Author Archives: doodlehoose

The Wheat and the chaff

Posted on August 8, 2011 by doodlehoose

Jesus told a parable (an illustrating story) about a farmer that spreads his wheat seeds on different types of ground. The wheat that lands on the path is trampled and doesn’t grow at all. The wheat that lands on the … Continue reading →

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A long time ago…

Posted on August 1, 2011 by doodlehoose

This week is going back to the theme of strong women. This was a drawing based on a Princess Leia costume. The background was snagged from an image online and significantly altered with Illustrator live trace and Photoshop filters. I … Continue reading →

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Don’t drive angry

Posted on July 25, 2011 by doodlehoose

Groundhog’s day is one of my favorite movies. I think that it’s perhaps Bill Murray’s greatest, although he is pretty brilliant in Zombieland. In the extras on the DVD the creators said that one of the points of the film … Continue reading →

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When you can’t run, you crawl

Posted on July 18, 2011 by doodlehoose

When you can’t run, you crawl and when you can’t crawl you find someone to carry you.  A great line from a great series. This drawing is inspired by a character in the series Firefly. The quote is from the … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Superheroes

Posted on July 11, 2011 by doodlehoose

Here I am back at Superman. This week’s post was inspired by a graphic novel that I just took out of the library that teams up Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. I started my warm ups with a couple of … Continue reading →

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Spooooooon

Posted on July 4, 2011 by doodlehoose

In the midst of the wild variety of sketch cards I did for last week’s blog I placed one sketch of myself as The Tick. That was the card that got the most responses and it inspired me to do … Continue reading →

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Artist Card Fever

Posted on June 27, 2011 by doodlehoose

This week is a sketch card extravaganza. I’ve been seeing sketch cards for a while now, but I wasn’t quite sure what they were. I recently became aware of two different kinds of sketch cards. There are original artists trading … Continue reading →

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You’re only as good as your reference

Posted on June 20, 2011 by doodlehoose

During one of my classes at the Art Institute of Philadelphia the professor said, “You’re only as good as your reference.” Trusting student that I was, I immediately began challenging the statement in my mind. I had seen many fellow … Continue reading →

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A post by any other name

Posted on June 13, 2011 by doodlehoose

Today’s post is brought to you by Cracked Magazine, but not really. One of my friends is both an avid fan of Cracked and the wiki world community (he likes to write encyclopedias). He commissioned me to create a drawing … Continue reading →

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Mjolnir- for those hard to reach places

Posted on June 6, 2011 by doodlehoose

Some times you just have to go back to go forward. Thor has been in the news a lot recently and though I dabbled with the Marvel title during my teen years, it was really the original mythology that captured … Continue reading →

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