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welcome to 2012!

2012-01-03T23:04:00.002-05:00

TV Heads -Matt Lauer

2011-10-26T23:04:00.002-04:00

Ink on paper and Photoshop.

TV Heads -Alec Baldwin

2011-10-14T20:31:00.002-04:00

Via Flickr:
Alec Baldwin as Tony Bennett on a recent SNL appearance. Ink on paper.

TV Heads -Bobby Moynihan

2011-09-03T21:47:00.004-04:00

Bobby Moynihan as Guy Fieri on SNL.
drawn live from TV. Ink on paper.

Iv'e been a bit lax in my frequency of postings since starting a new job last month. I'm a 9-5er now. Mostly, I'm doing the telecommute with an educational interactive publisher in here in Massachusetts, creating animation in Flash CS5.5.

Memo Sketching

2011-06-17T12:58:00.003-04:00

Memo pad art, 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches each. Ink on paper.

Painting

2011-05-28T14:15:00.003-04:00

A recent foray into painting again, 6 x 6 inches, acrylic on canvas.

Now on sale here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190539274774

Post Apocalypse Sketches

2011-05-23T14:49:00.003-04:00

some post apocalypse sketches from Saturday. Ink on Paper

TV Heads -Craig Ferguson

2011-05-19T14:30:00.002-04:00

Craig Ferguson from The Late Late Show on CBS, Tuesday may 17, 2011 Ink on paper.

TV Heads -New York Stand-Ups (week6)

2011-05-04T17:33:00.006-04:00

Drawn from TV last week! Verging on approximate likenesses! (some closer, some further away) -John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central (episode 6), hosted by John Oliver, featuring Kumail Nanjiani, Jen Kirkman, Kyle Kinane, and Al Madrigal. Again, these are one-shots, attempts made in a moment of Television viewing.

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

2011-04-28T13:06:00.000-04:00

An interesting talk by Ken Robinson and Cognitive Media. Its part of their cartoon enhanced lecture series "RSA Animate". I came by this today via Boingboing's post and thought it was worth a re-post here.

TV Heads -John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show (week 5)

2011-04-27T11:06:00.002-04:00

Drawn from TV last week (episode 5)-John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show, hosted by John Oliver, featuring Brendon Walsh, Glenn Wool, Kumail Nanjiani, and Kirk Fox.

TV Heads -Ray Kurzweil

2011-04-25T13:46:00.002-04:00

Ray Kurzweil on The Colbert Report. Creature House's Expession3, and Photoshop.

Mac OSX 10.6.7- Fonts rendered incorrectly in Flash.

2011-04-21T18:07:00.001-04:00

I think I'm going to wait before I upgrade to 10.6.7. According to Adobe's site:
After you upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6.7, Flash CS5 or earlier doesn't render different OpenType fonts correctly.

More problems with OSX 10.6.7 according to Apple Support: Mac OSX 10.6.7 update causes iTunes and entire system to be unresponsive?

TV Heads -Mick Jagger

2011-04-19T12:08:00.004-04:00

Mick Jagger, drawn live from PBS's broadcast of the concert film "Ladies and Gentleman, The Rolling Stones" (1974). Ink on paper and Photoshop.
Below is the pencil sketch done during the live broadcast that serves as a basis for the final ink drawing.

TV Heads -John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show (week 3)

2011-04-16T22:48:00.003-04:00

Drawn directly from this week's episode of "John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show", Comedians Mike Lawrence, Marina Franklin, Brendon Walsh and Greg Behrendt. Ink, paper and Photoshop.

TV Heads -Dave Grohl

2011-04-11T21:33:00.004-04:00

Dave Grohl from VH1's Foo Fighters Documentary 'Back And Forth' this past weekend. Ink on Paper and Photoshop.

New "Tweet Peace!" iPhone cases

2011-04-10T15:24:00.001-04:00

Pick up a new "Tweet Peace!" case for your iPhone over at Zazzle. iPhone4 cases coming soon with alternate color schemes too!

Tweet Peace! iPhone case by daylight200

TV Heads -John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show

2011-04-08T15:28:00.001-04:00

Drawn from John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central last night: Comedians Anthony Jeselnick, Rory Albanese, Deon Cole, Tommy Johnagin and David Koechner. Ink on paper and Photoshop.

TV Heads -Amanda Seyfried

2011-04-06T16:09:00.002-04:00

Amanda Seyfried on The Late Show with David Letterman last month. Ink, paper and Photoshop.

Chicka Wow Now!

2011-04-05T18:34:00.001-04:00

See, I've got some funky new merch for sale over on zazzle...

Chicka Wow Now!

TV Heads -Glenn Beck

2011-04-05T15:19:00.003-04:00

Glenn Beck, drawn from TV's Fox News Channel in the wee hours last night. Ink on paper and Photoshop.

TV Heads -Jimmy Fallon

2011-04-01T15:20:00.002-04:00

Jimmy Fallon, drawn from TV. Ink on paper and Photoshop.

Sketchbook 2011

2011-03-27T16:01:00.002-04:00

Some recent sketchbook randomness. Ink on paper.

TV Heads -Monk

2011-03-27T15:20:00.003-04:00

Tony Shalhoub as Detective Adrian Monk, in USA Network's hit TV series "Monk" , which ran from 2002 to 2009. Ink on paper and Photoshop.

TV Heads -Comedians

2011-03-26T00:49:00.002-04:00

From Thursday: John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central. Comedians Kyle Kinane, Rory Scovel, Pete Holmes and Glenn Wool. Ink on Paper and Photoshop.

Heck with Spec!

2011-03-17T23:26:00.008-04:00

I'm generally opposed to the idea of work on spec and art contests. Not sure why I entered this one. "Design 28"x14" (landscape) poster art for Paul Simon's new album, So Beautiful or So What." (over at creativeallies.com) vote for my entry here

My new rule for design contests (since I'm not being compensated for my time): spend no more than 30 minutes. I created the art from a digitized, pre-existing sketch. I used photoshop to duplicate the image, then played around with color and layer modes to get a quick image for the poster.

The fonts here are "Walkway" (provided by the contest holder) and "Note to Self" available at girlswhowearglasses.com

Return of the Quack -Indy game

2011-03-15T13:55:00.001-04:00

I've never seen Broccoli this angry or a hot dog so nonchalant in its attack. Click the duck with the backpack to play.

http://returnofthequack.com/

Return of the Quack is an Indy game sponsored by Scion and Giant Robot and created by San Francisco artist Matt Furie and video-game designer Chevy Ray Johnston.

TV Heads -Cake

2011-03-11T16:55:00.004-05:00

Cake on Jimmy Kimmel last night. Ink on paper and Photoshop

TV Heads -Judah Friedlander

2011-03-10T16:16:00.003-05:00

World Champion Judah Friedlander on The Late Show with David Letterman last night. Ink, paper and Photoshop.

Today's Inspiration: The Great Al Hirschfeld

2011-03-09T13:41:00.000-05:00

Today's Inspiration: The Great Al Hirschfeld: "Toby Neighbors has put together another fantastic tribute to a mid-century illustrator - this time its the great Al Hirschfeld. Visit Toby'..."

TV Heads -David Letterman

2011-03-08T21:55:00.000-05:00

From last night's The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, David Letterman. Ink, paper and Photoshop.

TV Heads -Stephen Colbert

2011-03-08T20:36:00.000-05:00

Stephen Colbert pleaded with Apple to send him the new iPad2 last night on the Colbert Report. Ink, paper and Photoshop.

I've also made this a iPad/iPhone 4 wallpaper. click here for the download

Now in Yellow too!

TV Heads -Emily Rossum

2011-03-04T17:03:00.003-05:00

Actress Emily Rossum on Last Call with Carson Daly last night. Ink, Paper & Photoshop

TV Heads -Miley Cyrus

2011-03-04T16:00:00.003-05:00

Miley Cyrus on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night. Ink, paper and Photoshop.

TV Heads -Jimmy Fallon

2011-03-03T18:23:00.005-05:00

Jimmy Fallon from last night's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Ink on paper, coloured in Photoshop.

TV Heads -Oh Land

2011-03-03T18:06:00.002-05:00

Oh Land on David Letterman's Late Show last night. Ink on paper.

TV Heads - Jay and Simon

2011-03-03T17:41:00.003-05:00

Simon Cowell and Jay Leno from last night's The Tonight Show. ink on paper, scanned and coloured in Photoshop.

Sketchbook

2011-03-02T17:35:00.003-05:00

My most recent sketchbook work. Ink brush on paper.

TV Heads -Topher Grace

2011-03-01T16:57:00.004-05:00

Actor Topher Grace on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night. Ink on paper, scanned and coloured in Photoshop.

Ink-X

2011-02-24T16:22:00.002-05:00

experiments in ink.

Do you know this guy?

2011-02-24T13:16:00.003-05:00

This started out as a failed "TV Heads" portrait of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. I turned it into something completely different. You probably know someone like this snake in the grass. Ink on cardboard.

TV Heads -Eric Foner

2011-02-17T12:21:00.004-05:00

Historian Eric Foner on The Colbert Report last night, promoting his new book on Abraham Lincoln and Slavery. Ink brush on paper.
Eric Foner on The Colbert Report

http://www.ericfoner.com/

TV Heads -Conan

2011-02-15T15:10:00.004-05:00

Conan O'Brien from last weeks Conan on TBS/TNT. Ink brush on Cardboard. Follow Conan: on Twitter at twitter.com/conanobrien or teamcoco.com/

TV Heads -Bill Hader

2011-02-13T17:09:00.001-05:00

From last night's SNL, Bill Hader as creepy club kid Stefon on Weekend Update. Ink brush on paper. You can see more of Bill Hader at http://billhaderonline.com

TV Heads -Rob Lowe

2011-02-11T13:22:00.002-05:00

Rob Lowe from last night's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Ink brush on cardboard, scanned and colored in Photoshop.

Monster Delivery!

2011-02-03T13:34:00.002-05:00

A quick character concept for a game about shipping and logistics. Ink brush on cardboard, colored in Photoshop.

TV Heads -Marx Brothers

2011-01-24T16:23:00.005-05:00

Groucho, Chico and Harpo from TCM's Marx Brothers movie marathon last month. Ink brush on cardboard.

Bob's Your Vampire!

2011-01-20T13:38:00.004-05:00

Another Bob Pattinson based vampire drawing. Ink on paper. From last years sketchbook in pencil. I inked it last night.

TV Heads - Fox News Sunday

2011-01-10T22:58:00.004-05:00

From yesterday, Brit Hume and William Kristol from Fox News Sunday on Fox. Ink brush on paper.

TV Heads -Karl Rove

2011-01-10T18:30:00.002-05:00

Karl Rove from yesterday's Fox News channel. Ink brush on paper.

TV Heads -Jeff Toobin

2011-01-10T18:27:00.003-05:00

CNN's Jeff Toobin from last night. Ink on paper.

Coming soon to iPad... Maybe!?

2011-01-10T17:36:00.001-05:00

A mock-up of a game promo for an iPad game I dreamt up...now If someone would just hire me to make it.

TV Heads -Conan O'Brien

2011-01-06T12:52:00.001-05:00

Conan O'Brien's December 13th appearance on Larry King Live. Ink brush on paper.

TV Heads -Laird Hamilton

2011-01-03T14:21:00.002-05:00

Catching up here with some pre-holiday material: Monster wave surfer, Laird Hamilton, on December 15th's The Colbert Report. Ink brush on paper.

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-24T13:56:00.004-05:00

Ink brush on chipboard, scanned, collaged and colored in Photoshop.

The font here is "Lonely Sandwich" © dincTYPE/diane dipiazza. www.girlswhowearglasses.com

Postcards and magnets now available at zazzle.com/daylight200

Santa! magnet by daylight200

TV Heads -Anthony Morrison

2010-12-23T23:41:00.002-05:00

Late night infomercial pitchman Anthony Morrison wants you to make money using his "Proven System".

Ink brush on paper.

Re-designed: Celtics' Lucky The Leprechaun

2010-12-17T18:08:00.004-05:00

I've been a long time fan of the Boston Celtics, but never too enthusiastic about the Lucky The Leprechaun design in use for the last 40 years or so. My take on Lucky is a little more agile than the existing character. I think I also may have given him Rasheed Wallace's beard. At the very least the current character could use a tightening up of the existing drawing.

Ink on paper:

Hotdog!

2010-12-04T18:05:00.001-05:00

Man with a hotdog. Ink brush on paper.

TV Heads -Carlos Slim

2010-12-04T16:16:00.000-05:00

The richest man in the world, Carlos Slim, on Larry King last night. Ink brush on paper.

TV Heads -Randi Kaye

2010-12-04T16:13:00.000-05:00

CNN's Randi Kaye from last night. Ink brush on paper.

TV Heads -Louis C.K. and Jay Leno

2010-12-04T16:05:00.003-05:00

From last night's "The Tonight Show" Louis C.K. and Jay Leno. Ink brush on paper.

"Peace on Earth ...And Throughout Space!" mug

2010-11-30T12:52:00.014-05:00

I'll have some holiday mugs for sale on Zazzle soon, starting with this one:

"Peace on Earth" mug by daylight200 on Zazzle.

Here is the graphic by itself: (click for a larger version)

The design was constructed using Adobe Illustrator CS4 and a vectorized ink drawing. The fonts here are "Note to Self" and "Spacegun" ©2006 dincTYPE/diane dipiazza.
available for free at www.girlswhowearglasses.com

More Sketchbook

2010-11-12T15:08:00.003-05:00

More sketchbook randomness. (ink on paper)

Cats

2010-11-10T16:49:00.002-05:00

A sketchbook page of cat characters. Ink brush on paper.

Lizard King

2010-11-02T17:59:00.006-04:00

Ink on paper, digitized and made high-contrast in Photoshop.

Vampire!

2010-10-25T16:04:00.004-04:00

A Robert Pattinson based vampire from my sketchbook. Ink on paper.

Sketchbook

2010-10-25T12:16:00.003-04:00

A couple unsavory characters from this past weekend. Ink brush pen on moleskin page.

TV Heads -The Enforcer

2010-10-20T22:50:00.004-04:00

Drawn this summer while watching AMC's broadcast of The Enforcer (1976) starring Clint Eastwood. Colored in Photoshop.

TV Heads -Simon Baker

2010-10-19T17:11:00.001-04:00

From last night -actor Simon Baker on The Late Show with David Letterman (a rerun)

Concept Art -CD cover

2010-10-19T14:56:00.002-04:00

A fictitious Ben Folds CD cover. Soon designers will be creating designs for SD Card packaging, if music distribution goes that way. Guess I'll have to learn to draw smaller.

Spooky Pooches! -iPhone Art

2010-10-17T23:33:00.010-04:00

A few color iPhone wallpaper promos based on my space-hound just in time for Halloween. Ink on paper, vectorized and colored in Adobe Illustrator CS4.

iPhone 320 x 480

iPhone4 640 x 960

iPhone 320 x 480
iPhone4 640 x 960

TV Heads -Drew Carey & Ben Folds

2010-10-15T18:19:00.000-04:00

Experiments in cartooning: A thinner Drew Carey on last nights The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson & Ben Folds singing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

Pets

2010-10-15T14:08:00.002-04:00

Stephen Hawking has surmised that aliens from outer space may not be so friendly. I wondered if they also might have fearsome pets like THIS screw horned hound:

Stephen Hawking: Humans Should Fear Aliens

Twitter Birds

2010-10-13T17:15:00.000-04:00

A few more sketches of bird designs for a twitter icon.

Sketchbook

2010-10-13T16:48:00.003-04:00

Another horse from my sketchbook.

TV Heads -Geraldo Rivera

2010-10-06T01:58:00.004-04:00

Geraldo Rivera from Geraldo At Large on Fox News.

TV Heads -Fear Colbert

2010-10-02T21:25:00.003-04:00

Stephen Colbert from Comedy Central's The Colbert Report.

Karl Wirsum on Drawings 1967-1970

2010-10-02T12:07:00.001-04:00

This a repost of Karl Wirsum talking with Dan Nadel of ComicsComics
The discussion includes the influence of insect skin reflections on his graphical formations -fascinating stuff!

Creep

2010-09-30T14:41:00.002-04:00

TV Heads -Stereo Seth Meyers

2010-09-29T15:02:00.003-04:00

2 quick ink drawings of SNL's Seth Meyers.

Horse!

2010-09-27T16:33:00.002-04:00

TV Heads -Jimmy Carter

2010-09-27T14:51:00.005-04:00

Former President Jimmy Carter, on Larry King last night.

TV Heads -Trifecta!

2010-09-17T14:19:00.002-04:00

Lawrence O'Donnell on The Colbert Report last night:

Joaquin Phoenix on David Letterman: (rerun)

Some John Stossel from last night's Stossel:

Subception?

2010-09-16T12:59:00.004-04:00

A page from my sketchbook. This is the kind of thing going on in many of my sketchbooks, images happen upon the page without any preconceived notions or objectives. I was trying to find a word that would describe something akin to "subconscious-concept art".

"Subception" is actually a psychological term meaning "subliminal perception" What would be a word for a subconscious construction?-"Dreamscape"?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/subception

Birds!

2010-09-03T14:41:00.004-04:00

I'm on Twitter now @kingofrob. Thought I'd sketch some birds for a custom twitter icon. (everybody's doing it)

TV Heads -Jon Krakauer (Release The Krakauer!)

2010-08-20T15:51:00.005-04:00

Drawn from last night's Colbert Report on Comedy Central.

Colbert's quote ("Release The Krakauer!") is a take on "Release the Kraken" from the recent movie remake of the film Clash of The Titans with Liam Neeson giving the famous line;

'Clash of the Titans' Release the Kraken @ Yahoo! Video

Colbert seems also to be refering to this meme where the line is followed by a number of unexpected "Krakens", including a manatee and a basket full of kittens.

From Wikipedia:

"Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer, well-known for outdoor and mountain-climbing writing. He is the author of best-selling non-fiction books — Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman ".

Yaka-Wow! Vinyl Sticker - on Ebay!

2010-08-16T17:34:00.009-04:00

The Yaka-Wow! vinyl sticker kick-off on Ebay.

Click the image or links to go to the Ebay auction.

Yaka-Wow! vinyl sticker (2.75 inch square)

Aves Engine -mobile game platform.

2010-08-10T18:16:00.001-04:00

German developer Dextrose says its Aves Engine will allow mobile game design using standard web protocol.

from their website:

"The Aves Engine is a professional game engine to build any type of web based 2D or 2.5D game by only using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, giving game studios the power to deliver stunning games for all kinds of genres on multiple platforms. It’s in a way similiar to Game Engines on PC or Console systems but utilizes many important patterns you need to consider when working in the web environment."

Flash on the iPhone?

2010-08-09T14:40:00.003-04:00

Another attempt at Flash on Apple's iPhone using something called Frash. Read about it here at PC World.

Looks like some animated content and some games are supported but no Flash Video.

Angry Birds.

2010-08-07T16:24:00.003-04:00

Comedian Paul F. Tompkins thanks the "Science People" in his review of the Angry Birds mobile game at Future Tense. -Makes me want to get a smart phone so I can check it out.

Angry Birds: An Appreciation, by Paul F. Tompkins

The You Tube trailer:

Friend of Cheeseburger.

2010-08-06T17:05:00.002-04:00

A curious new group has popped up on Facebook. I'm not sure if it's promoting fast food or criticizing it. Its membership has doubled since yesterday.

Friend of Cheeseburger.

Raw Art!

2010-08-06T14:47:00.003-04:00

A few quick sketches done on post-it notes, inked with a brush marker.

Chicka-Wow!

2010-08-01T00:15:00.007-04:00

Available at the Robo-Design Cafe Press Store.

Yaka-Wow! 3-Eyed Critter Magnet design!

2010-07-02T12:46:00.003-04:00

I pulled this design out of my files from 10 years ago when I worked at Vivendi Univeral Games in Canton CT. Originally it was created as a sticker give-away at the "So Called Wow Art" Show sponsored by the (no longer existing) Jon Art Gallery.

I've reworked the design as a magnet with two new color schemes available."So-Called Wow" has been updated to "Yaka-Wow! "for the second decade of the new millennium. Express your Internet sentiment today with your very own magnet! Yaka-Wow!

The font here is "DrEye" by Lund Sundson available for free at Gestalten.

YAKA-WOW! 3-Eyed Critter Magnet by daylight200
Get your own refrigerator magnets on zazzle.com

YAKA-WOW! 3-Eyed Critter Magnet by daylight200
Create refrigerator magnets on zazzle.com

YAKA-WOW! 3-Eyed Critter Magnet by daylight200
Design a custom made magnet on zazzle

TV Heads - Simon Cowell on Larry King (from April)

2010-06-23T10:44:00.005-04:00

TV Heads - Keith Olbermann

2010-06-07T21:10:00.003-04:00

Tonight's ink drawing is Keith Olbermann from MSNBC.

TV Heads -Jimmy Fallon

2010-06-03T12:35:00.004-04:00

TV Heads -T. Boone Pickens

2010-05-28T15:03:00.001-04:00

T. Boone Pickens on Larry King, trying to defend BP and big oil after the worst environmental catastrophe to hit American shores. Ugh!

TV Heads -Matthew Fox

2010-05-24T20:44:00.005-04:00

Matthew Fox on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last week.

Iron Man too!

2010-05-20T22:46:00.005-04:00

A couple quick metal men from my sketchbook.
Robot #1 inked with a dry brush, #2 with wetter ink.