Relaxed and Confident

"Relaxed and confident cat"
Top: Edith Zimmerman
Bottom: Peter Hanchak

MASH ups!

A page of collaborative drawings w/ Sara.
Top Left: TMNT quadrant featuring Turtle by Sara and Splinter by Me.
Top Right: Drawing of Brooklyn Social feature Camo-Tie-Bartender and various patrons.
Bottom Left: MASH up for Sara, drawn and administered by Me.
Botton Right: MASH up for Me, drawn and administered by Sara.

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Bar Buddies

Bar Buddies is a cartoon for children that features animated wine, liquor, beer, etc. items that talk and have adventures.


Andrew did the concept work for the character names and the theme song. look for "Bar Buddies" this coming fall!
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No Comment

Trash truck and weird graphic pattern.
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Andrew At Buttermilk

A sketch of Andrew I made last night while visiting Steve last night at Buttermilk. The bag contained a tasty a carryout torta that came from Tacos Nuevo Mexico. I was using a Pilot BRAVO! pen that was nearly out of ink. I had to keep wetting it on my tongue to continue the drawing. Actually that gave some of the lines a nice faded look.

I started drawing the word "GOVERNMENT" from a sign on the wall and I'm just realizing that I've sketched it before while hanging out at Buttermilk. I do like those letter-forms!

Lunch Time!
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Group Doodle

I think Dena started this drawing with a portrait of me, I think. Anyway, it turned into a group doodle that utilized two different pens and various other portraits. There's a lot going on.

Enjoy.
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Robin du Bois

I ate dinner at Robin du Bois tonight with Gabe, Edith, Travis and Sarah, which is the classic crowd for some good French comfort food. We enjoyed the usual "Sherwood Platter" to start and then I had a duck salad. I made this drawing after we finished eating. We were seated at a long table looking towards the door and I happened to be at the head of the table so I had a nice view for sketching. I wish there were more people in the sketch but everyone was moving around too much and I'm a bit rusty w/ the fast sketches. I only caught the woman in the bottom right corner as she was sipping her coffee.

Tomorrow I'm in Philadelphia volunteering for the Obama campaign so look for a sketch from the City of Brotherly Love.
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V. Dollar Building

Here's another drawing from my trip to Put In Bay last week. It's a building near downtown that's certainly over 100 years old and housed the original Put In Bay post office and countless other businesses over the years. Javan said that when he was a kid it was a hardware store, but now it features a bar called "The Fishbowl" in one half of the ground floor and in the other half there is a restaurant called "Mossback's". The "V. Dollar" above the front door is the name of the dude who built it. I forget his first name but he was the first Mayor of Put In Bay.

That's all the history I have.

When I was working on this drawing a guy came up and started chatting with me. It caught me off guard as people in New York don't really pay too much attention so I decided that I need to be more prepared to talk to folks when I'm drawing.

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Tony's Place

Last week I was away on family vacation on South Bass Island which is a part of thePut In Bay Islands out in Lake Erie. This is a drawing of one of the "watering holes" on the island. Tony's Place is more of a local spot so it's pretty similar to my local brooklyn spot, Boat. Anyway, this is a drawing of the outside of the bar.

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Mouse Trap

I have some mice in my apartment and I'm trying to get rid of them. I killed one a few nights back and I was hoping to find another tonight, but alas my traps were empty.

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Boat

After working late and then having a flat tyre on the way home I finally made it to "Cousins Too" for a burger with Andrew and Travis. After dinner Travis and I went on for a drink at Boat and I started my daily drawings with the above napkin.

Then I was explaining something to Travis about design and how it relates to fashion/apparel (Boring!) and I drew a t-shirt and then filled it in with a dude. The page evolved to what you see here with the addition of some bike parts (front light & brake).

Steve had the latest copy of 100 Bullets which got us talking about comic books and drawing comics. We were talking about how to tell a story with visually dramatic images and how to accomplish this task. This page was my attempt to show something with more dramatic compositions.

Night.
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Post-It™ People

Last week I was out with some of my co-workers and we ended the evening at the bar Home Sweet Home. Magically there was a pad of Post-It™ notes so I started doing some quick drawings of some of the people in the bar.

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More Napkin Bike Doodles

Travis and I were talking about bikes at the bar tonight and I made some napkin drawings to illustrate a few ideas. It was nice to hang out and have a drink after working a full day both days of the weekend.

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BaseBall

Travis and I were talking about the different codes that are used when scoring a baseball game and I was noting the more obscure ones. Then I just started to doodle a bit. We were at the Boat so I suppose the nautical theme was appropriate.

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Inside A Bar

Just a sketch of the inside of a bar we visited tonight. It was too hot inside so we only stayed for a drink.

I believe the bar was on 4th street near 3rd Ave. We had a few drinks there the last time Jim and Jason were in town back in October. I made a sketch of the same doorway which can be found here. Though it's fairly incomplete I like tonight's drawing better, the more bold lines seem a bit more confident to me.

I really love the EXIT sign, it was the first thing I drew both times.

Night.
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Outside Enid's - Summer Friday

Outside Enid's on the corner of Manhattan Ave. and Driggs.

doodle

Just a pencil doodle that I made while hanging out at the Bar tonight with Gabe and Andrew.

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Bar Doodle

this is a doodle I made while at the bar.
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