Don, is there anything you can't do? Loved the work. Joyce On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote:
> Tom, (et al -if you want to) > > Thanks. I enjoyed reading your 'article'. The cartoon about the > 'side-winder' is great! LOL I liked the one with the guy wearing his > flyfishing hat in church. I have one close to that somewhere, where the > minister, dad, groom, and groomsmen were all dressed in > *tuxedo*-flyfishing-wear > as their wedding theme (since the brides normally get their themes) (Now > I'll spend two hours looking for it). Darren will be posting some more > cartoons soon. > > I've done a lot of things during my life, but artwork- drawing, painting, > etc., has always been included in the package. I was always the artist for > school papers and projects, and people thought it was weird when one of the > football jocks ( a full-back yet) came in to help design and draw banners > and newspaper artwork. We didn't have copiers for the earliest years, so > nothing got saved. Remember the old mimeograph machines? We thought that > was so cool. > > During high school, I did a lot of caricature work and pencil portraits. I > did the guys in their cars all hopped up like Ed Roth drawings: (remember > these?) > I didn't do the faces grotesque, but did a portrait/caricature of the guy > instead with a big grin. I did dozens of them, maybe a hundred, but I don't > have a single drawing left. I think my cousin may have one. > > I also did pencil portraits of guy's girlfriends for a nominal fee- at the > time gas and date money. I would draw them from photographs, like these: > Remember Rodney Barrileaux? That's his *niece* above to the left. Small > world, ain' it? Talk about cajun-cute!!! > > I still have these left, and scanning is the way to go. Wish I had that > back when. Family & friends wanted me to go be an artist in th French > Quarter, drawing portraits of tourists. I liked my art as a hobby, but I > didn't want to make *work *out of it. Besides, the people down in the > Quarter weren't my 'scene' kind of people. > > I also did a lot of fun cartoon caricatures, and did a couple of dozen of > the office workers when I worked down in Tampa in the mid 70's. Here's one > example: (of about 10 pages like this) > I became a company 'legend' by doing these. They were copied probably > hundreds of times by the workers. Each person had his own quirk, passion, > or whatever he/she was known for, and I magnified this for the cartoon and > made his/her face look like them. > > When I got to Wyoming, the fly shop owner was amazed that I could draw > flies and designs in just seconds, and repeat the drawings when it came to > drawing fly ties in steps. He had me do instructions and draw cartoons for > his shop and then later for some newspapers around the state. I did a lot > of pattern illustrations for the 'Patterns of the Masters' in 1995/6. > > I was into pool at the time- big time- and was drawing illustrations to > publish a book on my shots and techniques. I never did as I retired from it > in 1985 because of my back. But I've seen my ideas and shots come into play > decades after the fact, although I don't think they were copied as I never > published them. The marked-up cue-ball was one of my main ideas. They have > them now, just not as complete as I had the shot-language to go along with > the illustrations. I have great visualization ability for banking shots, > and I was the one who developed the 8-rail shot. They do it now, but cheat > the shot by just ending up on a dollar bill. I used to consistently pocket > a ball after the 8th rail. They can't do that even 30 years later. > I had surgery in 2002, and would like to play again, but I can't aim with > tri-focals. LOL. If it's not one thing it's another. > I found an old copy of a drawing of the 8-rail shot: (the Que-ball is in > the middle of the other balls- 8-ball pockets) > > Back on the *cartoons,* you'll see the mid-90's as the dates on many of my > cartoons, and thereafter. I did quite a few I can't find, so I'll have to > re-draw them. The drawing itself doesn't take me long- an hour at most, but > the idea and the presentation must be 'on' for me to like the cartoon. I've > seen versions of my themes in different venues after I've posted mine, so > they must get noticed 'out there'. (Like my Chernobyl Mouse) > > When I got to Wyoming in 1976, I was into drafting and technical art and > did a lot of renderings of plant equipment for sales, and did some paintings > in my free time. I wound up doing a lot of technical illustrating throughout > my career for idea presentations- 3-D scaled isometric drawings of equipment > that didn't exist yet. Really helped the engineering aspect, but then > computers took over and my hand-art was a dead field, even though I was the > best at it. Everything is done now by CG nerds in Solidworks, and I didn't > want to go that way. I do draft now in AutoCad, but it's 'against my will' > that I do so. > > I've done a lot of illustrating for books and mags, and other tiers over > the years, and I draw up many fly-design notes to myself when I'm having > mornig coffee. I have a 3" binder full of fly design drawings, many realized > and many not yet. > > You can see some other art-work on my Tutorials page on my web-site. I > have a lot more to post, but I'm careful what I post because of all of the > plagerizers out there. One guy posted a photo of *my *tiger mouse (the > one I gave to Vlad Markov) on Mark Romero's site and *claimed* *he tied it > *. Mark banned him for life. At least Fabrezio *re-tied* my tiger mouse > (and others) before he calimed they were his ideas. > > Artwork comes in many forms, and I enjoy working art along with humor into > my flies. Being from New Orleans, I'm not content with the established > envelope, so I live on the borders and travel way outside of it (a rebel at > heart- ask Buggs and Dr. D.). The Flex-o flies and deer hair sculpting are > two challenging forms of art, and I'm still pretty much the only one doing > Flex-o flies as art. You can see some of them on my web-site. > > All flies can be an art form, but fortunately fish are not critics and will > eat most anything that looks like a bug, especially crippled ones. > > Well, I guess I've bored you enough. After I'm gone and am worm-food, > maybe Cheryl will be able to sell my stuff for something to live on. > > DonO > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Davenport" <t...@comcast.net> > To: <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:34 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] New cartoons on website > > Don, I really enjoyed your cartoons. They brought to mind my father's only > brother, (and my favorite uncle), Bob Davenport, who was a commercial > artist for the Des Moines Register and Tribune for 30 plus years. He always > signed his work "Dav". > > Back in those days, if someone needed line art, they went into my uncle's > office and asked for it, and usually got it on the spot. Watching him draw > was like magic, since he visualized the entire drawing before it was started > and had the habit of laying down "markers" at random places on the blank > page which then quickly evolved into the finished drawing. > > Besides his own unique style he could draw in any other artists style if > necessary, in fact he was good friends with Charles Shulz and Walter Lance > (the creator of Pogo) and would occasionally draw comics for them when they > needed a break (he would convert the artists rough drawings into finished > panels). He also had a syndicated a single panel gag cartoon of his own > that ran for about three years, called "Open Season", with outdoor themes > similar to yours. You can see some of them at > > http://gallery.me.com/tsmd#100402 > > (Technically the Open Season drawings are still owned by the Des Moines > register, but I have a letter giving me permission to use them for any > non-commercial purpose). > > But far and away his funniest work were the drawings he would whip out for > his co-workers when some news story or office event caught his fancy. There > are hundreds of them, and someday I might post them as well, but hesitate > because they are often edgy and sometimes off-color. Here is one of my > favorites, which he probably drew in less than five minutes to hand to a > friend: > > ------------------------------ > > > > His favorite story to tell was about a stunt that almost cost him his job. > He was drawing a sketch for a story about the newest (and tallest) building > in Des Moines, and it involved drawing hundreds of windows. He got bored, > so as a joke for the copy editor, he drew a small nude in one of the > windows, figuring he editor would spot it and white it out. But he missed > it, and it went out into full circulation! > > He would visit us every other year or so, and of course we loved to have > him draw. A life long bachelor, he retired because of declining health and > came to live with my father for what turned out to be his last visit; he > died about six weeks after his arrival. When we went back to Iowa for the > funeral his co-workers brought out dozens of funny drawings that Bob had > made for them, we made copies of them all. We also found scrapbooks kept by > my grandmother which contained all of his published work, and were surprised > to find that every time he drew a family or children, they usually looked > just like us! > > Anyway, your cartoons are very funny, and thanks for bringing back some > good memories, > > Tom Davenport > > > On Dec 20, 2010, at 7:57 PM, Don Ordes wrote: > > > I have two new cartoons up on my website. Thanks to Darren (Pacres) for > loading them for me. > > > > http://www.fantasyflies.com/fly_side.php > > > > Buggs had too much Ever-clear egg-nog last night. > > > > Good thing I don't drink. I'm the designated driver. > > > > DonO > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > ------------------------------ > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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