101: Squishy things (featuring Candwich)
So, it’s technically next week. I updated the Adventures in eating section of the blog today!
OK, so squishy things isn’t really a great category, but I had a bunch of things to try and they all seemed particularly soft.
Ever seen a Candwich? Well I ate one, and I’m sure you’re going to want to see that. Also there’s a bunch of marshmallow things over there.
So, go check out me eating some soft squishy things including a PBJ sandwich:
100: Nightreading
Remember when I said last week that next time I “might even make something other than a drawing“?
Here’s a comic.
If this scene seems a bit familiar, maybe you’re remembering this comic from a year ago.
Hey, look at that. 100 posts.
I’d like to thank everyone for stopping by each week. It really means a lot to me to have people who appreciate the dumb things I do. I started the blog because I kept having ideas and not doing anything with them, and I wanted to actually get them out of my head and into the world. What I found is that I really like to do this, and I look forward to it each week.
Something else I’ve found is a great bunch of people from all over the world who enthusiastically spread the word and share my stuff. It’s been almost 2 years now, and having this blog has been the most fun I’ve ever had. Your clicks have launched me to internet superstardom a few times, and your comments always make me happy.
I’ve still got ideas running around my brain, and I have big future plans, so keep coming back. And thank you.
Maybe I should do something special to celebrate.
I know… I’ll make post #101 tomorrow.
99: Still on vacation
In the unlikely event that I would still be without any internet service like last week, I actually scheduled 2 emergency posts. That’s right, I did 3 things 2 weeks ago.
I must warn you. This one is extremely childish. Even moreso that previous attempts. OK, now that that’s out of the way…
Did you ever notice:
Hopefully this observation will fill your next hospital visit with very inappropriate giggling.
Special thanks to Kevin for the idea.
See you next week when I’ll be back on my regular schedule, and might even make something other than a drawing.
98: On vacation
I’m currently on vacation, and if you’re seeing this post, it’s probably because I don’t have an internet connection where I am.
But, rather that leave you something-less this week, I made an emergency post that will display this image of a seagull wearing a suit jacket.
My plan was to post something better before this auto-published, but it looks like I wasn’t able to.
Enjoy:
I apologize for the quality of this post.
97: Ice Capades Commercial
I saw this old commercial the other day (watch it)…
…and 2 things hit me.
The first thing was a hand. Megan slapped me because I had immediately fallen into a deep trance and was buying Ice Capades tickets by the bucketful, killing anyone who stood in my way. That snapped me out of it.
The second thing that hit me, though, was just how effective a commercial that is. I couldn’t stop thinking about Ice Capades for hours. Or at least I couldn’t stop thinking about the words “Ice Capades” repeated over and over in an ever-increasingly-creepier whisper, and that’s pretty much the same thing from a marketing perspective.
I wondered why nobody advertises products this way anymore, and I planned to fix it. So I made this:
…and this:
Do you want to buy cereal or scissors now?
Yes, you do.
96: Snowplows hate dots
An observation:
Earlier in the week, it snowed, and now that the snow is melting away, little dots are appearing in the plow banks.
Hundreds of little dots. Such a clean separation. I’m kind of impressed.
Maybe we can harness this technology and put it to better use:
95: Some animations?
Here’s something I made from some stock photography.
Before:
Boring
The more I looked at this photo, the more it became apparent that it needed to be animated.
After:
Much better.
That was fun, so I decided to make a harder one. Let’s try hair:
Let that be a lesson to you about the dangers of resting your chin on your hands.
94: Sheep Comic
Here’s a thing. (click for bigger)
Someone has probably already done this joke (I’m looking at you Gary Larson), but I don’t really want to look it up. So, it’s original to me.
93: Nesting doll family
Happy new year.
I’m in Texas for the holidays.
I’m currently sitting next to my mom on the couch watching Jaws. Neither of us particularly wanted to watch Jaws, but my dad turned it on and fell asleep with the remote. We don’t want to wake him up, because it’s his birthday. So, I figured I could take this time to update the blog. I suppose it’s pretty close to this week’s deadline anyway.
Like I said, it’s my dad’s birthday, and since I didn’t have a lot time for handmade gifts, the guy with 2 gift occasions near Christmas gets the good one. Here’s what he got this year.
That’s a Russian nesting doll with his face on it. His big, pink face. My dad takes pictures while talking. All his pictures are in mid-word, so this doll is too. Also, he is wearing Zubaz pants, because he once bought 4 pairs and wore only them while he was at home.
Inside the first doll is one that kind of looks like my mom. It’s hard to make flattering portraiture on bowling-pin-shaped pieces. And I made these all from memory, so I accidentally gave her a haircut from about a decade ago.
Now the punchline is coming up, so I must explain. These are arranged in order of age, and I have younger twin brothers. So next is me, then who?
I could easily make the technically younger twin the smaller one, but where’s the fun in that?
Two in one!
I split the smallest piece in half, length-wise and painted each half like a different brother. Problem solved!
And here’s a picture of the whole family.
If your interested in the process, I made these all with Sharpie oil paint markers, They’re pretty decent for this kind of work. I just get red, blue, yellow, white, and black and mix them on the surface as I go.
The bodies are from a set of nesting Santas. I sanded a few down, but then I figured out that I didn’t need to, so I just painted over them.
Goodnight, Happy 2012, and see ya next week!
92: Holiday preparations
I’m currently flying high over you right now. Well, maybe I am. If you live between Seattle and Dallas, and are reading this blog post within a few hours of its publishing. So, I’m probably not flying over you right now, actually.
Anyway, I was busy all week working and making plans for travel and holidays, so I didn’t do much I can share. I made a few gifts, but the recipients read the blog, so that’ll come later. I can however, show you what I did last night:
Yep. Gift wrapping.
(thanks to gifsofpopularrappers.tumblr.com for the original image)
I went with a classy black paper this year, and shiny ribbons.
Megan was shipping her presents this year, so she devised a cool way to spruce up the boring old box.
Nothing at first, but when you open it…
BOOM! Christmas explosion!
Well, that’s it for this week. I’ll tell you what’s inside next time.
