I had a blast at work this week making this picture.  The short story described a boy who had just come home from playing at his friends house.  Smelling the sweet aroma of homemade spaghetti in the kitchen (ironically enough my amazing wife made that very dish the same evening I finished this piece), the boy passes through the living room past Dad’s depressing news show, only to find his sister watching something extremely lively and entertaining in the den….CARTOONS!!!  I had soooo much fun coloring this piece….and the dinner that evening was just as enjoyable

This was a painting I did in Photoshop this past Sunday for our most recent Artosaurs theme “Robots”.  I had way too much fun making this.  My son Jaiden and I decided to do a piece based directly off a character in the recent animated film Planet 51 that is named Rover.  Rover has the characteristics of a dog, and made for some really great moments in the film.  Originally, Jaiden and I discussed doing a character like Rover that was a bit different, but ultimately he liked the idea of staying true to the original.  Doing a quick piece like this excites me to someday do the same for my own characters and environments.

I had an itch to draw Garfield this week for our weekly theme.  It’s probably been about 20 yrs since I’ve drawn this famous cartoon cat.  I can remember laying on the living room floor with my brother Mike on a Sunday afternoon and drawing from our favorite Sunday comics.  I may even still have a copy of those childhood drawings that I can post to the archive section sometime.