Category: Art

Hat-Mobile Model

Remember the orthographic drawing of the Hat-Mobile I uploaded a few days back?  I drew that for school with the intention (and requirement) of modeling the car in a 3D program. Well I was going to show it to you today, but I’m not going to anymore.

I’m sorry, but I planned to be done with my model last night.  Unfortunately that did not happen instead I had a very frustrating night because my modeling software crashed three times.  This was a problem, but it wasn’t half as bad as the fifteen- that’s right fifteen! – bad saves.  Every file I saved last night was corrupted when I reloaded it. So I gave up.

Don’t get me wrong I will finish a model of this stinkin’ car, but I’m just gonna start fresh.  I don’t care if it’s less efficient.  so I hope to present you all with a GOOD model of this car in a couple of weeks.  If not, know that I am wailing and gnashing my teeth at my 3D modeling software, Maya (free for students).

Orthographic Art

Since I’m sure you all love school work as much as I do I thought I’d share today’s assignment.  I needed to create an orthographic image of something so I took this sketchh-a-t-s-mobile-sketchand drew this.h-a-t-s-mobileI actually really liked this assignment.  In an orthographic drawing everything has to line up from one picture to the next (the body of the car is always the same width, the top is the same height, the opening is the same width, ect.) so this project required a fair bit of precision.  It was sort of an intersection between art and math, my two favorite subjects.

A Clerihew or Two.

Hey cats,  better get your coffee and sunglasses ’cause it’s time for some poetry, man! Brought to you by the brother’s beatniks blog.

On that note here are few clerihews I wrote for school.  A clerihew is a type of poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.  They’re very simple poems, really, the first line is the name of some famous person who the poem is about and the rhyme scheme is AABB.  Those are really the only requirements.  And so without further ado my clerihews!

Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Converted to Catholic from Anglican
In his books he said protestants fail
To recognize the good of ale.

Mr. George Washington
Was a wealthy farmer’s son,
But he decided to deal with men in battle
So he wouldn’t have to deal with cattle.

G.K. Chesterton
Is a famous Englishmen
When he needed to fill his coffers
He became a Catholic author.

(I know two Chesterton poems is excessive, but I couldn’t resist).
And finally…

Edmund Bentley Clerihew
Needed something new to do
He said, “I’ll never have to work again
If I write poems of famous men!”

Well that’s it I hope you dig these poems Daddy-o!

Announcements! Announcements! I Have Announcements!

That’s what my Mom says whenever she has something to say to all of the children, good, bad, or indifferent.  Actually, she kind of sings it.

For that reason, if for no other, this seemed like the perfect title for today’s post.  Yes, I have news (and I promise I’ll get to it just as soon as I’m done with the preamble…or you can just skip to the next paragraph).  Some of it’s good, I hope none of it’s bad, and I’m certainly not indifferent.  I’m exited.

First things first, the webcomic will no longer be posted on this blog.  Instead it will have it’s own blog and will be available on our site under the webcomic tab.  I will be posting a comic everyday starting with number one.  I do apologize to anyone who has been following the series as they will be ahead of new blog for about a month, but I re-lettered all the comics for ease of reading and I would like all the comics in one place.  Please check out the new blog anyways if you enjoy the comic, as I will be posting a new comic, “Hat and Tie,” every Sunday.

Furthermore if you would like to see the comics on the full note page (along with all my notes) I will be posting the un-cropped versions on my tumblr blog Longbow Comics.  The comics will also be on my Pinterest and Instagram page.

I am really excited about my new webcomic blogs.  I think they will be neater and easier to read.  I hope you all like this new format better too.

 

Please check out the comics and feel free to let me know what you think of the changes!

Opossum VS. Possum

The answer to the question I never knew existed.

 

Have you ever seen a small rodent like animal playing dead and wondered “is that a possum or an opossum?” Neither have I, quite frankly I didn’t even know that there was such a thing as an opossum until we made our fourth comic book. Turns out those funny rodents that play dead are  opossums and the differences don’t end there.

 

Opossums Possums
Habitat in colder climates like North America Habitat in subtropics primarily Australia
Omnivorous Mostly herbivorous, rarely omnivorous
Hairless tail functions as a

fifth hand

 Bushy tail helps to balance

possum
Thumb-like toes on all feet Thumb-like toes on back

feet only
Play dead Don’t play dead
Long faces with elongated snout Flat, round faces
Lifespan of 2 to 4 years Lifespan of 6 years
Gray or white fur Tan to brown fur

 

 

This whole confusing situation started when a gentleman named Sir Joseph Banks saw the possum in Australia and assumed it was in the same immediate family as the opossum. Little did he know that the two species’ only similarity is that they’re both small rodent like marsupials.