Today’s ArtIllustration about a boy and a mouse stuck inside while it is snowing outside.

It is seeming like Winter will never end here in Minnesota.  I felt compelled to illustrate a boy stuck inside wishing he could be out on his bike.  I put a small mouse in for comedic value.. hopefully cheering the boy up with some wisdom about the inevitability of Spring.  This illustration was done with pencil, ink, and then finished with a new water color technique I have been using in Photoshop.

4.11.13Editorial Cartoon about the Red River Valley. A man with 2 pigs stands in the valley as the snow melts on the hills on both sides. He laments not having built his boat yet on account of the cold weather.

I woke up with a variation of this editorial cartoon in my head this morning.  Even though it seems to be SOP during the last decade to sandbag and prep for flooding in the RRV, it always makes headline news. This cartoon was inked completely with a dip ink pen… color, as usual, added in Photoshop.  OH!! the caption, by the way, is meant to be read with a strong Fargo accent.

4.10.13Editorial Cartoon about Kim Jung Un who is complaining that the world does not understand the sophisticated North Korean humor. As he is sitting on the toilet, he tells one of his staff members to announce to the world that he is going to launch another "nuclear bomb" and it is definitely going south.

So much North Korea lately.. Only time will tell if he is going to #$%@ or get off the pot with his threats.  I am trying out a new marker with this illustration, the Pentel Tradio.  It has an ink cartridge similar to the Pocket Brush, but uses a flexible triangulated felt-like tip instead of a brush.   The result is fast, smooth lines with some variability to line width according to the pressure and angle applied to the tip against the paper.  I am also done with using computer paper for finished illustrations.. I now have a taste for the Dick Blick Studio 80 weight drawing paper, and it would be hard to go back.  Minimal color in this editorial cartoon, just enough to get the idea across.