I did a little mouth doodle at work and then turned it into a mod psychedelic yum pattern.

Detail:

Done with pencil on paper, then colored in Photoshop. “YUM” is set in Helvetica Neue.

Gab and I watched Salem’s Lot (1979) over the weekend. I generally prefer horror movies to 4th of July festivities. Fireworks are ho-hum, but gore’s never a bore. Salem’s Lot was pretty good, though perhaps we shouldn’t have watched the uncut version. It could have run a bit peppier. But I did enjoy it. I did some doodles inspired by the show while I was taking breaks at work today.

All were done with pencil on paper. Color and texture added in Photoshop.

This bird is thinking of her awesome dad. I made this card for my awesome dad.

Started out with pencil on paper, then inked the lines in Illustrator and added color and texture in Photoshop. The typeface is Designal Regular.

When Trout Businessman came onboard at Big Cat Co., Leopard Businessman and Trout Businessman had to overcome their differences in order to work effectively together. Leopard Businessman kept wanting to nibble Trout Businessman’s fins. But then they went out to after-work drinks a couple times and they complained about their wives to each other (Trout Businessman can’t stand it when Trout Businesswoman just lies there like a dead fish). Now they’re best-work-friends and like visiting each others’ cubicles and gossiping about Ocelot Boss and Salmon Secretary.

Doodle done during breaks at work. I might ink and color this in the future. Oh, the future!

These guys have formed a complex barter system, based upon chocolate chip cookies, ice cream, and massages.

Pencil on paper; texture and color added in Photoshop.

I did some hard drive excavating today and found these cuties, a few dog walkers I did a couple years ago.

They were all done with pencil on paper, gone over with ink.

Merry Christmas Eve, everybody. My family does a Secret Santa gift exchange and I wrapped my presents this morning. I used brown Kraft paper to wrap, then I freehanded a design in pencil on the smaller gift. Then I colored in the lines with a silver gel pen (purchased from JetPens.com) and a thin-tipped Sharpie. Start:

Finish:

I taped this awesome textured red-and-black origami paper on top of the larger box on the bottom and then stacked the smaller gift on top.

Gotta go make some pierogi and drink some egg nog. Have a great day, everyone!

 These are some doodles that I did while taking breaks at work this week.

Pencil on paper. Cardboard and color added in Photoshop.

This is a frog-type alien guy. There are some things in his life he wishes he didn’t have to do. They are:

5. Exterminating shneekphors. Although they eat his flowers and spread disease, he thinks they’re kind of cute.

4. Going without eating for more than 15 minutes.

3. Fangmorgering.

2. Taking his vitamins.

1. Flossing.

I sketched this out with pencil on paper, then traced outlines in Illustrator, then brought everything into Photoshop to color.