Well, I've been cleaning up a couple old cartoon scans and decided that this weeks blog should highlight some of my pen and ink cartoon illustrations.
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| Day Tripper |
The first - a guy I've been drawing since I was a young kid. I call him the Day Tripper. I've drawn him on a unicycle, in stocks, hitchhiking and doing all kinds of stuff. Although I grew up in the 70s, it's clear I was influenced by the hippies of the 60s. Yes - I think it's true that this is some kind of alter ego character. I've often thought of developing a comic or cartoon strip around the character, but never did.
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| Cartoon Self Portraits |
Above: self portrait cartoons. The one on the left is circa 1995 and the one on the right is recent. In the 90s I was a medical illustrator in training hospitals. I used to fool around with cartoons of me and the photographers, using them for funny signs and not so serious self promotional items.
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| Promotion Item Artwork for a couple of events at Offutt AFB, Neb. Circa 1995-96 |
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| Jerry and Ron - Medical Photographers Circa 1993-96 |
Above are toons of two of the medical photographers I worked with at Offutt AFB, Neb; Jerry King and Ron Kikel. These guys were amazingly talented. The work they did was vital to the training programs in a facility. They were also my friends...we had more fun than people should be allowed to have at work. We worked hard and played hard too.
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| Cartoon greeting card for my parents (caption in word bubble changed for blog) |
Lastly is a card I gave to my parents. It was set in our apartment on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. It was a great little apartment....good times. It had a different caption in the word bubble, but I changed it for the blog.
I hope all is going well for everyone reading the blog. I hope you enjoy it and that you are enjoying life.
Bless you all.....
Aloha,
Tom