey Mouse

Blue Jets

I liked drawing airplanes as a kid… this is my ‘older kid’ self favorite. 1970 – Color pencil on color paper

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