Studying for finals this morning. Wish me luck!

Hopefully this looks unpleasant. And kinda stinky.

I’m going to be sad if it looks cute.

Apparently a pig’s head on sharp stick is one of the central images of the novel Lord of the Flies. I say apparently because I haven’t read the book. I managed to make it through high school without having it assigned to me and, being a Computer Programming major, I don’t expect to encounter it during my college career. It has a reputation of being a literary classic with themes of revolving around the inherent savagery of men or some such. It’s possible that I’d enjoy the book because the threat of having to write an essay about it afterward won’t be hanging over my head. Fortunately I’ve got so many less reputable books ahead of it on my reading list that I may never have to worry about it.

With added color it’s clear that this Raggedy fellow isn’t directly related to Ann or Andy. Any suggestions for a name?

I love the look of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. They seem like they were and would be fun to draw. I have not, however, read any of the books or seen the movie musical so I have no idea whether I’d actually enjoy the characters themselves.

This is neither Ann nor Andy. He is a little Raggedy though.

Rush, rush. Finals coming up. Christmas shopping to do. Illustrations to finish. Hope all is well for you!

Busy day today so this piece is presented without comment. Feel free to leave yours.

Hmmm. I didn’t notice until I started posting these but I seem to have used purple as a background color an awful lot. I wonder if I’m going to need to change than when I finally assemble these into banner illustrations for Skookworks?

The older I get the easier it’s becoming for me to do simple drawings. I’m currently working on a series of illustrations that require a dip pen and lots of cross hatching and I keep thinking how much faster it would be to ink them with a brush.

This fellow isn’t based on any specific species of monkey. I was thinking about the Japanese macaques that I’ve seen in photos beach combing and taking saunas in hot springs so he looks somewhat like one of those. This guy looks like he could use a sauna.