Daeth by Dislexya

The year was 2008.  Fidel Castro announces he's far too old and stringy to dictate anybody anymore. Michael Phelps was stealing lots of gold or whatever and the Large Hadron Collider finally defeated the sun in an epic space laser battle.  

Or something like that.  I kind of remember the headlines, but back then I'd vowed never to click a link.

If my memories are indeed correct, the most important thing that happened in 2008 wasn't Obama Slip n' Sliding past McCain through the White House doors, it was the arrival of Daeth By Dislexya - my first foray into animation. 

It is not animated well, to be sure.  I was taking a wild stab at it with absolutely no training whatsoever.  But it is still quite funny if you ask me or my mother.  Take a gander.  Then take another gander - my view count is surprisingly low:

Once in a great while I'll get a hankering to see insects on parade. There's not a lot of places you can go for something like that. It's only been seen in the wild once since records have been kept. It was in 2006 and exclusively for Vladamir Putin's amusement.

Communist bugs live to perform.

My dummy book has two completed(ish) pages. The first is Momma squirrel riding a chicken up there.  The second is this;

Of course there's an edge of your seat dialogue page that goes along with it. I made everything rhyme with 'President Putin.' Kids are gonna love it!

It should be noted that my book has far less hammer & sickle innuendo than I've lead on.

Sorry for the delay. My wife needed the internet.

Well internet, it's nice to see you again.  I've heard your pleas and middle of the night pipe pounding...that was you, right?  At least I hope it was you banging on our plumbing. Either that or the X-Files tapeworm guy is nesting deep down in our toilet.

X-Files Tapeworm Guy

Just in case - we're installing urinals.  It feels wise to see it coming.  You can jump back and whatnot.

In non-bathroom news, the book is going swimmingly.  The roughs are basically drawn up.  I wanted to have two completed pics in there somewhere.  One is finished so far - and it features a tame chicken!

My main beef with Braveheart has always 

been the glaring lack of chicken riding.

Whether it's actually a final image I don't know. It may just need a touch of fog manipulating.  It may also need a kilted tapeworm guy back there waiving an angry stick.  Unfortunately, he looks very hard to draw.

A group of squirrels is called a butt-load of squirrels

I've got a pretty great idea floating around my head for my next attempt at a kids picture book - but it heavily involves drawing squirrels.  Apparently I've never put pencil to paper to etch out a squirrel because my first attempts looked like they were drawn by someone simultaneously holding three plump watermelons and a foaming cat.

See what I mean?

It's not very good.  Then suddenly - evolution!

Look at that!  Now that's a mother squirrel! Long, slender, motherly arms, a tail that looks like an exploded giant marshmallow covered in dead pine needles. Top it off with an apron to give her a sense of not being naked. Perfect!

But it's not though. Almost immediately after the celebratory high fives I realized it wasn't what I had in my head.  This one looks more like a furry person exploding a large cloud of fart.  No, no that wouldn't do.

And then - this:

There we go.  Looser. Lighter. Better.

Now to master giraffes.

The Compromise

What happens when you draw dragons for your new boy's room but your wife was thinking cowboys? DRAGON COWBOY!

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Pictures for Georgie

Little Lindseth #3 is due in a week. Exciting, right?  I've drawn a few pics to put on his wall - and the theme is....DRAGONS! Here's #1!  Check out the grass in the shadow.  I did that.  I did all of that.