cerberus

I love mythology, but you knew that.

This is Cerberus. The three-headed watchdog of Greek mythology.  Not to be confused with the xenocentric group from the recently released Mass Effect 2 game.

Originally done in my magenta pencil, which is tough to scan.  I thought to give him 3 tails as well, which makes a pleasing balance to me.

Maybe I drew him because of the Clash of the Titans remake that is coming out. I know now why he was in my mind, but I didnt then.

There is a saying about truth, there’s your story, their story, and the real story.  I read this in my Grace Mail the other morning, and then all of my troubles of late began to make sense.

I don’t face a simple fork in the road ahead of me as some might think, but one path through the jungle. A path unpaved by the hands of man.

…and I rejoice…

…it’s 2010 !…

…and it has been for a week now, and I haven’t blogged for so long.

I only get on here if I have new work to share, and I only have new work when we go to… the hospital.

This time around we got a great doctor who got us a Cat scan (meow) of the affected area and the results came up negative for anything serious.  My wife’s diagnosis wasn’t what we had first anticipated, which was a relief.

Aside from getting a cool doctor, we got a chance to meet new cool people as we passed the time on substandard hospital room furnishings.  The chairs aren’t meant to be comfy, or their shelf life wears off pretty quick I guess.

I got to eat up a few more pages of this old sketchbook, and I am determined to get cracking so I can move on to my new sketchbook.

The above sketch is in (electric) blue ink.  I can’t tell you much about the woman that posed for this picture, but she’s exquisite, classy… and oh so scawy.

Save me a seat, I’ll be back soon.

bird house

I have not really drawn anything in a long while. Personal and ministry schedules have eased December into a nice blur.

I did get the opportunity to make something for our Youth Ministry Christmas party. What better gift to get for a white elephant than something hand-painted? 

The little gnomes, animals and mushrooms are actually stickers. (From the Martha Stuart collection).

I’m glad someone cool got stuck with this gift too.

weirdness

Finally. The last of my ER sketches completed.  I don’t know what it is, so don’t ask.  I didnt witness it there either, it just sorta… happened.

Happy December by the way. December without snow is the way I roll here.

napkin art 3 – the revenge

The last installment of my napkin art nonsense.   Towers, pagodas, temples, birds…

 

return of the napkin art

Pigs, cows, cats, goats unite and follow the insectoid alien menace !!!

Just more doodles from Thanksgiving, for your viewing pleasure.

Napkin fun…

Thanksgiving was fun. Great food. Great friends.

During the Euchre tournament (cards), I got the opportunity to watch my wife play with the other card sharks, but more importantly I got in a few hours of doodle time.

Home Alone 2 was on, and the part where the kid is roaming around New York tripped me out when I saw the Twin Towers. Very chilling to think about that the whole landscape there is changed. I know that the directors and writers wanted to choose landmarks that would help the film be enjoyed for years, but that part yanks us back to reality that nothing stays the same. Even in our safe country.  Change is a constant, never settle for the way things are, or the way things were. Just be ready for it.

Random doodles abound, ink on Zona’s high-quality Thanksgiving napkins. I also wanted to memorialize Pat’s incredible reflexes when he caught a flying bear puppet like some kind of ninja.  This event is toward the bottom left.

More to come.

held

Oh yes.  You need a Savior. Just like the character in my little drawings. Recognizing the limits of his own righteousness, he is at a moment of decision.

His mask cast aside, he strides into the arms of his waiting Lord. His rags burning away, replaced by the infinite superiority of Christ’s righteousness.

Beware false saviors. Too often we run into the arms of the worldly solutions to our problems, these will just make life worse.

How about a couple of videos/songs to express my feelings about this?

stitch

I did some marker art for one of my girls back in the day.

I love Stitch.

As an agent of chaos, he’s one of the best.  A former coworker compared me to Stitch once after I knocked over a pallet of charcoal and it crashed to the floor. What a mess.

Fun.

zombie study

 

Zombies, a little dudes head, and a beast i saw in the carpet at the ER.

The beast had a zebra-like head, but definitely a feline torso and front paws. The hindquarters degenerated into chaotic weirdness, especially when I drew the flames on it.

Don’t ask me why it’s on fire, it’s just what I saw.

My zombie tract is coming along. I’m scripting it right now. Great idea Dave. It’s coming together nicely. It definitely puts a new twist on seeing ‘dead people’.