Redbird #2: 2006-7

Unfinished & unpublished pages from the ill-fated Redbird #2 I was working on in fits & starts a few years ago. Ink, white-out and homemade zip-a-tone on bristol board:Reference & thumbnails:

Birds on the Buttons

We're headed to our first game of the season, putting a new button-maker and old proofs from this print to good use. Let's go you redbirds!

Woot! April Fool's Mega-Post!

My pals over at Woot! have had me drawing lots of weird stuff lately. Here's a weird (and delicious) taste. Shown above is an old-fashioned papercraft gag you can download, print-out, and assemble yourself. Here's what the sketch looked like, and an alternate idea: If hi-tech gags are more your thing, check out this crazy Woot! Bag O' Crap video game I did a bunch of art for, also unveiled today:The idea is based on these shipping icons we developed a while back:And the levels of the game advance accordingly. I won't give EVERYTHING away but here are some sneak peeks at the levels and some of the goofy little animated snails and jittery obstacles I drew. Level 1 / Sidewalk / On "Foot":I love making animated .GIFs. Level 2 / Highway / On Wheels:Level 3 / Sky / Jet Plane:Flying Spaghetti-O's Monster:Level 4 / Space / Rocket Ship:

If that doesn't whet your apetite to play CRAPSHOOT! I don't know what will. Happy April Fool's Day, everyone!

In Search of Opening Day Jitters

Be sure to check out Leon's Opening Day Baseball and Beyond strips in this week's RFT...... and get a sneak peek into Leon's baseball card collection.Let's go you redbirds!

MY DAD! HOW DOES HE WORK?

I don't think I ever posted pictures of this magnetized birthday card I made for my WORLD'S #1 DAD a couple months ago. Here were all my little drawings that we printed on sheets of inkjet magnet paper......then cut out and affixed to this sheet of tin:Love you, Dad!

Blue Streak / Lunatic Fringe

Recent Amazing Facts & Beyond strips: Tbe Great Blue Streak of Trail County, North Dakota. Dispatches from the Lunatic Fringe.

Know When to Fold-In!

I worked with Leon Beyond to draw yet another Fold-In, this time in honor of Al Jaffee's upcoming 90th birthday.

Talking and Pointing

Here's how that presentation from the St. Louis PECHA KUCHA evening a I did a couple of weeks ago went. Enjoy.

Happiness is a Warm Hot Glue Gun

This is a cover I drew for this week's Albuquerque Alibi, illustrating both their annual homemade Valentine's Day Card Contest and a freak southwestern snowstorm.Happy Valentine's day out there, and stay warm!

Valentine's Day... & Beyond!

Leon explores matters of the heart (and obscure 60's toy construction sets) in this week's Amazing Facts & Beyond.

Forget the Minions, They're on their Own

Check out this not very informational info-graphic I illustrated for my pals at Woot! for their affiliate marketing program called 'Woot Minions'. Here was the sketch:The whole time I was drawing this I had this song stuck in my head:
In other Woot! related art, here's a soda machine face I designed for their offices a while back. The can pops out under the robot teeth.Keep up the good work, Woot!