A few weeks ago, I drew this set of kids and moms at church.
I liked the expressions of the kids. It’s as if they were nervous because two parents were communicating. Kids get nervous whenever adults band together in the same way parents fear organized kiddie coups.
I drew this in pencil
Cartoon of boy to Easter Rabbit, “Do you count all your chickens before they hatch?”
Someone at work commented how strange it is that the Easter Bunny hops around with Easter eggs. They said, “Why not an Easter chicken?” Why indeed.
This led me to think about what the Easter Bunny does with all those eggs. Does he count them? Does he keep track of all of his loot? and what if he counts inaccurately or too soon? If it can happen to Wall Street, it can happen to Peter Cottontail.
I’ve always thought it creepy to see a six foot tall rabbit in shopping malls. Bizarre sights deserve a bizarre question. The public demands to know, Easter Bunny!
I drew this in Adobe Photoshop CS2
I read an article from Ministry Tech Magazine. It was talking about cloud computing and how it’s coming faster than anyone would have anticipated. No, it didn’t answer on what day God created the Internet!
The author talked about how netbooks and iPhones are totally changing the way we use computers. it reminded me of a problem we had at my church the other week. I normally use the Internet for portions of my lesson and accessing files from my MobileMe account. IT changed the setup so there was no longer a password needed to get onto the wireless.
The only problem was, I couldn’t get on at all. It seemed all the smartphones were hogging the connection. Whether people were using the wi-fi or not, the phones aggressively accessed the wi-fi nonetheless.
It amazes me how pervasive technology has become in our church in such a small amount of time. How has technology affected how your church works?
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Cartoon of Dad to son, “Don’t think of them as chores, but as opportunities.”
I thought of this ideal because my kids are on spring break this week. My wife asked one of our kids to do a chore the other night. You would have thought we just told him to hold his arm in a barrel of leaches for a "reasonable" amount of time.
Suddenly, I thought of an image of a motivational speaker trying to get his kid to do his chores. Perhaps this speaker can challenge a corporation to reach for excellence and a government bail out. But I’m guessing even this captain of blarney couldn’t get his son to clean the commode.
I’ve been experimenting with how to create my cartoons in Adobe Illustrator. In this instance, I used the shape tools such as the ellipses and rounded boxes to get the basic shapes. Then I warped them and distorted them how I saw fit.
I used my raw drawing right out of my sketchbook as the template.
When I had all the shapes just so, I converted them to a live paint object. This is my new, favorite tool in Illustrator. Not only can I use the paint bucket to colorize the fills, but I can also use it to apply different line widths to the strokes. It’s a major time saver.
I am also testing wether I can handle just a black and white drawing for the weekdays and if anybody notices. I’d rather get several black and white cartoons out in a week than just one color. Alas, time keeps flowing and I’m caught in the undertow.
I drew this in Adobe Illustrtor CS2
Three Amicos
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I found this old photo in a magazine. I thought the characters told such an interesting story. I wonder what happened to them?
I thought this would also work for Illustration Friday. Surely these guys are legendary. They went on some grand adventure, I just know it.
I drew this in pencil. This is not for resell.
