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

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.

I was trying to decide earlier this week what subject I was going to sketch this weekend and I was leaning toward revisiting the ninja turtles.  I have fun memories of drawing these guys all the time, especially in school around the time the first movie came out in theaters.  I even made a few quarters from copies I made, with my teachers permission ofcourse, by selling them to other students.  Too bad I spent all my profit on some totally awesome sports pencils!  Anyways, I considered it confirmation when one of my favorite artists, Jake Parker, decided to post a version of the original Leonardo from the comic book series on his blog.  So Saturday turned into playing some TMNT on the computer with Jaiden and watching the latest movie which I haven’t been in the mood to watch in atleast a year.  Good times…too bad I chose to color this sketch and stayed up way too late….haven’t done that in a while.  Pray for me that I’m not too grumpy when Jaiden tries to wake me up early tomorrow….thanks!   Oh yeah….COWABUNGA!!!