It’s hard to get a photo with my son,JT, but I FINALLY grabbed him in a pose with me last night, and Scott had a chance to use the the New Flash I bought him for his high-tech camera!

Quite a busy weekend for me and I only took my camera to one event, but had the pleasures of working with Debbie Schafer at the one! She is so much fun to work aside and so talented and strikingly beautiful! Here are 2 from that evening!
The girl with gorgeous gown was the sis of the Bar-Mitzvah boy,Ari, so I was instructed, by parents, to hand her a color drawing.

Here is my “pal Pag” or should I say “Pag pal” on the last night at NCN Convention.
Pag hung out with me and we had some good laughs and tried to stay awake with many trips to Starbucks!

Besides doodling cartoons, I am a licensed SEO! What is an SEO? Most people would respond to me with “You do what that Ed Norton guy does on Honeymooners, right?” ha ha
SEO stands for Sewage Enforcement Officer. Sounds important, huh? Well we are the guys who can lay out a septic system for your purchased lot or help you with a new crap system, if your old one blows - heh heh.
Hy husband calls me “Shits & Giggles,” since I draw cartoons and I have my hands on crap, sorta speak!
Last week, after I returned home, from Florida, (at midnight), I had to show up for an Advanced Soil Class bright and early the next day for a 2 day Soil class and testing in West Chester (near Philly). The 2 days consist of classroom book studies, feeling and describing soil (DIRT! - oops I said the nasty word!) and jumping in probe holes, in fields, to read the horizons in soil!
Yeah, I know you are all jealous of me, cuz I know my shit- bwahahah. The class was very hard and I’m crossing my soily fingers that I passed my test. I won’t know for a few weeks!
I had so much fun reuniting with my SEO friends Paul, Frank and Kelly!! They keep me laughing and make the class worth attending! Plus, I have fun doodling the Soil Scientist instructors!
Good luck to you guys on passing test, too!!!

Here is Jan using my Cintiq to draw me at the NCN convention.
Love it Jan!

I love the show “House” and always wanted to draw Dr House, but never seemed to find the time with my very busy schedule. On my flight home to PA, from Florida, (after staying for a cruise and vacation from Con) I started to doodle him out on my Pad! Here are my results!

At the NCN convention, I had the honors of artist’s Jan Op De Beeck and Lar deSouza
sketch me on my Cintiq tablet!
I really love them! Thank you!!!
Jan, I wish I could have looked over your shoulder on this one!

Also, Lar had taught me a few lessons with coloring in Photoshop! Great lessons Lar and I will definitely fly with what you taught me, in that short amount of time!
Thanks again!

Here are some projects I created on my Cintiq Tablet at the Florida Caricature Convention. I did NOT like the way I did Marlos’ red hair, but I was running out of competition time and decided to work on other projects I found to have more personality and creativeness! Plus the colors did not match, when printed. Pretty drab looking, huh?… Oh well!
I could have made Court’s 5 o’clock shadow with an opacity solid grey, instead of the smudgy stippling.
My take on Tad, from using Painter, (a program I am still trying to learn and acomplish) was a different approach and I really like it!
Paul Gaunt loved my creative piece on him and he even explained as to why, in detail. People like Paul, who show much repect and appreciation for your hard work, are the ones who score high in my book, and I will remember this forever! Thanks Paul! You’re the man!!!
My composite is the one I worked on most, and I feel I should have separated everyone as a B&W piece, because I feel ALL that time and energy got lost with many judging eyes on competition day. You learn from all your mistakes. Better luck next time and BACK to the drawing board! ha ha
I had so much fun and this was my BEST convention, so far!!!

WOW! I had so much ENERGY & FUN at the NCN CON this year, and once again, learned SOOO much and met many new artist friends!! Speaking of friends, here are some crazy imac photos with me and others, including Roger and Eric!!
I am STILL in Florida, as I am writing blog, but will return to much caricature work waiting at home for me to attack!
Can’t wait to draw, draw, draw and work on my future project!!!
More info and photos to come soon!!!!!