The New World Patriot

Just something that popped into my head...

Trees & Things

I've never been camping, but I'm sure there are all sorts of things going on out there in the woods that are way too interested in you.

Drawin' Stuff

A quick Doodle in the early morning

Let There Be Clouds

Pre-Walk

Just a quick drawing to start off the year...

Application Rejected

Well, I seem to be in a grim looking face phase here -- anyway, another quick pic.

I'm guessing this fellow was a candidate for Robin Hood's Merry Men, but didn't quite make the final cut.

Obsolescence Cheer

Holiday Spirit

That's Class

Now, I could call this " Just another quick doodle"...

...but I think I'll call it: The Barefoot Ballerina Awaits The Final Dance.

Yeah -- that sounds classy!

Strings Attached

Marie Marionette says: "We can only be our true selves through our puppets." Hey, maybe that's just plain creepy...

Life in the Flatline

Social Facade

To build our place in society, we create an illusion of who we are that we present to our friends, associates, co-workers etc. -- in many cases, different faces to different groups. Would society be improved if the absolute truth about each of us was known to everybody? Or is society built on what we all pretend to be, and would crumble without the multitude of carefully maintained lies?

Hack Track

On Friday, I was at the downtown Metra station, and figured it would be a good idea to add some cash to my CTA card, just in case I need to use a bus or Rapid Transit train. Just ahead of me at the CTA fare card machine, there was a rather scuzzy looking individual who, while stuffing bills in the pay slot, was literally coughing up a lung all over the machine (though he did seem to give special attention to the money slot). I got the impression that covering his mouth or redirecting his germs to a less public area were ideas completely alien to him.

I left the station without using (or getting near) the fare card machine.

Heavy Rolling

I often see heavy equipment rolling along with yellow & black diagonal stripe markings on various parts. Made me think about a machine that's only function was to be diagonal stripes.

Now that I'm thinking about heavy and rolling, my mind naturally veers off the tracks and thinks of Rock & Roll. And Rolls -- how about a bakery clearance shop called Rock Hard Rolls? Just a thought

Social Costs

Doodles On A Train

While sitting on the Metra train, drew these. Usually I would use a fine or Ultra-fine marker, but these were done using a gel pen.

Another Face

Just doodlin' away!

Face of Worry

Why, this fellow looks rather worried...

What can we guess, just by looking at his face? Well, I'd say he's the tie salesman in a mid-sized city's big department store. His name has to be Adelbert. He's worried that he will not make a sale today. He lives in a not too neatly kept studio apartment. When the middle-aged spinster across the hall goes on vacation, he feeds her cat.

When he was a kid, he had a pet frog named Edward; Edward had the habit of jumping out of his tank at night, and Adelbert would have to find him in the morning and put him back in his tank. One day instead of looking for Edward, who, as usual, escaped his enclosure, Adelbert decided to go out and play at the park with his friends. Edward wasn't found till three days later -- under the kitchen stove and dried up like a green raisin. Adelbert still feels guilty about it.

Tentacles For All Occasions

A quick little item I call The Man WithThe Cephalopod Ascot

More Buttons

When I was a kid, I'd get harassed by other students at school because I insisted on having my shirt buttoned all the way to the top!