If you don’t know about “The Oatmeal“. You should. Audrey and I have signed up to run the Beat the Blerch Half-Marathon next month in Carnation, Washington. It’s going to be a hoot! What is The Blerch? He’s my inner sloth. The demon on my back telling me to eat more pizza. Run tomorrow. I…
Author: Tomas
Drawing Fish is Fun
Re-drawing some fish from my sketchbook, I’ve updated the header for my website. I’ve also added a black & white pdf of these fun fish to print and color at your heart’s delight. Enjoy! -Tomas
Still Living Tiny
Audrey and I are still loving the tiny house life and have been blogging about it over at Trying on Tiny. Although we’ve had to face a few challenges in the last 19 months of living in 160-square feet, we’ve pulled through all of them while still loving each other more than ever. All my…
Sketchbook Challenge – January 2014
Way back on January 1, a couple of artists I follow on Twitter decided to start a sketchbook challenge and had invited other artists to participate. I had been looking to do more drawing so this sounded like fun! Drawing each day for 31 days to fill a 110-sheet 5.5″x8″ sketchbook proved to be extremely…
Global Game Jam 2013
I had only recently heard of the “Global Game Jam” on Friday evening but had resigned myself to helping some friends move by bike on Saturday and that I would have to wait until next year to participate. However, after helping some mutual friends move house by bicycle, my fellow team-mate informed me he was…
18 Characters
Just a spread from my 2013 Moleskine sketchbook. 18 characters from no particular genre or reason, just to draw within the rectangular confines I established for each character. Download the PDF version of this drawing so you can print, color it, and post a picture of your colored page. I just ask that you not…
2012 Recap
The world didn’t end! 2012 has been a crazy for year for me. Lots has changed in my life, better, worse, strange, and exciting. Shacked up with my lovely girlfriend, Audrey Stayed at the Clifftop Inn Toured the Oregon Coast for 10 Days on Bicycles Still Fun-employed My own personal art showing at Bikeasaurus Visited…
Bike Craft 2012 – Success!
I debuted “Bike Parade: The Activity Book” at the 2012 Bike Craft to great success! Although many of the other vendors of the show had lamented poor sales, I feel like I scored pretty well and will definitely be back at BikeCraft 2013. -Tomas
Off to the Presses!
I just finished the final pages of Bike Parade! Volume 2 and have approved of the proofs. The fine folks at Documart should have the books in my hands by tomorrow afternoon. The last two weeks have been a mad fury of drawing, scanning, vectoring and layout work. I’ve had a lot of fun illustrating…
Activity Book
I have a new book in the works…and Activity Book! Here’s a list of some of the animals that have been recommended to me via Twitter and Facebook: Hedgehog Giraffe Bat Platypus Turtle Salmon Amoeba Moose Squid Bookworm Unicorn Toad Lemur Sasquatch Dragon Kangaroo DINOSAURS! RAWR! I’m still trying to figure out what kind of…
Bumps in the Road
Our tiny house project that we often refer to as the “Addison Mansion” is almost finished! But a journey worth taking is never without its bumps, right? First Bump: Before we started any building or signing of contractors, we used the Tiny House Network to find a suitable parking spot for our house. We met…
Our Tiny Journey Begins!
It’s been 18 months since Audrey and I started dating bliss, with 7 of those months living together in harmony. We’ve recently decided to go the next step in our relationship and look into home ownership. Rather than the typical “American Dream” of having a 2,000 square foot McMansion with a 30 year mortgage, we…