Merry Christmas!

Thanks to all you cats and kittens that cast yer peepers
on my silly little blog this past year.

Happy Holidays to all!

Cowboy

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Now playing: Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Pasta Cowboy
via FoxyTunes

Sketchorinos

A page of sketchy nonsense.

Like, Weirdsville, Man!

Sketchbook strangeness.

Retro Sketch-O-Rama 2

A sketcherific confab of retro-licious gals,
offered up as a tasty treat fer yer art starved peepers.

Female Face

A purty gal from one of my sketchbooks.

Sketches

Makin' Like Audrey!

This sketch was drawn a few days after
watching the Fred Astaire/Audrey Hepburn
classic "Funny Face". No attempt at a
likeness here, obviously, just an impression
left by the lithe and lovely Ms. Hepburn.

Skidoodles!

Skidoodles. Someday I will do 23 of 'em.

Dust #3

Here is a sneak peek at a new project I have
been working on for a publisher called Dust Press.
It's a Bible based comic series called Dust.

I was brought on board to do the cover pencils
for Issue #2 and full pencils for issues #3 and up.

Below is the cover art for issue #3: Seven Sons.
Inks/colors are by Jack Snider.

Here is an art progression of the opening page.
The credits are the same as above.

Dust #3:Seven Sons is nearing completion
and will soon be available for purchase. It, as
well as Dust #4: The Glory Departed, can be
pre-ordered here.

More Gals 'n' Goons

Stuff 'n' Nonsense

Some stuff that fell out o' me brain.

Tiki Magazine Art Show!

Aloha, Dukes and Wahines!
I am taking part in a big art show sponsored
by Tiki Magazine. The show opens on September 13
at the Planet Rooth Gallery in San Diego.

I will have four original paintings in the show,
including "Tiki Beat A-GoGo".

I am quite honored to have been asked to be involved
in a show like this. There is quite a roster of tiki art
heavyweights gathered for the event and to be counted
among them is amazing. Anyhoo, check out the
ultra-swank show poster below for full details:

Mahalo!

Sketchbook Tiki

A little tiki design from my sketchbook.

Uglies

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The beholder's eyes are in the stomach
of the creature on the left.

Fa-fa-fa-faces!

Collect all six!

Retro Sketch-O-Rama

Retro girls and designs!
What more could one ask for?

Back in the Swing!

Hey there, Guys and Dolls! I'm back in the swing of things!
I got plenty busy for a while and let things hit the big
slow-down. Ya gotta pay the bills, Daddy-o!

Well, things are gettin' back to normalsville and
it's time to get this shindig back up to speed (sort of).

With that in mind, please cast yer viewin' orbs
at the following posted pages.

They're chock full of sketchy goodness designed
to maximize your viewing pleasure and bring health
and happiness to you and your loved ones.

Probissimo 3000

The Probissimo 3000

The latest in outerwear for the alien on the go!
When you need to look your best for both
everyday wear and traveling to other planets
for a much needed invasion. Comes complete
with extra long extendo-legs for stepping over
bodies and debris, as well as four patented wiggly
arms perfect for capturing and probing.

Original price: 3,500 Glibits!
Now until first Solar Cycle, pay only: 1,500 Gooknids!

Get yours today!

Modern Designs

A few swanky designs from my sketchbook.

Sunset Tiki #2

A hastily colored sketch.

Spy Guy!

60's style, ultra-cool, secret agent type.
He drinks, smokes, makes love to beautiful women and
deals death to his enemies without looking back.
Ah, those were the days.

Pencil sketch with digital color

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Now playing: Gert Wilden And Orchestra - Pulp Heroes
via FoxyTunes

Mug-ettes!

Mugs, mugs, mugs!

Zombie Shriner & other sketches

Aliens and Weirdos

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Now playing: Peter Thomas Sound Orchester - Orion 2000
via FoxyTunes

Fun with Ink

A bit of a brush & ink
improvisation. Just
letting it do what it
do and then jazzing it
up with the digital
jimmy jam.

This is a lowly sketch; elevated in stature
by the ol' ink treatment. Snappy!

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Now playing: 101 Strings with Don Costa - That Old Black Magic
via FoxyTunes

Helmet Monkey

An ink drawing enhanced with
a healthy dose of photoshop ziggity-zam.

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Now playing: Bushi - Danchone
via FoxyTunes

Malcolm

Malcolm is a Martian
(A guy who comes from Mars)
He's a goofy little feller
who travels twixt the stars

He has a lot of eyes, you see
and many legs to boot
and when he gets to telling jokes
he really is a hoot

Malcolm likes to hop about
and skip and jump and run
He also likes to eat small kids
with ketchup on a bun

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Now playing: The Ran-Dels - Martian Hop
via FoxyTunes

Like, Squaresville, Man!

I say it's hip to be square.
Six square designs for paintings.

The image in the upper left corner is
available as a print from my Imagekind
gallery, Illustrationville.

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Now playing: Ninapinta - The In Crowd
via FoxyTunes

That was no Lady, That was my Sketch!

Here's a page featuring my favorite subject.
That's right, we're talkin' groovy, retro girls!

I'll never get tired of drawing them. :)

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Now playing: Tony Hatch - Girl Talk
via FoxyTunes

Modren Sculptures

A couple of modren style sculptural
dealios. My woodworking skills are
few, so these will remain forever sketchy.

And, yes, I meant to spell it that way. :)

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Now playing: Armando Sciascia - Preludio Moderno
via FoxyTunes

Atomic Space Girl

Flying through space with her Atomic Jet-Pack and
Atomic Blaster, Atomic Space Girl keeps the Atomic Galaxy
safe from Atomic BEMs, Atomic Maniacal Space Monkeys and
Atomic Multi-Tentacled Squidclopses . . . among Atomic others.

"ATOMIC SPACE GIRL GO!"

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Now playing: Leonard Nimoy - Music To Watch Space Girls By
via FoxyTunes

Rick Martino Album Cover

Released June 11, 1956

Two tracks made it to #1 on the charts:

Tiki Tacky Wicky Whacky (Martino/Ambrose) &
I Gave My Heart To A Wayward Wahine (Martino/Willis)

Rick Martino released three more albums,
Swing that Thing (1957), Bongo Beats and Swingin' Treats (1958)
& Rick Martino's Swingin' Bachelor Pad Basics (1960), before
giving up showbiz and pursuing his dream of Cosmetic Dentistry.

Rick (real name: Ricardo Maritinollini) is now
retired and living in Florida, where he still
occasionally performs for the residents of his
retirement community.

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Now playing: Benny Golson - The Swinger
via FoxyTunes

The Sideburn Squad

Three tough guys from the swingin' 70's
givin' crime a run for it's money and always
maintainin' a solid sense of style! You dig?!

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Now playing: Isaac Hayes - Three Tough Guys Theme
via FoxyTunes

Gals 'n' Goons

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Now playing: Martin Denny - Goony Birds
via FoxyTunes

Tiki Sneeze

That poor fellow needs a hanky.

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Now playing: Vic Mizzy - Temperatures Rising
via FoxyTunes

Sketches Schmetches . . .

. . . or Ten Heads and Two Figures are
Better than One Head and No Figures

. . . or Sketches by the Dozen

. . . or Too Many Titles Spoiled the Post

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Now playing: sergio mendes and brazil 66 - going out of my head
via FoxyTunes

Le Fez!

Is there anything cooler or more dangerous than
a sinister, cigarette-smoking monkey sporting a fez?

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Now playing: Armando Trovajoli - Theme for a Murderer [1975]
via FoxyTunes