A Bunch Of Twenty-Five Dollar Sketches

I have an ongoing offer to do a ten $25 dollar sketch for people who buy a copy of Hereville from me. It’s fun for me to do, and I think people enjoy having a one-of-a-kind drawing done just for them.

With only a couple of exceptions, these were drawn entirely on computer, and then printed out with a high-quality art printer. (This is the same way I draw Hereville; I hardly ever draw directly on paper nowadays!). Some of these were requests (“draw a Wren in the picture,” for example, or “something to do with Twilight”), others were just me drawing whatever I felt like (which turned out at least twice to be Mirka in a tree).

Click on any of the drawings to see them bigger.

[Note: I'm sorry, but I've raised the price to $25. Sorry, but these just took me too long to produce to justify $10!]

21 Drawings of a Young Zero Mostel

Another drawing video!

Here’s another video of me drawing Mirka, this time at 20x actual speed.

Portland Opera’s “Hansel and Gretel”

This Monday, me and 19 other Portland cartoonists attended a dress rehearsal of the Portland Opera’s production of “Hansel and Gretel.” We were fed and wined, given a backstage tour, and then allowed to sketch and doodle during a full dress rehearsal. I had a great time.

Anyway, here’s the drawing I made, based on my sketches that night:

I’m hoping I’ll have time to do another drawing, this time of the witch, but I’m not sure if I will.

A few other cartoonists have also posted drawings and sketches: Jenn Manley Lee, Indigo Kelleigh, Jonathan Case, Emi Lenox, and (even though he wasn’t there) Mike Russell. I’m sure more sketches will be appearing; on twitter, watch the #pdxoperacomics hashtag.

Jewish Women in Pop Culture #3: Rhoda Morgenstern

I love Rhoda. Although I wonder how many Hereville readers will know who she is without having to click on the link?

Video of me drawing Mirka

Here’s a video I made of me drawing Mirka. I’m not very happy with how the drawing came out, to tell the truth, but the video might still be fun to watch. The video is speeded up to ten times the actual speed I drew at.

And part two:

Jewish women in pop culture #2: Cristina Yang

Yes, Cristina Yang is Jewish. Plus, I’ve been a huge Sandra Oh fan since “Sideways,” so it was fun for me to sketch her.

Jewish Women In Pop Culture #1: Kitty Pryde

First in a series:

Kitty Pryde, from the X-Men, sneaking an orange onto the Seder plate.

Mirka in a Robin costume

Quick sketch done in the book of some Robin fans.

Robin Drawing

Here’s a drawing of Robin I did as a gift for my friend Becca. The Tim Drake version (Becca’s favorite). I really don’t draw superheroes often; I’m guessing that the last time I drew Robin, I was a teenager myself.

Robin was originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson. Tim Drake, a later version of Robin, was created by Marv Wolfman and Pat Broderick.