I sent this card to my friend Ninnah. Ninnah and I have known each other since seventh grade. Like I’ve said (I think) I did most of the cards without thinking of who might receive them. I only thought about matching illustration to recipient once they were done. Ninnah has three sons. Somehow this seemed appropriate.

And …. color!

This card went to Maya and Terra, two more friends of mine who also don’t have websites. Nothing wrong with that.

And here is yesterday’s gentleman (and his cigar) after color has been added to his world. He seems unfazed.

This was one of the cards I’d feared wouldn’t be delivered because I’d failed to put enough postage on it. Glenn tells me it arrived just fine.

For the most part I did all the drawings without thinking who I might send them to. There should have been about forty. They were no longer in the pack that they’d originally came in. I’ve got 21 colored. I’m tempted to run both the black and white and the color versions in the same post but … patience. I’m currently in the process of inking the rest of them. Tomorrow I need to go get some new cards. I’ve gotten a special request and I no longer have any blank cards on which to draw.

And here’s the color version of the vampire.

This card went to my friend Jonathan down in LA. Despite being involved in the film industry he doesn’t seem to be nearly as narcissistic as I am – the only evidence of him I can find online is an IMDB profile that I’m not 100% sure is actually his. I’ll have to look around and see if I can find anything else.

This was one of the most satisfying illustrations I’ve done in a long time. I finished coloring it and thought, “Hmmm, that looks pretty good.”

It’s not that it’s better than previous drawings (or drawings to come). It’s that it turned out better than I expected, more quickly than I expected. These postcard illustrations are being done for communication and practice. The communication happens by mailing them. The practice happens in the drawing and coloring. I’ve gotten a lot of practice drawing over the years. Not so much practice drawing in color. This was the first color drawing I did where I tossed on the color like I knew what I was doing. Satisfying!

This postcard went to my friend Sin who, as far as I know, has no webpage for me to link to. How twentieth century of her.

And here’s the color version.