Merry Christmas, a Volkswagen Bus drawn colored with GIMP and placed in a back ground.

I wanted to get this idea down, but didn't have much time before Christmas. I seem to be caught up in the festoonities going on around here. 

Just a quick pen sketch colored and pasted onto a picture I got from Morguefile. 

Another rainy day in Portland a sketch of a chimp in a raincoat.

I just wanted to see what a chimp in a raincoat might look like, so I drew one. Gordon's Fisherchimp, I guess.
It's supposed to be raining hard for the rest of the week here in Portland according to the weatherman.

Ink and Watercolor Wash Sketch of a 1969 Chevy C10 Pickup

This is a card I made for a friend of a 1969 Chevy Pickup. Just a sketch, really.
My friend lives here in Portland, now, but lived in Hawaii before.

A 1951 Jaguar XK120 Pen and Watercolor Sketch

This was a loose line pencil sketch that I inked the lines and watercolored. 

A Birhtday Card of Our Cat Sylar

Here is a hasty card for one of my son's girlfriend's birthday. Done with a pen and some markers laying around the house here.
From the cat who sings in the hall at night.

Cartoon drawing a 1953 Chevy

This is a quick one I did while watching tv. I was just playin with lines and shapes more than anything. It was drawn with ink and colored with GIMP. 

This is a hasty cartoon of my friends dog. My friend also has a pair of cockatiels.

Monkey Skateboarder a pencil sketch

I am just starting to draw again and I am enjoying it a lot. This is a quick one from yesterday. I was going to do it in ink, but wound up with a number 2 pencil...

1960 Studebaker Lark Illustrated with GIMP as a Cartoon

Recently my old Macbook died. So right now I am using an old PC, running a Linux distribution, Ubuntu Studio. This is a free operating system that comes bundled with graphics, audio and video programs, also free.

I found there was a steep learning curve on the installation, but I have it running just like I want it now.

One of the graphic programs is GIMP. Similar to, but not as polished as Photoshop. 

Here is a cartoony oxydized red Studebaker Lark. It started out as a rough pencil sketch, scanned, inked and colored with GIMP. I also want to mention that I use a Bamboo digital pad which works fine with my Linux laptop.

One of my first cars was a 1960 Studebaker Lark.

Another pencil sketch colored with Photoshop

This is a pencil sketch, colored with my computer. I kept the coloring scheme pretty simple. I still haven't though of a caption for it.