architectural novel

I ran into one of my sketchbooks, and in it I found a bunch of drawings I did back a number of years, which made me almost want to do a comic strip. I had the background figured out. It happened when we had one of our really good electrical storms, and all the computers in the area had to be unplugged, or risk getting fried. Phone lines went dead. It was interesting. So, I came up with this...

That concept spawned the following development for a story line. Yep, the character sounds a little familiar, but stuck in a no-win situation. At least I am not stuck designing door knobs!! So, this is my image of what it would be like working in a large architectural firm. Not my cup of tea.

So, I put the two ideas together, and came up with this little ditty below. It has some fun potential for a continuing story...perhaps a graphic novel?? The concept I like here is showing how removed from Mother Nature our society has become, and how one instant of anger from Mother Nature, and we are TOAST!! Whether it is a bolt of lightning, a hurricane Katrina, or a psunamie. Perhaps there is something to be said about living in harmony with mother nature...

House in Miranda

Every once in a while, my drawings overlap with my
profession, designing houses.
This is a drawing from my sketchbook. I was at my sister-in-law's house up in the hills of Humbolt Co., and had some time to spare. So, I decided to sketch her house. It is a different looking house, obviously vintage 70's hippy-style. It is very cool, though, with a lot of beautiful redwood. Anyway, I think I caught the essence of the design well, and it reads very clearly also. It is fun to look through old sketchbooks and come across little gems like this.