Linzyblog

You’ve Had a Birthday, Shout Hooray!

jimlinkamp — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:38:41 +0000

Happy Birthday Angela. Here’s your baby popping out of a cake.

Number Johnny 5, where are you going?

jimlinkamp — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:22:30 +0000

When I think of robots, I think of Number 5 aka “Johnny” from the 80′s movie Short Circuit (saw it for my birthday) AND I think of the robot from Buck Rodgers who began every sentence with “beedeebeedeebeedee”.

Robots are just fun. There is no right or wrong to drawing a robot. You’ve got high-tech, futuristic robots, and you’ve got clunky, metal, made-from-scrap parts robots. These are sort of in-between. I made this FHE board for the Hunter Family. The square bodies of the robots are the peices that rotate around the board. Some of the titles are hard to read because it wasn’t easy to paint ‘stencil-looking’ letters that small.

…..alwaaays and forever.

jimlinkamp — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:02:16 +0000

Just a Father’s Day card for m’Dad. Yes, he loves technology. Not as much as me, you see. But still, he loves technology.

Do a Good Turn Daily

jimlinkamp — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:54:29 +0000

Drawing these scout mascots on a cloth banner for a friend counts as a good turn, right?

Book.

jimlinkamp — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:25:44 +0000

Here’s another little fun book I made from an old board book. This time I just ripped off the picture layer and kept it ‘raw’. I love the look of raw cardboard. I like fonts of all sorts. Dunno why it’s simply called Book.

Romantical Mallets

jimlinkamp — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:45:30 +0000

A young friend recently got married and had a rubber mallet on their gift registry.

1. How could we NOT pass up an excuse to buy a rubber mallet for a wedding gift?

2. How could we NOT wrap it exactly like a rubber mallet?

Lunch Is a Funny Word

jimlinkamp — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:40:21 +0000

Sharpies are a great way to spruce up a $1.99 lunchbox.

Modesto Power

jimlinkamp — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:08:05 +0000

I have been doing some artwork for Modesto Power gym/training facility this year. Modesto Power is owned by some longtime family friends. Go check them out!

Funny Bus Truck

jimlinkamp — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:41:30 +0000

They held a Pinewood Derby at church for the Dads. (Really, anyone participated) Jimmy really didn’t have any time to work on one, but we came up with this classic VW Truck. My brothers and I loved this vehicle and it was a rare treat to spot one. We didn’t know what the real name was, we just called them funny bus trucks. They’re a bus in the front and a truck in the back. Like a vehicle version of a mullet!

We won a prize (chocolate bar) for most unique design, and much to our surprise, we actually one a race. It sure looked fine rolling down the track.

Colored Pens Are For Da Boids

jimlinkamp — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:55:40 +0000

My Dad used to say to us kids, “You old birds.” I dunno why. My girls love to have me sit down and draw with them. I never really know what to draw. These are some examples of what I end up drawing.