SAWgust interlude

The subject of tonight's SAW Friday workshop was Comics about Pets - oddly congruous with my SAWgust project goal!

In any case, we did three 5-10 minute exercises on the theme. 

The first was to draw our pet, not realistically, but in a way that captured their personality or essence. I always that thought that Selkie would have been a biker, so here we are:

The next exercise was to do a strip about something we taught our pet. This little strip is actually a bit of a preview of a longer scene that will appear in the SAWgust zine:

The last exercise was to create a strip about something our pet taught us. I think this speaks for itself:

I sure am drawing lots of cats...

At your serviette

So, I had lunch with Coco and my in-laws today. As we were chatting, I was making a few doodles on a napkin, which drawings seemed to please everyone -- my modicum of ability (let's not call it talent) was somewhat disproportionately praised. Coco even took pictures of the sketches, so I decided to post them here. Why not.

A fox. A fat fox?

A space man. I think the helmet is shaped the way it is because they are also a dog-man.

A space-dog-man.

Lunch was great, by the way. Happy birthday, Annis P.

Change of seasons

So, I am hoping that the coming of summer (this weekend, among all its other problematical complexities, is also the traditional start if the summer season) will break the winter blogjam that has held the WalakaNet Broadcasting System more-or-less frozen for some time. Herewith, in the spirit of thaw, is a quick doodle I made while talking on the phone in Wenatchee during a trip for work.

The future's so bright we gotta wear shades.

Cohortitude

This could have just as easily been posted on Epicurus, but since it involves my "art" it goes here.

I am leaving Cascadia College after having taught at the school since 2004 and entering the tenure track in 2007. As I was cleaning out my office, I ran across this doodle I made at some meeting or other of my tenure cohort  - the faculty who all began the process at the same time and shared the review process.

I was a kilt-wearin' man then - it was sort of a trademark - and that's me on the left. Reading to the right are Natalie, Erin, Robyn, Yuko, and Danielle. For some reason, I did not include Lisa - perhaps I was interrupted by, y'know, actual work or something.

For comparison, here's an actual photo of the cohort at the tenure ceremony - the leis were courtesy of Coco, the Wonder Wife.

From the left, that's Lisa, Robyn, Erin, President Bill, Natalie, me, Danielle, and Yuko.

Best cohort ever.

Commencement

Today was graduation day at the college and I had plenty of time to doodle during the ceremony...

 

Hmmm... I am sensing a theme...

 

Doodley-do

I was cleaning out my stuff and getting ready to recycle some papers when Coco saw some doodles I had made during a recent meeting and refused to let me throw them away. Here are the substantive pieces.

 

I guess I do like the crude energy in these, but I am not quite sure why Coco was so captivated with them.