I hate slowing her down
Sometimes you just can't wait for a new idea
Seattle, WA | 2007.02.17 | Cast of Horribles | Apple, Idea, Trees
I'm tired just thinking about Spring
Seattle, WA | 2007.05.02 | Cast of Horribles | Seasons, Spring, Trees
It's where ideas grow
Another one of my favorite doodles. Do you see the Super Little Guy? This was his second appearance. I definitely need more comics with him.
I don't actually see these pictures in my head before I draw them. It's a weird process. These are my approaches:
I sometimes "see" the entire doodle and tagline, usually when showering or walking or riding my bicycle. When I do, I jot it down, draw a quick sketch on Julie's free medical sticky notes, and then draw the doodle for posting. (When I say "see" I'm really talking about "know," since, as I said, I never see pictures in my head, only thoughts, if that makes any sense.
Other times I start with what I believe is a clever tagline, and work from there.
More usually, when I have no ideas, I'll start by drawing a background or the Little Guy, and then seeing what takes me. Sometimes I'll have a fully drawn Little Guy sitting on a white background and have not idea what to do with him.
All these methods have produced good doodles (and many bad ones). I used the last method on this one. I drew him, decided to focus on his eyes and neck, and ended up sticking his thoughts on top of his head. Yeah, I know, a cliche, but a good one.
Seattle, WA | 2007.07.26 | Cast of Horribles | City, Earth, Super Little Guy, Trees
Happiness is about choosing the only way
I've always loved the night sky. At the beginning of college, I thought about a career in astrophysics. I took Astronomy 101 during my first semester. After an early class, I spoke with the professor and expressed my interest. I don't remember what advice he gave, but I told all of my freshman friends about it. I had a rude awakening after my first examination. It turned out that for classes that require memorization, I was not able to squeak by with no effort. It actually required studying. I never studied in gradeschool, and I wasn't about to start in my freshman year. It wasn't until Calculus II that I woke up early on a Saturday morning and spent the morning memorizing integrations and working on problem sets. I can't believe it took me so long to learn to study.
I dropped the astronomy class to protect my GPA and didn't tell my friends. I pretended to attend for the rest of the semester, too embarrassed to admit my early failing, especially after my enthusiastic career plans.
As to the title, this is another of my Jewish learnings. If we accept the Jewish teachings, then God created the world for humans to choose His path. This is a very involved concept, and something I really want to write more about (or at least plagerize out of my one of my better Judaism books). To be truly happy, you follow God's laws. It seems almost anticlimatic to know that happiness equates to absolute obedience. The easy question is What happened to free will? (Free will is a core belief in Judaism.) The hard answer is that the choice to follow God's laws is the perfect exercise of your free will. I'm not explaining this well, but there's something more involved in that answer, something that needs a longer sewcrates musing. Don't think that link brings you there. I haven't written it yet. I'm just hopeful, is all.
Seattle, WA | 2007.08.07 | Cast of Horribles | Judaism, Night, Night Sky, Stars, Trees
Litterer!
I'm a little behind on these Horribles. This was drawn in the autumn, which ended quite early in Seattle. We had our first snow in November.
Button went in for spaying this morning. Hopefully she will heal as quickly as Ziggy: he was up and running a few hours after his neutering. Their stomach problems seem to have passed, and except for an increase in Ziggy marking, we are getting into a good routine. Update: Button is out of surgery and in recovery. Julie will pick her up around 3pm today.
I'm halfway through uploading all the Hawaii photos. I still haven't figured out where to link them as I don't want six or so albums cluttering the photo's index page.
I did come up with a topic for the first ping-pong serve. I thought of it as I fell asleep yesterday, and managed to jot it down. I remember part of it, but I won't send it along to Chuck until I review the paper tonight.
Seattle, WA | 2008.02.05 | Cast of Horribles | Autumn, Trees
I got nothing
It's not any better today.
Mercer Island, WA | 2008.07.29 | Cast of Horribles | Suffering, Trees
The day's demons still haunt me
I'm too tired to say anything this morning. This is not because of our visitor, who slept through the night. This tiredness was caused by too much sleep. I hate having to find the perfect amount of sleep every night. It's exhausting.
Mercer Island, WA | 2009.04.02 | Cast of Horribles | Demons, Moon, Night, Stars, Trees
It feels like forever
Here's another photograph doodle from here.
Two nights ago, we tried to move to the second bedroom. Julie had a hypothesis that it would be quieter and we would sleep better. At midnight we decided to call off the experiment and return blurry eyed to our normal bedroom.
Mercer Island, WA | 2009.04.16 | Cast of Horribles | Autumn, Trees
What if I moved and did things?
This Horrible is brought to you by this photograph. Too tired to even type words.
Mercer Island, WA | 2009.04.21 | Cast of Horribles | Night, Trees
Things are simpler in the woods
Here's a Horrible that uses the art styling of "Grin and Bear It" from 1954. I found it on a great Animation Backgrounds blog. I'm hoping to take more ideas from these old inked cartoons.
It's Friday. I need say no more.
Mercer Island, WA | 2009.05.08 | Cast of Horribles | Animation Backgrounds, Cartoons, Trees
I forget that you're there
Short post after a headachy morning. We finally had rain last night. Not sure if it triggered the headache, or last night's Naginata workout.
Mercer Island, WA | 2009.06.19 | Cast of Horribles | Abstract, Trees
"You've been quiet lately"
Ugh. This has been sitting at the top of my queue for quite a while. It was time I threw it out there and moved on tomorrow. I doodled this based on a decent photograph we had taken in Victoria. Not sure what happened in translation. Probably laziness and a good enough attitude.
The week crawls closer to the New Years. I'm looking forward to it.
Mercer Island, WA | 2009.12.30 | Cast of Horribles | Park, Trees
The world is still watching
I intended to post my Olympics Horrible, but I can't find the energy to write about the experience. This one needs fewer words.
This was inspired from this cartoon background found in this collection of Pocahontas (1985) backgrounds.
Mercer Island, WA | 2010.03.01 | Cast of Horribles | Art, Moon, Stars, Trees, Water
It's safer for you if I stay here
An early morning in another beautiful day.
This Horrible was inspired from this animation background from Pocahantas via Animation Backgrounds.
Mercer Island, WA | 2010.03.24 | Cast of Horribles | Mountains, Swimming, Trees, Water, Water
I miss showing you the snow
We're back after a very rainy trip to NY. We spent most of our time in an oversized hotel room hiding from the rain. I worked too much during the vacation. I do have a few photographs I still have to post. I'm not sure if it was the depressing weather or just laziness, but we did not take as many photographs as we usually do to document our trip.
As we left NYC, the sun decided to come out. As we returned to Seattle, the rain decided to come out. We're not very good at this.
This doodle is inspired from this background (via Animation Backgrounds).
Mercer Island, WA | 2010.04.01 | Cast of Horribles | Snow, Stars, Trees
The view is better from up here
Julie doesn't like the placement of the two Horribles in this doodle. They can't see very much of the view from where they're standing. She may be right in this. Inspiration.
Happy Friday! It's been a long time coming.
Mercer Island, WA | 2010.04.30 | Cast of Horribles | Mountains, Trees, View
The winter will end soon
. . . but it certainly doesn't feel that way. Another cloudy and rainy morning. I know, too much about the weather. And, no, there's not much going on in my head besides the weather. I am that pathetic. I also haven't done much in the way of doodling or writing lately. I'm still digging out of the doldrums.
This doodle was inspired by a background from Ballot Box Bunny, as usual from here.
Mercer Island, WA | 2010.06.16 | Cast of Horribles | Julie, Trees, Winter
Keep it moving
Julie and I have been walking almost every day in the park. It's our fitness plan (the best Julie can do given her current state)
The heat has descended but the evenings are still bearable for sleep. By the late weekend the temperature returns to 70 and sunny where it belongs.
Mercer Island, WA | 2010.07.08 | Cast of Horribles | Clouds, Park, Spring, Trees
Sometimes I try too hard
Inspired by this from Morris the Midget Moose. (Thanks Animation Backgrounds!)
Mercer Island, WA | 2011.02.22 | Cast of Horribles | Animation Backgrounds, Cartoons, Clouds, Morris the Midget Moose, Mountains, Trees
So far yet to travel
Inspired by Morris the Midget Moose from Animation Backgrounds
Mercer Island, WA | 2011.03.15 | Cast of Horribles | Animation Backgrounds, Cartoons, Forest, Morris the Midget Moose, River, Trees
Do you have to let it linger?
Mercer Island, WA | 2011.04.06 | Cast of Horribles | Clouds, Rain, Road, Trees, Weather
Many worlds within worlds
Mercer Island, WA | 2011.07.06 | Cast of Horribles | Books, Grass, Reading, Trees
Sometimes ideas do float on the surface
Mercer Island, WA | 2011.07.07 | Cast of Horribles | Ideas, Lake, Trees, Water
There's beauty everywhere
Mercer Island, WA | 2011.08.30 | Cast of Horribles | Clouds, Flowers, Sky, Trees
Quiet Walks
This is the first one that received a chuckle from Julie. I just liked drawing the trees.