Stan The Pajama Man

Stan The Pajama Man

Stan, Stan the pajama man,

drifts into his dreams 

whenever he can.

He slips away on his flying catamaran,

to far away places.

Sometimes Iceland.

Sometimes Japan.

And sometimes Neverland.

He can be the captain

of a walking frying pan.

"Onwards!" He'll demand.

"Onwards across the purple sand!"

"Onwards to that castle-cave 

that looks so grand!"

Stan, Stan the pajama man,

wakes from his dreams 

with drool on his pillow sham.

He waits 'til the night falls

to tumble into his magical slumber

all over again.

Lyla of the Leaves

Lyla of the Leaves

Lyla of the leaves, 

dance as you please.
Hang from the branches

and twirl around the trees.

Pirouette with the bees -

But don't be late for your afternoon tea.

A Work in Progress

It's been quite a month. I finished the cover illustration I had been working on, so I feel accomplished in that aspect. On the other hand, I have been absolutely neglecting my own personal work. I started a drawing a couple weeks ago and I just kept staring at it - or rather, it kept staring at me. I have messed with it a little bit more today, so there's that. Also, I cannot believe I haven't even touched my sketchbook in a little over a week! That is just crazy for me. I usually carry it wherever I go because I always feel the absolute need to doodle or write at random parts of the day. I just haven't been getting those "needs" lately. Perhaps my mind is just distracted right now. Anyway, I am happy to have made some progress in this drawing and getting closer to being finished. I feel sort of incomplete if I haven't done any drawing for this long.

Anyway, without further ado, I shall present you with my progress of my current drawing. I had some accidental ink drips on various areas but I'll clean those up later as I finish.

Also, as the drawing develops, so does his story. Stay tuned, guys and gals.

Peculiar Blossom

I have been catching up on work since my hand decided to rage against me. Of all the years I have been making art, I have never had an "overuse" injury - until now. I must say that I did cheat a bit when I wasn't supposed to be using it. I had a brace on, so that's okay, right? Ha, probably not. No matter, though. I have been cleared by the doc to use it again. So, without going into great detail about my medical woes, let's just say it's been a strange few weeks. With that said, let us move on.

I spent a weekend randomly doodling on some extra paper scraps and took a liking to a particular drawing. I decided to go ahead and ink it. Here is the progression and final piece and a little rhyme from it.

Peculiar Blossom

Blossom woke this day,

with hair in disarray.

Curls of blue that wouldn't obey.

They couldn't be tamed.

No, not even with hairspray.

Branches and flowers grew and splay.

That is to say,

it went astray.

What a peculiar way

to get a bouquet.

Catching Up

I've got a bad habit of starting multiple projects at once. I usually go into them with the mindset that I will do them one at a time, of course, but that hardly ever happens. The reason is simply me getting too excited about starting them and jumping on them immediately. I'll start sketching and writing out the ideas with the intention of starting them once a previous project is complete, but yeah, you get the idea. Never happens. The good thing is that I usually complete them ... even if it takes me way longer than it should. Where am I going with this? Well, other than rambling, I have my heart set on starting some more pen and ink illustrations I've been thinking about (I'll later post about those), but I am aiming to complete the others before they start piling up. I really hope I can show some discipline. Ha, we'll see. I burned the midnight oil last night (a rarity since I'm more of a morning person) and started to work on a couple of uncompleted things. I have about a day left on the ink and acrylic one shown below (with the devils) and pretty much done with the little bird creature (whom I have named Lucien). Feeling pretty good about this pace. Laser focused! Aside from the unfinished projects, there's also a giant woodcut I that sits in my corner and stares at me - waiting for me to finish it, but that's a whole other post. We won't go there yet. ;)