Erik Brooks's Blog, page 29
May 22, 2017
Harts Pass No. 347
The weather last week was about as fickle as my ability to post. A short week ahead with State track meet coaching duties on the horizon, but Harts Pass will arrive as usual on Thursday. GRRR!
May 12, 2017
Drawn to Color: A Pacific Northwest Coloring Book!
Sasquatch Books has the final copies of Drawn to Color: A Pacific Northwest Coloring Book ready and waiting for their August 22nd release! 50 pages of coloring thrills by 20 critically acclaimed and up-and-coming PNW children's book illustrators. For children and adults, the variety of art ranges from simple to highly detailed, offering a range of coloring challenges.
PS I have two pages in here as well :)
Harts Pass No. 346
By guest cartoonist, Malloch DeSalvo! And Thor VERY much likes the idea of thinking about something... and making it come true :) Thanks so much to Malloch, Dexter, and ALL of the kid cartoonists in the 4th grade at Methow Valley Elementary!
May 11, 2017
Dino Doodle!
DINO TRACK! Track Dino? This is what happens when you help out with HS track and have 3-4 HOURS of bus rides to fill 1-2 days a week. I should post more often, but this was from last nights sub-district travel-fest :) Drawn on the iPad Pro in the Procreate App. PS: The kids ran GRRReat!
May 5, 2017
Happy Children's Book Week!
Just celebrating the week with my local bookstore here in Winthrop, WA. And while we're at it, former Methow Valley-ite Corinna Luyken will be here in two weeks to give a valley debut for her brand new BOOK OF MISTAKES!
May 4, 2017
Harts Pass No. 345
On the heels of another successful comics workshop at the local elementary school... we bring you SPRING TIME COMICS by Dexter Delaney! Guest commentary by Thor - but look out for the porcupine/wolf-with-cymbols wake-up patrol :) A big thanks to Methow Arts for bringing artists into classrooms near and far!!
PS Stay tuned for a second guest cartoonist next week!
April 27, 2017
Harts Pass No. 344
A great writing quote, but applicable to SO many other things with regards to decision making, leadership, and perceptions of competency!
April 26, 2017
From the Archives!
OK, so for the sake of public discourse I'll politely give the "archive" designation to my mother's basement. In reality, it is/was an absolute nest of items that needed SERIOUS sorting, but there's nothing like a basement cleaning to bring family together :)
That being said, I DID uncover (and bring home for posterity - perhaps to my wife's dismay) two early writing samples: High Treason in Catfish Bend (circa 1983), and My Life in Alaska (1985), plus an old copy of Walt Disney's Tips on Animation, which might have belonged to my dad, but which served as a major source of inspiration to my younger artsy ways. Thanks mom!
April 20, 2017
Harts Pass No. 343
Loup Loup Pass to the Okanogan: currently closed due to a sliding/collapsing roadbed - in TWO different places! For those communing back and fourth from the Methow to the Okanogan, this adds about 40 minutes each way and perhaps an extra 40 miles total. The Loup Loup wolf pack? They're totally fine with it. Nature bats last... GRRR!
April 13, 2017
Harts Pass No. 342
OK, one more springtime edition of Harts Pass :)
