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Grateful Dead bear… yeah… I did that…

Back in the day, I had a custom t-shirt business. I never made any money at it. My stuff was all too weird. And I suck at marketing. I was going through the garage and I found this… it is … Continue reading

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My new children’s book is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 I just got my first copy. There is one small formatting error, which I should have fixed this weekend… It even has a back cover… wait… I just noticed that the sun on the fence makes it look like it … Continue reading

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

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A test version of the cover of my new children’s book…

What do you think?

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The Lonely Little Wizard…

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Wizard magic… part 7… (or); why are smiles so hard to do???

So I added this little wizardess to my children’s book, and now I am working on a side view of her… and her smile is driving me crazy… and not in a creepy way… but not in a good way … Continue reading

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Wizard magic… part 2… (or); did you know that Photoshop actually has a tool called ‘the Magic Wand?’

I am still working on the artwork for my new Children’s book about the cute little wizard named Gadzookes.  I have now gotten to the part where I am zooming in to look at individual pixels and do some cleaning … Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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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…

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

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