tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365088752024-03-05T16:29:13.212-05:00WardEntertainmentIllustration/Cartooning blog.Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-38145213538375948542019-09-21T17:05:00.003-04:002019-09-21T17:05:48.094-04:00I'm trying something new.<br />
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Today I posted two of my "The Assault of Laughter" comics on Instagram.<br />
It actually works really well, as a panel-by-panel format.<br />
You just swipe from one panel to the next.<br />
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Check it out: @wardcomix on Instagram.<br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/wardcomix/">https://www.instagram.com/wardcomix/</a><br />
<br />Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-33119214342742050872017-12-01T16:03:00.000-05:002017-12-01T16:04:19.347-05:00I've created a new comic website, called <a href="http://assaultoflaughter.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">The Assault of Laughter</a>.<br />
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It was created as a place for me to drop miscellaneous art & strips, without necessarily having a theme or characters.<br />
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I think it is already turning into something else, though.<br />
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I also did some cosmetic changes to my Mythology webcomic, <a href="http://everydayepiccomic.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Everyday Epic</a><br />
Hopefully a new comic (followed by more new comics) and a better title will be coming soon.<br />
Check them out!Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-56787366008043701202017-11-30T20:42:00.003-05:002017-11-30T20:42:53.706-05:00I've created a new comic site: <a href="https://assaultoflaughter.tumblr.com/">https://assaultoflaughter.tumblr.com/</a>Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-20053008603821923312017-10-30T21:05:00.000-04:002017-10-30T21:05:06.955-04:002017 Halloween part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It only makes sense to buy candy you like for the Trick-Or-Treaters. I mean, what if they don't show up? Who's going to eat all that candy?<br />
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I also think think November 1 is a holiday. It is when the Halloween candy goes on sale...Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-61533916309489006282017-10-28T08:51:00.000-04:002017-10-28T08:51:04.444-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Having some fun with Halloween!Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-3450608795761974762013-08-05T23:37:00.000-04:002013-08-05T23:37:25.100-04:00Shark Week: Bull Shark<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Shark #2 of 2013's Shark Week: Bull Shark.<br />
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This is helping me realize that I had gotten out of the swing of scanning and coloring. As I mentioned, the shark-a-day during Shark Week is great in that it forces me back into drawing something every day.<br />
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I've also decided bull sharks are not amongst my favorite sharks to draw. Threshers and tiger sharks top that list.Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-56379365478737268572013-08-04T20:56:00.000-04:002013-08-04T20:56:30.738-04:00Shark Week! Gully Shark aka Hound Tooth Shark<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am a member of a group on the DeviantArt! website that has a SharkWeek challenge every year. The moderator posts the name of a shark every day. Every day, everyone in the group draws and shares their version of that shark. I look forward to this; it makes me draw something every day.</div>
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Today's shark was the Gully Shark, aka the Sharptooth Hound shark.
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One of the challenges of this exercise is finding good source material. Although I draw in a "cartoony/comic strip" style, I still try to get the basics of my sharks correct. This one was a tough one. I was unfamiliar with this species (found SE Africa, from Angola to S. Africa). My books were no help, and there were very few pictures on Google Images that weren't fishing photos.
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Anyway, I think he came out pretty well.Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-67057304479940055362013-04-27T15:47:00.001-04:002013-04-27T15:47:38.886-04:00Ok, nothing major. Just trying to get back to art.<br />
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I decided to try to use Blogger as a tool for posting a small comic. I call it "Death Warmed Over", and it features, guess what, Death. <br />
I do not intend for this to be a regularly updated strip. I just know I have a few ideas, so I thought I would use Blogger instead of going through all the song and dance of setting up a whole web site for it. <br />
The first strip was done around Christmas time.<br />
<a href="http://deathwarmedovercomic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://deathwarmedovercomic.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />
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My old strip, "<a href="http://www.wardentertainment.com/" target="_blank">On Exhibit</a>", created back when I worked at the Aquarium, is still out there:<br />
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<a href="http://www.wardentertainment.com/">www.wardentertainment.com</a>Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-13975562267989437892012-12-24T09:37:00.000-05:002012-12-24T09:37:07.877-05:00Death & Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a quick scan & post. I wanted to get this up before Christmas, for obvious reasons.<br />
Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays!Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-65182500639687786432012-09-22T16:15:00.000-04:002012-09-22T16:15:48.834-04:00How to Replace a Door SweepHOW TO REPLACE A FRONT DOOR SWEEP BY YOURSELF <br />
A Home Improvement Guide by Matthew<br />
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MATERIALS:<br />
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<li>2 collapsable saw horses</li>
<li>1 Hammer</li>
<li>1 Screwdriver, slightly larger than the interior of a hinge post-hole</li>
<li>1 Screwdriver, slightly smaller than the interior of a hinge post-hole</li>
<li>1 Vehicle, for repeated trips to hardware store</li>
<li>1 broken down cardboard box (or more)</li>
<li>1 Box of chocolate-filled Joe-Joe's</li>
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1. Attempt to discern the type of sweep by opening door, looking at it from different angles and taking pictures with a phone or iPad.<br /><br />
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2. Swear at the door. You know this is coming; might as well get a warm-up in.<br />
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3. Go to Lowe's. (You can start at Home Depot. It doesn't matter, as long as you switch later. For these instructions, we are starting at Lowe's.) Guestimate the correct door sweep (aka the only one on the shelf that does not have crap going up the front and back of the door). Purchase it. Acknowledge it is probably the wrong one. <br />
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4. Drive home. Open garage door. Swear at cats that run into garage and will probably be urinating somewhere. (Aren't you glad you warmed up in step 2?) Chase cats out of garage.<br />
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5. Bring sawhorses into house, just inside the door. Set them up. It is essential to do this NOW, because if you wait you might realize you aren't actually going to use them and won't do it later.<br />
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6. Locate your hammer and the screwdriver that is slightly larger than the interior of the door hinge post holes. Attempt to tap out door hinge posts. Swear at screwdriver.<br />
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7. Get smaller screwdriver. Repeat step 6 with smaller screwdriver. (Since it should work this time, you can omit the swearing. Unless you are on a roll.) Put one post in your pocket; place the other two just out of reach.<br />
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8. Lift door off the hinges. This is where you will be happy you got in your warm-up swearing. If you did not warm up, you could potentially injure yourself and your relationship with the HOA with the swearing you will do at this point. <br />
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9. Realize there is no way in hell you are going to get the door up on the sawhorses. GENTLY lay the door on the carpet and the box you have placed on the hardwood. <br />
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10. Examine the sweep. Realize 1) the sweep is much worse than you thought and 2.) the one you purchased is completely wrong. Swearing is optional at this point, since you were pretty sure the one you bought in step 3 was wrong to start with.<br />
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11. Actually consider leaving the door off while you run to Lowe's. Think about how much you trust your neighbors and the nature of man in general. <br />
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12. Rehang door, minus the sweep. This is when it is essential that you placed a couple of the hinge posts just out of reach. Swear some more. <br />
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13. Drive to Lowe's. Have "Returns" women completely fail to acknowledge your existence while they refund you for wrong sweep. Learn way to much about their personal lives. <br />
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14. Go back to aisle of the doors. Realize some S.O.B. filled three slots (including the one that should have the sweep you need) with the same (wrong) sweep, probably figuring no one would notice until he went home. Reflect upon his immediate family, particularly his mother's marital relationship with his father as well as her potential relationships with other men. <br />
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15. Remember the "buy local" message you got at the show last night. Stride from the store with your head held high in righteous local-consumerism. <br />
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16. Drive out of the way to locally-owned hardware store. <br />
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17. Discover the local store not only doesn't have the sweep you need, they had never even seen one like it. .....At least they're friendly about it.<br />
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18. Drive to the Home Depot you passed on your way to local store. Have helpful employee immediately hand you the sweep you need. <br />
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19. Cleverly use the "self checkout." Watch 4 people with six items each go through regular check-out while you try to convince register to take your ten-dollar bill. Swear.<br />
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20. Return home. Go into garage. Chase cats out of garage.<br />
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21. Remove door. More swearing. Remember to put at least 1, preferably 2 posts just out of reach. <br />
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22. Insert sweep into slots on bottom of door. Reflect on how easily it went in.<br />
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23. Realize only one side went in. Swear. Remove sweep. <br />
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24. Attempt to put both long tabs of sweep into slots in door. Convince yourself you are using logical processes, even though you are cramming it in fairly randomly. <br />
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25. Succeed in getting the sweep on. Acknowledge you have no idea how it happened.<br />
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26. Re-hang door. Realize 1-2 posts are just out of reach. Swear. <br />
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27. Succeed in rehanging door. Open and shut door several times, listening to the satisfying sound it now makes. Consider throwing water at door to see if it does, in fact keep water out. Reject that idea. Wait for rain. <br />
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28. Clean dirty/greasy fingerprints off of door. <br />
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29. Return materials to garage. <br />
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30. Chase cats out of garage while getting in some end-of-project swearing. <br />
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31. Get the box of Joe-Joe's. Open it. <br />
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32. Eat them.Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-45102008828630110492012-07-29T21:52:00.000-04:002012-07-29T21:53:15.715-04:00My blog was originally supposed to be art-related. Well, one has to do art in order to post about art. Two things that are a problem are: 1) time and 2) motivation. <br />
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My boys motivate me. I love drawing with them. They are also my biggest fans and supporters.</div>
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Anyway... Deviantart.com recently had a Mythology Contest to draw something for a T-shirt. I love mythology. I tried drawing something "realistic". It didn't go well. It rarely does. So, I reverted back to my cartooning. This was the result: </div>
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I don't know if it will win, but I was pretty happy with the result. This is the most successful minotaur I have drawn to date. The contest was limited to 5 colors; I am planning on re-coloring this later using whatever colors I want. I'll probably be drawing more of this guy later.</div>
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If you have a Deviantart account, and you want to vote, you can find the art <a href="http://wardart.deviantart.com/#/d58hykk">HERE</a>. Just click "I Want This" to vote. Thanks.</div>
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(If it doesn't win, I may make some products available with the re-colored art through CafePress or something...)</div>Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-43976574570702666232012-03-11T21:24:00.001-04:002012-03-11T21:24:52.438-04:00Car SalesmenCar Salesmen amuse and frighten me. Mostly, they frighten me.<br />
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They wait, patiently, for the right victim.<b></b><br />
<b>They circle, like sharks or piranha.</b><br />
<b>They have a hungry look in their eyes.</b><br />
<b>They may have been human, once....</b><br />
<b>...they are something else now....</b><br />
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</b>Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-63377361874008903202012-03-10T10:19:00.001-05:002012-03-10T10:34:11.896-05:00BOREDI'm at the dealership, originally to get a lube, but now waiting to see what "that noise" is.<br />
I should've brought my iPad, but noooooooooooo.<br />
I just paid dodge-em in the lot with some salespeople.<br />
My research indicates that standing by a Charger is the fastest way to get a salesman interested in you.<br />
Anyway, I brought a sketch pad, and am trying to use it and not play on my phone.<br />
I decided to attempt breaking from my usual subject and style - I decided to draw a monster of unspeakable evil.<br />
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...... I ended up with a creature of mildly indeterminable malevolence.<br />
Sigh. I guess I just don't have it in me.<br />
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On the bright side, I appear to have plenty of time...Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-80950447350913964892011-09-13T21:03:00.002-04:002011-09-13T21:03:48.630-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My friend Kristen says: if you're behind on your blog, you need to upload a random cat picture. I had to borrow a cat.Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-30337031719570414792011-08-07T19:25:00.000-04:002011-08-07T19:25:07.037-04:00Pacific Sharp Nose Shark: Shark Week Sketch JamI missed a day of the <a href="http://sharkweeksketchjam.deviantart.com/">Shark Week Sketch Jam</a>, which was the lantern shark. Aaaaaaand then I didn't post my Pacific Sharpnose Shark. So, here are the last few days' worth of Sketch Jam sharks:<br />
Sharpnose, Lantern and Shark Ray.<br />
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The last day was a "pick your own shark" day. I chose the Shark Ray because I have never drawn one before and I thought it would be fun.<br />
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Both boys decided to join me for this one.<br />
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Here's the DeviantArt group: <a href="http://sharkweeksketchjam.deviantart.com/">Shark Week Sketch Jam</a><br />
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... or you could just look at them on this blog....<br />
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Every day, the moderator will name a shark, and the participants all submit a drawing of that shark to the group page.<br />
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<a href="http://sharkweeksketchjam.deviantart.com/">DeviantArt: Shark Week Sketch Jam</a><br />
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, I ended up drawing today's shark (Greater Hammerhead) in my son's hospital room. The up side is that he decided to participate as well.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvjROjyWG82pbc1GxNEs6VET3gJ2h5wP2uexLarXHQV_T-Zkq4pMlYwRYRbKE-Gr4eJBjomuLDNn1C39kbrd7_U9vg6jQKFNt0YxZdgUMUyUpka3Zbr7DWk5qHxmUS2Oxj7N-/s1600/wardmhammer01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvjROjyWG82pbc1GxNEs6VET3gJ2h5wP2uexLarXHQV_T-Zkq4pMlYwRYRbKE-Gr4eJBjomuLDNn1C39kbrd7_U9vg6jQKFNt0YxZdgUMUyUpka3Zbr7DWk5qHxmUS2Oxj7N-/s320/wardmhammer01.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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I was just flipping through the <a href="http://www.scaquarium.org">South Carolina Aquarium's</a> website. It is cool that a lot of the pictures I took while I was there are still being used.<br />
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There's also a non-working link to Fish Fusion, an interactive I illustrated for the the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. A quick web search showed that it is still alive and well <a href="http://fishwatch.dnr.sc.gov/FishFusion/FishFusionWindow.html">Click Here to Play!</a><br />
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It is neat when things you do last...<br />
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(Speaking of which...if you go to the Great Hall gallery of the SCA site, you can see a picture of two little boys using a touchscreen - they're some of my best work.)Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-80971686063630211622011-06-20T17:53:00.000-04:002011-06-20T17:53:19.508-04:00Snowtrooper Cartoon #1Well, the boys and I watched (for the millionth time) The Empire Strikes Back the other day. I had doodled a Snowtrooper a while ago, so I turned it into a little strip.<br />
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There are actually 2 more Snowtrooper comics waiting to be scanned, colored and posted.<br />
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Enjoy.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFI7jbKLIO5CjLxFLyjyhVpkgH_Z8O9GvhQs5iOfLVj232L7ijTPCk1yLNXALlzktYgXeZUIl40EcOWHOqN9AXHFA0qTbsOoPskEg3iRPQGOu4Ga7pH6e733vuMbS7djqIN557/s1600/trooperssnowball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="170" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFI7jbKLIO5CjLxFLyjyhVpkgH_Z8O9GvhQs5iOfLVj232L7ijTPCk1yLNXALlzktYgXeZUIl40EcOWHOqN9AXHFA0qTbsOoPskEg3iRPQGOu4Ga7pH6e733vuMbS7djqIN557/s320/trooperssnowball.jpg" /></a></div>Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-45168485083049506852010-09-15T08:41:00.002-04:002010-09-15T08:43:33.757-04:00DeviantArt postingsOk, I believe it is safe to say that I am not much for blogging.<br />I haven't been posting much of anything, other than Facebook, for months now.<br />I do, however, have a DeviantArt account, if you want to check out a few misc. drawings and doodles.<br /><a href="http://wardart.deviantart.com/"><br />Matthew Ward's DeviantArt Account</a>Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-33082540863949537782008-08-11T00:07:00.002-04:002008-08-11T00:10:10.956-04:00Drawin' and Playin'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gA60BRQwZipiu1vPiq3dm3kA0EgSYdS3uhm12dB8ijCXxMl2FJ3PiayKa-LWObVyo33cyLWp4x_8yr3n0x35Xh0V5MrAj1RU5sE2XHq2Mq1glesl1njQ_RaAUUiAuCypslkE/s1600-h/deadpoolhulk01web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gA60BRQwZipiu1vPiq3dm3kA0EgSYdS3uhm12dB8ijCXxMl2FJ3PiayKa-LWObVyo33cyLWp4x_8yr3n0x35Xh0V5MrAj1RU5sE2XHq2Mq1glesl1njQ_RaAUUiAuCypslkE/s320/deadpoolhulk01web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233107533664539602" border="0" /></a><br />I recently happened on a copy of TINY TITANS, a comic book with art by Art Baltazar.<br />It seemed like a simple, fun style, so I thought I'd try it. Instead of DC characters, I started drawing Marvel heroes. For my first few tries, I thought it came out pretty well.Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-16267856963506243912007-07-07T23:53:00.001-04:002007-07-08T00:00:08.029-04:00Pokemon fever<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHt5Hq81Mo2oXMNCv9y8ANVOwxMdxLgPNkdgmCSG_MybCSgxaFDzh3xSegwe0bgdqS1TeJIlVQbZ_ZWxcgc8RUbTjodnZt4qyS5ShnP4S-nNLCl6bI8dsPzGlZf_CSIIaVeJh/s1600-h/sharkor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHt5Hq81Mo2oXMNCv9y8ANVOwxMdxLgPNkdgmCSG_MybCSgxaFDzh3xSegwe0bgdqS1TeJIlVQbZ_ZWxcgc8RUbTjodnZt4qyS5ShnP4S-nNLCl6bI8dsPzGlZf_CSIIaVeJh/s320/sharkor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084669492835720722" border="0" /></a><br />My sons have only recently gotten bitten by the Pokemon bug. While there have been many times I thought I would scream if I heard the word again, it has led to some fun, including making up our own Pokemon. I encourage him to make up his own, develop and draw them. Well, I got sucked into it, too.<br />This is my first attempt at creating a Pokemon - Sharkor!<br />I have been informed that this is obviously an "evolved" Pokemon, and apparently I need to come up with the first, unevolved state. I almost think I understand that, which scares me. I'm sure there will be more of these...Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36508875.post-50247534079083729842007-06-15T17:51:00.001-04:002011-06-20T11:01:08.123-04:00World Of Warcraft Comic 2I got another comic posted as an honorable mention on the World Of Warcraft's monthly comic contest! <a href="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/screenshot.aspx?ImageIndex=164&Set=64">Click here to see it! </a> (Even though you won't get it if you don't play the game...)<br />
This is fun. My first published comic was many, many years ago in DRAGON magazine. I actually got paid for that one!<br />
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*** 6/18/11 Update - WOW has changed their site, so the link doesn't work. Here's the drawing on my DeviantArt site: <a href="http://wardart.deviantart.com/gallery/9766148#/d1de845">WOW comic #1</a>Wardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916989302669251503noreply@blogger.com1