Lunch Bag Art addiction

Like most nerds, I grew up doodling all kinds of stuff, pretty much everywhere.  Comics, squiggles, geometric designs, and optical illusions.  I was smart enough it didn't hurt me at all during high school, and actually helped me focus.  (Much to the chagrin of my teachers.)

College came along, and engineering and calculus took way too much focus.  I still doodled here and there, but it's hard to keep ahead when your professor is constantly erasing mistakes in his own work and jumping all over the place.  Or in some cases, speaks a mangled English that makes Jar Jar Binks seem like a phenomenal speaker.  You have to really focus, or you end up flunking out.

Enter the business world, and they really look down on you not "scribing" properly.  One little Incredible Hulk smashing the company logo, and everyone gets all cranky.  :)

Eventually, I basically put away the pencil and colored markers, and got Serious!

And was promptly miserable.  It was harder for me to focus, and I was easily distracted.



Then I came across Lunch Bag Art a while back.  For those of you who haven't seen his work,CLICK ME!

Back yet? No, it's OK, I'll wait.  His stuff is jaw dropping.

As you can see, he does AMAZING artwork during his lunch breaks for his kids.  Everything from My Little Pony, to Harry Potter, Calvin & Hobbes, and whatever strikes his fancy. 

So I started doodling again.  First on scraps of paper, and then on a whiteboard.  The whiteboard was interesting, as you REALLY have to plan out what you are doing, and how the colors will blend, overlap and such.  More importantly, it is very temporary, so I find it sort of freeing as well.

And then, I was introduced to WhichWich.  Great food, and they encouraged you to draw on the bags and post them on the wall.  I was hooked! 

What is interesting, is that the wall is like a harsh art gallery.  But instead of being panned by the critics, your work gets canned.  So I posted some of my stuff, and it didn't immediately get the dumpster.  :)

After a few weeks, my stuff is still there, and is actually not covered up and stuffed at the back.  No doubt there is better stuff, but mine is at least hanging in there.

So, I borrow my daughter's Crayola's, and go to town for a lunch bag art for her.  She loves it, so I send a tweet to @LunchBagArt with the picture, and thanking him for getting me drawing again.

Imagine my surprise when I get a reply back complimenting me.  He even offers to post it, and link to my page! <.<   >.>

Um, what page?  So, from now on I will be posting new stuff here, as well as some of my older stuff.  Thanks again to @LunchBagArt for getting the creative ink flowing.