
I like funky trees.

I like funky trees.

I’m sure this was influenced by Crime and Punishment, but this isn’t Raskolnikov, for the record.
I love that he doesn’t have distinguishable eyes!
Yeah…his bushy eyes are cool.

I like that his mascot’s a cat instead of a dog.
I’m intrigued…is there a story to follow?
I seriously want a full story for this one. What’s up with the cats, btw?

Ah, Washington Elementary. My 3rd-6th-grade alma mater. I don’t really remember what the janitor looked like at Washington, but I do remember our school’s motto (which has since changed): “Love is in this school”. Pretty good, right?
Well, this janitor is wearing a neon green “Love is in this school” shirt. He’s also wearing a Washington School “Star Student” hat (The name has been changed to Windor to protect the innocent. No, actually, I didn’t think of giving him a “Star Student” hat until later, so really he’s just wearing a hat that says, “Windor Flskjg”. But he should be wearing a star student hat. The kind with the squishy front that has puffy paint printed on it and then the cheap mesh stuff in the back. You know what I’m talking about. Have you ever tried to fit a whole paragraph into parentheses? It’s fun.)
This is probably a misperception, but I seem to remember school janitors wearing random school paraphernalia all the time. Especially neon green stuff. Must’ve been a late 80s thing.
I love the neon green and bright yellow with the brown/beige thing going for the rest of the picture. It looks awesome!
Love the comments…especially the parenthetical paragraph. You are very amusing.

This reminds me of Portugal…

Just a little sketch of a boy and his kite.
If only I could get my kites to fly so high!
Love it!

This is so classic Sam!
What is going on with his mouth? That’s crazy looking. Love the mustache. That was a great touch.

Anutha image from my new sketchbook. Trying out Moleskine watercolor for the first time. Very nice paper.
Love the red nose!!
Either he has a very bad cold, or a very bad sunburn. But he handles it with dignity.

haha! Now he has personality. Love the belly button.
I *love* his belly button and gut. Soooo funny!

I like it when just flat color does a lot of the work, as in this little sketch. And the green shoes are fun.
This color scheme seems like something Mary Blair would come up with as well.

Did I ever mention I love Mary Blair? Oh yeah, I did. Blair’s art for It’s A Small World inspired this.
For the record, I could have told you that was Mary Blair inspired before I read your comment. Well done!

Here’s a little spaceship doodle (1″ x 1″). Nothing much to say about it. Except that it’s a Toyota, of course.
I love your small pencil sketches. Honestly, they are often your best stuff.

She is so cute!

A few months back, I saw an exhibit of interesting-looking helmets (think the headgear the sandpeople (sp?) wear in Star Wars). It inspired this little sketch.
I love his pink cheeks and nose!
ps. why isn’t it letting me choose my own avatar?
Howdy! (I never actually use that word. Okay, today I did.) This is my first post here at samricks.com. My old blog was here: blog.samricks.com. If you want to go reminisce about earlier drawings, head that direction. Otherwise, stay tuned to this page, which will be updated periodically with new sketches, illustrations, and random tangential information.
Love the color scheme on this. Congrats on finally finishing up the new site!
Love the new site! Very cool!

Everything from this image down is from my old blog. For anything created before 2011, visit my old blog at blog.samricks.com
Oh, and let me know what you think of the new site, too!

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
(Nope, the image has nothing to do with the holiday, in case you wondered.)
I seriously want to know why the guy on the right is grumpy. Love his character!

I drew these a couple of months ago while waiting for the train. I especially like the spindly legs one.
Looking at those made me realize how much I miss seeing your work more regularly.
I really like your stuff.
I'm seriously wondering how gravity would affect the spindly leg one.

Whenever I hit a creative roadblock, I go for a walk. It helps shake loose the thoughts that have been caking themselves onto the sides of my brain. Here are some thoughts from today’s jaunt. Sorry if you can’t read the chicken scratch.
Okay, that picture looks JUST LIKE YOU! And I love all the details.
For the record, when I clicked on the picture and it blew up, I could read everything.
Before I read it, I did a quick glance at the pic and recognized you right away…so I agree with Janae…it does look just like you.
Janae and Cara – Thank you!

That is some serious back lighting!
You really do, don’t you?! Love the yellow sky.