#tinydrawing

I tried to move my blog to tumblr, but instead it turned in to this thing where I post very small drawings, daily-ish. It's called tinydrawing. You can also find a lot of them on my Instagram account, here.

Macalester Today

My alumni magazine did an article about the publication of Ike's Incredible Ink. I got to chat with fellow Mac alumn Elizabeth Tannen and show her my crazy studio. And now you can see my crazy studio! Guys listen, I SWEAR I cleaned my studio before the photographer (the very kind Evan Sung) arrived. He made me mess it up again. He also reminded me that I probably didn't want to be photographed in house slippers, so, he's pretty great. In exchange, I drew him a monster.

I also got to draw illustrations for the cover and an interior article about campus legends. I heard about half of them while I was on campus; I never even questioned the story that there were tunnels built beneath the school so that you could get to classes in the dead of the Minnesota winter. More legends here.

Dot Day

International Dot Day is almost here. Learn more about making your mark and getting inspired by reading Peter Reynold's The Dot, and see the dots of other authors and illustrators on the Celebri-dot site. If you're an educator, sign up for Dot Day at your school here.

The Little Fleet Mural

The Little Fleet mural was painted on May 10th, 2014. Click the images to enlarge, or see more here.

Chalkboard

My bathroom has changed it's look again.

Giveaway!

Blogger/teacher/illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba interviewed me about writing and illustrating for her blog and is doing an IKE'S INCREDIBLE INK giveaway! Check it out and enter here.

Port Washington visit

On Thursday I gave my first auditorium presentations at the wonderful John Philip Sousa Elementary and Manorhaven Elementary schools in Port Washington. After reading Ike's Incredible Ink together we did a draw-along and the kids drew some amazing rocket ships. That afternoon at Dolphin Bookstore we did a collage project and made some "story-telling ink" of our own. Thanks to the amazing Dophin Bookstore for arranging!

Luchadores L'Amore

Happy Valentine's Day! Please beware the Luchadores L'Amore.

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In lucha libre, there are rudos, or bad guys, and tecnicos, or good guys. These are rudos of Valentine's Day. Please beware.

A Google Poem: Man Living in Airport

The Google poetry illustration continues. Here is the full poem.

A Google Poem: Man Living in Dumpster

A few months ago, I posted a poem I "wrote" with a little help from the Google search bar. Some folks jokingly suggested I illustrate this award-worthy poem, and that's where they made a huge mistake. You should know by now that I take all jokes extremely seriously. So I'm illustrating this poem, guys. I'm illustrating it.

Harpy New Year!

Harpy New Year, everyone! I hope you are looking forward to a creative 2014. To ring in the New Year I launched an Etsy shop (click here) where you can buy archival giclee prints of my illustrations, including pages from Ike's Incredible Ink. The listings in the shop are really just suggestions. If you see something on my portfolio site that you'd like printed, or you have a specifically-sized art-shaped hole in your life, message me and we'll talk about custom print options.