Tag Archives: animals and nature

real sharks for shark cartooning

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Pam Bliss

I haven’t drawn the Pajama Shark in the last few days*, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about him, and Friendly Shark characters in general.  And one of the basic approaches to doing animal characters in comics and … Continue reading →

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the insect identification multimedia extravaganza

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Pam Bliss

Little insect splashed with paint, Is you a moth or is you ain’t? Brown and orange wings with a big white spot, Are you a butterfly or are you not? Butterfly antennae have clubs and bobbles. Moths have quiet wings, … Continue reading →

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down on the farm

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Pam Bliss

(This blog post was developed by a National Worm Expert.) Oh, those worms, those magical, magical worms: eating their magic worm food then falling asleep in their magic worm bedding, safe down on the Magic Worm Farm.  Keeps (magical) worms … Continue reading →

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art references for a large insect

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Pam Bliss

Yesterday, I posted some photographs of three of my cameras. (This is the photographic equivalent of the movie musical where the characters decide to put on a show).  Today I was planning to show you some art references for comics … Continue reading →

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phone camera monarch

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Pam Bliss

As August turns into September/ I am chasing a monarch around the garden/ with my phone.

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in the catbird seat, or the mystery bird uncovered

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Pam Bliss

It all started earlier this summer when I saw an unfamiliar grey bird under the bird feeder in my next door neighbors’ front yard.  Now, I have been living in this house for 27 years this week, and have been … Continue reading →

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distraction; dragonflies and disorganization

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Pam Bliss

This start of the Interesting Fourth of July Project has been put off one day due to poor organization in the studio.  And also I got to go out and drink coffee and photograph to different kinds of dragonflies in … Continue reading →

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sunday internet image: the big guy

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Pam Bliss

Let’s get back to doing the Sunday internet image thing with a big image of a big guy: the Columbian Mammoth. This painting (?) by Carl Buell really gives you a feeling of what it would be like to walk … Continue reading →

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new year’s eve in antelopia

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Pam Bliss

Antelopia is my ongoing series of portrait images of taxidermy antelopes.  They represent a lot of things to me: formality, and Western civilization, and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the relationship of art to nature.  But mostly they are … Continue reading →

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wade in the green water

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Pam Bliss

It’s too cold for wading here in already-wintry Indiana. I don’t really want to write about the news any more, and while work is finally starting to go a little better, I don’t have anything ready to share. But I … Continue reading →

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