Chill be gone

Just a little something to bid winter goodbye...

Another club girl

A variation on my isometric club girl...

Isometric cuties!

More isometric characters, variations on the theme!

Doggies in isometric view

I've wrapped up some isometric characters I've been working on for a while, here are my puppies...

Rural ramblings

Had these sketches sitting around mostly done for a while now. I finally had a chance to throw some color on them...

Onward to APE!

I've been neglecting this blog for a while, as I've been tied up with a freelance project. I just wanted to mention that this weekend I'll be at San Francisco's (apparently only) comics convention, APE! APE opens at 11:00AM Saturday Oct. 13th and Sunday Oct 14th in the Concourse Expo center in SOMA. I'll be selling my wares at Booth #765, near the entrance on the upper level. I'm looking forward to seeing both old and new friends, especially since I probably won't be exhibiting at WonderCon next year, since it's going to be in Anaheim again. What can I say, I'm a Bay Area kind of guy!

As always, if you can't make it to the Con, but would like to buy some of my tees, stickers or art prints, you can visit my Funkybat Store online at http://funkybat.bigcartel.com/

Hope to see you this weekend!

Meet the Working Girls...

It's been a while since I've posted anything, so let me share a few of my pinups, which previously have only been available at WonderCon or APE.

Meet the Working Girls: They all have less-than-glamorous jobs, but look good in spite of (or because of?) it!

There's the sassy postgirl...

...the brassy telephone line repairgirl...

and the darling diner waitress!

More kooky cuties to come in the near future!

Going with the Floe...

About time I posted something (been sick in bed most of the week.) I've been working on a few odds and ends, including a splash screen test for a mobile gaming company. Not sure if it'll lead to an offer, but I like how it came out!

(Never mind that yetis and penguins are unlikely to cross paths for a multitude of reasons...)

Sayonara to the Space Shuttle

Today was the final launch of the Space Shuttle. As shuttle Atlantis rose into the cloudy Florida sky, the line of continuity from the earliest days of the NASA also came to a close. It saddens me that, try as I might, I never got to see a Space Shuttle take off, though it was a great experience to tour the Kennedy Space Center and see the shuttle, tank and booster rockets mounted at the launch pad.

The Space Shuttle was new & exciting when I was a little kid, it was to be the "next step" after the Apollo moon missions. I was intrigued by all things aviation and rocket-related, and was excited by Space Shuttle missions even after the tragedy of Challenger. The Space Shuttle, the Hubble telescope, the Mars rovers, it was and remains today amazing to me what we've managed to achieve.

I understand that the shuttle is outdated, and that with the space station complete, it's usefulness is outweighed by its cost. I hope that NASA doesn't give up on reaching the Moon again or Mars within my lifetime. The delay in developing a next-generation craft, or a clear mission plan, worries me. But even with all of the crises America and the world are facing today, I believe it's important to humanity to continue to explore space and other moons, asteroids, planets, and beyond. Even if it stayed in Earth orbit, the Space Shuttle represented to me the commitment to exploration and adaptation to living in space that is vital as we all advance into our future.

(My illustration above was done to commemorate the true story of a small bat that latched itself onto the tank of the Shuttle Discovery as it took of on a mission in 2009. He hung on as the Shuttle launched, as long as the camera was able to track him!)

Rainy days...

Today seems like a good time to post one of my newest illustrations, seeing as how "winter" seems to have made a comeback in the middle of May here in S.F. Hoping all this drizzle burns away soon, I hate having to remember my umbrella!