propagate

SocMo likes to propagate dandelions in the spring.

I woke up early today and as I was lying in bed this idea came to me for the Illustration Friday word. I didn't have much time to spend on the illustration, so once again I dashed out a quick image and slapped it up here. Gotta get busy now with the rest of my day...

adrift

After an unfortunate accident while lighting a gas grill,
SocMo found himself ADRIFT in space.

olympics

SocMo is getting psyched up for the Winter Olympics!

muddy

The record snowfall melted away leaving a MUDDY mess, but SocMo quickly adapted by making a mudman.

We had snow on the ground for a whole week! That hasn't happened here for many years. It finally melted and we got 4 inches of rain to wash it away. We now have extreme sogginess.

After I penciled up this idea and scanned it, my problem became "How do you make something look like mud?" My only plan was to make it brownish and shiny. I played around with it for a while in Photoshop and at some point decided the mud needed more color. So I introduced a bit of color which made the mud a bit more interesting. As usual, at some point I get tired of messing with it all and pull the plug. And post it. So there you go.

focused

When SocMo is FOCUSED on texting, bad things always happen to him.

I heard some science guys explain how multi-tasking is an illusion. We think we can do many things at once, but our brain can only focus on one thing at a time. It has to jump back and forth. This is very obvious to me when I try to read something in the paper while watching TV. When I read a headline, I totally miss what is being said on TV. And when I am listening to what is said on TV, I can't read the paper. Duh. The little old brain can't do both at the same time.

Just about every time I am annoyed by someone's driving... they sit at a green light too long, or drive reeeeeally slowly, I notice that they are using a phone. I know everyone thinks they can talk and drive at the same time, but I think we should really be FOCUSED on guiding that mass of steel we are propelling along the highway. Drive now... talk later.

OK... I'll get down from my soapbox now... I gotta pull a friend out of a manhole...

CLUMSY

"Clumsy" is the Illustration Friday word of the week, which reminds me of the time SocMo was taking his pet goldfish for a walk... and fell down the stairs. SocMo may be clumsy, but he has excellent juggling skills. Good thing. Nothing was broken but the eggs SocMo was carrying in his pocket.