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Saturday, January 07, 2012

London Rundown!

So here is a quick recap of my first trip to London, England.
After a ten hour trip, wife and I were picked up at the airport by a friend. We walked around the city a lot and used the public transportation. I was impressed! The tube seems really well run! Visited the National Gallery to look at the Roman ruins, and The British Museum to see the Di Vinci paintings. Di Vinci was sold out of tickets, but the impressionist art they have more than made up for it!

We saw the changing of the guard at buckingham palace (with an orchestra soundtrack blared on a loudspeaker). Walked through Piccadilly Circus, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Carnaby Street, Regent Street, saw Big Ben the Tower of London and stopped into maybe a half dozen Pubs. And It rained some more.

We took a train to Bath to see The Roman Baths and walked around The Bath Abbey next door to it. I recommend it to everyone! To our surprise, it rained that day, all day. We spent New Years Eve with friends at their London flat. Dick Clark was not on TV.

Took a five hour train to York to see the Roman ruins there. My wife and I were delayed by winds knocking down the signals or some such thing. We ate at the 'Most Haunted Pub' in York, The Golden Fleece (Okay food, much better atmosphere) and walked thru the ancient streets to the York Museum. That could have been better. And yes, it rained on the trip back to London.

We did more walking and more tube riding and visiting with friends. On our last day we had a drink at the Icebar London! A bar carved out of solid ice, serving vodka cocktails. Don't ask for water because it would only freeze. It was a great trip, but now it's back to the US where we are met by 85 degree, sunny weather. And I was just getting used to the rain.

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Back From England

I have not posted any new work because I have been on holiday in London! It rained everyday that I was there and it was really windy as well. I don't know how the English can stand it! Anyhoo, I will get back to blogging in this new year and thank you all for your support.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Advertising Art

This is an old frame from an advertising board I did long ago. I can't remember what they were trying to sell, but I do remember the comment from the creative director; "It looks like there's some kind of attack going on!"

I guess he couldn't realize it from his own thumbnail.

Saturday, December 03, 2011

Jersey Boys In Sydney!

My friend Marie is currently travelling around the world. She spent a few days in beautiful Sydney, Australia and came across some posters advertising the Jersey Boys Musical. The AD features some of the art I did for the show! I think it's great that the show I worked on from the very beginning has become a worldwide sensation!

To check out more art and earlier blog posts about my Jersey Boys experience, check the label below!

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Art by John Watkiss

I think that this is some video game concept by John Watkiss! I like his strong style and these drawings look like they were done with brush and Prismacolor pencil. You can see more Watkiss art at the Lines and Colors BLOG.
To see more art done by people I admire, click the label below!

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

West Hollywood Halloween!

It's always fun to see the sights at the West Hollywood halloween Carnival. That's what they are calling it anyway. I love the effort that people put into their outfits, but I look for the superhero suits. I saw a great looking Hawkman costume and I really dig this Sunfire suit. I wore my old faithful Samurai outfit. Maybe I should step up my game for next year.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Reality Renovation

I live in an area with a lot of homes going through renovation. Recently, there was a camera crew across the street from my home and a work crew fixing up a neighbors back yard for a TV show. You probably know the type of program. A celebrity handyman renovates your garage or backyard and a camera crew tapes it for a cable show!

Friday, September 30, 2011

Attack At Don's Greatest Hits!

It occurred to me that many of the groovy people following this Blog have joined up over the past year or so. Since I have been writing it since 2005, I think maybe some background is needed!
If you were to look thru the archives, you'd see a lot of my art. I'm a professional artist with experience in Advertising, Comic Books, Illustration, and Animation. I'd like to think that my best work is ahead of me and I always work on getting better. I write this blog as a creative outlet and I think you would enjoy the stuff I've posted in last few years. I'm adding some links so you can take a look.

I had a question about a page of art drawn by Kevin Nowlan. I posted the page, and asked him about. Look at the page and read his response Here!

One day, at my old apartment, a neighbor went bananas and had to be taken away. I got my camera and tookVideo of it.

I did some storyboards for a Boost Mobile commercial and they followed my direction pretty closely! Take a look!

I love Conan and I love original art! It's a pleasure to own the best Conan cover EVER! See for yourself!

I was lucky to apprentice under John Romita Sr. I was not the only one and John made a list of most of them. See where I land on it!Check it!

Thanks again for following my Blog! I enjoy blogging!