Winter Days & Potter Ways

 At the present time, when typing this message at least, there is a ridiculous amount of snow bombarding where I live, in bucket fulls, it seems. This will be a considerably short message, but I thought that some actually "new" doodles were in store for this set of scribbles. These doodles are inspired, as the title proclaims, from the Harry Potter series, which I read obsessively when I was a kid, and still enjoy them to this day, along with the movie series. The first is a small doodle of one of the goblins (now that I think of it, he kind of looks like Count Orlok from Nosferatu) from Gringotts Wizard Bank, and I was just playing with the idea of the chairs that they sit in at the bank, just scuttling about like Thing from the Addams Family. The next one is of my favorite character, Rubeus Hagrid, the amiable gamekeeper of Hogwarts School. Both drawings were done with a dip pen with waterproof black ink. Right-o, that's it, for now, until next time...

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My Apologies

Sorry about not posting anything in a while, but due to the fact that Thanksgiving was in full swing, so it was as hectic as battling a kranken while reading Macbeth, well nearly. Here's a bit of a doodle (drawn with a dip pen with waterproof ink and a red permanent marker) that I did some weeks back, possibly to compinsate. Right-o, this is the last egocentric post that I will present before you readers and gawkers, so until next time...

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The Balloonist

This little project is actually a bar of soap, the project in question is for an art class that I am currently attending. The project consisted of carving the soap into some form of a picture and then painting it. Firstly, I put the soap into the microwave for about ten seconds and then took a toothpick and carved out the picture. I then used acrylic paint to color the picture, it is actually quite enjoyable to do, as sort of a time-killing project or in the afternoon and you need something to do.
(Note: I don't profess to be some fort of master carver, since is the second of two carvings that I have done in my life, but, as I said, I quite enjoyed doing this. Also, my apologies for the obscured bit of the basket, I accidentally used the flash on the camera.)
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Yet Another Tintin Post

Here's just a small doodle of Tintin's dog, the wire fox terrier, Snowy (or "Milou" as he is known as in the original Belgian comics). Unlike with the previous Tintin-based drawings, which were drawn with waterproof ink, this was drawn with a regular fountain pen and pencil. All right, I'm done, for now.
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The Detective Scribbles, No. 8, Tintin & Snowy

Although this scribble wasn't meant for this particular section of my ramblings, I decided, just for the halibut, to include the comic book adventurer, Tintin, and his faithful dog, Snowy, in this tremendous undertaking of scribbles.
I have written before that Tintin was one of my favorite heros as a kid, and I had read some of the comic books attentively. This is thanks to the great artist Georges Remi, although he is commonly known by his pseudonym, Herge (an accent over the final "e" for those grammatically oriented readers).
Tintin made his first appearence to the world in his adventure Tintin in the Land of the Soviets in 1930 and since Herge has captivated the world with his tabula rasa hero of Tintin and his great tree of friends and comerades such as Capt. Haddock, Professor Calculus, and Thompson & Thomson.

Honestly, I thought that this was overtly appropriate due to the fact that the movie "The Adventures of Tintin and the Secret of the Unicorn" is coming out soon and I am very excited about it, too. Just like with the drawing of Capt. Haddock that I had posted a couple of days ago, I shall post the watercolor'd version of this very soon. If you would like to take a gander at the fairly new trailer for the new movie, please do see the video just above this very paragraph.
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My Boy Jack

I realize that this is a bit late for Veteran's Day, but I was fairly busy yesterday, when I meant to post this. I thought that this particular poem seemed fitting for those who have fought bravely with integrity. This is one of my favorite poems, although it is slightly melancholy in nature. This poem "My Boy Jack" was written by Rudyard Kipling, the creator of The Jungle Books (which are, like any book that has been turned into a movie, the books are better). Kipling had written this poem after he had found out that his son, John "Jack" Kipling was killed in the Battle of Loos, in France. There has also been a play that is based on this particular event and the play was eventually turned into a  small movie, which is very good. The writer of the play also plays Rudyard Kipling in both the play and the movie, and the actor's name is David Haig. He played a stunning performance in the TV movie entitled, respectfully, "My Boy Jack," in which Daniel Radcliffe, famous for his role as Harry Potter in the movie world, plays the role of John "Jack" Kipling.

In short, I would just like to thank those who have put their well-being in danger for our country and we are overtly indebted to you all. Thank you.

Here is actor Daniel Haig (playing Rudyard Kipling) reciting the poem.

Adverts & Aeronauts

 This first drawing was made while being very bored one night with nothing but a fresh sheet of watercolor paper before me and a fountain pen at my disposal. Days after I had created the little aeronaut that can be seen above, I thought of a possibility for a new banner for this set of scribbles. I had created at least six various kinds, but this was my personal favorite. The second was drawn with my typical medium with a dip pen with black and blue waterproof ink. Please do tell me what you think in the comment section below this post.

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Capt. Haddock

Here is a scribble of Captain Archibald Haddock, the amiable, yet mostly inebreated, friend of Tintin, one of my favorite comics as a kid. Here's a brief history of the character of Capt. Haddock...

The artist Herge introduced the character of Capt. Haddock in the story The Crab with the Golden Claws, created and published in 1941. Since then Haddock has accompanied Tintin throughout his various adventures. I have to say that Haddock is one of my favorite characters because of his various curses that he exclaims when he is intensly aggrivated or in a tight spot. Such as "Ten Thousand Thundering Typhoons!" or "Billions of Bilious Blue Blistering Barnacles!" Although he has a bit of a rough-and-tumble character, he has a good sense of moral and integrity, which is what I like about Capt. Haddock.

I thought that it was fitting to post this doodle in light of the new Tintin movie (which I am very excited about). This was drawn with a dip pen and waterproof ink, with the help of a brush to paint Capt. Haddock's suit. I will post this again, soon, but it shall be watercolor'd, with any luck.

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Some Ridiculousness

 Here are some fairly new doodles, which, completely by coincidence, all possess an odd curl in their hair, well, in the owl's case, feathers. The inspiration for these quirky little characters was pure boredom, basically. The owl though, was inspired by a book I had purchased a couple of weeks ago. The book is titled Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King, granted, the name doesn't really seem to roll off the tongue I mainly purchased it because of the author and illustrator of the book, William Joyce. For those who do not know about William Joyce, he is famed for his children's show that he created Rolie Polie Olie, which I watched as a kid.

 Mr. Joyce is also famed for his conceptual work in various movies like Meet the Robinsons (one of my favorite movies and it is based on Joyce's book A Day with Wilbur Robinson) and Robots. Joyce also has his own animation studio, Moonbot Studios, which produced a grand little short film entitled The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Needless to say, I truly enjoy William Joyce's work. If you would like to venture through Mr. Joyce's website click here.
If you would like to take a gander at the series The Guardians of Childhood, which is the book I previously mentioned click here.

Note: these were drawn with a pencil and just a regular fountain pen.

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Grow For Red

This is a recent commission for The Red Cross, whose offices are in a nearby city. This was for the campaign that is entitled, quite obviously, "Grow for Red." Since there is an abundance of corn here, where I live, I had to incorperate it into this drawing. The "Grow for Red" part that is by the exhaust pipe is in the contemplative stages of being painted, as the rest of the drawing, but I scanned it quickly, just in case I don't. This was drawn with waterproof ink (the wheels are painted with same ink) and painted with watercolors.
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