‘Out of Office...Forever’ Daily Drawing #543.
I’ve been working from home for over 20 years. I like to say that I’ve been training most of my life for this.
You’ll Get Nothing and Like It!
“You’ll Get Nothing and Like It!” | Daily Drawing #550
(Name that movie.)
Shots Then Beers
“Shots then Beers” | Daily Drawing #549
I’ve got big plans.
Create
“Create” | Daily Drawing #548
Take some time and make something nice today.
Lips Like Sugar
“Lips Like Sugar” | Daily Drawing #547
Smooch.
Water, Hops, Barley and Yeast
“Water, Hops, Barley & Yeast” | Daily Drawing #546
It’s the weekend, so it’s time to indulge in everyone’s four favorite food groups.
Down the Drain
“Down the Drain” | Daily Drawing #545
Some psychedelic-inspired circular rotational spinny lettering.
Here Comes the Sun
“Heres Comes the Sun” | Daily Drawing #544
Ask anyone that knows me that the thing I hate most is being cold.
I welcome that yellow fireball in the sky and the warmth it will bring to the East Coast this week.
2021
‘2021’ Daily drawing #542
I sketched this one out over the holiday break, finally got around to illustrating it.
Love is All You Need
‘Love is All You Need’ | Daily Drawing #541
We woke to find we were gifted a box of Krispy Kreme donuts for Valentine’s Day. I ate one, got a major sugar buzz, then blasted this piece out in under 20 minutes.
With a sugar buzz i can see through walls and perform feats of strength.
Phillydelphia
‘Phillydelphia’ | Daily Drawing #540
One of the lawyers in the impeachment trial said they should come to his office in ‘Phillydelphia’.
I’ve lived in Philly my entire life and never heard it pronounced this way.
I Am Not a Cat
“ I Am Not a Cat” | Daily Drawing #539
A lawyer using Zoom had to let a judge know that he wasn’t a cat after inadvertently activating a face filter.
“I am here, live. I am not a cat”
Hilarity ensues.
The Mountains Are Calling (Again)
The original drawing of this phrase goes way back to the early days of my Daily Drawing series. Recently someone reached out to me to ask about getting the lettering done as a vinyl transfer, and once I looked at the original drawing I couldn’t resist redoing the piece.
Read MoreBetter Days Ahead
‘Better Days Ahead’ | Daily Drawing #532
It’s been quite a year.
I haven’t posted on here since March of 2020. I’d pretty much stopped doing the daily drawings, and for a good long while just didn’t draw anything at all.
I put this illustration together in May of last year. I posted it to Instagram and that was about it. I just didn’t have it in me to post here or to write anything,
It wasn’t for lack of time, since, like everyone else, I was locked down in the house.
I believe now that my ‘coping mechanism’ was to just throw myself into work. I’m lucky that I’m in a sector that experienced growth instead of decline during the early days of the pandemic. Once we found our footing and realized that we’d make it through, we went full throttle. And that’s pretty much all I’ve been doing.
Sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep.
I definitely lost a step in the last year. And not creating things for myself really started to wear on me - but like any creative will tell you - once you get into that rut, it’s hard to dig out.
It’s now February of 2021, almost one year of dealing with the pandemic. We’re also in the death grips of Winter on the east coast of the US, which isn’t helping the mood around here.
But, spring is on the horizon. There’s a vaccine (a true scientific miracle, if you ask me). It’s going to take some time. things won’t change overnight. But I try to be optimistic, take the time to make something, and look for the better days ahead.
Stay the Fuck Home
I’m still amazed at the number of people who are treating this pandemic like it’s a snow day.
14 days of social distancing and this thing would be a bad memory.
But no, we’re a selfish society, my family and friends health be damned. This isn’t ending anytime soon. Stay the fuck in the house or we’ll all be locked up until the fall.
Tools: Procreate 5, iPad Pro
Squid Pro Quo
‘Squid Pro Quo’
Yes, I made a pun. (Daily Drawing #503)
Tools: Procreate App/iPad Pro
The Weekend at the College Didn’t Turn Out Like You Planned
I was never (ever) a Steely Dan fan, but I always thought this was a kickass lyric.
Also, I may or may not have had some bad ‘weekends at the college’.
(Song: ‘Reelin’ in the Years. Steely Dan, 1972)
Tools: Procreate App/iPad Pro
Photo via Unsplash
True Love Will Find You in the End
I was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Daniel Johnston, the prolific but troubled lo-fi singer-songwriter and artist from Austin, Texas. I first became aware of his music back in the 90’s (I knew a ton about the music industry back then, not so much anymore…).
There was always something pure and sweet but also painful about his music. He’d struggled for years with mental health issues, but had a devoted following, including some big names like Kurt Cobain and Tom Waits. Later in life he dealt with health issues, but had a ‘farewell tour’ in 2017 with the guys from Wilco, Built to Spill, and Fugazi serving as his backing band.
Johnson was prolific to the end, telling the New York Times, “I can’t stop writing. If I did stop, there could be nothing. Maybe everything would stop. So I won’t stop. I’ve got to keep it going.”
Move It or Lose It
‘Move’ | Daily Drawing #479. Move it or lose it. Glitch art type experiment.
What a Mess
‘What a Mess’ | Daily Drawing #474.
I think inspirational quotes have jumped the shark. Poking fun at stock photos are all the rage, all the kids are doing it.
Stock Photo: ISO Republic
Tools: iPad Pro, Procreate App. Streak Pen.