Midnight Escape

Well, I did this as a sketch over a week ago and finally got around to PhotoShopping it. I'm calling it done for now. (haven't had time to tweak anything yet) I won't have time to revisit it for a week or so. So, if anyone has any critiques, please feel free to share them. ^,^

On another note, Catherine just realized that we've had our blogs for exactly a year now (on our half birthday!)

*Update- 10-5-07: I tweaked that foot. ;)

Midnight Reading

Comic books are great- I've recently been enjoying The Spirit.

more stuff

This old man was hobbling down the grocery store to his wife yesterday.



It was about time for a new icon. So, I did this yesterday.
It's more or less what I look like ;)

more sketches

Gorilla

A group of us were at Lincoln Park Zoo this afternoon sketching animals. I was sketching a very large gorilla a few feet away on the other side of the glass. She turned her head and looked at me sketching her. Then she turned around and sat right in front of me, head resting in her hands, staring at me through the glass, perfectly still. Soon, the rest of our sketch group gathered around and we attracted a crowd. Only the gorilla's eyes moved as a crowd quickly formed around us. It was soooo cool! Unfortunately, I get nervous when people are around me when I'm trying to draw, so this is all I got before she left.

We're probably going back to the zoo next Friday if anyone's interested. Though, I can't promise I can make a gorilla pose like that again. Sorry! ;)

Secret Identity Busted

Lois FINALLY figures it out!!!

(sheesh! about time...)

Back 2 School

it's always sad to see kids going back to school...

:(

Fairy

Here's a fairy caught in the spotlight.

Look! It's Mike Kunkel!

Wow! Look who we found at Wizard World:

MIKE KUNKEL!!!

That was sooooo cool and unexpected!!! (Thanks Bob for telling us he was there! and thanks for that great sketch too!) He's the creative genius behind Herobear and the Kid.

We bought the only cheap drawing of his.
We also bought the last stuffed Hero Bear! (sorry kids!) ^.^

Oh, also at Wizard World, we bought a sketchbook of Subway Sketches. It's really cool! And it was nice to see Stephen Silver there too!

Comic-Con- part 6 (end)

Sunday, July 29th-

Sunday was our last day to run around San Diego- but, oh NO!!! We realized we hadn't really seen much of California yet cuz we were geeking out at Comic-Con! So we went to Balaboa Park for a few hours. It wasn't nearly the amount of time we needed, so we ran around gawked at things and took photos of anything remotly interesting, wondering why the camera kept dying... Here are some of the results:

Soon after we entered the park, we heard music drifting through the trees, beckoning the tourists to it's source.

It turned out it was a soft-spoken British woman playing a GIANT organ.

After playing a few songs, she played one from Star Wars! It was cool! We were back to geeking out. I'd post the video here, but I don't want to violate any copywrite laws. ;)

Then, we headed back to the convention center for another hour and we were all kicked out when Comic-Con officially closed Sunday night. I felt like the paparatzi with my camera tying to get any last shots of interesting costumes coming out. Didn't see too many, but I managed to get this:

A whole group us us from Chicago went out to supper one last time in beautiful California. Catherine & I had to sneak back into the bed & breakfast with our key that night. (actually, we had to do that every night.)

Well, that ends my nerdy Comic-Con blogging. (We flew back home Monday.) Sorry to bore you with all these pictures. Can't wait to go back next year! Let's hope! ^.^

Wonder Woman Fan- Colored

color!