October 10 - The Very Very Hungry Caterpillar

The leaf settled its tummy, and the next day the caterpillar felt much better.

And it was still hungry.

So on Sunday, it ate one small bird - but it was still hungry.

On Monday, it ate two large squirrels - but it was still hungry.

On Tuesday, it ate three plump rabbits - but it was still hungry.

On Wednesday, it ate four grazing sheep - but it was still hungry.

On Friday, it followed the road up to the Johnsons' farmhouse.

And it was still hungry.

Unfortunately for the Johnsons, it looks like our little caterpillar has developed a taste for some ... home cooking.

Mwaheheeheheheee! *snort*

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Tales from the Other Other Side of the Sty:

September 17 - Caterpillar Bubble Buddy

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

~ R. Buckminster Fuller

Inside the chrysalis, its whole body melts into a bug soup.  A few tiny discs survive that build themselves into a butterfly.

It sounds impossible, it sounds like science fiction.

But it's caterpillar puberty.

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Just a doodle when playing with the Balloon Brothers Bubble Buddy face/body design.  Using white gives a bit of a cartoonish look to the head, this might have worked well sitting up as kind of a Jiminy Cricket.

(view other caterpillar)

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Other balloons by and inspired by the Balloon Brothers:

February 19 - Book Fair 2018

"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations."

~ Orson Welles

I enjoyed a little time off since the last post and did some thinking about the state of this blog.

I have a number of big plans for how I want things to evolve this year, but without the ever-present engine of a daily entry, I'm finding it difficult to feel like things are "good enough" to post about.  The goal was to force evolution and progression by removing what were considered obstacles, but I've gone to prove today's quote true.

So in an effort to get past the idea that this is supposed to be something more than it is, I'm going to still keep focused on the big plans - but not to the exclusion of all else.

This year's book fair was right around the time of the Oscars, so they asked for a couple Oscar columns, but with the available space we just went with the one.   I love working with these chrome balloons, last month this column would not have looked as nice.   I would have liked to get a better taper towards the top, but this was my prototype and everything was measured precisely by eyeball on site ...

November 9 - Caterpillar

How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin
How neatly spreads his claws
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!

~ Lewis Carroll - The Caterpillar's poem    Alice in Wonderland

This is another attempt to copy one of Masayoshi Matsumoto masterpieces.  Despite the appearances in the bottom image - it's actually quite large, about 3 feet long.

I don't mean to repeat myself, but I can't help but reiterate how much I really enjoy Mr. Matsumoto's ability to capture such amazing forms in his artwork.  These are a challenge to figure out and I've only attempted a couple of the "easier" ones at this point.  They pale in comparison to his masterful work, but overall I'm pretty pleased with how they have turned out.

Who .. are ...  you?	Call Alice, when she's ten feet tall!
One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.

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Other posts with Masayoshi Matsumoto's designs:


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