I teach part time (2 sections of Illustration I & II) at the local community college. It is not exactly a philanthropic venture, and yet not really a money making deal either. I like teaching. I like the energy the students bring to class and the gig forces me to leave my cave at least once a day and interact with other humans. It is something that I do because I like it and because I can.

Most of my Fall semester students are fresh from high school and under the romantic delusion that illustration means; “Paint me a dog.” “OK. I painted you a dog” “Wonderful! here is money for painting me a dog.” Of course it rarely goes like this and having recently chronicled the creation of a simple cartoon for a web site, I thought of using this eloquent blow by blow serial as a real world teaching example. The thumbnail to the left has a large jpg you can view and if you feel so inclined, here is a pdf (the-process) for your off-line enjoyment.