Look, Kids! It's Shanghai!

One of my illustrations done for the Chaoyue workbook. The character in the small story has traveled from rural China to the big city of Shanghai for an exciting trip and life experience. Here he is enjoying the view of their fantastic skyline!

Sacred Ibis

Hands down, my favorite Egyptian god is Thoth, so I have this fondness for ibises. I enjoy drawing them in most forms, including the Facebook app, Graffiti!

Pollution Is So Bad

A scene I illustrated for a textbook. The chapter was pretty depressing and all about waste and pollution and the general destruction of the planet. NO FUN.

A Bassett I Once Knew

Once upon a time there was a stray bassett hound. I took care of him for an afternoon before turning him over to a no-kill bassett hound rescue shelter. I decided to draw a bunch of pictures of him because he was the best pal for that day.

This Guy Is on an Adventure

I take commissions and in this instance, I was asked by this lady to draw this fellow she knows all in a laundry basket with a duckling. She got pretty specific about what she wanted, and she specified she wanted it done in MS Paint.

A Delicious Duck Comic

For a while I thought ducks would make wonderful hats. Eventually I became unsure about it.

He Is Haunted

This here is a panel of a four page comic I made this time about a scientist who seeks revenge on his detractors by creating a dragon, lopping off its head, and replacing his arm with that dragon head. Things do not go well from there.

Bison in the Manitoba Snow

This guy is a book cover! You can read all about it here instead of in this post, if you would like.

Learning Prepositions

"Owl against crocodile"
This is an illustration for a worksheet that was used in Argentina to teach English to children. They were learning animal vocabulary words as well as the prepositions.

Chang'e and Lily

In lesson six of the summer textbook, Our World, the characters are having a day trip to the Moon. Here, Chang'e offers a little girl some cake and ice cream. The little girl is suitably excited.

Suicidal Papa Bear

There is no relief for a cartoon bear.
I did this illustration for a website article. It is all MS Paint.

the Tail Tells the Tale

I think Fat Cat is dealing with Spectral Kitty rather admirably. But perhaps the presence of kibble gives him bravery. No one gets his food, not even ghosts.

Sweetpea

This is my ferret, Sweetpea. She enjoys bags of all kinds. This drawing is 8x10 inches.

Baltimore Oriole

Here is a somewhat crummy capture of an otherwise pleasant acrylic painting of a bird. The canvas was a twelve inch square, and in person it is more vivid with clearer detail - but I think you can get a taste of it here anyway.

Horse

A chestnut horse is done up in harness. It has a roached mane. This was on a 12 x 17 " piece of Bristol Board, if I am not mistaken, and is now framed and hanging on a wall somewhere in the state of Kentucky.