My performance at "Say Everything" yesterday, August 13, 2015, chatting with intrepid interim hosts Davey Stevey Dave and Babe Parker.
"Say Everything," the unique interactive standup showcase where comics eschew prepared material and just have a freeform chat with the hosts and the crowd, happens every Thursday evening at Paddy Reilly's Music Bar in Manhattan. More info at www.facebook.com/sayeverythingcomedy !
A fun little fandom meme I filled in bit by bit on breaks over the course of a busy day. I generally try to fill things like this in by doodling as rapidly as possible with minimal erasing or undoing.
I was pointed toward this meme by my friend and fellow Doctor Who fan aikainkauna. The original blank meme is by neekaneeks on Deviantart.
The Fifth of November, 1955
Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The scientist hanging a clock, Who knew on that date, That fortune and fate, Would reveal so much more to the Doc. Doc Brown, Doc Brown, he did invent Such objects of folly, with good intent, He tumbled and fell in his lavatory But soon after took to his lab'ratory For though he'd been woefully injur'ed A vision unfurled in his bruis'ed head Great Scott! Great Scott! From this disaster Great Scott! Great Scott! The Flux Capac'tor! And what did he do with it? Build it!
Archival ink on paper, 6x8". The original drawing is now owned by a private collector. I've also done a reading of this poem on YouTube.
Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731-October 9, 1806)
A free African-American in the 18th century, Banneker was a primarily self-taught student of multiple sciences.
Using only a borrowed pocket watch as reference, Banneker once carved a wooden clock by hand which kept perfect time until the day of his death.
Acrylic on canvas, 5x7″. From my September 2015 set Luminaries of the Hacker World.
Me as world-renowned and universally-beloved superhero, Italian Spiderman. Unfamiliar? Watch this, read this.
Thrift shop clothes: $8
Fabric paint: $5
Cut-up cat mask: $6
Bagged wig: $10
Dodgy pornstache: model's own
Unlimited admiration and caffè macchiato from every woman who happened to glance in my direction: senza prezzo
Photo by Sidepocket
Steve Wozniak (b. August 11, 1950)
The old-school hacker and phone phreak known as "Woz" is celebrated worldwide for his co-founding of Apple Computer, his pioneering achievements in the hardware field, his work with the EFF, his love of pranks and good humor, his enduring hacker spirit, and - in some circles - his dancing ability.
Acrylic on canvas, 5x7″. From my September 2015 set Luminaries of the Hacker World.
I’ve long tried to do something creative every day if possible, whether it be something huge and refined or a small sketch I throw out and never think of again.
For 2016, as I focus on getting myself back into a good creative place after a very difficult 2015, I’ve decided to try and make a project out of daily doodles. Here’s Day One, a 10-minute MyPaint self-portrait. I hate doing self-portraits and timed drawing, so what better way to push myself out of my comfort zone a bit?
Stupid Twitter trick: 1) Crop an image down to 338x83px (or a multiple thereof.) 2) Slice it out into four 83x83px blocks with 2px gaps in between (or your multiple thereof.) 3) Tweet the images via Twitter's internal photo-uploading gadget, from right-to-left. 4) ??? 5) Profit!
This doodle came about because I’m excited for the upcoming album by those fine folks at Information Society.
I started drawing it right after pressing play on “Dominion,” a track to which those who preorder the album have been granted access, and stopped drawing when the song ended four minutes and twenty-one seconds later.
I liked basing a drawing on the userpic of my 400th Twitter follwer so much that I decided to make it a habit for every hundredth follower after that. Here's a fifteen-minute sketch of my 500th follower, who just happens to be my old pal @jayeennenn. Jenn's an old-school telephone enthusiast like myself, among other things she archives old telephone company recordings, so I dug up the last telephone book left in my house and doodled her on the telephone page.
I must point out that Jenn is more attractive than her userpic or this sketch of her userpic would suggest. I'd snark at her extreme-eyeball-close-up avatar and tell her to go back to MySpace with that stuff but, well..
Ballpoint pen on telephone book page, 9.75x6.5".
Hello there. I'm Rob. This used to be my art blog until I left Tumblr; here's why you won't see me around here anymore. This is my website, you can find the rest of what I do from there. Here's a bunch of social media I do still use. Here's how to contact me directly if you wish, please feel free. All my original artwork posted on this Tumblr is released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. Feel free to reuse, remix, etc. any of my stuff under the terms of this license.
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