tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18526554136377908382011-07-14T15:17:02.861-07:00d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-83135549502358277072009-12-23T09:40:00.000-08:002009-12-24T11:23:32.957-08:00My wife loves the Christmas novelty song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" performed by Gayla Peevey in 1953 or otherwise known as that song from the Telus commercial.<br /><br />So it is Christmas and I decided to do a study of the Hippopotamus.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1djBnQjbbxo/SzO-0H3UdaI/AAAAAAAAClM/18N39CDeZu4/s1600-h/hippo.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1djBnQjbbxo/SzO-0H3UdaI/AAAAAAAAClM/18N39CDeZu4/s400/hippo.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418884579330389410" /></a><br /><br />Male hippos don't stop growing throughout their life and can reach a weight of 7,000 pounds and a length of 17 feet. Wow.<br /><br />Merry Christmas<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-8313554950235827707?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-69341370116816779352009-06-11T18:11:00.000-07:002009-06-11T18:14:42.790-07:00Here is my entry for Friday Illustration, I have until tonight to post it. The topic is Craving, so I kind of wanted a Tim Horton's coffee and donut.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/cravingfi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 387px;" src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/cravingfi.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-6934137011681677935?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-29258146548277837102009-06-10T09:01:00.000-07:002009-06-10T09:08:21.052-07:00A pencil rendering I did of some lips. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/alima-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 165px;" src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/alima-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-2925814654827783710?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-74750372501190442612009-06-05T09:55:00.000-07:002009-06-05T10:00:09.863-07:00Here is a drawing game I started, inspired by Sesame Street. It is the "Which one of these this doesn't belong" game. Which thing doesn't belong?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/monitors.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 463px;" src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/monitors.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-7475037250119044261?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-13850738293438824492009-06-05T09:47:00.000-07:002009-06-05T09:55:31.689-07:00I received a cool gift for my birthday last month, six individual international beers. So on a hot day, like today, I can tour the world. Very cool. Here is the first beer I tried, it is called Raltika. It is a malt beer from Russia and it tasted really good, no hints of radiation. I kid... apparently it is brewed in St. Petersburg and is the most popular beer in Russia, at least that's what the label says. My wife says it tastes like Kingfisher, a beer from India. <br /><br />I rate it as: 4 of 5.<br /><br />"In Russia, beer drinks you." - Simpsons fans anyone. Alright then.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/baltika.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 514px;" src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/baltika.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-1385073829343882449?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-11708492756616053992009-05-27T09:23:00.000-07:002009-05-27T09:29:27.974-07:00Wolverine's arch enemy drawn for, you guessed it, another Penciljack sketch group. I like the sketch group, I just wish I could find a non-online one in town.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/sabretooth.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 467px;" src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/sabretooth.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-1170849275661605399?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-21916464640347397982009-05-26T20:53:00.000-07:002009-05-26T20:58:01.192-07:00Every Tuesday I make a stir fry. Today I made a mushroom chop suey and it looked so good that I took a picture. It just can't be all drawings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1djBnQjbbxo/Shy5UB41LQI/AAAAAAAACGs/jdD82JZXEe4/s1600-h/stirfry.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1djBnQjbbxo/Shy5UB41LQI/AAAAAAAACGs/jdD82JZXEe4/s320/stirfry.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340347011909889282" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-2191646464034739798?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-59014553548001769042009-05-26T13:20:00.000-07:002009-05-26T13:22:20.024-07:00I don't really know much about the Marvel hero Stingray, but this was for a sketch group at Pencikjack a couple of months ago. Enjoy<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/stingray.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 489px; height: 640px;" src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/stingray.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-5901455354800176904?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-29887426787862257512009-05-25T22:06:00.000-07:002009-05-25T22:38:21.003-07:00Comics and cartoons are actually what got me into drawing and after so many years, I still like to draw those heroes and villians. In fact, I have spent so much time obsessing about drawing comics, that I neglected drawing from life. Drawing from life is something I have started to focus on, but you can bet you will see lots of comic book drawings here. Like this one of Deadpool that I did for a sketchgroup at Penciljack, but was too late to post.<br /><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/dpgolf.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 478px; height: 640px;" src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/daveA-A/dpgolf.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-2988742678786225751?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852655413637790838.post-17097526354689175152009-05-25T21:54:00.000-07:002009-05-25T22:05:35.606-07:00I have joined the blogosphere. I am a hobby artist and a full time System Administrator, so having a sketchblog to combine tech with art is a logical step. What I expect from having a sketchblog is: progression, community, assistance in a learning process, and maybe some recognition. Recognition... I am not that ego driven.<br /><br />I mainly do pencil drawings, but it has been progressing slowly, well in my mind anyway. I am self taught and have been relatively unfocused for a long time, but the passion is there. If I don't draw something I feel a little anxious about it. So, the major, major purpose of this sketchblog is to motivate myself to progress.<br /><br />"However humble we may be, we always need a voice."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1852655413637790838-1709752635468917515?l=version2b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>d.andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09804384567769265921noreply@blogger.com0