sketch of the day: 07.14.11

how i'm going to make my millions: dog socks!

Order yours by calling 1-800-DOG-SOCK today!

(FYI! Before you get over excited, as I know dog socks are a niche market begging to be filled, these socks were borrowed from a human baby and are not really dog socks at all! )

frankenfinger

Recently i had foot surgery, then I cut the tip off my finger in a dishwashing accident (not covered by my insurance policy). Frankenfoot found a friend in Frankenfinger. Thanks to a neighbor's visit to the Disney store, Frankenfinger got to shed her Sponge Bob bandaid for some evening wear. Who cares if the dress was too tight and her face was turning blue! A good dress should never be underestimated.

how much is that doggie(s) in the window?

Annie, Maximo, Lulu and Paco in the window.

furry house guests

My friend Jackie recently adopted two dogs, Paco and Annie, who were dropped off together at the pound. Annie had passed her prime for birthing babies and they waited three months to be adopted. The pound would not separate them. While browsing the Human SocietyAdoption Site online, a friend of Jackie's saw them and said to herself: Who would adopt two ten year old chihuahuas? Certainly not the kind of people who dropped them off at the pound once they outlived their usefulness as breeders. Later, Jackie visited her friend and introduced her to the pair and got her answer as to who would adopt them. 

Paco's missing most of his teeth and his pink tongue pokes out the side of his mouth for lack of a tooth cage. Annie weighs only four pounds and has long hair. Mellower than even Maximo and Lulu (this says a lot, as my dogs's mellow dispositions are often commented on by friends and strangers alike). My dogs have met their mellow matches.

Initially, Maximo, growled at them when they got too close to his spot in the window, but by the end of the week they all had a spot in the window.

This sketch was done super quickly with grease pencil on trace. Here's to furry house guests!

maximo in the window

my darling maximo in front of the window. grease pencil sketch, march, 2011

cover development

Remember the rough rough cover sketch? This drawing is a refinement of the key figures in the sketch. The snake is painted on a cave wall, and Nik, accompanied by Carlito, is now discovering it. Eeek!

To come across this strange serpent in a dark cave would be scary. Even more scary if someone came in after you with a gun. Which is what happens next in the story. Eeek!

Stay tuned for a fully fleshed out cover in color. Eeek!

I just wanted to write Eeek three times. Thanks for indulging me. That was fun.