Mystery Question 4-16-07

Couldn't stump you guys last week. Good work! Let's see how well you do this week:

This list of words reveals a person. Can you figure out who it is?

Ptarmigan
Aisle
Dossier
Depot
Column
Lime
February

Last week's answer: Fear was correct. wolf -> fowl -> foul -> fair -> fare -> fear.

Caption This: 4-16-07

Thanks to Karen for this week's image!

Monster 100

In case you haven't been following the Monster By Mail project, I just drew monster 100 last night. Appropriately enough, the descriptive word was "Newborn". I uploaded the video this morning and put it to Jonathan Coulton's "You Ruined Everything." It's not how I feel about the baby (well, maybe the "need more money" line), but it seemed rather appropriate for this illustration.

Under 50 monsters to go! Woot!

UPDATE: I also found out that the person I drew this for has their own baby due right around now. Actually, today is their due date! Talk about planets aligning and all that.

Jawbone #155: Here, Have A Meat Pinwheel

Neil and Laura sit in for Nora tonight and we discuss vomit, meatlof and of course, meat piwheels. Thanks for listening!

RUNNING TIME: 46:08

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Robot Portraits

On the heels of MBM and Hobo Portraits, I give you Robot Portraits from fellow 700 Things Artist, Ben Rollman:

"It's simple. You send a photo or link to a photo and $10 and I send you a robotized version of the photo in the mail. How simple could it be?

Each drawing will be on 5x9 inch bristol stock and I'd expect about a 10 day turn around.

If you don't have a photo and would just like a random robot, feel free to send a short description or even just a single word and I'll throw down some creativity and get you something snazzy."

This is Ben's interpretation of me. I love my smiley yellow life jacket. What are you waiting for? Get yours now!

Goodbye Mr. Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, author of one of my favorite short stories, "The Long Walk To Forever" is dead at age 84. Read more here.

Monsters In The Wild

If you haven't noticed, I've been pretty busy drawing monsters. You can see more of that here, here and of course, here. But it looks as if the monsters are arriving safely to their masters. Proof would be this photo I received from Grant. He got the Ninja monster, and between you and me, this is one I wanted to hold onto for myself. But I have the video proof of me drawing it for him so... anyway, if you have ordered a monster, I'd love to know how you display it. Did it arrive safely in the mail? Are you framing it? Is it now a coaster in your living room? Let me know!

Oh, and I don't know what the rules are for DIGG, but you can digg the story (if you haven't already) here.

Code Monkey Card Game

I talked about it a while ago on the blog. It is now available here. I did some new original art for some of the cards and also my Code Monkey image is the back of the cards! Woo hoo! I haven't had time to play it yet, but I have to say, it looks like Mike (the creator of the game) knows what the hell he's doing. I wish I could say as much for me.

Monster For Monday

Continuing with the Monster By Mail series, here is one of my recent faves drawn last night after Easter dinner. Enjoy!

Mystery Question 4-9-07

Here is this week's stumper. Remember to show your work!

What emotion is an anagram of a homonym of an antonym of a homonym of an anagram of wolf?

Last Week's Answer: Carpet.

Caption This: 4-9-07

Len TV: Happy Easter

We are in the middle of a MAJOR winter storm right now in Cleveland. Right now, it feels more like Christmas morning than Easter. Can I just say how stupid this weather is? I refused to shovel yesterday on principle and I paid for it this morning, as I had to shovel a foot and half of snow so we could get out of our driveway. Anyway, Happy Easter to everyone. And for all of you getting hammered with this blizzard on Easter Sunday, stay warm!

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Blood

Blood! Blood! Blooooooood!

150 Monsters In My Inbox

For all of you finding this site from Monster By Mail, Drawn, CNET or the dozens of other sources that have linked me up, welcome! I made my quota of 150 monsters in less than one week and now I have to draw...one hundred...and fifty...monsters...

...

But that's OK! It'll be fun and definitely worth watching. BTW, if you are a creative commons or unsigned artist and you have a monster song in your songlist (or maybe you can write one) let me know and I'll feature your song on an upcoming video. And if it's really good, we may even feature here on Jawbone! Watch the MBM site for more info on that.

Alright, back to the drawing table...literally.

Jawbone #154: Nora's Monstrous Birthday Show

We celebrate a short show before Easter. We talk about the Monster By Mail project, Nora's Birthday and how Nora is feeling. It's a quick one, but enjoy!

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RUNNING TIME:28:29
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Music:
Stark Raving Hojo | Happy Birthday Knorah!
Jonathan Coulton | I'm Having A Party



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Before I Forget...

Happy Birthday Nora! New show coming very soon...

Monster By Mail Press

To say the response to this project has been overwhelming would be a major understatement. MBM was covered on Drawn! today. Plus, we got a really excellent shoutout by Veronica Belmont on today's CNET's Buzz Out Loud podcast!

I'm really close to meeting the goal of 150 original drawings. In less than a week. Insane. Thanks for all the incredible support. I am now knee-deep in monsters around the house. It's all good.

Today's Favorite Monster

I really like this one a lot. I was telling someone yesterday that I'm trying REALLY hard not to fall in love with any of these, since I have to give them away. It's kind of like having a baby and then having to give it away... Anyway, enjoy this drawing or a axe weilding psychopath! ROXXORS!

Commenting Problem

I am having trouble with the comments. I think it's a Haloscan problem. I'm looking into it.

UPDATE: Loooks like it's a Mac Safari problem. I wonder if Haloscan will fix that.

Monster Train

It keeps rolling along. Here is one of my recent faves and the video that goes along with it. Thanks to Rico for the word!

Hey, This Looks Familiar!

Hmmmm...

"Artist Oliver Munday produced this stunning alphabet by melting, torquing and modding plastic toy soldiers."

I personally thought we did a much better job here.

Mystery Question 4-2-07

I am a 6 letter word.
Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink.
Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit.
Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet.
Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.

What am I?

Last week's answer: Monica got it right! Check the comments if you missed the correct answer. Do I sense some foul play here?

Caption This: 4-2-07

More Monster Videos

Wanted to link up the newest Monster Vids. I probably won't be linking them all up (unless it's a REALLY COOL one). But you can always see the latest videos at Monster By Mail. You can also see the finished drawings (usually first, since the videos take me a while to create, although I am getting better at them) at my Flickr set.

Thanks again for the amazing response. I plan on getting a few done each day, so turnaround time right now is about a week or so for the art to arrive in your mailbox (maybe a little longer if you are out of the US.)

If you like what you're seeing, tell a friend, link up the site, DIGG it, etc.

Also, a big thanks to Dan who has been incredibly instrumental in making the site and programming the backend. Danco absolutely rocks!

Here is one of favorite ones so far, for the word Ferretlike:



And here some links so some others:

CACAPHONUS
DYKE
TACITURN
PRIMAL