The Bear Who Hated His Job: The Missing Pages

A few months ago I decided to start a little comic called, "The Bear Who Hated His Job". It was about a Bear, who once was the world's greatest knife thrower, but now he has been hired by a different circus who thinks the only thing he is useful for is dancing on a rubber ball.

It's a story about pursuing what you truly love.

I've decided to post one of my pages from that story here. This is page two, which starts a flashback. I hope you enjoy. Lines and lettering were done in Adobe Illustrator with the tones made in Photoshop.

Earl-y

Today's image is my post for this week's Illustration Friday category, "Early". I ran through so many ideas with most of them involving roosters, and even a hot-dog eating contest, but this idea came to me last night. I started playing on the the "Earl" part of the word early and almost named one of these men as the Earl of Sandwich. I think the Earl Grey tea really set the mood, though, and the picture became more playful and whimsical.