All the main art has now been composited into the desktop program. Now I have to just edit the dialog and word balloons and its done. Below are pages 25 and 27.

This link comes from a good friend of mine.

Most art students know the work of Hiëronymus Bosch. Bosch was born during the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and is considered the forrunner in the area of surrealisim. The Paratsone studios in The Netherlands has worked to bring these figures off the canvas into three dimensions, as part of the Mouseion collection

With the greatest respect for the original works of art the designers of the Paratsone studios in The Netherlands have brought to live famous paintings by lifting images out of the flat surface.

I could not find much information on the artist who created these pieces or the company that manufactured them. So if anyone knows anything, please comment.

On last Tuesday (Jan 25,2005) the Cartoon Art Museum hosted an evening reception for Xeric Grant award winner Garret Izumi. A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area till recently, Garret is a talented cartoonist and author. His latest work is a hand made book called Three Grey Women.

The opening was an intimate affair allowing the attendees to enjoy Garret’s work as well as a wonderful spread of food by Garret’s sister Genelle (pictured above), which included an amazing baked brie and rosemary shortbread. To see what it was all about, visit my GALLERY of photo’s from the event.

Here is the information from the Cartoon Art Museum website:

Small Press Spotlight

featuring Garret Izumi

January 22-April 16, 2005

Beginning on January 22, 2005, the Cartoon Art Museum’s ongoing Small Press Spotlight will feature the art of Garret Izumi. This showcase highlights over ten years of Izumi’s career as a self-publisher.

Garret Izumi has been self-publishing since the early 1990s. His work includes photography books, comics and letterpress books. Each book has focused on varying themes ranging from memories to suburbia to life in the nuclear age. In 1994, Izumi received the Xeric Grant to self-publish Strip Down.

Izumi’s latest book, Three Grey Women, is a letterpress accordion-style book. Three Grey Women is the retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa. The story explores sight and vision and how our world is defined by what we see.

In addition to self-publishing, Garret Izumi has had his work featured in anthologies published by Fantagraphics, Top Shelf, Kitchen Sink, Cat Head and Slave Labor Graphics. Izumi’s work has also been featured in the Japanese manga, OPEN, published by Kodansha.

Garret Izumi was born and raised in Los Angeles. He received his BA from UCLA and MFA in Fine Art Photography from California Institute of the Arts.

The opening reception for this exhibit takes place on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 from 7:00 to 9:00pm. The reception is free and open to the public.

Follow this link to see samples of Garret’s comic strip The Big Bang .

Be sure to check out the exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum from January 22 through April 16,2005.

I was imediatly surprised when I saw this poster at the BART station. The women in the Secret ad looks a lot like my character in my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney.

The photo on the left is the ad, on the right is Kate Murphy from my comic book.

hmmmmmm…….

It was a day of planning. Went though and tried to get the picture for the year. I did get some work done on the title page:

I carefully added some lines over the all painted work. I hope it conveys early morning.

The only thing that has to be done is the add the hands to the clock. But I am looking over the story to decide that.