Hobo art challenge number 4

770 Bob Brain-in-a-jar, the Bodiless 'Bo
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

This time, hobo # 770 Bob Brain-in-a-jar, the Bodiless 'Bo was chosen for interested parties to illustrate. This is mine. To see the others, click here please.

Happy Halloween (again)

J is for Jack-o-lantern
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

I might have a few posts throughout the day. It only comes once a year, you know.
This is from my alphabet of monsters.

Hally Happoween!

Jack again
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

May all your candy be sweet.

flickr

20060925 White Sands National Monument, New Mexico 017
Originally uploaded by gakout.

One of the nice things about flickr is the "everyone's photos" stream that shows up on the main page when you log in. I love it when beautiful photos from complete strangers pop up.
Check out the rest of this person's set, there are some nice shots.

170 Redball Charlie Dickens
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

I gotta say, half the fun of the 700 hoboes project is all of the interesting real facts I am learning along the way (as opposed to the made up facts in Hodgman's book, which are equally interesting, but for different reasons).
The term "red ball" appears on the list a couple times and can have applicable meaning to hobodom:
a) US route 218 was nicknamed the Red Ball Route when it was being built in 1913.
b) Red ball is also railroad parlance for express delivery.
c) The red ball express was the nickname of a european supply train which opened up shortly after D-Day.
(c is actually disqualified from applicability due to the fact that the hoboes had disappeared from the earth a few years prior to D-Day, as anyone who has read Mr. Hodgman's book will remember.)
I chose to go with a.

Halloween Dream

Contest entry
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

This is my entry in the Halloween themed contest over on Animation Nation.
Pleasant dreams!

Have a nice brain!

Happy Zombie
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Here's a little something I painted today. You can even attempt to buy it if you are so inclined.

Illustration Friday: Smitten

499 Loving Vincent Hugsalot
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Here's my latest submission to Illustration Friday. Who am I to keep the worlds of IF and 700 hoboes apart?
The theme was "smitten" by the way.

My fellow participants in the 700 hobo projects have banded together to draw the same hobo from John Hodgman's list. In this case, number 550: "Douglas, the Future of Hoboing" was chosen. This is my entry and the other results can be seen here.

The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs, pg 69
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

...as illustrated by Richard Scarry. Click on the picture and visit the set on my flickr stream.

What's wrong with this picture?

What's wrong with this picture
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

This is the black and white version of a color illustration over on my main site. I think I like it better this way. Click on it to see all the funny notes people have added to it on flickr.

350 down, 350 to go.

245 Diego the Spark-Spitter
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

I hit the 350 point last week and failed to mention it here. Probably because I do more posing on flickr than I do on this blog. Anyway, here are all of my entries in the 700 Hoboes Project in one convenient location, warts and all.

September 11

5 years gone
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

I drew this shortly after my first visit to New York City in 1998.

Islands of Adventure Alphabet

a
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Our Labor Day visit to Universal Studios Islands of Adventure included an attempt to photograph the entire alphabet as represented on the signage and decorations. Q is the hardest to find.

84 Mickey the Assistant Manager

84 Mickey the Assistant Manager
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

My latest hobo in the 700 Hoboes Project is also a submission to this site, where you can vote on it for some reason. There are no prizes involved.

Today is George Herriman's Birthday

Today is George Herriman's Birthday
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

On August 22, 1880 the greatest cartoonist in the history of time and space was born in New Orleans.

Harpie shirt

Harpie shirt
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

The "Alphabet of Monsters" project is slowly becoming available on t-shirts here.
Wear at your own risk.

It looks like the designs work best on the dark shirts or plain white. I'll let you be the judge though. You can even customize them with glib sayings! What's not to love?

I've been interviewed via some sort of pod connected to a jawbone. I don't quite understand the whole process, but you can hear my "made for silent movies" voice at jawboneradio.com. Show number 125, which is ironic because 125 is a very wonderful number.
Thanks Len!

Happy 100th Friz.

Happy 100th Friz.
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Today is the 100th birthday of Friz Freleng. Read more about it here from a nice variety of sources.
This caricature of him in his dapper days is my tribute. Every time I draw a bulbous nose or tiny tiny feet on a character, it's Friz.
My wife is an equally ardent fan of Mr. Freleng's cartoons. I asked her for her thoughts on this occasion. She said he was a cute old man.
True that.

The 1 hour alphabet

Y is for Yoda
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Here's a little project I undertook last night. I drew and colored an alphabet of drawings in the space of an hour.