Drunktapus

Don't Confuse Who I Am...

Octocry, Stop Being An Octopuss

Just A Drip With Friends

You are who you hang out with! A "drip" is someone who is annoying or uninteresting. Don't be a drip.

Bubblepus of the Seven Seas

Birthdays and Focus

Birthdays are a reflection time for me. I think of everything that happened in the past year and what I'd like to happen in the next. See, my birthday has always been like a brand new year. I'm in June, so that gives me two chances to reset, recalibrate and focus. December 31st and my birthday! I think about the people that I've surrounded myself with and if I'm okay with them or if I’m cool with my job or if I go to sleep and I’m satisfied with my average day. Most times, I am. We are the cumulative collection of our experiences and surroundings. We have the ability to change those things and either make them better or keep on the same path.
We make tiny seemingly insignificant decisions every day. Open the door for the person struggling with bags. Give a happy "Hi!" even when we feel like hell. Make someone else feel like nothing else in the world matters, because in their world nothing else does. Drop some change in the parking lot or the sidewalk so some else thinks it's their lucky day. Do something good for someone else and don't tell anyone. Those are the things that they'll remember, the things that make a little miracle in their world.

Don't be co-dependent; please don't let the world walk all over you. You're better than that. But do be cool. We touch so many lives and never realize it. Live each day like you were scratching off a lotto ticket. Scratch scratch scratch. A new friend! Scratch scratch scratch. Another story to tell! Scratch scratch scratch. Ewwww, that sucked! Not every ticket is a winner, but you’ll never win if you don’t try. Only you can truly change your world. Want to be amazing? Set that up in your life. Wish, meditate or pray for the things that you want, not the things you wish to avoid. Say "I want to meet someone who values me. Someone who gets me!" NOT "Please stop sending me A-holes!"

Life is filled with disappointments, keep moving, man. Life is dangerous, keep moving, man. Life is full of impossibilities, keep moving, man. You will be rewarded with the worst things in life if you see it that way. Look at the awful things that happen to you as ways to help others get through their bad times. Be that light that you wish you'd had. But don't take any crap. GIVE YOURSELF VALUE. Stay humble, but let your soul tell the tale. Let your actions light the way. Trust that you were born for better things and as long as there is a breath of life in you, it will get better.

Stop watching the world be filled with people doing amazing things and simply marvel. Stop saying, “Wow, they’re really lucky!” Do it. Do something that makes you smile. Hell, do things that make you laugh, but never at someone else’s expense. Stop watching greatness on TV and be great! You have a story to write in your book of life. Love yourself and do it! Be passionate about something and follow it like a dog chases a car! Find your inner baby and hug that thing that you love like hey hug that blanket. Trust in you the way that a bird trusts it’s wings to carry them higher. Stop taking bull from people or things in your life and grab that brass ring. You can do it. You may not think you can, but I believe that if one person can do it, anyone can. Be willing to fail. Get up and do it until it’s right. Don’t be afraid to look like a dork.

You are the architect of your future, your life. What makes a great person great? Tenacity and the undying will to never give up. Strive. Focus. Rise. Most of all, pull up others with you that are worthy of it. Yes, judge and scrutinize who surrounds you. Only the best should be around you. Those with the biggest heart. The sharpest wit. The biggest laugh. Don't settle. You are the mayor of yourself; choose who lives in your city and your heart. Birthdays are a time to reflect and focus. Thank you all for being part of my city. :)

Critter Notebook: Pretty Monster

Known for having a taste for the finer things in life, the Pretticulous Epicurious will track a pretty scent for months before attacking. Noted Critterologist, Dr. Rafaello Munchapita, observed and tracked the commonly known "Pretty Monster" for decades until the spring of 1838, becoming one more victim of good fashion sense.

It is suspected that the "Pretty Monster" is attracted by pretty or fashionable items and can do little to control its urges to consume it and consequently the person wearing the item. The creature is especially drawn to attractive women and especially celebrities. In a 1823 journal, Dr. Munchapita wrote, "The P.E. seems terribly attracted to items that we as a community deem as beautiful, as is this were not enough, it is drawn to movement and falls into a trance-like state when the creature is automatically turned into a tracking and feeding machine."

Dr. Munchapita fell victim to his obession with the "Pretty Monster" one which he captured as a pup and raised clandestinely for years. Upon post-pubescent maturation, the creature attacked the good doctor, only after a particularly dashing haircut.

A sketchbook salute to the Pretticulous Epicurious and Dr. Munchapita's legacy.

You're Disgruntled...so, re-gruntle yourself!!

New World

Sometimes you want to feel brand new. I don't, do you?

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Quick Character Sketch

Fieldbook_Post_07 - Snorkelman

There's this guy that swims every morning at my gym when I'm swimming and he wears goggles and a snorkel. Thought that was a little creepy, but that's what I get for living artsy I guess!

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Fieldbook_Post_06

Fieldbook_Post_05

Fieldbook_Post_04

Fieldbook_Post_03

Fieldbook_Post_02

Fieldbook_Post_01

I have a couple of different notebooks. One for things I see and the other for thing I'd like to see. Fieldbooks are what I see and this is post number 1.

Sorry....geez

Sometimes, you do something terribly dumb and don't know why.

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Pretty Girl

Just a thought.

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We All Need Time.

Even the most ill tempered of us need a spark of fun. Make time to laugh!

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Don't let 'em the the best of you, you're better than that!

Swing when it's toughest. Swing when they say you can't possibly succeed. Swing when you ain't got no mo'.
Show the world that you're made of tougher stuff. Just don't give up.

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Part of something bigger

We all want to be heard, even for a single screaming minute. Unlock and release your fears. You are crucial to this world and give it color. You are wanted even when you don't think you deserve it. You are part of one giant screwed up family, mankind.

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Peep, baby, peep!

Egg-tastico!

Hoppiness is a warm bunny

I Have a Question.

Raise it higher! Don't choke. Just throw it out there, because there are no stupid questions. Unless you're the one who's about to break that stupid mold.
Ahhhh, screw it! Just do it!

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Feel it

Many thanks to my benevolent benefactors for springing for a new scanner. Thanks folks!

A Tree for You

The holidays are upon us and I wanted to get you something, so I made a little tree and had a little thought. During this season of giving, be nice. Throughout the year, be nice. Hell, be nice to someone with out them knowing. Be nice when someone pisses you off, you'll be all the better for it. Don't expect anything in return for your generosity, because most folks don't know how to behave when someone is nice. Just be nice for the sake of it. Happy holidays for whatever you celebrate. Have a the best day possible every day and you'll see how being nice will be en epidemic.

Pass this post along and remember, you can also be naughty, but keep it to a minimum. Hahahahaha!

Big Red

(singing) Big red monster with big ol' yella teeth. Big smiling monster with big ol' yella teeth.

If he attacks, I'm sooooo tripping you. Ha!

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Excitosaurus!!!!

The Elusive Strawberry Jellyfish - CAUGHT!

After almost three decades of searching by academic, nature enthusiast and gentleman, Sir Archibald James Tomlinson VI, the once thought mythological sea creature, the Strawberry Jellyfish was finally captured on paper off of the Western California coast. Sadly, after years of tenacious pursuit, taxing his family life and savings Sir Archibald was forced into a life of solitude, living until 1992, on a small uncharted island off of the coast of Loka Chica'n Choka Heimlichi where at the ripe age of 96 passed away in his sleep after being eaten by a Great White Shark. The widow Tomlinson is quoted as saying after being told of the jellyfish discovery, "F**k." The family, who had suffered and both financial and emotions distress has established a Strawberry Jellyfish conservation fund to protect the once thought extinct species that Sir Archibald wasted his life for. Filming of the TV movie based on Tomlinson’s life begins this spring with 5 different actors playing the enthusiast at different phases on his life.

A girl I spotted on a passing bus.

I Roar, You Giggle.

You might not be able to control them, but don't let it control you.
Laugh, the world loves you, dude!

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Bearly There

Sometimes a little gloom is just what you need. Don't avoid it, but don't live there. Get a hug, hell, ask for one it'll get better. Pass it on. :)

Rising Star

See You Next Year, Turkey Baby!

Which Are You?

Sometimes (not frequently) I want to be left alone, not even touched. I'll gnaw your arm off if you bother me during these moments. On the other hand, I'm also the guy who wants the reaction, good or bad or even unsuppressed laughter. It's a fine balance knowing how you're feeling, but we are both. The people around us see it and evolve into it.

Be a jerk and you'll form that around you. Be cool and you'll get that too. Be amazing and the you've made a place to flourish! Do it! Make your future brighter!!

My goal is to be the person that I’d want to hang out with.

Which way do you lean?

Hrrumph.....

Auditory Sketch: I heard this person on the bus behind me.

Sketches and bus paintings

Gross coughing lady on the bus inspired me

Hot Coffee

Ghostly Gas

Rolf the Dog

Snowmen

Happy Together

A friend of mine recently got engaged and asked for a piece to hang in her home.

It's really a personality caricature of them, I hope they dig it!

Happy Halloween!

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Halloween Hater

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Pugly Lookin'

Inner Light

Keep the fires inside you lit, even when the world is creepy.
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