Friday, December 24, 2010

Winter

Something from a few years back that say it all for me.

Monday, December 20, 2010

IF: Mail

Way up north, beyond the Arctic Circle they a have a thing they call the Polar Express.

May all of you who celebrate have a Merry Christmas and Wonderful New Year.

Friday, December 10, 2010

IF:Phenomenon

In Japan gegege is the word on everyone's tongue this season.
It comes from the phenomenal mind of cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki
whose wonderful animated sereis "gegege no Kitaro" continues to
delight generations of Japanese. This lil guy taken a sake bath
is the main character's dad.

Thursday, December 09, 2010

IF: Prehistoric

All students where required to take Prehistoric History 101.

Friday, December 03, 2010

IF:Savour

As someone once said you have to show da good wit da bad.
Chocolate caramel cake anyone.

Friday, November 19, 2010

IF: sneaky

She was sneaky and went down the back of the mountain to get home first.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

IF:burning

Thursday, November 11, 2010

IF: Afterwards

There is none there is only NOW!

Friday, October 29, 2010

IF: spent

After a day of flying aboot she was spent and relaxed on her favorite mushroom seat deep in the bamboo forest.

Monday, October 25, 2010

IF: racing

Monday, October 18, 2010

IF: Spooky

It is said in Japanese folk lore that tanuki (raccoons) can shape shift into beautiful young woman.

Friday, October 08, 2010

IF: transportation

This is something I posted on my other blog "Crispy Crinkled" last year.
I usually try to do an original piece for each IF post but this seemed
to fit so I used it. Hope you enjoy it.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

IF: beneath

Friday, October 01, 2010

IF: old fashion

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

IF:acrobat

The Chinese Lion Dance is very acrobatic in nature.
This one is on break.

Thursday, September 09, 2010

IF:dessert

From a goody but oldie commercial for JELLO.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

IF: atmosphere

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

IF: star gazing

IF:caged

lil behind the curve here of late.

Monday, August 09, 2010

IF: artifical

With the way Japan has pursued robotics it's just a matter of time before we all have our own CHERRY BOMB 2000 AI model roaming our houses, stores sidewalks or anywhere a human can go. Will we every get to the point in the movie "The Terminator".....
stay tuned....

Lil late with this but I wanted it to look right as of Friday it didn't.
Now on to the "Caged".

Saturday, July 24, 2010

IF: double

Back in the 80's Double Trouble rose up off the Texas plains and tore up the Rock n Roll /Blues scene like a storm thundering through Tornado Alley.
On stage "Lenny" was known as one of Stevie Ray Vaughan's closest friends and together they played there way into history.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

IF: breakfast

"Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear
They've got to have them in Texas
Because everyone's a millionaire...."

From the album "Breakfast in America"
Supertramp

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

IF: Diary

Not so much a illustration this week put a collection of photos setup to make a mock up book cover.

Sunday, July 04, 2010

IF:Giant

Sadaharu Oh is a "Giant" in Japanese Baseball.
He is what Babe Ruth is to the American game.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

IF: Satellite

Queen Satel Lite reigns in a galaxy far far away.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

IF: paisley

Sunday, June 13, 2010

IF: ripple

Don't whine when your life hits a ripple.
You just might enjoy when its through.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

IF:trail

It was the end of the trail for her after one to many broken hearts.

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain NIN

Pain runs deep
Deeper, probing
So intense
I scream into my soul
I find no release
I feel PAIN

PAIN
Morning
Night
Teardrop slides
Muffled crys

Weekley
Dailey
Hourly
Pain
Does it stop

Focus
Unfocus
There is no relief
I still feel
Slice
edge of blade

Thursday, June 03, 2010

IF:slither

A modern take on the temptation of Eve.

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

IF:early

soooo late, its early next week on this one.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

IF: equipment

I've always been impressed with the way we perceive scale. Here this mining truck looks huge compared to the man fixing it, but when viewed from an open pit mine, it looks very tiny along with all the other equipment.

Saturday, May 08, 2010

IF:fearless

To be fearless you have to channel your fear.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

IF:ahead

A week late, but such is life.

Monday, May 03, 2010

IF:cocoon

Some say Coco loved the feeling of being cocooned in her raccoon fur coat.

Friday, April 16, 2010

IF:detective

A slightly modified version.



Wednesday, April 14, 2010

IF: linked

Saturday, April 03, 2010

IF: dip

Dip, snuff, chaw or smokeless tabacco, no matter what you call it, its just another cancer waiting to get you.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

IF:rescue

God's helping hand.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

IF: expired

Jimi Hendricks maybe expired but 40 years on he's still inspiring us with his music.
This past week he became noted as the first person to have a top 5 album 40 years after their death. Eat your heart out Elvis.

Saturday, March 06, 2010

IF: brave

Brave enough still to try an new style and share it with the world.... uhmmm uhmmm

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

IF perspective

Double Standard, again ?

We have all seen men on tv drink beer after winning the World Series and smoke cigars after winning the Super Bowl and share champagne from the bowl on top of lord Stanley's cup, which is the crowning glory for any male hockey player. Then why the sissy fit news(gossip)this past Olympics over the Canadian women hockey team celebration of their gold medal. It was the accumulation of a life time achievement for most, why not celebrate like the guys do, or don't they have the same rights as the guys. It's the closest thing they will ever have to winning a Stanley Cup. So what that they drank beer and smoked cigars for over 2 hours. They deserved it, they WON!
I never see any reporter raging on the men for celebrating their victories each year, but that's my perspective.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

IF: propagate

The king of propagation or so they say.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

IF: adrift

Adrift in a sea of words.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

IF:muddy

Marketing is all about presentation. If you present a product just right there will always be someone willing to buy it. Point in case I phones, I pods, your connection to the internet to mention a few, Sure they're nice to have make us feel cool and in step with the rest of society, but seriously do you really need them. Do the make your life easier, better, more fulfilling or are you a slave to them. Do they control you and what you do. Just something to ponder next time your at a lost as to what to think about standing in the check outline.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

IF: focused

Not sure how I got to thinking about snipers and the Beatles song "Happiness is a Warm Gun" from their White Album, let alone combine 'em in a drawing, but I did.

Monday, January 25, 2010

IF:clumsy

The Russian Ballet is consider by some to be the most prestigious in the world.
Since the time of the great Czars Peter and Catherine' Madame Klumsie's Dance
Studio has always epitomized the creame' de la creame' of Russian ballerinas.

Friday, January 15, 2010

IF:Wilderness

The Ness Family

The Ness family where as Scottish as they came. They could trace their ancestry back to before Scotland was known as Scotland.
Wilder was Loch's lil brother and they could be always found swimming in the family lake. People would come for miles to see them swim. They never could understand why though. It was rumored that they had a distant cousin across the pond named Eliot, who was known to tangle with bad guys in da Windy City. But thats another story.

Monday, January 11, 2010

IF: confined
Some people are confined by their own thoughts and beliefs. Its like being confined with in your head by your mind. Held hostage by your brain. You can see out, but you can't get out.

Friday, January 01, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Its the year of the Tiger. It comes only once every 12 years and now has come twice since my daughter was born. She just spent her 1st new year's away from home with friends in New York. It also was her 1st time flying the friendly skys by herself too.

New years, like new days I feel, are God's way of letting us know we haven't got it right yet, and he's giving us another chance to do so. Maybe one of our resolutions should be is to TRY HARDER to get it RIGHT. To be more loving, compassionate and lil more tolerant of each other. I mean after all none of our sorry asses are perfect. In the coming days, weeks and months a head try to focus a lil more on doing these things and I bet you'll have a more meaningful and productive NEW YEAR!

IF: renewal