Carrot Rope

Anybody wanna start a Pavement cover band with me?

Anybody?

I Will Challenge the Mighty Titan and his Troubadours

So here's a sampling of some images from a project I'm working on. There are little stories that go in the middle, each centered around a certain letter. The books they belong to are english workbooks for kids in other countries. There are 20 illustrations in all but these are a few of my favorites.

Head temporarily above water

Happy 12th day of the new year. It should be known that I always wait at least 12 days to acknowledge anything new.

As I mentioned in my previous posts (I think I did anyway) I'm wicked busy. Seriously. I've got projects on top of projects. It's been a challenge but it's going fairly well. I'm tired, but my wife hasn't left me and my kids still remember my name. Ok, granted, they've taken to referring to me as that weird guy who draws in the basement all night, but that's close enough.

The above image is the cover of a coloring book that I'm working on for a client who wants to hand these out to the children of people who use their services. I had to move quickly on it but I'm pleased with the results.

I just finished a really big part of a workbook project that has been keeping me really busy, so I'll probably be posting some of those soon.

Excelsior!

Kim's Watermelon Gun

Just posting for the sake of posting. Isn't that why most of us post in the first place?

It's Friday and the weekend is nearly upon us. Not many big plans or anything, mostly working. I am probably going to load the family truckster tomorrow (with family, of course) and drive out to IKEA in PA. Should be grand. While our abode isn't all IKEA'ed up or anything, I do like the designs of many of there products and haven't been to one of their retail outlets in quite some time.

In other news, my kids are watching DuckTales dvds like it's their job. I grabbed one from the library on a whim, thinking they might like it and we have since relieved the Boardman Library of their entire collection of DuckTales for the week. If you're there looking for DuckTales, don't bother. Not until after the weekend, when we return them. The animation is horrible for most of the episodes, but it's a pretty fun show and the kids are really into it. I have to say, it's kind of nice to see something that's supposed to be a humorous adventure show that isn't so freaking cynical. I like a lot of tv animation that's been going on for the last few years, but it would be nice to have something without all the "'tude" to balance it out. John K talks alot about the whole 'tude phenomenon on his blog, but I'm too lazy to link it. I largely agree with him though.

There's one episode in particular that the kids can't get enough of, "The Lost Crown of Ghegis Khan" which features an Abominable Snow Woman. It's very funny to hear a 5 and a 2 year old attempt to say abominable. Generally it sounds like domino.

The rest of the Disney Afternoon has not been as well received. Darkwing Duck seemed mildly amusing to them, but Talespin was totally panned. We have yet to try Chip N' Dales Rescue Rangers.

Turning the Fructose up to 11

These little guys were a couple of rejected designs from work. They're cute and all, but I guess they just weren't hella-balls-to-the-frickin'-wall adorable. I still like them. Which is why they've shown up here.

Progress continues on the two big projects. I will post something as soon as I can.

I want two pigmy goats.

I still can't really post any of the projects that I'm working on because they are nowhere near publication. However, I decided to put up this drawing from one of said projects, because I love goats. In fact, earlier this year when we were house hunting, I had my heart set on finding a more rural place with a decent amount of land so I could get me a couple pigmy goats. I've read they make great pets and are good with kids. I figured a couple of goats would be great fun to take care of and would help me realize my little inner dream of having a small farm. A very small farm actually, consisting entirely of two goats.

Alas the home we found and could ultimately afford was not in a rural area but a very nice little neighborhood with not nearly enough land for goats. So the realization of my dream will have to wait until one day when we buy that old farmhouse in the country.

Tapes n' Tapes

I've been listening to Tapes n' Tapes "The Loon" LP recording pretty obsessively lately. It's very good. I hear tell then have a new album out, or coming out or something. I may have to pick it up.

We summon awesome forces

Yet another new moji for my Squaresville Superheroes series. Making up silly superheroes is really fun and Mojizu is a great outlet for them.

Plus I really like typing the word Mojizu.

Still busily working away on my freelance projects, with the possibility of even more on the horizon. The 08-09 season is looking pretty busy here in FWAKS land.

I'll keep you posted about all of my secret projects as things develop.

Huzzah!

If you don't like us, you might have to fight us...

New moji y'all.

I think I'm going to do a series of goofball superheroes like my friend Aquataclops here.

Meanwhile, back in the Awesome Throne room...

So I've been wicked busy lately with a fairly large educational project and I haven't had much time to post. I can't actually post anything from said project, because it won't be published for quite some time. I did however manage to eek out this little guy while taking a short break from the paying work. His name is Sneaky Pete and he is my most recent Moji that I added to Mojizu. He was a neat little guy that I just cranked out real fast. Creating characters is one of my favorite things to do, which is what makes Mojizu so much fun.

Oh yeah, Fireworks and Karate Supplies regular "Tha Professor" is one of my Mojis and he's engaged in a Moji War. He did well the first round, but he's getting trounced in round two. If you're like me, you probably want to see Tha Professor move on to round three, so take a moment to vote for him and we'll see if we can make that a reality. We are the change Tha Professor has been waiting for.