The Art of Relaxation

When it comes to laziness, Nigel has got to be King.

Nigel is the type of cat that will not move from the step he is laying on if you are coming up the stairs. You actually need to step over him. He is not a small cat, so he takes up the entire step. Although, he looks to have lost weight, he is probably still a good 14-15 pounds (down from 18).

In this picture, Nigel probably would not move if you went to the bedroom door and opened it. Instead, he would look up at you annoyed.

Some days, I wish I could just lay around and do nothing but look annoyed at the people around me.

Portable Art Supplies

Portable Art Supplies
Originally uploaded by louhamilton23.

I carry this around with me when I just want a couple pencils, pens and an eraser.

I've had this case for at least 20 years and it is still in great condition..

Illustration Friday -- Red

Today's Illustration Friday topic was Red. This was the first thing that crossed my mind.

Backyard Art

My neighbors
Originally uploaded by louhamilton23.

One of the things I love about living in downtown Frederick are the backyards. The different colors and styles show the individuality of the homeowners as well as the different architectures of the houses.

This shot was taken from my backyard while on the kids fort.

First Snowman of Winter

First snowman of winter
Originally uploaded by louhamilton23.

This is about as much snow as we got. The boys enjoyed making a snowman today.

It consists of hair made out a pine tree limb, arms made from twigs, nose and mouth made from carrots, and eyes, mustache and beard made from Double Chocolate Cookie Crisp cereal.

Doodle of the Day -- 2007.01.21

2007.01.21 -- Doodle of the Day
Originally uploaded by louhamilton23.

I did this while the kids were playing on their L-Max's this morning. Mac saw me drawing and decided that he wanted to draw something, too. It eventually turned into Mac and I drawing pictures while James played his L-Max.

It started out with the box. I then added the first tear drop, then the second tear drop. Finally, I added the details to the eye and sort of paisley.

Illustration Friday - Super Hero

2007.01.19 -- IF - Super Hero
Originally uploaded by louhamilton23.

Wasn't sure if I was going to do it this week, but this came out while watching TV tonight.

Thanks for stopping by!

Art at Work

Since I have not really taken any pictures or drawn anything lately, I figured that I would post something that I did at work. This was a simple network diagram I did for one of my customers to connect their East Coast and West Coast Satellite networks together as well as their Network Operations Center.

I know its not much, but its the only "art" that I have been doing the last couple of days.


Stay tuned. I hope to have something more interesting up soon.

Sunset in Northern Virginia

Driving home from work yesterday, I saw this out my drivers side window. I thought with the tree silhouetted like it is, I had to stop and catch this shot.

This was taken on Route 15 between Lucketts, VA and Point of Rocks, MD.

Mr. Angry Eyes

When I took Spot and Alice out last night, Spot went crazy and tried to climb the tree next to their kennel. When I shined my flashlight into the tree, I found this opossum looking back at me.

As you can see, he was not happy to be disturbed. As my kids would say, "He has his angry eyes on."

I wish I took this picture :(

I wish I took this picture :(
Originally uploaded by louhamilton23.

Instead, this was a picture that I downloaded from my five year olds camera.

He took his camera in the car while he and I ran errands. I hear him snapping pictures, but I never knew he was taking pictures like this from the back seat. There are actually a dozen or so more just as good.

I'm thinking of playing around with it and cropping and changing it to sepia or something like that. I want to keep the angled look of it though.

Prehistoric Sesame Street

Prehistoric Sesame Street
Originally uploaded by louhamilton23.

Todays post is about "Children's Art."

This morning, James was playing with his dinosaurs and had them take over Sesame Street. This was not the first time I saw them do this. I really enjoy when they combine different toys together and come up with something like this.

Personally, I like the yellow one climbing the building.

Did you have the Sesame Street building? Did you combine different toys together when you played with them?

Spot

Spot
Originally uploaded by louhamilton23.

I was trying out various depth of field settings and liked this the best (f/8). I can't believe how crisp this lens is!

Doodle of the Day -- 2007.01.11

2007.01.11 -- Doodle of the Day
Originally uploaded by louhamilton23.

Yesterday was an uneventful day. I took no pictures and I did no drawings. Just went to bed early.

I stole a few minutes today and drew this at work. I'll let you guess what was going through my mind today.

Doodles of the Day -- 2007.01.09

When we were in NYC last year, I picked up a sketch pad at MoMA. Its really cool with different colors pages versus the plain white ones in most sketch pads. I have finally got around to using it.

Here is one of the pages from it.