February 16, 2012

Another Kind of Likeness

Drawn and read from right to left, lower row to upper row.  Process: On a blackboard above a flower I saw it said “Yulija loves Hector.” I encircled the words in a word balloon, a talking flower. Next to it, delighting in love, a bee says “Hooray.” At the other end of the bee a stinger too close to a Jersey frog.  I note an observation: “Frogs are practically balloons.” I wonder at this and remember a frog’s inflated throat, very like a balloon.  I draw a frog so. Next to it another not tied to a string but stuck on a pole. I write, “Frog on a tadpole.” I note another likeness, the frogs on their sides look like pigs with long legs. “Pig with long legs.” I write.   Midfebruary 2012 at the Intrinsic Cafe, Newark, New Jersey.

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February 15, 2011

the classic haiku close(d eye drawing)

My final offering for the evening, again for Freeman Ng’s Haiku Story.  I like this one a lot.  It reminds me of this.

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yet another closed eye drawing

This is the point in Freeman’s story where the doctor is taken hostage by the mental patient (please note hospital gown open in back.)

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more closed eye drawings

I did a series of closed eye drawings to illustrate a short story Freeman wrote entirely in Haiku.

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January 23, 2011

Playing Catchup: black and white samples (7)

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Ketchup and/or Catsup: 57 varieties black and white (6)

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Ketchup or Catsup: preference in Black and White (5)

Again, I just sent Freeman a bunch of black and white samples of my work for a print dummy. I’m illustrating his haiku and we’re seeing what some different styles look like in print.  I’m posting a few  I sent to make up for a week without posts.   None of the ones I’ve chosen so far are striking me as very haikuey right now.

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Ketchup with Black and White samples (4)

Crown of teeth. Anything with teeth bugs me out.  Under one elephant is Dante, under the other, Blake.

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Ketchup with Black and White sprinkles(3)

This one is from a sketchbook. It was originally captioned like a cartoon.  The caption was: “Maybe I threw it out by accident?”

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Ketchup with Black and White samples (2)

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