That’s it from the Stalin story arc.  CLIFF HANGER!  I plan on returning to it from time to time in the coming months…  Well, at least until December 21, 2012…  DOOMS DAY!

Rob Richards has a great blog devoted to animation backgrounds.  A lot of them are from great old movies, and cartoon shorts.  With this illustration, I wanted the background to resemble some of the old animation backgrounds I remember from when I was a kid.

Like this one…

And this one.

Lately, I have found myself doodling images of falling people.  I’m sure there is some psychoanalytic reason for this phenomena that I am yet unaware of.

This is from my sketchbook.  I just jazzed it up a bit in PhotoShop.  Hope you enjoy it.

A recent illo I thought you all might enjoy.

I received two GREAT entries in the month long anniversary contest.  The winners are:

Kristian of Optipess for his submission based on First Kiss:

and Sebastian Borckenhagen of www.semioticcohesion.com for his entry based on Afternoon Snacks:

Both will be receiving an original watercolor illustration prize.