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A page from March of last year.

A Book Signing, An Office, & Some Trash

The El Progreso Memorial Library asked if I'd be interested in participating in a book signing being held for local authors. Technically, I'm an illustrator, but was grateful none the less to be invited. The box of Diamond Del books that I was to be tasked with selling did not arrive as hoped, so my father suggested I take his copy of the book (as I don't own one myself). Worked out well having evidence present that I had in fact illustrated a book.

The man in the background is local author, J.P. Ruiz. A fine, upstanding gentleman who's website is here. He's finished three of a ten book series for children, two of which are available for purchase with the third coming soon. A tremendous thanks to his wife for snapping a few shots of me talking to people; my mother is eternally grateful.

The photograph above is of my good friend Jason E. Krukowski's office. On the right hangs a 16"x20" print of "Geometric Convolution 2.0"; The only one in existence (he wished it into existence). From there if you direct your eye left, there's first a lamp, and then beyond that is Jason's very own, and quite excellent graduation poster from school. Continue to roam about the image and you will discover, as I did, that in the company of several recognizably awesome items, is a caricature of Jason that I did several years ago. Conclusion: With the exception of my artwork, Jason has decked his office out quite nicely. This concludes our investigative examination of Jason's office.

Check out Jason Krukowski's work at his blog Acid Kru Design & at Scoleri's Brew

Finally, an envelope I found in the trash at work and 

doodled all over during lunch.

2011 Xmas Card

Presented here is my Christmas card for 2011 that I will mail/hand out to various friends and family. This is one I've had baking in the oven for a few years, and the whole "Satanta" or Santa-Satan thing (both are spelled with the same letters) has been a reoccurring subject in my sketchbooks since high school. Maybe that'll stop now that I've done it as a card (I somehow doubt it, though).

Geometric Convolution 2.0

Over the Thanksgiving weekend I busied myself vectoring the "Geometric Convolution" page from my pocket doodle book. Upon its completion at three a.m. Saturday morning, in a maniacal fit peppered with spurts of hysterical laughter, I then produced a psychedelic rug (the second image). I would recommend you not stare for too long, it most assuredly would be detrimental to your health.

Flip The Poster Tube

A lunch break project. I used some children's markers on a poster tube that was lying around the shop and got Flip. He's quite the enthusiastic salesman. I later added a green fuzzy scarf thing from the resale shop next door to give him a crazy afro. 

If by bizarre chance you happen to meet his real life counterpart, I would recommend you not purchase whatever he might be peddling. He might be a door to door peddler that pedals up and down your street selling faith in a product that exists only if you believe in its existence. 

It is on such an occasion that owning a dog, or an intimidating pet of any sort (a wolf spider would be stellar, as long as it was of the wolf size so as to be more intimidating than a spider) could prove useful in keeping him far from your door. If he ignores your "beware of wolf-spider" sign due to a lack of faith in the existence of wolf spiders, or that a tiny brown spider isn't deadly enough to deter him from spreading the good word about his splendid wares, you can prove the existence of them (wolf-spiders) by threatening his existence with their existence. Assuming of course, his existence were real.