Funny Dog

This is a drawing of my dog as a stand-up comedian. She really wants to please, and I think she would tell jokes like: “So every night I get a bowl of kibble. Of KIBBLE! I mean, where are the wild kibbles they’re catching? What part of a kibble am I eating?”
She’d really want some [...]

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Cute!

This is a piece in my ‘really cute’ style. It’s a two page spread. I’m not sure if this is DONE yet…I might add more grass and flowers to the ground. I’m getting really into painting my own text. I used to love to do that, inspired by Kenneth Patchen and his picture poems. But [...]

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Green and Orange

Just a quick digital sketch playing with my current favorite colors – green and orange.
-M

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Starts and stops

Here’s a painting I did early in the development of a story. The story eventually went a different direction, and the style changed a bit. Though this did capture the feel I wanted (A real life moment – odd and a bit exaggerated) I didn’t like the grandpa character design. He underwent a [...]

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Berkeley Breathed

Comic Strips. What is wrong with them? Well, I have been spouting off about how bad they are and forgot to mention another of the bright spots. Opus on Sunday’s is a pretty darn good strip. Funny, entertaining, and seems to get better each week. While not a huge fan of his ‘airbrushed’ kids book [...]

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Igor

This is a sketch for a story I have been working on for about a year. It’s about what happens when Igor got fed up with Dr. Frankenstein, leaves his job and moves to America. It’s got a happy ending!
From the story:
“He packed his meager possessions, some amulets from his mother and his bear-fur vest [...]

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Oregon Society of Artists

I have been asked to speak to the Oregon Society of Artists about digital art. The date is a ways off, January 2008, but I am excited. I’ll post more information as it gets closer. I will be doing a demo as well as answering questions for artists about working digitally. I am currently working [...]

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Black and White and scary?

I did this for a European art event that had accepted my work before. I think it was about outstanding artists from Romania, maybe. But I can’t find my notes or emails. Anyway, his time they rejected my drawings. Not sure why, but I liked this one a lot.

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