Double Dr. Sketchy

There was not one, but two Dr. Sketchy sessions this month. One was held at Cafe 1923 in Hamtramck for the annual HATCH art show opening, the other at the Scarab Club in Detroit. Here's some of the sketches I did featuring models Crystal Swarovski and Delilah D'Bauchee, plus a couple of our fabulous host Lushes LaMoan.

Paul's New Hat

While visiting San Francisco a few weeks back, my friend Paul bought himself a brand new pork pie hat.

Dr. Sketchy at the Leland

Last night's session was held at the Leland Hotel in Downtown Detroit and featured performer Annie Thinge! Thanks Annie, you were awesome. And thanks to Lushes LaMoan for putting it all together.

Sketchy gets a Lift

Here are a few of my sketches from last week's Dr. Sketchy at Lift in Royal Oak.

Ellie Lives!

I have a new webcomic! Check out Ellie on Planet X and tell me what you think!

Aaaarrrrrrooooooo!

This is a caricature I did of a woman who is on the board of directors of the Endangered Wolf Center near St. Louis, Missouri. She's leaving the center and a former fellow employee of mine asked if I could make something special they could give her as a goodbye present. In an email she explained to me:  “Incidentally, the Lakota Sioux word for “until we meet again” is Toksha.  They never say goodbye forever since they feel that 'breaks a chain of friendship'....”

Time Travel For Everybody!

Years ago I did some illustrations for a children's book proposal about a time machine. For fun I decided to use some of those illustrations and do up a manual based on an old 1978 Atari Pong instruction booklet. Oh, the places (and time periods) I would go!

Two heads are better

These are a couple of heads I sculpted for some puppets to be built by the talented Cori Elizabeth and Melinda Bylow for a burlesque puppet show coming up this weekend (already?).

And here they are with hair and feathers, just waiting for their bodies to be added.

A Very Atari Christmas

Here's this year's holiday card for those who didn't get one (and for those that got one last year and didn't this year - I lost my address list, so I apologize for that).

What's Yer Poison?

A few sketches of our model Poison Girl from last night's Dr. Sketchy at the Belmont.

the Fox and the Bird

I did this as a holiday card for someone at work. Then I realized that the fox and bird were eyeing each other. Even though the story probably wouldn't end up with the fox getting a tasty treat, it really didn't scream "Peace on Earth" like I intended. I took the bird out and used him on the inside of the card.

Charming as an Eel

Rocket Through The Wilderness!

Through the magic of Photoshop, here's the mission patch for Ellie's journey to Planet X. I was trying to emulate the mission patches created for all of the NASA missions. I want a real one now.

The Full Story

Several months ago I watched a couple of documentaries titled Toulouse Lautrec: The Full Story and Van Gogh: The Full Story. The presenter was British art critic Waldemar Januzczak. He's got a very engaging personality and takes their stories and makes them accessible and captivating. I just watched another doc by him called Ugly Beauty, which explains why modern art is not only valid, but that it's also important and where it fits in the history of art.

He's an interesting looking guy too. Here are some sketches I did while watching:

Coco