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I am going to quit pretending I am ever going to be a famous writer, and start asking: “Do you want fries with that?”

Posted on November 3, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I am, I have to say, crushed… filled with self-doubt… and also with an anger that I don’t know whether to aim at myself or in a more outward direction. You know the post I did the other day, the one where … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged art, arts, blogging, children, children's book, current-events, fame, fiction, jobs, kids, money, pain, work, writing | 50 Comments

The new back cover for the new children’s book…

Posted on September 27, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Posted in cartoons, My art | Tagged art, arts, books, cartoons, children's book, drawing, fiction, humor, illustration, painting, wizards, writing | 20 Comments

Wizard magic… part 5… (or); Recycling the wizard!

Posted on September 11, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So how… and why… did I change this… To this… The why is easy. I needed one more picture of Gadzookes, my little wizard from the new children’s book I am working on, and that wizard right up there is … Continue reading →

Posted in cartoons, My art | Tagged art, arts, books, cartoons, childrens books, current-events, drawing, humor, illustration, Photoshop, photoshop art, social-media, wizards | 4 Comments

Wizard magic… part 3… (or);Six hours of work in Photoshop, but hey, it’s for the children!

Posted on September 9, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Well, there it is. Page 20 of my new children’s book about a cute little wizard who is just looking for a friend. The thing is… and this ‘thing’ is mostly just because I like to try to add at … Continue reading →

Posted in cartoons, fiction, My art | Tagged art, arts, books, cartoons, children's book, drawing, humor, illustration, Photoshop, photoshop art, writing | 4 Comments

Wizard magic… part 1… (or); Photoshop, it is about as close to magic as we are likely to get in real life…

Posted on September 7, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So, as long as I am working on my new children’s book, I thought it might be fun to sort of show you what exactly it is I am doing to turn an old comic strip I drew way back … Continue reading →

Posted in cartoons, My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, arts, books, children's book, comics, humor, painting, Photoshop, photoshop art | 6 Comments

Some of the finished artwork from my new children’s book…

Posted on September 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Just thought I would share a few of the pictures with you that I have been working on. Sort of give you an idea what the finished book will look like. Of course, there will be funny words on all … Continue reading →

Posted in fiction, My art, thinking about stuff | Tagged art, arts, books, children's book, comics, drawing, humor, music, painting, social-media, writing | 16 Comments

A children’s book is born… (or); A look inside the mind at the creative process of an artist and writer… who also happens to have crack squirrels living in his cranium…

Posted on September 1, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Well, there it all is, the original, amusing little comic strip that I drew when I was a teenager so many years ago… with all its ‘making fun of creation myth’ overtones… along with one of the watercolors… ( the … Continue reading →

Posted in cartoons, fiction, My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, arts, books, childrens books, current-events, humor, painting, social-media, watercolors, writing | 16 Comments

Name that piece of Art… part 109… (or); how self-absorbed can a person really be???

Posted on July 11, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Here are two more pieces of art with pieces of Art… me… in them… although, technically, I guess these are pieces of art with pieces of art with pieces of Art in them… The only thing I forgot to do … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Pictures of me | Tagged art, arts, big boobs, conceited, current-events, digital art, humor, I, me, mental-health, myself, slef absorbed, social-media | 22 Comments

Les Mis… in London…

Posted on July 11, 2015 by pouringmyartout

What trip to London would be complete without a visit to the theatre district? Oh look, I am wearing my good shirt again… HA! I do love a good stage musical. My mom actually had some of our English cousins … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged arts, current-events, england, humor, les mis, london, photography, theatre, travel | 13 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 4…

Posted on September 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I have done some more work on the illustration for the cover of the children’s book. But have I gone too far? I have finished the rough outlines. I took your suggestions and instead of the dark ink outlines, I … Continue reading →