Elk Hunt - Again

I put my counter on this blog about mid- January of this year. I don't know what the number of hits on this blog would have been if I had the thing installed a year ago (I've learned so much since I starting blogging.) But, sometime tonight I should go over 10,000 hits. I'm kind of excited about that. (Of course, about 5,000 of those were from me.)

Before I installed the counter I had no idea that there were a number of people visiting this page, and not leaving a comment. I just figured that the number of comments I got pretty well equaled the number of hits I was getting. Little did I know that a number of you out there are the lurking type.

Anyway, thanks for visiting the old blog. I've said before, and I'll say it again, my tender ego needs, thrives on, the attention.

Above is another cartoon that I did a couple of years back. Previously I have posted two other elk hunt drawings; a rifle hunt, and a different bow hunt version. This one is actually the first bow hunt one that I drew. But, when I drew it, I didn't like it because I didn't leave enough room for the arrow to stick out straight from the elk's nose. To me, that didn't look right. So, I had to redraw it. Still, I liked this one well enough that I hung on to it.

Which one do you like best? (A question obviously asked to try and get a comment out of you lurker types.)

Johnny in Color

Here is the drawing of Johnny with the color added. Which do you like better? Note the additions to the barn.

Johnny

This is a caricature I did of a few month back of friend I've known for a number of years. One of his three beautiful daughters (It takes a special man to be a father to three beautiful girls.) wanted me to draw it for a birthday gift. I know the family from two great years of living out in the little community of Camp Creek - NW Oklahoma. You won't find it on a map. Johnny is a great guy and I was happy to do it for him.

Actually, I think this is one of the best caricature that I have done. I just really like the way it turned out. This is the black and white version. I'll post the color one soon.

Johnny enjoys hunting. We spent one fall morning hunting some wild turkey together - a very difficult creature to hunt. If you're one of those that opposes hunting you might be happy to learn that I gave myself a black-eye on the scope of the gun when I fired it. But the turkey tasted good.

What do you think?

Elk Hunt - Bow Season

I drew this one a couple of years ago. I like the idea of nature getting even. It lends itself to some humorous ideas. I think if I drew this one again I probably would have made the background darker, but I wanted the subjects in the foreground to stand out.

What do you think?