Cartoonist
My RIGHT HANDED Scribbles and Pix, 1972-2012:
My current pocket sketchbook has a long history; it was purchased in 2002, drawn in sporadically until 2004, then lost and only just found again late last year. Consequently, there are OLD sketches amongst the new, such as these from a trip in 2004, when Bosco, myself and Chris (pictured below) went driving south along … Read more
More from the pocket sketch-book, this time from a sketch-outing few weekends back, when Matt and I went on a walk-and-draw around Fisherman’s Wharf and North Beach. Honestly, probably more time was spent in sitting outside at a cafe, drinking coffee and nattering but ah, what the heck… One detail that the sketch of Matt … Read more
Last weekend I attended my very first SKETCHCRAWL here in San Francisco and had a wonderful time out and about sketching and socialising with friends. Over the past year or so, I have been trying very hard to re-acquire the habit of going out and sketching in the real world. I used to do this … Read more
Here’s a ballpoint pen doodle scanned from the pocket sketch-book I carry with me now. Most of the contents are nonsensical, scribbly, shaky drawings such as this one, done on the train during my commute. If I can get a seat, I don’t mind the journey; it allows me to read, draw or even write. … Read more
On January 7th, 1991 I arrived in San Francisco and, a few days later, I showed up to work on what I thought would be an 8 month job at an animation studio called Colossal Pictures… I still cannot quite believe that THIS week marks my TWENTY YEAR anniversary of living and working here in … Read more