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CHANGE

It always takes SocMo 30 minutes to order an ice cream cone because he keeps CHANGing his mind.

It looks like I will not have much time for IlloFriday this week, so I whipped out this idea. Part of it was done while talking on the phone... a bit of multitasking

FARM

SocMo enjoys visiting the FARM... but the animals are always glad to see him leave. Click on picture to ENLARGE... you'll be glad you did!
Illustration Friday is where I tend to experiment with stuff. This week I rediscovered my old, long forgotten Rapidograph pen, and used it on the line work. Then I played around with digital watercolor for the first time. Fun stuff... but I have a LOT to learn here.

the baby!

New Fall Line Up!

As summer fades away, we bid adieu to West Nile mosquitoes and them nasty little ticks. I am hoping to have a bit more time to post fun things here on JONESAPALOOZA. To kick things off, I have put up a brand new header. Let me know what you think of it. Thanks for stopping by... come back often to see what is new. No telling what you will find!

SAFE

When SocMo eats spaghetti... nobody is SAFE!

RUN

SocMo RUNs his best with the right motivation

MATCH

SocMo easily won his tennis MATCH thanks to his prehensile tail.

PLAY

SocMo was banned from the PLAYground after he was accused of using jump-rope enhancing drugs...

have a BEN DAY!

Got inspired by a tutorial I saw here: www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/212102444/ and did this smiley carrot.

CAPTURE

How does SocMo CAPTURE an elephant? He looks at him through the wrong end of his binoculars, then picks him up with tweezers and puts him in a jar!

CLEAN

Q. Why did the robber take a bath?
A. He wanted to make a CLEAN get away...

RAIN

SocMo loves to pretend he is Gene Kelly, and reinact the famous "Singing in the RAIN" scene.

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I am bummed! After having done a great job coloring this in Photoshop, I was messing with filters to get a cool rain effect... and Photoshop crashed! A VERY rare occurance for me. Lost everything. I decided to rescan the line art and post that anyway. If I come up with some time I may try to add color again... who knows. Alas... these are the perils of working digitally. (sigh) Gotta remember to save early and save often. :o)

Singing in the Rain is one of our most favorite movies of all time. If you have never seen it... or it has been a while since you have seen it... go get it and watch it. The best musical ever! Really! Donald O'Connor doing the "Make 'em Laugh" number is a great bit of fun cinema. He looks a lot like SocMo!

DANCE

Inspired by the classic Calvin and Hobbes.

PORTRAIT

SocMona Lisa... a little Photoshop fun...

SORRY

SocMo is going on vacation for a few days, so he won't be around to entertain you... SORRY.
He did see the new movie "Over the Hedge" and really liked it. I think the adults laughed more during the movie than the kids did. It is very entertaining and fun. SocMo would give it two thumbs up... if he had thumbs... and knew which way was up...

devil/angel

Flee Flea!

So... the dad was telling his son about God warning Lot that he was going to destroy Sodom. He told Lot to take his wife and flee. Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt. The kid asks... "What happened to the flea?"

FAT

On his last physical exam, the FAT scan found that the only FAT on SocMo's body was located between his ears.

Under the Sea

SocMo was at his favorite dairy bar quaffing chocolate milk when someone slipped something into his drink. When he awoke, he found he had been shanghaied! After traveling 20,000 leagues UNDER THE SEA, SocMo looked out the window and saw that his problems had just begun...

When I first saw Disney's version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, I thought the Nautilus was awesome. I still think it is one cool ship design. I started out just trying to draw the Nautilus. Then I thought I could have SocMo looking out of the window. Later I remembered the great fight scene with the giant squid... and that was added to the picture. Then it was time to make up some plausible story to explain it all.