Delivered two portrait busts to San Diego yesterday. On the way down I snuck into the Carlsbad Outlets and grabbed a photo on their faux Renaissance staircase. (Subject is the guru Paramahansa Yogananda, founder of Swami's in Encinitas.)

UPDATE: Posted because, y'know, I sculpted it.

Forgot this one. From E.C.C.C.

Overheard: "I thought they'd have more talent here...."

A trip to the DMV. The little girl's second question was if I spoke Arabic. She was in a tooth-transition period, with just a couple of them visible. I tried to get that in, but the result looked awful--like I was deliberately trying to make her look ugly (I wasn't!). So I blacked 'em out, and instead gave her...gum smile.

p.s. both kids markedly underwhelmed by their portraits. And I agree--I always fold under that kind of pressure. Never make it as a SeaWorld/Disneyland caricaturist.

Aprés la guerre....

   Victory!

...and IT'S ON!!

Someone to fight that Barbarian....

I got into doing this series of "The Barbarian's Life..." for the back of these sketchbooks. I think barbarians are funny--esp'ly when with high foreheads and short bangs!

Stuart Ng just informed me that they sold out of their allotment of "Brushpen Breakfast" at Comic Con (hooray!).

Better still, they've asked for another ten copies. I sold 'em eleven. This is one of the "bonus" drawings I did in the back of each one (and Stuart's fave).

Another in our series of ECCC 2013 drawings.

She was a lady of a certain age, shall we say. German, I think, and dressed in this fun get-up.

Very friendly, didn't buy anything but asked if I had a biz card; when I produced one, she asked me to sign it. "You know--goot to have--just in case!"

The large fox tails made the costume, but they left me a bit...unsettled.

San Diego Comic Con is coming...I'll honor it with this sketch from Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con back in March...from the "opening minutes" (can you sense the excitement?).

For childhood pal David Sharpe. He was an Iron Man fan (Bob Layton era). I was more for Black Panther and Captain America. But who can resist a little T'Challa love?

The amazing Bobbo!

Doodles on my blotter.

For Blair's Aunt. Had to use a little white-out to try and bring the big guy to the left's eye back. He was supposed to be my version of a Victor Mature-style "hunk."

The internets: "Y'now, if you're not gonna update every day, why bother updating at all??"

Gulp.