October started off just how you'd expect after loosing a job. See http://menacingtourist.blogspot.com/2007/02/holy-crap-its-been-way-too-long-since.html for the color versions.

It's time to post some sketchbook updates...
Apparently I haven't posted sketches since August of 2006. My bad.

I think it would be easier to organize them by months. You may notice that September and November are missing. The truth is I was so busy with freelance work that I didn't sketch at all. I guess working three jobs will do that :)

Enjoy August...

Finished a book with above.

Bird Baby!
I just love this cute little guy. On the other hand my wife finds him endlessly creepy. The Universe is truly a strange and beautiful place.

I truly believe if I went on one of those vision quest things and had to find my spirit animal it would be Bird Baby, guiding me to the creative mushroom patch...or maybe a bunch of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and a large glass of milk...

For Your Consideration
Paintings for corporate offices, religious buildings and pay-by-the-hour motels.
(I'd hate to leave someone out)

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If you see something you like please email me at alanpeck@gmail.com to see if it's spoken for or sold. Plan on $50-$75 for an 8x10, $40 for an 8x8, $35 for the skinny ones and $225 for the 11x14.

Happy Paintings

After I got all those sad little things out of my system it seemed like I'm back to my old self again. I finished these 19 rectangles of joyful weirdness last night and here they are. I'll get around to scanning them later but thought it would be fun to see them all stacked up against the wall. Candace is still a little creeped out by some of them but at least there's no graphic nudity.

Maybe that will be the theme of the next 20...

Large Format Photography in Central Park

It was a cold-cold-cold sunny day in NYC and the one weekend Nathan comes down to visit I drag him all over Central Park with my 8x10 camera. I managed to make three OK shots. The scans are not super great so forgive my prints that aren't very flat.

An added bonus was taking Flat Shaylynn with us. This is a cool thing grade school kids do where they send a flat version of themselves to far away places to collect photos and stories. Then they get it all sent back and they share it with thier class.

The gorey photography details are:
Camera> Kodak 2D 8x10
Film> JandC 100
Film Developer> Rollo Pyro
Lens> Wollensak Velostigmat 12"
Paper> Forte Multigrade
Paper Dev> Dektol

Here is my somewhat heavy 8x10 camera with Flat Shaylynn in Central Park. It's about 12 degrees with just enough of a breeze to turn your fingers blue.


If you happen to come visit us in scenic New Jersey you will be forced to sit for a portrait. Hey, I gotta learn somehow.

This is looking across some pond at Bow Bridge.

This is some fountain.

Holy Crap it's been way too long since my last post! I am truly shamed. Let me make it up to the group of special people who read my humble blog...

I present the mega-fantastic painting post!

Please note that these were all done during a rather sad and depressing period. It was very cathartic and I'm better now. In fact, the group of 20 paintings I'm working on now is actually very happy. Which group of paintings is more creepy? Only time will tell...

It's good to be busy and I've been busy lately. You wouldn't know it by my blog but this thing is the last of my worries! :) So BatGirl encouraged me to post what I've been up to and here it is:

I finally finished the birthday painting for Alexander. His 5th birthday was in April but I didn't get the painting finished before the move and it languished for several months. We put it in the frame last night and hung it on his wall. He looks pretty happy about it all and I swear I'm not this surly all the time. There was another picture that had a wicked glare on the painting but I was kinda smiling in that one. I'd rather show the painting.

In case anyone wondered that green thing is a Teranadon and was an addition requested by Alexander. He also asked for the robot to have a mustache but I gotta draw the line somewhere.



What better way to celebrate getting a new painting hung on your wall than jumping on your bed. I don't feel so special because he jumps on his bed all the time.

Marina wanted to see drawings so here's a couple I recently did that I kinda like. The first one is just a pretty girl with cool hair and the second one is for a freind's birthday. He's turning the super old age of 50 and I thought he'd enjoy a robot. You can also get a good idea of what my desk looks like at any given time.

Here's a close up of these two drawings. You can see that I don't just crank out a sketch. Lots of revisions going on. That 50 on the robot was done about 50 times I swear. I probably did it about 3 or 4 more times after this. I painted the outlines for both of these as well as on another 12 that I may show later.

I've even found some time for photography. These are 8x10 paper negatives I made while trying to get a good print for a print exchange. The paper negs tend to be a bit contrasty but are a lot cheaper than film and at the 8x10 size you're talking about .25 cents verses $2 a shot. It make screwing up a lot easier to deal with and I seem to be doing that quite well.

Managed to get a decent print off of one of these (I think the second from the left) but it required a pre flash of .2 seconds before contact printing for 6 seconds. That sky was burned in pretty hot. If I had a scanner I could post the print but I don't so I won't.