Assuming they’re not all vegetarians, and assuming they can’t really cook much under water, then I think mermaids, just like the rest of us, probably just snack on whatever floats by.

Some recent sketches, playing around with a newish direction in worried characters.

Just a sharpie doodle from a meeting a few days ago.

So, I’ve got this great freelance job designing some minor characters for an animated tv show that I can’t tell you about. Anyway, I’ve been having a lot of fun drawing these characters, not only because drawing this way is my favorite way to doodle, but also because as I’ve been sitting down at the dining room table, my 4 year old daughter has been sitting and drawing right along with me, drawing the same things I’m drawing. Sharpies in hand, we scribble away, comparing our characters, giving suggestions, etc. You know, it doesn’t get any better than that.

 I thought it would be fun to show you a couple of our drawings together.  I’m not gonna say whose is whose.

A recent sketch from my sketchbook. Well not really from my sketchbook, as I rarely keep a real sketchbook. I do most of my doodling on post-it notes with sharpie markers. But “a recent sketch from a crumpled post-it note” just doesn’t sound as impressive.