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I was in therapy group the other day, learning about self compassion and perfectionism, when I thought of this cartoon. If you’re ever berating yourself for not being what you’re Supposed To Be, remember the underlying absurdity of extreme expectations.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In lieu of Fetch, here is something I dashed off while I was taking a week off. Wherein I obviously watched a lot of Star Trek.New Fetch page coming next week.
Listening to Blind Lemon Jefferson a lot lately, I recently learned he died on this day 90 years ago, so I thought I would draw a tribute to him. Jefferson was a pioneer of the Texas blues, but he seemed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The new Joker movie looks so deep. A meditation on how mental illness causes mass violence and not, say, misogyny or racism or antisemitism combined with easy access to rapid fire guns. Just what we need.
A digital sketch I did last month as a warm up exercise relied on an old pic of the late great Marc Bolan, founder of T. Rex. I think this is on the cover of one of his albums. He[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last year I borrowed a Cintiq from my friend Barry Deutsch and started learning how to use it. One of the exercises I assigned myself was to ink and color in Photoshop a sketch drawn in pencil. I chose James[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is a progression of sketches of Gogol as I study his face and head toward the caricature I am aiming for. I am closer, but still not quite there yet. Still, I like these. The main challenge was his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The other day I read a blog post about a Tumblr-based controversy involving comics by a friend of mine (whose name I’ll leave anonymous to protect them from further abuse.) I am on Tumblr frequently, but I follow friends, comics,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…