It’s my wife and I’s 5-year anniversary today! This is the card I made her. I may have to explain it a little: Probably my favorite snacks in the whole world is peanut butter toast with sliced bananas. Yum!! I have it nearly every day for lunch. Rayna always teases me about it. So, a few days ago I was pondering great anniversary card ideas while partaking in this wonderful treat, when the idea struck me. I think she found it funny. I think a lot of wives would find it insulting to be depicted as a banana on an anniversary card. Not Rayna. I’m a lucky man! As for the text, I was listening to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. Don’t laugh, I like that soundtrack. (The actual quote is “How wonderful LIFE is now you’re in the world”. I think my version works just as well)

I’m liking this illustration and the color. I think I may use it for an illustration promotional. I have to do a little work on it. The banana’s right foot looks a little fat compared to the left, and I want to lighten her eyes. And, of course, I’ll change the text.

Hello, everyone. I wanted to pass on a big kudos to my wife, Rayna. She’s been interning at the Oregon Zoo, and she recently redesigned the Zoo’s brochure, which was recently released. Awesome job. I’m jealous. You can view her work at www.clelanddesign.com. Wow! Take a look at that masking job. Atta girl! I’d hire her any day. (please mind the flash glare). So, if you’re frequenting the Oregon Zoo anytime soon make sure you pick up a few.

I was going through some old sketchbooks yesterday and found this sketch for a Y2K cartoon I was to do when I was a cartoonist for the Oregon State U.’s student paper The Barometer. The cartoon is circled in red.

I drew this sketch in November of 1999. The funny thing about this sketch is the note I made to myself underneath the cartoon. In case you can’t read what it says, I wrote:

“Note to self: Print after 1/1/00 ONLY if the end of civilization doesn’t come.”

Detail below:

I darkened up the pencil yesterday before scanning because the sketch had faded.


Well, since we all know that the end of civilization did not come the cartoon did run.