Subsisting on caffeine and kitten giggles

. . . and the latter of the two are fairly hard to come by, so I'm pretty tired.
The weekend is here and I'm going to be baking pies. You can't be mad or stressed (or any other negative emotion) when you bake a pie. It's just not possible.
The only food related piece I have is a shirt from last year, rendered for my good friend Steve.

Picamas was our "hotsauce of choice" when traveling around Guatemala. It was green and opaque, and looked a lot like Ninja Turtle ooze, but it was also delicious. We joked about going to the factory where it's produced (wherever that may be), and picking up a shirt for Steve, but we never did, so I made one with fabric markers. The picture is just what's on the label.

Best. Tent buddy. Ever.

Now back to work, and daydreaming of desserts.

Legos are the building blocks of my childhood

Here's a stop-animation I made 4 years ago over the summer. I used Legos and a little bit of MSPaint, and it all took around 2 weeks to put together. I've wanted to animate more but the time investment is a bit much for my current lifestyle. That and I didn't lug all of my Legos down to Arkansas.

This video is set to a great Johnny Cash song which warns of the dangers of mixing politics with . . . well really with Anything else.

Enjoy

My family just got bigger

I want to wish the warmest of congratulations to my sister Elise and my new brother in law Jonathan. I just got back from their lovely wedding where amazing food, company, and dancing were in abundance. It's gems of comfort like this that really fuel you through the year. =)

All that I have to post that is slightly relevant are some sketches from the bike-trip in Tuscany I went on with them several months ago:

The first is a wishing well from a courtyard in San Gimignano.
The second is a low angle shot of an arched walk way in the same town.

The last one (below) is the top of the Duomo di Siena as seen from across town.

 

Each sketch was done in a couple of hours with mechanical pencil on heavy acid-free paper . . . if it matters. Please click the photos so you can see them full size; they look much better that way. This is true for everything I post on this blog.