Art & Story Blog

I’ve been pretty busy with work lately, so I haven’t been able to post very often. Here’s a quick sketch of Dave Letterman I just did to try to make up for it. I’ve been a fan of Dave’s since I was a wee lad and staying up late was the real cat’s pajamas. Back when he had all that curly hair.

A page of doodles drawn late at night. Caution to the extremely sensitive, these doodles contain some naughty humor. A couple of hole-punches were incorporated into the drawings, slightly visible here. Note the top one: Just insert the eraser end of your pencil through the back of the hole to enhance the cartoon. No pills required.

This is a real character spotted yesterday in Psychobabble Café in Los Feliz. This is only slightly caricaturized and in fact, there were a couple things I could’ve pushed a little further for a more accurate representation. An irresistable draw.

Jamie and I came across this handsome old car while out in Venice yesterday, and as we pulled into the spot kitty-corner to it in the parking lot, we couldn’t help but acknowledge its resemblance to a certain Paul Newman-voiced character. It even had a stunning dark-blue paint job. Jamie ran a quick errand while I hung out and did a quick sketch.

A couple minutes later, the owner showed up and we got to chatting. Turns out that he’s a retired technical illustrator. Primarily jets and cars, from what I recall. He also mentioned that he had a friend named Nicola Wood who does paintings of cars and with some pretty interesting techniques. He was very friendly and even invited me out to have breakfast with he and Nicola sometime this week!

Later, Jamie and I were watching The Fog of War on DVD and saw some old stock footage of what looked like this very car or perhaps the sedan model, rolling off of the assembly line.

Serendipity at work.

By the way, I also have some beach sketches from yesterday, which I will post later.