Fletch

Last night, I watched a great flick, Fletch, with Chevy Chase.  I sketched and used pencil, Pentel Brush Pen, and Photoshop.

TheDorkyDaddy - Final Banner

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Trojans In Color

As you can see I hacked out some colors in Photoshop to nail down what the final colors will look like.

Trojans In Black & White

Here is the final black and white design. I've never done a mural before and I had no idea where to start so I did an online search for school murals and came across some really great artwork. I cannot take too much credit, though. I did steal some design elements that I thought were amazing from another muralist. I took his sunburst circle background and the ribbon/banner in the front.

Birthday Girl

Today is my wife's birthday so I thought I'd draw a little portrait of her. The image is taken from one of my favorite photographs of her. Happy Birthday, sweetie!

Nutcracker Suite

Here's the finished image colored with Photoshop.

Guy of the Dead

Happy belated Halloween, everybody! I hope you and yours had a eventful one. I know that I did. I got bitten by some maniac and then I felt really ill and then I went to sleep and woke up with an amazing hunger. I bought some steaks and decided not to cook them. I then went to some parties and decided to mingle and chow down. What a mess! Anyway, have a great day.

Photo Shop'n

As a teacher I have to use visual aids of all sorts. Most teachers buy these, however I prefer to personalize them and make my own. This allows me to experiment with Photoshop. Like most makers of art I love the program. Here are a honeydew, cantaloupe, and cucumber I created entirely in Photoshop.

As part of a library book some of my lower elementary kids were reading. They had to create a character who was a wrestler. His name is Crazy Man Maxwell. The kids came up with a description and I illustrated it. He was described to me as a wrestler with a red mask, a forelock of blonde hair, whose favorite beverage was coffee that was sipped using a straw.