tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45465498063305044192009-10-17T13:27:44.947-05:00Doug Pichlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660682743712871321noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546549806330504419.post-32699133673798842142008-11-10T01:14:00.001-06:002008-11-10T01:15:56.386-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SRffnAC_rMI/AAAAAAAAAC0/DLO4UnHem5A/s1600-h/random+thoughts+11-09-08+small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SRffnAC_rMI/AAAAAAAAAC0/DLO4UnHem5A/s400/random+thoughts+11-09-08+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266924150353538242" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4546549806330504419-3269913367379884214?l=randomthoughtscomic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Doug Pichlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660682743712871321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546549806330504419.post-56236064578344473292008-09-03T01:31:00.004-05:002008-09-08T09:56:52.030-05:00For the September newsletter. Not my best work...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SL4vpUc0BAI/AAAAAAAAACo/ks9EjvAVWm0/s1600-h/random+thoughts+9-2-08+copy+small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SL4vpUc0BAI/AAAAAAAAACo/ks9EjvAVWm0/s400/random+thoughts+9-2-08+copy+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241679403216536578" border="0" /></a>My original idea for this one was a woman on the phone instead of an adult goat. Not sure if this is an improvement or not.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4546549806330504419-5623606457834447329?l=randomthoughtscomic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Doug Pichlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660682743712871321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546549806330504419.post-2494860020996251932008-07-29T23:40:00.003-05:002008-12-08T20:21:22.363-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SI_6NndlZ1I/AAAAAAAAACg/GbfxQdrSVHE/s1600-h/random+thoughts+8-08+small+final.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SI_6NndlZ1I/AAAAAAAAACg/GbfxQdrSVHE/s400/random+thoughts+8-08+small+final.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228672804238747474" border="0" /></a>Here is the final version of the strip below.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4546549806330504419-249486002099625193?l=randomthoughtscomic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Doug Pichlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660682743712871321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546549806330504419.post-67719416842707926392008-07-29T01:20:00.001-05:002008-12-08T20:21:22.508-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SI625LilNII/AAAAAAAAACQ/J-VoHVyZxhE/s1600-h/random+thoughts+8-08+copy+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SI625LilNII/AAAAAAAAACQ/J-VoHVyZxhE/s400/random+thoughts+8-08+copy+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228317310890357890" border="0" /></a><br />This time I sketched the characters on paper then traced them with a digital tablet and manipulated everything in Photoshop. I'm still trying to develop character models and learn to use the digi tab.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4546549806330504419-6771941684270792639?l=randomthoughtscomic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Doug Pichlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660682743712871321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546549806330504419.post-24546315574157143572008-07-05T03:00:00.001-05:002008-12-08T20:21:22.638-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SG8rmx_hedI/AAAAAAAAABE/jqKvUnS5OaQ/s1600-h/Random+Thoughts+7-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SG8rmx_hedI/AAAAAAAAABE/jqKvUnS5OaQ/s400/Random+Thoughts+7-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219438438400489938" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4546549806330504419-2454631557415714357?l=randomthoughtscomic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Doug Pichlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660682743712871321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4546549806330504419.post-4278637962247370212008-07-05T02:10:00.009-05:002008-12-08T20:21:23.154-06:00The company I work for started an internal newsletter earlier this year made up of content supplied by employees. I saw it as a great opportunity to expand on my comic strip hobby. Below are the strips I submitted to the company newsletter so far. I have some others in a sketch book but they're not drawn good enough to be shown in public.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SG8j_bB83DI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ihbRjEbmD-A/s1600-h/Random+Thoughts+4-08_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SG8j_bB83DI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ihbRjEbmD-A/s320/Random+Thoughts+4-08_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219430065640365106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SG8pams113I/AAAAAAAAAA8/ehX1BDjzVZs/s1600-h/img010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SG8pams113I/AAAAAAAAAA8/ehX1BDjzVZs/s400/img010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219436030187657074" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>I had writers block or maybe cartoonists block in June so I used this one from August of last year. I drew it when all the Chinese recalls were going on. As you can see, this one is straight out of the sketchbook. I called the strip Grilled Cheese originally.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SG8mD3KgS8I/AAAAAAAAAAs/WUrSC0knT-o/s1600-h/grilled+cheese+8-16-07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xmdj3P9Stzw/SG8mD3KgS8I/AAAAAAAAAAs/WUrSC0knT-o/s400/grilled+cheese+8-16-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219432340935166914" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4546549806330504419-427863796224737021?l=randomthoughtscomic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Doug Pichlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660682743712871321noreply@blogger.com0