Vaudeville Mask

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My daughter’s teacher – in addition to dealing with all of the stresses and frustrations of teaching in the LAUSD – mounts a Vaudeville Show every year with the entire second grade class. It’s pretty amazing. I’m still very much a beginning mask maker, but I thought maybe I [...]

The Vaudevillian and the Dad

I brought cupcakes

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After seeing a bouquet shaped like a cupcake, Zoe wanted to make cupcake flower arrangements. This is the result.

EMSR

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Zoe is working on a storyboard for her summer blockbuster – “Robin and Hoody” – starring her cousin Megan as Robin, and Zoe as “Hoody”.

Eternal Struggle

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Man vs Nature… sort of. This Dragon vs Knight videogame grudge match is the latest in the Snack Strip series. I was pretty pleased with the execution for a change.

Good Job!

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Zoe took her mom to the Studio City Arts and Crafts fair yesterday – a Mother’s Day tradition for us. The day was windy, but nice – and a good time was had by all. I think it’s safe to say that Stacey has done an amazing job as [...]

Work Work Work Draw Draw Strum

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When I’m drawing or taking pictures, I always feel like I have the picture in my head, and it’s just a question of teaching my hand to follow through… but with music, I never feel like I even have the tune. I’m sitting here, and I [...]

Chicken Scratch

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Day 3 of the comic strip experiment. Today’s entry is the classic “why did the chicken cross the road” joke, with a little Tortoise and the Hare flavor thrown in. These are the rough sketches I did first.

Snack Birds – Panel 3

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I’ve started writing comic strips on Zoe’s snack bag instead of just drawing pictures.