dancin' in the rain

(bug designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted by me in sai)

fishin' buddies

(bug designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted by me in sai)

ho! pirates!

(bugs designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted by me in sai)

for my part, this is dedicated to sterling. who loves pirates and galleons. ... then again, who doesn't??

explorin!

i, for one, always wished i was small enough to clamber around inside old, dead trees.

(bug designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted by me in SAI)

night swinging

bug designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted in SAI by me!

(for my part, this is dedicated to brendan, laura, "blubbery" muffins, crystalized bubbles out of cheap plastic contanisters, and the magic of 3am iverson, with its arched entry and little plover rivers. the happiest i've ever been was there.)

let's go camping!

everybody loves to draw in the air with flaming sticks. everybody. :D

(bugs designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted in SAI by moi)

mikkey b.

if this reference is beyond you, you might get some help from checking out the variant below....

(adorable bug designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted by me in SAI)

...i love motorhead SO much. in fact, as i'm writing this i can look up at my bookshelf and see the towel that mikkey dee gave me after a show at first ave. in minneapolis, which lemmy then signed.... while we talked about kamikazes. really. easily one of the  best memories of my boring existence.

for the record, mikkey dee actually IS this happy about life. here's a great video of Sacrifice, live, with the best drum solo by the best drummer to have walked the earth.

...and it just occurred to me that it may seem a titch bit incongruent, adorable bugs and motorhead....

 nah. ;)

super science!

meet dell dracula! he's full of super sciency powers! and he's very, very cute!

he also belongs entirely to ben zmith, who created him in this particular incarnation, as presented here, designed him, and drew him. as per usual, i just made him shiny and gave him a home.

the knight

i have a whole boat-load of over-literary crap to say about this. and i'm gonna keep it to myself so as not to crush the mindless cuteness. :)

(bug designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted by me in SAI)

every species loves robots

ah-HAH! says he. robots for everyone!

(bugs designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted by me in SAI)

thank you, thank you.

(bug designed and drawn by ben zmith, colored by me in SAI)

duuuuude.

"dude?"
"dude."
"DUDE."
"...dude."
"dude."
"dude?
...

fish designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted by me in SAI.

the fun is coming!

WHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

summer is actually coming. someday. hurrah!!

(bug drawn by ben zmith, colored by me in SAI)

good morning!

yes. yes he IS the cutest thing you've ever seen.

(designed and drawn by ben zmith, painted by me in SAI)

above: the original drawing by zmith

mermaid

it's my drawing of the day, but it's also another collaboration between mr. zmith and myself. so, he gets all the credit for this character design. i just painted it.

...mermaids are COOL...