If you’ve seen my single page comics, you know I’m really into the idea of a cat who is also a dad (or a dad who is also a cat). Maybe he’ll make it into more comics or a children’s book at some point.
I threw some color on him, just because. Lookin’ good, Cat Dad.
A quick sketch from last summer. My pet hamster is a little poop, but we treat him like royalty. His only redeeming quality is his supreme cuteness.
Now that I’m finding myself with free time (almost too much free time – I’m still looking for summer employment because I need to work more than one day a week) I have more time to draw. I often have a hard time figuring out what I want to draw, which is why I really like Selfless Portraits – when you agree to participate, they send you the profile picture of someone else using the app on Facebook, so you get to draw someone else’s portrait. You need to do it fairly quickly too – within 48 hours.
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| The poor, random boy assigned to me |
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| The resulting portrait |
Hey!
So I have a frame hanging on my wall that is sans a picture. In an attempt to rectify this situation, I drew a picture of Neil Diamond last night, because, why not? The man has amazing eyebrows.
I was going to pick a background for him, but then I thought, “Why not put this up to a vote? Maybe people want to contribute to this amazing portrait.”
Dear readers, I come to you with a conundrum: which background looks best with Neil Diamond?
Option 1: All American Hero.
This is the background I initially planned to use. Because Neil Diamond is a real American hero.
Option 2: Groovy-licious.
Neil Diamond is also a super groovy man, so this may be an appropriate background.
Option 3: Silver Fox
For some reason, Neil Diamond looks the most suave with this background. Or maybe that’s just me.
Drop me a comment to let me know what you think! Let the people decide! The winner will be revealed at some point. Maybe Monday?
Materials: Micron Pens, scrapbook paper
Here’s another Lincoln drawing from a few years ago:
If you can’t read my tiny handwriting, it says:
Abe Lincoln actually looked a lot like this. Who else would be able to free the slaves single handed-ly and wrestle a 7 foot bear at the same time? Damn straight.
America has never been a place for sissies.
Fabulous. If you think this is weird, just wait until tomorrow!
Welcome to the first installment of something that will hopefully become a permanent fixture of my sketch blog: Friday Afternoon Comics!
I created the comics below as a response to some personal reflection questions in my AmeriCorps mid-year report. For those of you unaware of AmeriCorps, it’s like the Peace Corps, but within the United States. There are AmeriCorps programs all over the place focusing on different themes and missions, this year I am working in a program called Oregon Campus Compact at Portland State University. Our focus is on student retention through mentoring programs. I’ve gained a lot of great knowledge and experience serving so far.
You don’t really need to know any of that to read these, but they probably make a bit more sense if you do.
AmeriComic 1:
AmeriComic 2:
Erika Schnatz 