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The bulk of my weekend was spent feverishly sewing felt plushies while watching the oddest assortment of movies I could find. I had a happy time!  cactus Straw Berry Bluebeard

Last night was a rousing success! The place was crowded from the get go and remained so until I left at 10:00pm. I saw two of my plush pieces purchased and before I'd left a third had sold as well. I'm gonna have to make more plush to restock soon! If you couldn't make it last night you still have time to stop by and see the art. Everything's going to be on display until February 11th. Head over there and check the place out. There are loads of cool items and Chris and Miki (the proprieters) are splendid people. You will not be disappointed. The very last picture below is of the piece I made for the event. It is entitled "Q is for Quiller."

Q Pop's grand opening party is tonight from 7-11pm! If you are as radical as me you will be there. This is the invitation - Q Pop Grand Opening Invite . The previous lot of plush I'd taken over to the store is sold out! But I made some more just in time for the grand opening. I also made a piece of art for the opening show which I'm not gonna post a picture of just yet as I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone heading there tonight! These are the plush persons and things I made for the store. Some of these guys have been up on my Etsy shop before and some are new. Pinks Beanie Quatropus boots Quatropus in boots

On one occasion during my childhood, I attempted to construct a tin can robot. Radio Shack supplied me with all the electrical components I needed: two small white light bulbs for robot eyes, a red bulb for the nose, electrical wire, and a switcher to turn the bulbs on/off. After poking holes in the tin can head and affixing the light bulbs, I managed to get everything to light up before quitting the project altogether when I realized that was the extent of my mechanical know-how. Sadly, my little tin can robot never gained sentience. Back in present times, my friend and musician Brett Algera commissioned me to make him a robot (this one in felt) with the intention of having our other friend and photographer Luke Eshleman photograph it for the cover of Brett's newest album. I leapt with leopard like grace into the task at hand! Designing the robot was easy. From the episode of Gumby where he gets robots to do his chores for him to banking with Robie the coin eating robot - I spen...

My friend, Chris Mitchell, recently opened an awesome store in Little Tokyo called Q Pop . If you like cool things like Thai T-shirts screen printed by hand or Japanese vinyl toys you should go to this place where you'll find those and more. The address is as follows: 128 Astronaut E S Onizuka St Los Angeles , CA , 90012 Chris asked me to make some plush for the store so I made variations of old characters as well as brand new Q Pop exclusives! Here are pictures of the bulk of them. gray-ish sassquid bearded slug Franklin Straps Trumpet Floyd

I think the reason nobody ever really sees Sasquatch or Nessie anymore is because they wised up and started wearing disguises.

Zombie zucchini adhere to the same basic rules as people zombies. Aim for the head (it's behind their face). Don't miss.

Question I asked myself: "How can I add spice to a spudly buccaneer who already possesses roughly a spice rack full of spiciness?" Answer I gave myself: "Put a tiny skull on his eyepatch, dingus." As a fan of all things tiny I implemented this solution forthwith. Behold! Potato Pirate w/skull eyepatch modification

Currently engaged in a massive plush making campaign. I've made about 10 pieces thus far. Some old friends. Some new ones. But I'm not going for speed here, folks. I'm trying to make things when the inspiration strikes me in the face. My work space of the moment is the kitchen table. (Take that, Better Homes and Gardens!) I've decided to put all of the finished plush within my old Indiana Jones satchel. Young Doug received this one Christmas by asking his parents for "a bag like the one Indiana Jones has." Sadly, this bag and the boy that I once was never set off on any adventures to rival that of the young Henry Jones, Jr. I did, however, engage in some fiery stick fights in my backyard. Many a digit was scrunched betwixt yonder poles of birch! (Translation: somebody's fingers would invariably wind up getting squashed by a stick.) Witness the doodles in all their glory! Paper doodles! Felt doodles! Macaroni doodles! I like to think I doodle...every ...

My preferred method of doodling these days? In Photoshop using my FAVORITE tool: the pencil tool. I love the blocky, lines of pixels that in no way resemble drawing with a pencil. There's a gentle ugliness to every picture produced in this fashion. Though I suppose it helps when you're drawing things like monsters, blue zombies, and deformed power men...