Outsourcing Effects Dinosaurs Too

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No job is safe. Especially so when your co-workers regrow teeth.

Awfully Lawfully

The winter holidays may be different for people of all walks of life, but one thing is pretty universal - in-laws are inevitable. And yes, it even applies to dinosaurs.

This week's comic utilizes the amazing live action intrigue of my 2 year-old daughter's dinosaur toys.  Notice how good they are for the camera?  (Click to enlarge)

Had lots of in-law action going on for both sides of my family celebrations.  Nothing but love for you guys! (except for you, Nick Frazier.  I offer only my fear toward you.)

A Matter of Vernacular

While we are sending the papers up to our printer, I figured I would upload this week's comic to the blog as well! About to leave so I'll leave you to it.

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Jolly Denominationalization Day!

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Because recycling makes for funny.

Comic Strip Catch-Up

Not much time to write anything for this entry, but I did want to share the last two weeks worth of Dino Bytes comics. Enjoy!

You will eat what your mother cooks while you are living under my cave! (Click for larger view)

The bigger it is, the bigger the cute factor. (Click for larger view)

Aquatic Resentment and MURDER MYSTERIES

Okay, not real murder.  And it's not that big of a mystery.  Just more art that I am working on that I can not show yet! The good people over at the Pixelation boards have a yearly secret santa picture gift exchange and the names were just drawn this week, so I had fun this weekend researching and progressing on the gift I will be giving.

For the sake of aw-what the heck, why not here was what I made for Ryumaru for Pixelation's 2009 Secret Santa:

To see what this pays homage check the sketch comparison found HERE and ask anyone younger than 30 year old what Charizard looks like or, here, let me google that for you for the direct effect.

His wish was for a picture along the lines of this criteria:

I LOVE pokemon : D  //  Charizard, Scizor, Lugia, Suicune, Typholosion, Crobat ahh I could list so many but im sure thats enough for now :p  //  Other than that I like .... Art materials. Old holland and rembrandt paints, winsor and newton monarch brushes etc.  //  If your feeling adventurous some favorite old timey artists include Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio, Giovanni Boldini, Antonio Mancini."

And I say more art I can not show yet because I'm reuniting with the magnanimous, smashing, altogether exceptional FORGE adventure game team, Quill O' The Wisp, to chisel more pixel art so we can finish chapter 1.  I had to take an extended siesta after a stint of having too much on my plate to keep up with working on game graphics. But in due time we will finish in due time and be able to share our magnificent game with the world! Until then, it stays locked up.

But while I'm here, I hate to make a post without a little visual gratification to peddle out to you faithful (just go with it, I won't notice) near-dozen-strong followers! Here is this week's Dino Bytes comic:

Sharks hate plesiosauruses.  Plesiosauri? Pleseosaggles? (click image to enlarge)

Feather Rex

I recently came across this posting on Geekologie that announced a recent scientific theory that the T-Rex had feathers all over its body.  As gut-wrenchingly-not-awesome-looking as Deinonychus / Velociraptors turned out looking like after they discovered their feathers.  I was completely content in my Stephen Spielberg molded world of scaly thunder lizards without fur, then SCIENCE had to come in waving its matter-of-fact bubble-popping stick and makes the world a little less mystical.

In an effort to belittle the beast I once revered as awesome and not-stupid-looking (I even got over the tiny arms - our relationship transcended physical ridiculousness boundaries), I decided to do my own rendition of the Featherpillowsaurus' likeness:

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After finishing, I took the liberty of ripping myself off by recycling the image into this week's Dino Bytes comic for The Springfield Paper / The Outlook.

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This comic is also a struggling defense excuse my brain fabricated about what really happened surrounding this 'discovery'.  It's obvious that a T-Rex's jerk co-workers at the lab were just trying to punk him for a cheap laugh.

Dino Bytes Weekly Comic

Been pushing myself to do a comic for the paper I work at every week for personal fun.

Here are the most recent ones:

Sweatersaurus (Click to see full detail)

Parental Advice (Click to see full detail)

Shooting Meteors (Click to see full detail)

Social Network Games (Click to see full detail)