Daily Crapbook: Cat Nap

My geriatric cat has developed a disturbing new sleep habit which is in fact disturbing my sleep habit.  My vet says cats aren't capable of the complex emotions like vindictiveness, but I can't shake the feeling that she's punishing me for something.  

Thank You, Have A Duck!

Since my post about being a terrible Marceline, I've gotten a lot of really nice comments that a) make me happy and b) make me feel silly for letting it phase me in the first place.  So thank you everyone!  I'm as happy as a duck. :)

Marceline Apology

You may remember me posting the video of this Adventure Time interstitial last year, about how I got to be Marceline and how much fun it was and so on.  Well, it just got a Kidscreen award (its a major award!) so I thought blog a little "congratulations to the team!" post about it.  But when I went to grab the video link I saw that the top comment, with 100 votes and counting, is "The Marceline  was terrible."  Yup.  Just thought I'd address that.   

Monkey Rag Sc04 Background Test

Trying to do a background a day, but I'm finding that I make better decisions if I let ideas stew overnight.  I guess I should try to hit two a day to make up for it. 

Happy Birthday Blair Crimmins!

Blair Crimmins, of "and the Hookers" fame, has a birthday today!  Why don't you thank him for creating such wonderful music by voting for him in this Creative Loafing contest.  And if you haven't heard his music yet, it will totally make a Hooker out of you. (That's a song reference, not a job on Juniper Street.  Just to be clear.)

http://www.blaircrimminsandthehookers.com

Working on the backgrounds...

Finally getting around to workin' on the backgrounds!  It's gettin there...

#FAFATL February: Birds and Bees

In one of those confluences of circumstance that make life sweet, this month's #FAFATL drop is also to do with Monkey Rag.  See, "birds and bees" has to do with love, and it's February 1st which has Valentine's Day, which is also to do with love they say, and the nugget of it all is that Monkey Rag has birds and bees in it, so what I did, see, was make those birds and bees from Monkwy Rag into the drop for February's #FAFATL!  See what I did there?  It is complicated, don't fret, let me run it by you again. See, the birds and the bees...

Daily Crapbook: New Year's Resolutions

Not exactly timely, but having finished the inks I thought I'd take a moment and really have a think about what I need to accomplish this year.  But that seemed overwhelming, so I just started doodling.  I ended up with more things I'd like to do rather than need to do, but maybe that's important to figure out as well.

Monkey Rag Is Inked!

Monkey Rag is inked.  The last scene took longer because of some animation fixes, but like always, it was worth it because I'm much less irritated by it now.  So that's that chunk of work over.  I'm very pleased that I was able to do that last :50s in January, because now there's more time to focus on the long-neglected backgrounds.  I've already submitted Monkey Rag as a work in progress to one festival, so I'm committed to a deadline of March 15th.  With freelance work ramping up again, I just hope I'll be able to slap together something worthwhile in time.

Monkey Rag Sc. 30 Inked

Sc. 30, the monstrously large scene, is inked!  Only five seconds left to ink- I think I can I think I can....

UPDATE:  Whoops!  I uploaded the old pencil test!  Silly me... fixed now!

"Manko and Spitzi"

Nearly finished inking the monstrous Sc. 30, and closing in on the final ten seconds!  Just did the color assignment for Mitzi and Spanko in drag.  Spanko sure can work it. 

No Time To Sleep, Monkey Rag inks nearly done

I wish I could just take a magic pill that would eliminate the need for sleep. Wait, those pills kind of already exist... No!  Not time to medicate just yet.  Back to work!

Daily Crapbook: Happy Birthday Danny Kaye

I'm so close to finishing the inks for Monkey Rag that I can't afford to lose steam with sketching every day, but when I found out that Danny Kaye would have been 100 years old today I had to take a break and doodle something of him.  I've been watching his performances and collecting photographs of him in preparation for a major figure study I plan to do one day, because his expressions are amazing- he is just the best at everything. Just studying his hands will be illuminating.  I can't wait until I have the time to get to it, but until then, have a crapbook sketch, Danny Kaye, wherever you are.

#FAFATL: Gerdie Bell

Going to #FAFATL drop Gerdee Bell at the Harlot show tonight.  Hope some hunters show up!

Daily Crapbook: Sketch of Gerdie Bell

If I have time tomorrow morning, I may do a #FAFATL drop to promote the Harlot show at the Five Spot that night.  "Gerdie Bell" is a dazzlin' little darlin' you might meet at the show!