Harts Pass no. 714

Ezra makes a return appearance... and helps Kit to ponder the nature of time, relativity, patience, AND the notion that looking deeper at things can often reveal unexpected understandings. Sometimes good, and sometimes not so much :) GRRR!

Harts Pass no. 713

 

I saw a headline in the paper regarding Thor Industries (THO) beating their Q4 estimates. That seemed like a funny premise just to start, but it turns out that Thor Industries is very much a recreational vehicle (RV) and motorhome conglomerate that owns everything from Airstream to Venture RV (and 14 other brands in between.) It is DEFINITELY the kind of business that an entrepreneurial wolverine would want to own :) GRRR!

Harts Pass no. 712

Another haiku comic and it feels like this one nicely suits the week ahead. On Sunday we will officially transition into fall, and in typical fashion Melanie is also trading out her summer flower for some fall foliage. The days are getting shorter and the days much darker, but this is one of my favorite times of year. 

Harts Pass no. 711

I started with the left-side "pose" of a casual marmot... and I pretty much just liked the shapes and the idea of these shapeless little critters striking a pose. That, plus the juxtaposition of an innocuous little marmot and a totally ripped and no doubt "juiced" body builder. Totally comic gold! 

Or at least that's what what I was thinking :)

Harts Pass no. 710

I like to start the school year with a couple of "creative brain" exercises in the Art Room. LOTS of ways to do this, but a few years ago I came across the idea of "synectic" triggers and it makes a great but simple starting point for expanding upon your ideas. Distort things. Scale things. Repeat things... and the list goes on. Just having a little fun with that AND continuing to force my life into my comics :)

Harts Pass no. 709

A bit of a re-tread here from the comic that I posted last week (with different characters!) That being said, this was also our first week of school for the new 2024-25 school year. I was trying to be efficient with my time. Onwards and upwards!

Harts Pass no. 708

I totally agree, Kit. Wolverines are amazing!

Haiku Comics :)

The end result of a haiku comics workshop that I enjoyed attending over the weekend. If you scour my instagram you can see that I occasionally work in this format for my Harts Pass comics as well. John Burgess did a nice job of detailing some haiku/comic history, and David Lasky conducted a small workshop on creating a strip.

Harts Pass no. 707

Ugh. The fire season is slowly coming to an end (although not really yet), but this Pioneer Fire in Chelan has been burning since June. It was started by some careless act, and has now been burning for 2+ months and forced an entire to evacuate. Such things are "wild" in their behavior and impact, but not in their origin. The world teeters on a precipice already due to SO much "civilized" activity... please don't give it a push!

If I Were a Fox!

 

Earlier this spring, I signed my first new illustration contract since I started teaching. Wahoo! This summer I've been working on the art for "If I Were a Fox," written by Shelley Gill and published by Sasquatch Books. I've done quite a few books with Sasquatch over the years and it's great to be adding a new one to the "If I Were a..." board book series :)

The illustration above is not in the book, but it was one of several little practice paintings that I've been working on to test out colors and textures. It also became a postcard and journied to a friend in Alaska just a few days ago!

Harts Pass No. 706

Not to rain on anyone's parade here, but the end of summer is fast approaching. Personally, I'm good. I've made nice progress on my book illustration project (see next post), we took a summer road trip to retrieve the kiddo from WI, and I took a break from being at school. I feel refreshed. Bonus: the smoke season is ending soon as well!