My friend Emily and I are a band called Kraken Vacuum. We’re a folky, indie-country sorta thing with lots of strummed guitars and a bit of twang. And lots of hand percussion, because why the hell not? Anyway, here’s a drawing of a Kraken and a vacuum, together again for the first time. If you’d like to hear some of our songs (a couple of which are NSFW due to some f-bombs), you can check us out over at .
My wife is an English teacher, and she’s been doing a unit on the elements of literature. One of the key elements, as you may remember from your own English classes back in the day, is conflict. Conflict is the driving force behind any story, and it comes in a variety of flavors. According to the Virginia Department of Education’s Standards of Learning (SOLs, or “those things that get in the way of us teaching”), there are six different kinds of conflict:
On this cold, cold morning, there is really no place I’d rather be than home in bed. And yet, here I am, at work, not in bed. Lame.
It’s been raining here in Northern Virginia all day, and so of course today was the day I took a group of students to a museum up in Washington, DC. Have a rainy day sort of doodle.
Today, I thought I’d try my hand at doodling my lovely, lovely wife in all her caffeinated glory. I fear I have not done her justice (it’s hard to do justice to boobs that magnificent).
In the English class, we’re using an episode of Twilight Zone to teach the students about plot structure and story elements. So here, have a sketch that might kinda sorta look like Rod Serling. Maybe. I dunno, I didn’t have a photo reference to work from.
Hey, I’ve already been doing this for a week. I feel all accomplished and stuff.
Anyway, the wife has requested I make her some fancy new low-carb pancakes, so have a drawing while I attempt to figure out a recipe.
It’s the weekend, finally. Have a sketch.
It was ridiculously cold this morning. Hence, drawing of a guy in winterwear!
Sketches From Memory 