Old TV Shows and nihil moderate

Posted on January 7, 2017 by portfoliolongo.com

I don’t usually name names, so I won’t identify any of the other members who make up a clandestine cell of hedonists known as the NIMs, which stands for Nothing in Moderation or nihil moderate, NIMSTERS, Nimsticals, Nimrods, Nimphiles, and quite a few other clever monikers. Members of this profligate group of revelers, while not armed, should be considered dangerous, when it comes food and drink. I am a member of this group; there are others, and that’s all I’ll say.

Ideally, we meet in person at semi-annual, extravagant NIMfests; however, in recent years we’ve been forced to convene online. Our NIMfests usually have themes. Several years ago, for example, bacon was our theme; this year one of our themes was TV Shows.

My contribution to this year’s NIMfest is a series of four digital, iPad drawings all done in Procreate over the span of 10 hours on December 30, 2016.

All in the Family

Beverly Hillbillies

I Love Lucy

Hogan’s Heros

Many a Meeting

Posted on January 28, 2014 by portfoliolongo.com

I wish I knew the number of meetings I attended at Smokey Row in Des Moines, IA over the past 4 years or at least the number of gallons of coffee I drank there. Kind of a neat place. I’ll miss it.

Precious Water

Posted on January 15, 2014 by portfoliolongo.com

As we move from the Hartford of the West (Des Moines, IA) to the Gateway to Yosemite (Merced, CA), from the nation’s breadbasket to not far from its salad bowl, we’ll have to keep an eye on water like never before. Water is a finite and precious resource practically everywhere, and this is especially true in the San Joaquin Valley.

City of Merced, Gateway to Yosemite

Letter from Des Moines

Posted on November 18, 2013 by portfoliolongo.com

Stamp:

Envelope & Letter

I intended to show either a sunrise or sunset behind the barn and tried using white lines, yellow color, and shading to do that.

Remote Post

Posted on November 17, 2013 by portfoliolongo.com

An unusual sky over The Moines. I wish I had time to draw this, but this is only a test.

Revision: Sun., Nov. 17, 2013

I’m curious to see whether this post gets pulled to the top because I’m editing it. I’m also curious to see what happens when I add another image to an old post. In this case it’s a variation of the above image, which I posted by cell phone remotely yesterday evening. It was produced, i.e., modified in an app called My Sketch, that is to say, I had nothing to do with modification other than selecting “Art Sketch.”