Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassidy

Here is a recent commission that I did of the beat writers Jack Kerouac and his friend Neal Cassidy. Done in watercolor and keeping with the limited palette of white, black and yellow as in past watercolor portraits. The white on Cassidy's face isn't so prominent in the original. For internet purposes I cleaned up the background some because I can never seem to scan a watercolor piece without getting shade from the rumpled paper. Anyways, a fun and challenging piece to work on and I particularly like how the colored pencil underlay interacted with the watercolor. A good mix.

Charlie James Brown

Here is this past week's Stoopid Stuf in glorious black and white before colors and text. Go and check out Stoopidstuf.com to see this and more by Kevin Minor and myself.

Visigoths

I'm going for a ride on a B-17 today. But before I go, I thought I'd share this quick sketch.


So, this guy wasn't so much a thorn in my side as he was to himself. There were three cars in front of me and two coming the other way and this joker with his hipster hat was trying his best to flip his skateboard and land back on it. In the street. With traffic coming in both directions. Now, it was apparent that this thirty something was just learning new tricks and one would think that one would do this at this stage of learning in an empty parking lot or a backyard, at least. Not in traffic. And the look of disdain on the face of this little princess said it all. Momma said he could.

A definite prospect for the Darwin Awards.

The hat makes it all worthwhile.

Did I mention that I'm going for a ride on a B-17 today?

A professional what?

Here is last week's Stoopid Stuf cartoon before Kevin added the colors and the text. Go to the site to check out the finished product and more. Click on image to engorge.

Free Comic Book Day 2014

This year I will be at Comics & More in Madison Heights, Mi for Free Comic Book Day. I will be doing sketches and selling books and prints along with Bill Pulkovski, so come on by tomorrow and get your free comics! Support your local stores.

Elephant Eye Sketch

A recent doodle from my sketchbook that will be part of a larger piece. This one is the eye of an elephant.

Payback

As usual, here is this past week's Stoopid Stuf sans text and color. Check out our site for the color version and all the rest.