Cat got your pencil?

It’s good to be busy
but I've been neglecting
my blog duties and this
is my first post of 2011.
Sorry about that.

I’ve been trying to draw
a tabby cat but it keeps
coming out as a dog.

Disastronaut

He caught
a falling star.

Happy new
year.

Happy Christmas

Fishtank revolution

Lion in wait

Demi-urge

A rite of
passage.

Food for thought

You Are What You Eat Shirt by nonstickplans
make your own custom t-shirt at zazzle

This is a t-shirt with a drawing from September 2007, adapted into a circle for Mindfields College as a logo for a seminar or workshop on diet. Alas Mindfields has ceased trading and has morphed into the smaller scale Human Givens College, where humorous logos are spat upon and clean pastel colours and Swiss-style graphics are employed instead. With so many logos going spare I thought it was time for some recycling (with permission) and a few of them (the more interesting ones) have been Zazzled.
The .com link for this t-shirt is here, by the way, though I'm not expecting anyone to buy it. Judging by my past efforts to make money, this Zazzle lark is almost inevitably doomed to failure. It's already been plagued by technical problems. I've been reading an interesting series of blog posts by Robert Twigger about how to make money. I must study them more thoroughly - it could change my life. He's an interesting writer, by the way, and I recommend his blog, and his books.
Another by-the-way is that I've started a Wordpress blog where I'll be posting drawings from the Non-Stick Plans archive which I'm using on my Zazzle products. I realise I'm occasionally doing that here too, but over on Wordpress I'm posting them big enough to see. Surely a good reason to visit. Ok, suit yourself.

Emile Zola in his J'Accuzzi

This bad literary pun is a remnant from my Paris Fraud series from February 2009 (starting here), which I never drew up. Having drawn it up I now realise that it's hardly an original bad literary pun as there are 869 results for it on Google. It's obvious when you think about it, but I may as well post it now I've drawn it up - that will make it a round number.

Body language

SomNoëlent

The words are, 'Happy Hibernation! or if you're staying awake Happy Christmas!' in case it's too small to read.
‘The Sleep of Reason Produces Funny Animals,’ as Goya almost said, and here’s one, asleep. This is my Christmas card, rather early I believe. Mainly because you won’t have the opportunity to buy it from Zazzle here (uk site), if I post it any later.
Zazzle has given me a big headache due to technical problems - nothing was showing up after I’d designed it, uploaded it, titled it, described it, categorised it, tagged it and posted it for sale. A quiet word or three with the Help! department got their technicians on the case and it now seems to be working ok. I’ve got about 140 ‘products’ so far, including this card and other funny animals. I’ll continue to add stuff if my stamina holds out. It’s hard work you know.
Perhaps only other people with Zazzle shops know.

Non-stick mugs on Zazzle

See more personalized gifts from Zazzle.

Apologies (again) for the continued absence of posts on Non-Stick, if anyone is still looking in. Here's another reason for that.
I'm spending time designing some of the drawings from this blog (of which there are many) into products for sale on Zazzle. Mugs is all I've got so far, and only a few, but I thought I'd flag it up now before it's well-stocked as I've got little else to post at the moment. I'm new to online selling so it's going to look a bit disorganised for a while. Any feedback (or requests) would be very welcome.
This widget will take you to the UK site. Here are a few links to other countries: US, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Brazil. I think that will do for now.
The mugs I've ordered are top quality and would make fantastic Christmas presents!

Running late

I did this drawing of a slow boy in an egg-and-spoon race a couple of years ago as a birthday card. 'Sorry I'm Late' was the inevitable message - a phrase bursting with possibilities for the cartoonist, or indeed anyone else. Thinking of situations in which being late has consequences, foreseen or unforeseen, pleasant or unpleasant, is a great way to spend a rainy afternoon. I recommend it.

An inhibition of drawings

Some people may have noticed a slight hiatus in activity on this blog. I know I have. This has been caused, in part, by me having to get my act together for a small local exhibition (or inhibition). It takes place over the next couple of weekends as part of the Woodford Festival Arts Trail. See picture for details.
Like all small local exhibitions it has involved large amounts of time, effort and money. From an initial selection of 25 drawings I’ve whittled it down to 60, all of which have appeared on Nonstick at some time or other. I suspect quite a few will have to be culled when it comes to hanging day, but how does one decide? I’ve never decided to find out.
Do come along if you’re visiting this planet on those days. There are plenty of clouds to park on, and Woodford is not known for its passport controls.
When the above occurrence has played out, like occurrences do, the slight hiatus may cease and frenetic activity on this blog will resume.

Tortwice

Leonardo's ghost

Artist's conscience:

"Madre di Deo! Call yourself
a painter?"

Pondlife

Two stages of development.

Out of one's element

This penguin cannot be said to lack direction.

Shanks' pony

Optical delusion

Torque of the town

(It's too tight).

At the OK Canal

Aspirations

Bagmouth strikes again

Also known as the Fish-and-Chips Monster, the Bagmouth is a common sight in British seaside resorts during the Summer. This one was sketched very hurriedly, but it's fairly accurate.

Mousing off

My brief jaunt to Eastbourne produced almost identical photos to last year so that’s scuppered my plan to post them here.
My brain has been giving me some trouble recently, and is refusing to cooperate. This blog will therefore be continuing without it for the foreseeable future, otherwise it will just go into hibernation, so expect non-ideas and a lack of effort on the drawing front. You never know it might be an improvement...

Eighth Sister

I don’t suppose anyone will notice my absence due to the sparseness of posts here, but I’m off this week to Eastbourne again, to watch some tennis in either punishing sunshine, squally showers or bone-chilling sea breezes. Last year I took some very boring photos of the place so will endeavour to take some more interesting ones this year, though it will be a challenge as I have a very boring camera.
In this drawing can be seen a personification of Beachy Head, the next cliff along from the Seven Sisters on the south coast of England. Goodbye.

Alien safari

Ripley
visits the
Serengeti.

(It's
supposed
to be
Ripley
anyway).

National dress

Thistle
turn-out
for the
best.

Exit

Thanks
to Alex for
featuring
me on the
Neatorama
art blog.
And to
Apelad for
suggesting
me.