Dream drawings continued

Here is a sketch from another vivid dream. I had a little too much fun making this image ... it involved multiple types of markers and glitter-glue (hard to see in the scanned version). It felt a little middle school-ish, but it was fun. Due to the many layers of permanent markers, this drawing looks a little 3-D and it smells kind of toxic. Win?

Don't tell me where to bike, man

This fall I participated in a bike ride for charity up in Highland and Forest Park, which are wealthy suburbs North of Chicago. I borrowed my boss' hybrid (this was a work outing, and I currently don't own a bike) to ride the 20-mile course. I think the course markings were designed for 'fast-rider' types, and were a little too far apart for the Sunday morning bumbler (i.e. me). As a result, about 10 miles into the race, I decided I was 'lost' and took off into this little nature preserve. My route was super pretty, it ended up being longer than 20 miles (I think, but who knows), I somehow found my way back to the finish line, AND I got a medal (which maybe I didn't technically deserve? But it was for participation, and I did participate, albeit in my own way). Anyway, long story short, here are some photos from my off-trail bike "race" experience.

It's rare that I get to see the early morning sun on a Sunday. It was real pretty.

  I so do not regret leaving the trail.

The Conference Room

Here is a peculiar "marker and photoshop" sketch I did recently for a collaborative project I'm working on. I'm blaming how disturbingly it turned out on my collaborator. 

Turbulence

Here are two photos of turbulent waters.

Dream Pipes

Continuing with my sketchbook updates! I've recently started trying to draw what I remember from my visually vivid dreams. In this dream, I was in this beautiful post-apocalyptic suburban landscape. At one point I was looking at this wall that was covered in green, rusting pipes and valves that were filled with vibrantly colored flowers. This captures that the feel of this dream, but very imperfectly.

Fruiting Season

Round items (some spiky, some not) that inhabited Andersonville this fall.

Catfish

Continuing with analog sketchbook updates, here is a cloudy suckermouth armored catfish. For some reason I really love drawing fish. This dude has some odd looking pectoral fins; they almost look like little arms. It's possible (well, let's be real, it's probable) I drew them wrong. Oh well!

Matt has no pier

This is a photo from this summer out on Foster beach. It was a pleasant evening for a walk.

Fruit Bat

It has been a while since I've scanned and uploaded drawings from my "analog" sketchbook. Here is a pretty old drawing of a broad-nosed bat.  I accidentally cut off his ear when I scanned him, but I think he is still pretty charismatic. 'Lil unicorn!