This is how I spend my hours at work, doodling in the front inside cover of my sketchbook.

Finally! I got a DRAWN! mention!!

I got a mention on one of the best artist blogs ever to exist in the universe:

http://drawn.ca/2007/01/11/david-degrand/ I've loved this website forever and to get a mention on it is a pretty big deal to me, so I'm excited. To celebrate, how about some more sketchbook crap?!?!

More stuff from my little sketchbook.

Cool toys

After reading John K's amazing post about why older toys are amazing and toys today are pieces of crap, I dug out this old book I had about toys from the 50's and 60's and decided to scan and post some of my favorites. I think everyone will agree that they don't make 'em like they used to.

new sketches

More random sketches from the little ol' sketchbook. They're all just chock full of hidden meaning and significance.

new blog format

I've decided to turn this blog into a place strictly for images from my sketchbook. I recently bought one of those pretentious Moleskine notebook journal things so the small format is perfect for easy scanning. Don't hesitate to let me know what you think.

After neglecting the ol' blog for a while now, I decided to post this drawing/painting/watercolor I did about a year and a half ago. My love for vintage cartoons overtakes me sometimes and I'm forced to make lousy attempts at trying to capture the brilliance of them.

More Random Weirdness

Here are three more small sized paintings that have absolutely nothing to do with each other, and to be honest, I really don't have a clue what they mean.

Zombie Ghosts

A painting to honor two of my favorite horror movie staples, zombies and ghosts. I have ingeniusly titled this painting "Zombie Ghosts".

Latest Masterpiece

Here's a painting a did one afternoon after playing Nintendo for several hours. My brain was so tired of looking at 8 bit graphics (as cool as they are) that I had to do something creative.

Made it back from New Mexico and will post pictures from the workshop whenever I get them scanned. These are 5 out of 6 paintings I've done for a show in Dallas on June 6 called "Six by Six". From what I understand, six curaters are bringing in six artists each, the paintings are 6" x 6" and will sell for $66 each. I tried to have my six pieces work together as a whole when displayed but at the same time being individual pieces in themselves. I will get the last painting up just as soon as it's finished.

I'm gonna learn sumthin'!!!

This week my wife and I are going to Silver City, New Mexico to attend an animation workshop at the Ralph Bakshi School for Animation and Cartooning. I can't wait and I will post some artwork and any cool pictures I take when I get back. In the meantime, here's a small painting I did that I came across and began to wonder what the hell I was thinking about.