Prizes Rewarded for Picture-Pun-Postcard-Print-Palooza!

Greetings all!
I am happy to announce that all the winners in the contest have received their rewards! I was happy with how my first contest went- and the over-all winner ended up requesting a pretty neat animal. I will keep you all posted on updates and new contests in the future. In the interim, here is the overall winner's choice of Animal: a Chinese Dragon.

Hey Diddle Diddle....

And now, for something completely different...

I've decided to start producing some more kid-friendly illustrations to add to my repertoire of historical mash-ups and politicians. In the spirit of this commitment, I have made this little illustration based on the classic nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle".

"Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle,

the cow jumped over the moon!

The little dog laughed to see such a sight,

and the dish ran away with the spoon."

I made them all astronauts. For the obvious reasons. I also made the decision to use primary and secondary colors and use bookmark framing dimensions, so children can use it to both learn colors and later on to mark places in their books. Enjoy!

New ANIMALS in SUITS!

Hey everyone- hopefully you made it out to see me this past saturday at Star Clipper, but if not, I'm presenting the new animals I drew that day here today and later this week. Remember- I will be taking requests and drawing new animals two more times on December 3rd and the 10th!

The Show's up! Come check it out!

Hello Everyone-

"Animals in Suits" Opened this weekend at Starclipper! Below are some photos from the gallery.

Remember- there will be a signing in December!

Congrats to the Grads

Congratulations to all my friends in the class of 2010! Hope the first year out goes smashingly!

Animals in Suits hits 200!

Check it out y'all! Just hit the 200th animal over at AiS. It's been a ton of fun do far, but can I make it to 365? Stay tuned to find out!

Yay for Moms

Thank God for moms.

Another Late Night

Thank God for Elephants and aquatint.

Old Man Washburn Strikes Again

And now, a post inspired by my colleagues at the Summer Studio and the fine folks at Drawn! This is Sam Washburn at age 100. As you can see I finally get an epic beard, but no mustache. I also lack hair on the top of my head. Male pattern baldness. Just waiting for it to hit me. And of course, I'm still drawing animals in suits. Very important to my life of course.

The medium here is very mixed. I used oil, pen and ink, acrylic, etc. Wanted a chance to experiment. Think it worked out well.