On Using Thongs as Facemasks

Just how do I make this into a face mask?

So Quiet!

So quiet! I can hear the birds

I'm still following the example of some of the kids down the road and drawing in chalk on my driveway (when it's not raining). This cartoon is based on an idea that began in chalk out the front. Staying at home should trap you inside providing you obey social distancing.

Social Distancing

"I'm out exercising Lila, and yes I'm taking care of social distancing"

Alvin & Lila People have been having a holiday (or something like that)  for a while now, but with the COVID19 lockdown they are back home and will probably be sharing their trials and tribulations with you again, whether you like it or not.

The background to this cartoon's creation was - 

Today while out exercising (slow walk for me). I noticed a couple of families with young kids down the road had pretty chalk drawings on their drive and footpath. It bought a smile to my face. Then I figured I haven't really grown up so I could join in. When I got home I  found some chalk and drew a cartoon of my own. 

I've seen a few confuse people I don't think I drew the tape measure in his hand well enough in the chalk version.

Last Year's Colour

Just having a bit of fun with fashions and the Pantone Colour of 2019 "Living Coral" versus last years "Ultra Violet"

Marvin returns with INKTOBER inspiration

Marvin : Mate how about cleaning me up and colouring me.
Norm : But I'm not suposed to use a computer for inktober sketchs
Marvin : I feel nude in raw ink
Norm : OK, Just for you.

Not such a fast goodbye … to twitter

After finally getting the courage to leave twitter (sure he hadn't posted for a year or so). Alvin discovered he has to wait through a 30 day cooling off.

So he is now contemplating consolidating his social media self in fewer places perhaps even stopping posting (oh yes he's already doing that)

Out of Retirement

I decided to bring Alvin back into the on-line, blogging, social media world, as my life coach to perhaps trim down my software bloat and social media distractions. Actually I figured the Mischief software I’ve been playing with was perfect to simply the process of drawing Alvin and his friends (now directly on the screen, removing the need to hand draw and then scan) and try my (belated) updated version of Corel Draw. Basically it was a dream all the way, and so you can expect to see a bit more of Alvin

Well I’m Hand Drawn After All

Alvin : And I'm #handdrawn anyway

A post shared by Norm Hanson (@oz_endless_summer) on Jun 4, 2017 at 10:12pm PDT

Alvin made a guest appearance in Norm's Daily Drawing project over on instagram

She Made Me Do It!

Me: Alvin what are you doing in my instagram posts? Alvin: Lila made me do it!

A post shared by Norm Hanson (@oz_endless_summer) on Jun 4, 2017 at 10:14pm PDT

Tweeting is so yesterday

Lila: Its no good tweeting anymore, your too cool Alvin, you need to appear in instagram

A post shared by Norm Hanson (@oz_endless_summer) on Jun 4, 2017 at 10:13pm PDT

On becoming more mobile

Alvin finds there is more to being truly #mobile than #lycra [#cartoon] pic.twitter.com/3QYR8YGMn4
— alvinp (@alvinp) July 29, 2014

Lila can be a wet blanket

"You are too old to dress up like that
...AND you are NOT going to COMIC-CON
 ...AND thats that!"

Alvins has a TAM (Total App Meltdown)

Alvin always thought it was an #urbanlegend but his smartphone finally reach total #app #meltdown { #cartoon } pic.twitter.com/2UOtEgo0T6
— alvinp (@alvinp) July 23, 2014

Lila misses predictive text

On the other hand Lila often wishes she had predictive text for her handwritten missives #cartoon pic.twitter.com/1fznTYqf8t
— alvinp (@alvinp) July 17, 2014

Alvin & that predictive text

Alvin struggles with his pram ...pretty ...project ...productive ...predictive text! pic.twitter.com/OgXmLMJBMU
— alvinp (@alvinp) July 16, 2014

On being a little two dimensional

Alvin begins to realise that being a #cartoon character can be a little 2 dimensional pic.twitter.com/GWF6BW0KFK
— alvinp (@alvinp) June 19, 2014

On World Cup Overload

enough said already #worldcup #fotboll #cartoon #nosoccerplease pic.twitter.com/9IIBsDHSOr
— alvinp (@alvinp) June 15, 2014

Returning to QuickPics on Twitter & enjoying #Wordfest

After a long hiatus, mainly due to forgotten passwords, closure of a photosharing service and changes in twitter itself , Alvin & Lila will be returning with some occasional twitter toons (aka QuickPics)

Alvin is amused by the tell it how it is ... honesty of @firstdogonmoon #WORDFEST pic.twitter.com/bNMKSJelLe
— alvinp (@alvinp) June 6, 2014

Alvin having a bit of fun with himself on a new google chrome experiment called copainter. Which is a painter application that lives in your browser. See if you can add to my drawings ... Nicely please.

On the election results