Monthly Archives: January 2018

More digital fun with illustrations from my children’s books… part 3…

In this post, I am using digital filters with slightly darker names… like: ‘night’ and ‘smoke’ and ‘grey’ and stuff like that there. It is funny how easy it is to take a cheerful watercolor painting of two wizards holding … Continue reading

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The dancing moon…

I tried to take some pictures of that cool moon this morning… the thing is… (hey, thing, nice of you to show up)… that the dog kept me up all night, and I was too lazy to get the tripod … Continue reading

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More digital fun with illustrations from my children’s books… part 2…

Still having fun with that illustration from my children’s book: The Lonely Little Wizard… mmmm… neon… That is sort of cool… Not too shabby… Almost sinister… Nice. Now, once again, the original image that I did in pen and watercolors… … Continue reading

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More digital fun with illustrations from my children’s books… part 1…

Well that is both adorable and ironic, what with the new president and all… Ha! Two little wizards made out of Lego! Swirly wizards! I think that filter is called: ‘colored pencils’ or something like that. Here is the original … Continue reading

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Otherwheres Collide… (A humorous science fiction thriller)… Chapter 19…

(Author’s note)… I love this chapter. Only Arthur… I mean, the other one, in the other dimension, who is now in yet another dimension, is literally facing death, with a naked man dangling above his head, packed into a pit … Continue reading

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Let’s make an alien! Part 4…

Our little alien is coming along! A little more shading. I worked on the eyes, and added a little texture to the skin. And his mouth has some depth now. Next, I will probably clean up the outline and do … Continue reading

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Go ahead, try to guess what that is… no… we will wait… take your time… part 2…

In the last post, I tried to get people to give a specific, multi-part answer to a tricky question. These images are sort of the same as the images in that post. I’m sure that most of you guessed that … Continue reading

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Go ahead, try to guess what that is… no… we will wait… take your time…

I will give you some hints while you think about it… Okay, that is a pretty good hint… I am just giving the answer away… I mean, these are all pictures of the same thing… But I want a very … Continue reading

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Trump’s first year; a multiple-choice test…

Please choose one or more of the following answers to this question: Is Donald Trump…? A. Woefully unintelligent! B. Wondrously ignorant! C. Weirdly dense! D. Wearily foolish! E. Wickedly dull-witted! F. Wildly simpleminded! G. Wantonly obtuse! H. Willfully idiotic! I. … Continue reading

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Why, yes, I do even make jury duty look fun, don’t I?

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my wife and I had jury duty on the same day… technically, she forgot she had it, and rescheduled to the day I had it… but… still… There I am, at the new, … Continue reading

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