DOODLE SOUP

RON ENGLISH BUST

2012-02-18T11:56:00.002-08:00

The Ron English bust that I ordered in December finally came. It now sits above my desk between a Fernando Botero print and a Dave Cooper Toy. I just wish that I could remove the hair piece and wear it out and about once in a while.

THE SUICIDAL PROCRASTINATOR PART 2

2012-02-15T14:53:00.002-08:00

While putting the poetry book together, I sat down and recorded another little ditty.

WONDERING WANDERING

2012-02-15T12:49:00.002-08:00

I've been working on an illustrated book of poetry since Monday. It's titled Wondering Wandering. It was supposed to be finished early last year, but I kept putting it off. I finished adding all the poems and some of the illustrations today. These are the last two pages of the book. I still have to add a few more drawings after page 41 and finish the cover.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

2012-02-14T18:49:00.002-08:00

For some reason, I've been collecting my hair for the past few months. Maybe it was all being saved up for this.

MY OFFICE SPACE

2012-02-13T13:27:00.002-08:00

I cleaned up the office last weekend. So I'm posting some photos of my workspace before it starts to get messy again.

MY T-SHIRTS ON TV

2012-02-13T13:12:00.001-08:00

While watching Citytv this morning, I caught Mitchmatic, a rapper from Edmonton, sporting one of the shirts I designed over at www.iloveyeg.com.

I'M BRANDING A CAFE

2012-02-06T18:00:00.003-08:00

I've been working with a client that's opening a cafe. I wanted to post an image of what we've come up with so far.

I GOT AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR

2012-01-05T14:18:00.005-08:00

I was given an acoustic guitar for Christmas, so I wanted to post a recording from the other day. I'm hoping to make it to some open mic sessions around the city this year.

ROY IN THE CLOUDS TRAILER

2011-06-27T15:14:00.002-07:00

This trailer is for a possible television series titled Roy In The Clouds. I was responsible for the character animation.

PRINTS FOR THE COMIC CON

2011-06-20T08:57:00.007-07:00

I had a blast at the Calgary comic convention this past weekend. I brought a few different prints down with me, and I managed to sell quite a few. Thanks to everyone who purchased them, I can't wait to do it all again next year.

ILLUSTRATIONS

2011-05-07T22:03:00.005-07:00

I had an opportunity to do some illustrations for the Quickdraw Animation society here in Calgary.

UNEMPLOYED

2011-03-22T14:39:00.000-07:00

stir crazy fox, he wears a path

a joke that doesn't make him laugh

so long this nothing seems to last

his life is short and moves so fast

A PUPPET FOR NICK LEES

2011-03-22T12:22:00.002-07:00

I was hired last month to design a puppet for Nick Lees, a news reporter for the Edmonton Journal. I'm not the one putting it together, but I'll post the pictures once it's finished.

SOME NATIONAL FILM BOARD IDEAS

2011-02-23T22:53:00.006-08:00

I'm submitting an idea for a chance to make a short film with the National Film Board. You submit a story based on a one minute audio clip over at Hot House. I decided to choose track number two. http://films.nfb.ca/hothouse/?page_id=164.

CUCKOO MUNGA

2011-02-01T09:11:00.004-08:00

Julie and I chose this fitting picture for our 30th post over at http://cuckoo-munga.blogspot.com/. We're going to start posting every second day for the month of February.

A POSTER GIG

2011-01-29T11:54:00.007-08:00

My brother asked me to design a poster for his birthday party on the 12th.

I STARTED A NEW BLOG

2011-01-06T08:32:00.005-08:00

I started another blog so that I can post some photos that I've been taking with my girlfriend. We want to try and post a few of the interesting ones every week.

http://cuckoo-munga.blogspot.com/

NEW USED CAR COMMERCIAL

2010-11-30T13:00:00.004-08:00

This is the current animatic for a used car commercial that I'm working on with some friends from work. The audio is just temporary till we figure out what we want the salesman to say.

TERRY AND DEANER

2010-09-30T11:03:00.007-07:00

The second FUBAR movie looks hilarious

ADRIEN BRODY

2010-09-29T09:25:00.006-07:00

I was drawing last night while watching a movie titled Splice.

CAR COMMERCIAL TEST

2010-09-24T14:25:00.007-07:00

This is a short scene I posed out for a fake car commercial that some coworkers and I are working on. The character is just a stand in while the real one gets finished.

This is also post #250

A KICK TO THE CROTCH

2010-09-21T07:05:00.005-07:00

I had trouble getting to sleep last night, so I pieced together some sounds that I found on the internet and posed out a guy getting kicked in the crotch.

JULIE AND HER IPOD

2010-09-20T12:05:00.008-07:00

#15 THE TOUCHER

FINAL DESTINATION 4 IN 3D

2010-09-18T09:00:00.010-07:00

#14 THE COMMENTATOR

KRAZY KARL

2010-09-08T12:05:00.004-07:00

THREADLESS SUBMISSION

2010-08-20T08:31:00.003-07:00

LASER GOAT VS LASER GOAT

2010-08-16T13:19:00.007-07:00

ANOTHER STEVEN B SKETCH

2010-07-06T10:25:00.004-07:00

"A MINOTAUR!"

2010-07-06T09:56:00.004-07:00

GATES OF HEAVEN

2010-07-05T11:17:00.008-07:00

Florence Rasmussen, the old lady that appears halfway through my favourite documentary "Gates of Heaven".

SUPER BAD DOODLES

2010-07-03T19:58:00.006-07:00

RUMBLE FISH

2010-06-28T18:11:00.005-07:00

I watched Rumble Fish today and decided to draw Matt Dillon.

TREES LOUNGE

2010-06-25T21:33:00.004-07:00

Lately I've been playing movies while I work. Today was Trees Lounge, one of my favourites. I tried to draw Steve Buscemi while I waited for the coffee to brew.

DEADLINES

2010-06-14T21:47:00.005-07:00

WORKING FROM HOME

2010-06-14T21:43:00.005-07:00

SNEAKY PETE

2010-05-25T20:03:00.006-07:00

Peter works

at a clothing store

in the fitting rooms

he watches

and after you

try on the clothes

he smells the pits

and crotches

BEETS

2010-05-20T20:06:00.006-07:00

I bought the beets

I cooked the beets

I ate the beets

I liked them

I then got drunk

I pissed my pants

I bet I probably dyed them

1976 - 2010

2010-05-12T22:50:00.009-07:00

weight kept her from flying

so she waited in the wings

sad that she would never soar

sore from missing many things

till one day she found the courage

how the clouds made her content

from a twenty story building

she flew off into cement

RIBBONS RIBBONS RIBBONS

2010-05-08T11:30:00.003-07:00

colored ribbons

coloured ribbons

stuck on cars

and pinned on coats

raise awareness for your cause

while you shove it

down my throat

I'VE BEAN A WHORE

2010-05-08T11:23:00.002-07:00

people now are prone

to carry coffee all about

showing off their

paper megaphones

quietly sipping

while they shout

LOCKED WASHROOMS

2010-05-05T07:01:00.003-07:00

I hate using washrooms

that need dirty keys

all covered with germs

from the turns before me

I end up washing my hands

but then have to repeat

so that doors can be locked

and so that I can eat

DEATH OF ME

2010-04-10T07:22:00.004-07:00

branches for birds

toiletes for turds

peaches belong in peach pie

why is death so absurd

into ash I'd prefer

so no casket for me when I die

A POWER OUTAGE LAST NIGHT

2010-04-09T06:19:00.006-07:00

Powerless without power

just candles and cans

warm ice cream

a cold shower

what a cave for a caveman

ANIMATION REEL 2010

2010-03-11T00:14:00.004-08:00

A DRAWING FROM DRINK AND DRAW

2010-03-06T16:56:00.004-08:00

A PORTAIT OF MYSELF

2010-03-05T21:47:00.004-08:00

TIPSY CHIMNEY

2010-03-04T07:51:00.012-08:00

Cigarettes and red wine
I indulge in
from time to time
when the taste of
fresh air and grapes
aren't good enough

So if you see me
and I'm tipsy
and I smell
just like a chimney
let me be
this tipsy chimney
loves that stuff

SPRING IS HERE

2010-02-27T23:00:00.003-08:00

METALLING

2010-02-22T21:00:00.003-08:00

They try and catch your attention

with the hooks in their faces

seeking metal detection

stapled flesh in strange places

It all starts with the ears

little lobes decorated

then into a parents worst fears

genitals perforated

GREENER IS GREEN

2010-02-15T10:25:00.003-08:00

Not as pretty

as someone prettier

Not as hot

as someone hotter

Leave a love

for another lover

I can't have both

why would I bother

AN UGLY REFLECTION

2010-02-15T10:21:00.005-08:00

I stare into a mirror

and reflect on

what it has to show

I see a man

that's getting old

I see a boy

that doesn't grow

A PICNIC WITH YOU

2010-01-23T14:37:00.005-08:00

Lets fill a thermos

with warm thoughts

go and find a quiet spot

and spend some time

sipping on each others mind

I'M A DADDY

2010-01-23T14:32:00.007-08:00

On the toilet

I give birth

the two proud parents

me and mother earth

a book in hand

cause I get bored

a quick flush

cuts

the umbilical cord

DECEMBER 22ND 2009

2010-01-21T21:42:00.007-08:00

I'm at my own funeral

It's the end of the line

"YOU'RE HAVING A BAD TRIP"

Why are we here? Why is it mine?

"REMEMBER, WE ATE ALL THOSE SHROOMS"

Unknown Dark Living Room

Wait a minute...

coming down...

feeling fine.

GOOD AT NOTHING

2010-01-10T10:55:00.008-08:00

Will I ever be good at anything at all

so far there is nothing I can easily recall

my shoelaces come undone

still haven't figured out that one

I'll just stay down,

the next time I trip and fall

MY KITCHEN IS DEPRESSING

2010-01-08T06:37:00.007-08:00

The lights are bright

The clocks hands are moving

The fridge is running

The fan is breathing down my neck

and I

just sit

here

depressed by busy

inanimate

objects

LEOTARDS AND GIRLFRIENDS

2010-01-05T23:18:00.008-08:00

Leotard legs dangle

from the warm balloons

under your coat

eyes refuse to look away

nostrils catch candy

from your pretty float

you are a vision

undressed with my poor vision

never brought back to where I rest

and that's probably for the best

cause I got a girlfriend

a girlfriend

She doesn't have leotards like you

but that's OK

it's OK

MUSH ON

2009-12-31T15:37:00.005-08:00

My mind has been spinning

The past in a blender

Chunks of my life mixing

Getting hard to remember

I BITE MY TONGUE

2009-12-31T15:35:00.005-08:00

Their words dynamite

in the mine of my mind

bring up things to the mouth

that ears don't like to find

THANKS MOM

2009-12-31T15:33:00.011-08:00

"Save your fingers." she says,

as I chew on another.

I can not feed on myself,

while I sit next to my mother.

KINDA CREEPY

2009-12-31T15:28:00.009-08:00

My thoughts are of us

You don't know who we are
We just made love on a bus
Said the creep from afar

AGING WHORE

2009-12-17T22:49:00.005-08:00

NEGATIVE NANCY

2009-12-17T22:27:00.003-08:00

TIME TO THROW IN THE BOWEL

2009-12-16T22:09:00.003-08:00

BRIS IS A PROBLEM

2009-12-15T22:33:00.006-08:00

A LOVE POEM?

2009-12-15T21:43:00.003-08:00

THE CLASS IS HALF FULL

2009-12-14T23:15:00.004-08:00

GARAGEBAND IS AWESOME

2009-12-09T18:42:00.012-08:00

I've been messing around with Garageband recently, and I thought I'd record myself reading the poems with music. The first one is called Kimberly Clark, it's the name of a company that distributes toilet paper up here. I only recorded the first verse.

If you listen closely you can hear my cat meow after I say "Shitty job"

We meet again

here we are

together

in a dark bathroom stall

I'm here to do

what I got to do

and when I'm done

do what you do

Kimberly Clark

You gotta shitty job

This one is about a guy that lives in a basement suite of an apartment building.

I live in basement suite

one floor just below you

I'd like to go to go upstairs

kick down your door

say "Hi" to you

you live above me

I want you below my waist

While doing laundry

I found a pair of your pink panties

I took them home to use

as a filter for my coffee

you live above me

I want to you below my waist

Why does a woman

make it so hard to get date?

I like to smell

I also like to taste

you live above me

I need you below my waist

DIANE

2009-12-06T23:27:00.006-08:00

WORKING NIGHTS

2009-12-06T23:05:00.002-08:00

I GOT NO LUCK AT ALL

2009-12-03T22:20:00.005-08:00

SHITTY PROMOTIONAL PENS

2009-12-03T21:43:00.003-08:00

A POEM FOR CLAIRE

2009-12-02T21:49:00.003-08:00

HOW TO BE A DELINQUENT IN A JIFFY

2009-12-02T21:47:00.004-08:00

GOOD MORNING

2009-11-30T23:58:00.002-08:00

LAUNDRY DAY

2009-11-30T23:57:00.002-08:00

A DREAMER

2009-11-27T08:04:00.003-08:00

POOR SAM PERKINS

2009-11-25T23:30:00.004-08:00

NEW CUSTOMERS WELCOME

2009-11-25T22:58:00.004-08:00

GET OVER IT

2009-11-25T22:11:00.004-08:00

ARE WE THERE YET?

2009-11-24T22:26:00.006-08:00

INSULTS

2009-11-24T20:59:00.003-08:00

SUMMERTIME

2009-11-24T20:57:00.003-08:00

THE SIGNS OF A CREEP

2009-11-24T00:19:00.004-08:00

I discovered with the last post that these could be better if I added them over top of signs. So I went back and did it to the Slippery Slope poem . I'll probably go back and do it to all of them. I'm going to title the series THE SIGNS OF A CREEP.

PEEING IN POOLS

2009-11-23T23:30:00.004-08:00

I wrote this on the weekend and decided to photoshop it over top of a sign that I grabbed off the internet. I think it looks pretty sweet.

THE FANNY PACK

2009-11-23T22:34:00.002-08:00

A HORSE IS A HORSE

2009-11-23T07:39:00.003-08:00

THURSDAY NIGHT

2009-11-19T21:48:00.004-08:00

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAKE SALES

2009-11-16T17:58:00.004-08:00

POSTING POEMS

2009-11-15T21:03:00.006-08:00

I'm going to start posting poems with some of the doodles. They pop into my head and I enjoy working on them. I came up with this one on the way back from Edmonton today. I saw a woman leaving the grocery store in her pyjamas and from behind It looked like she was sleepwalking.

A SLIPPERY SLOPE

2009-11-12T20:57:00.003-08:00

A SKETCH FROM DRINK AND DRAW

2009-11-11T23:21:00.005-08:00

I drew these two old men at drink in draw last week. They were sitting at the bar for awhile talking about stuff.

ANOTHER 11 SECOND CLUB VIDEO

2009-09-29T00:52:00.005-07:00

I was hoping to get this one done in time but all I have so far is some blocked out poses. I'm going to work on it tomorrow night and see if I can get a bit more done before I submit it on Wednesday.

13. THE SNOOZER

2009-09-27T20:28:00.004-07:00

12. THE READER

2009-09-23T22:18:00.004-07:00

11. THE SLEEPER

2009-09-22T21:21:00.003-07:00

My model went to bed early tonight.

10. THE GAMER

2009-09-21T22:16:00.003-07:00

9. THE SURFER

2009-09-20T21:53:00.002-07:00

I missed a couple of days, we went up to Edmonton to visit my family. I sketched Julie while she checked her mail when we got back home.

8. THE DRINKER

2009-09-17T22:18:00.006-07:00

7. THE GROOMER

2009-09-16T22:08:00.004-07:00