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Lately I've been trying to discipline myself to fill a page a day in my sketchbook, usually first thing in the morning as a warm-up. I'm not a morning person so this is a good way for me to clear the morning fog out of my brain. So far I've managed it about once every 2-3 days. This page combines...

I'm tinkering around with a new look for my blog. I liked the old look but the template was missing an important feature or two. You may see the look of the blog change from time to time over the next few days. Please bear with me. New content will still be posted every weekday, and you can still leave comments....

I received a letter from a man in Germany who collects autographs and sketches from cartoonists around the world. In broken English he politely asked if I might someday have time to send him an autographed sketch. He also asked that it be of a pig, since his wife likes to collect little pig knick knacks. Normally I don't make a...

Dream On Silly Dreamer is a fascinating documentary about the rise and fall of modern Disney animation, told from the point of view of the animators who lived through it. I've blogged about it before, but here's a summary: The film starts with the "renaissance" of Disney animation in the 1980's (i.e. The Little Mermaid), moves on towards the...

I generally try to keep this blog about art-related topics, but every once in a while something completely unrelated grabs my attention. Please indulge me. Do you ever look up at the stars and wonder, "How did we humans ever get here in the first place? Were we created by God, or did we evolve on our own from a puddle...

Too busy with freelance work to post today. But check out the very talented artists and fun links listed over to the left. Back with more tomorrow....