The 17th Global Sketch Crawl

Well, this Saturday, I will be participating in the global sketch crawl. What is that you say? Well, you can find out more here (http://www.sketchcrawl.com/blog/?page_id=3), but basically it is a day every so often that is set aside to go around town and sketch! I think they plan one every two to three months. Maybe I'll go to the zoo, or maybe I'll go to the mall and sketch people. Not sure yet, but what I do know is that I'll be sketching what I see!

New Dr Seuss' Animated Horton Hears a Who

Coming out in February is what looks to be a great animated rendition of Dr. Seuss' immortal classic children's book, Horton Hears a Who. Check out the latest trailer below...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1tiufSK90g

It has the voice talents of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell (whoo hoo). I'm honestly not thrilled about Carrey being involved. Often it seems the characters he takes on contain too much of his wackniness and they become something different than the characters they should be. However, he did great in Lemony Snicket, so maybe we can hope for that side of his genius.

Homemade Ornaments

So, we have been taking it easy lately, moving from place to place and finally getting into an apartment in Tulsa. We will be staying here, except for when we are on trips, through June 2008. Once, we get a little more stabilized, I will be working on some more art projects, personal and ministry related.

This year, we decided to create our own ornaments for our christmas tree. Also, anyone that comes to our apartment is supposed to create something to hang on the tree. Here is my first one, which is a Santa made out of fun foam.

Building Background - All four

Okay, so here are all four buildings I created side by side. We plan on using these first as a background of our booth space at the National Missionary Convention. Each building will be on a banner that is 3 feet wide by 7 feet tall. Then for future presentations, for children, adults, classes, large groups, etc....; we can use any combination or number of these banners. Also, at our missions table, we can put one or two next to our other banner which is longways and sits behind a table. Hopefully, they will do more than just add color. They have many traits and characteristics of Italian architecture. They should, I used real buildings as my references. Hopefully, they will provide an Italian atmosphere as well as encourage questions. Tell me what you think!

Building Background #4

Whew. Building number four is done. And here it is.

Building Background #3

And then there was one. This is building three out of four that I am working on. I am very happy with how they are turning out. They are basically exactly what was in my head when I envisioned them, which is extremely rare. See if you can spot the pigeons.

I Want To Ride My Bicycle

This bicycle is also from the building background banners that I am working on. I was so pleased with how this one turned out. It makes me want to ride it! Or better yet use it for an animated short.

Pigeon Toed

For the background banners I am working on, I made these pigeons. They are also inspired by a side project I am working on.

Building Background #2

And here is building number two for the backgrounds I am working on. Hopefully, I will finish buildings three and four in the next week.

Wimpy the Pizza Man

Wimpy from Popeye fame, has apparently moved to Ancona, Italy and set up a Pizzeria. You would have thought he would have stuck to burgers. Anyway, here is a pic. I'm not sure about copyright laws in Italy, but it seems there are many ripoffs of licensed characters all the time over here.

Speaking of Popeye, here is a photo of my Popeye collection. Too bad I don't have Wimpy!