Hangin' at the Presidio

So, I like to hang out at the Presidio in San Francisco; it's probably my favorite place in the city. For those of you who may not know, it used to be a military base; my very first girlfriend was a military brat stationed there. Great views, the Marina is nearby, cool history, and of course, the home of Star Wars.

This is a statue of Eadweard Muybridge, the father of Modern Cinema...

When I was done with Edweard over here, I walked on over to the bridge. There was fog lying over it all day...which started to clear up just as I was drawing it.
Just a sloppy little sketch. I'll be drawing this a lot more soon...

Sunny Ocean Beach is cause for news...

News crew shows up

When the temperature goes above 85 degrees in San Francisco, it's usually cause for news crews to hit the hot spots and declare a national emergency. I was on the scene to capture the action....

Giant Camera

Hat

juuust chillin'..

Happy to pose

Surfer Girl

Done surfing

Hot Days in San Fran...Union Square

Union Square in August

So, this took about 2 1/2 hours or so, sitting there after having Ben and Jerry's new flavor, Boston Cream Pie. Hot days in SF...ah, you never last....

Art for Parks

In the first days of August 2010, the fine folks at Hi-Tec Sports flew myself and two other artists, Riki Takaoka, and Davis Vu to Salt Lake City to participate in the Summer Outdoor Retailers' Convention for some quick drawing mayhem, beer, food, and general good times....

So...here's the office....

The theme of the booth was "Inspired by Life". Passers by would fill out these tags, letting us know what inspired them, and we would take about 10-20 minutes to draw them out, and they would come by later to pick them up. There was a high level of variety; it was pretty challenging to stay fresh!

Hard at work....or hardly working?

Jeep Offroading...

This kid was my favorite. I asked him what he would name an elephant if he had one. He thought for a minute, then said "hmmm...I love you." So I put it on the critter's hat...

He was all into the elephant thing.

White water rafting...

Paris

Drawing up the WORD

The FINAL WORD. Actually, it was Spoken Word. See that? See what I did there?

Here's the team...

...here's what we drank....why have just one? That's right...in the land of the Mormons... Polygamy Porter....

... and here's something we all drew together...
good times, good times....