Cabaret

Hi guys. Back from blogging hiatus.

Here are a couple of flyers I did for my friend's cabaret event, Carpe Noctem. They are a talented group of ladies, so please check out their show!:


 



Somehow, this week's Drawn by Chance Challenge was "French Cephalopods," so I did a Toulouse Lautrec-inspired poster for that as well:

Sketching at the Republic

Some of you may have noticed that Carrie and I have become a little obsessed with pie lately. A month and a half ago, an magical place known as the Republic of Pie opened up in North Hollywood. Since then, we've visited this land of tasty treats on a somewhat regular basis (okay, we go there like twice a week....we don't have a problem). The food is delicious, the coffee is excellent, and the staff is very friendly, so if you're a local, I highly recommend paying this place a visit sometime.

 A photo from last night's "Pi Day" excursion. Chocolate cream pie!

Here are some sketches from our most recent trips to the Republic:

Seated people and some weird marker bleed-through from another page.

 

A girl in a bright pink blazer.

A page from last night. Pi Day ended deliciously!!

More Sketchbooking

I found a couple of markers in my desk drawer today so I decided to play a bit.

Some Barnes & Noble-persons (from last week's outing):

I'm taking a class at the Animation Guild with Carrie and Alice. I ended up singling out one of our classmates (who had a pretty awesome mustache):

Started this page during a meeting. The art PA on our show is a fantastic baker and today he brought us homemade cinnamon rolls (yum!). I blame this on the sugar high:
 

Bonus: here is a little gouache Mako on a story pad cover (because this blog has been more Malarkey than Sharky as of late):

Lunchtime Doodle

I dunno..because I like coffee..and socks.

 

Hideous Sheep Shearing

A snapshot from the sheep party (must've been a real rager):

Please check out everyone else's drawing challenge entries at the Drawn By Chance Blog.

The Botched Photoshoot and the Gallery of "Ugly Sits"...

Happy Leap Day!! I hope you remembered to wear your blue and yellow :) I just bought some brand new index cards and thought it would be fun to scribble a story.

It was a lazy weekend morning, and Christmastime was near. I had recently decorated my place for the holidays with a small tree, some lights, and even fake snow on some of the furniture..

 I had my favorite coffee cup...

 And was ready for some quality spacing-out time in front of the TV.

 

I barely took my very first sip of coffee...

 When Chaos appeared on the TV stand.

He was perched on the soft pile of fake snow, beaming at me angelically.

 "It's a Christmas miracle!" I exclaimed, overwhelmed by this uncharacteristic display of cuteness.

 

 

 Chaos responded with a wave of adorableness, the levels of which have never been matched to this day.

 Just believe me, it was ridiculous...

 

I was pretty new to this business of cat-caretaking and it felt like we were sharing a genuine moment.

 Naturally I wanted to snap a photo for Chris:

 

 But when I returned with my camera...

 I found nothing but a cat imprint in the snow.

 I was deeply disappointed.

 

 Chaos had relocated himself to the shag carpet and had assumed his typical sitting posture (which gives him the appearance of a dumpling with back problems).

 

At that moment, I resolved to only collect photos of him demonstrating his poor posture (or "ugly sits" as Carrie and I call them).

So I'm sharing a small sampling of photos I've taken of Chaos. Please enjoy the Gallery of Ugly-Sits:

 the lotus position?

 urrgh!

 Typical couch potato-ing

EDIT: Carrie reminded me to inform the general public that the bald, pink patch on his belly is his one of his bare, hairless, prominently nippled moobs. Chaos. What a creature of grace and beauty.

Do any of your dogs or cats have posture as poor as this?? And more importantly do any of you have documentation of your dogs or cats doing 'ugly sits' of their own?