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Illustration Friday: Little Things

After getting a flu shot, I was finally inspired to draw something for Illustration Friday — because I suddenly realized I had been injected with little things — tiny dead influenza viruses. Happy thought, isn’t it?

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Illustration Friday: Zoo School for Big Cats

The Illustration Friday theme this week is Zoo, but I kept thinking about the new Leopard operating system on my Mac. Then I remembered that all the previous Mac OS X operating systems were named for big cats, and I thought the big cats might have to go to school to learn the difference between [...]

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Illustration Friday: Superstition

Because it’s almost Thanksgiving….but the one with really bad luck is the turkey.

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Illustration Friday: Sacrifice

Illustration Friday: Sacrifice

This week’s theme for Illustration Friday is “sacrifice.” I thought it would be a good time to practice drawing cannibals since we’re going on a trip next week, and I think there might be some at our hotel. When I googled “cannibals” to get some ideas, this photo came up first. It’s from some joke [...]

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Illustration Friday: Portrait — Pounds for Sculpture

Illustration Friday: Portrait — Pounds for Sculpture

I know know why I had artist’s block last week. The idea for this self-portrait was blocking everything else out, so I finally bowed to my compulsion to illustrate Russ’s installation at Grounds for Sculpture last month. As he worked his gizmo magic on his neon-aluminum sculptures, my job was to remain on stand-by as [...]

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