The Brandybard Balloon

I have been fiddling with the creation of a sort of icon for this blog, if there would ever be on. I was doodling one day and came up with this ink-black balloon.

Then I went onto a website called picmonkey and played around with it further.

This was the "final result," just not quite sure what to do with it, really. It's merely an idea for the time being.

The Thom(p)sons & Snowy (Milou)

These were drawn with a dip pen and waterproof ink.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

The Adventures of Tintin

When I was bored one day, actually when I had a bought of writer's block on a paper I was writing, I got out some of my drawing things and began doodling. The outcome of that bought of boredom was this collection of small portraits of one of my favorite comics, Tintin.

Here is the good Professor Calculus.

The world-weary Captain Archibald Haddock

Here are the heros of the piece: Tintin & Snowy (Milou).

These were drawn with a dip pen and waterproof ink (they might even be watercolor'd one of these days).

Cheers,

A. Taylor



The Dapper Octopus Finale

Right-o, since I haven't corresponded to you folks in some time, I thought that I ought to post this particular work. In the previous post I only had the ink'd bit of it finished, but now, as you can see, it is now in color. This was finished using watercolor paint and some regular ink for the umbrella and the bowler hat.

There's a preview of some doodles to come.

Welcome To Slumberland

Right-o, here is the next article about an artist who I admire,

Mister Winsor McCay.

Thanks, again, to Sharon Gerow & Nina Cunningham for there tremendous help!

Good Afternoon

This amiably dapper octopus is a design that a friend of mine asked me to do. I'm going to add some color on here soon, but for the time being, here is the pen and ink version of the drawing. The was first drawn in pencil then drawn with a black Micron pen (point 01). Hope to have some more doodles up here soon.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Good Ol' Fashioned Adverts

These were taken at the Auburn Cord Duesenburg Museum in Auburn, Indiana. I just thought these were interesting. I'll have some actual drawing work up here sometime in the near future (maybe some motorcars?).

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Mary's Critical Times

My sister asked me a couple of weeks ago to create a banner for her blog entitled Mary's Critical Times. She also asked me to incorporate something about film around it so I picked out some of the best films and TV shows and just sort of mixed everything in. The list of films Incorporated into the banner, if you would like to check them out, are as follows:

Hugo (2011) or Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon, 1902)

Doctor Who (1963-present)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Harry Potter Series (both the movies and the books)

This banner was drawn with a variety of mediums. I drew the moon and the rocket along with the stars with waterproof ink and a dip pen. I then used regular ink to create the inkwash effect. I drew the letters with blue waterproof ink and a dip pen and the red letters I drew with red waterproof Sharpie pen. After that was dry I then used just water, while some of the blue ink was still wet, and then brushed it around the letters for another inkwash effect and then I drew the paisley marks with a blue Sharpie pen. I then drew the rest of it with a Micron pen (01 point) and then used watercolors to color the rest of it (save for the Tardis, which was colored with a blue Sharpie pen).

Here is the edited version:

Cheers,

A. Taylor

1916 Rauch & Lang

I know that I have said this before, but I just love the clucky kind of quality to these old motorcars and thought that this was a marvelous little vehicle.

When my family went to the Auburn Museum we found this interesting little motorcar. This is actually one of the first electric cars, which I thought was really neat.

One the world sort of established that they could make these great automobiles, various companies tried to establish what sort of engine would work the best: electric, steam, or gas, just to name off the main types. Although the electric engine worked like a dream, there were slight problems when it came down to actually operating the motorcar.

Look Ma, no hands. This car actually operates with a literal backseat driver. That sort of stick that is at the left hand side is where the driver would steer the vehicle. This was common to most early motorcars, although by 1916 most motorcars had regular steering wheels. Sorry about the odd ghost of the reflection off of the glass.

 Since the car also had to carry both its passengers and a huge battery to power it, the motorcar went very slow down the road. So, this particular motorcar was quite ahead of its time, it was just too inconvenient for many modern motorists that had become accustomed to the reliable internal combustion engine. This was soon taken off of the shelves and was a mere footnote in panels of motoring history.

Sorry about this being a bit blurry.

I thought that it was still a brilliant little car.

More Great Motorcars

1929 Cord

Auburn (1930's, I cannot recall the exact year)

1951 Jaguar

(sorry the 2nd picture is a bit blurry)

A 1904 Auburn, the earliest recorded Auburn that was in production.