My little notebook computer is great. But it’s a little silly to use, sometimes, as this guy demonstrates. He’s drawn in melty watercolour pencils and (I didn’t realise it at the time), melty black/purple roller pen. This is a Regency little girl, inspired by Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Of course, the real little girl […]
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January 26, 2017
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Notebook Computer
By Jack Ruttan in color, Coloured Pencils, digital, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
January 22, 2017
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Cat Card
By Jack Ruttan in Nora the cat, sketches, watercolor, watercolourA birthday card for a friend, with some cats painted on it in watercolours. I don’t think I’ve posted this yet.
January 17, 2017
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Rank the Prank
By Jack Ruttan in digital, self-promotion, sketches, storyboardsFinally able to unveil them. I’m completely thrilled. Please check out some of the concept drawings I made for the TV show RANK THE PRANK, now playing on the BBC, BBC Canada, and Nickelodeon. [LINK]
January 16, 2017
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Blue Doodles
By Jack Ruttan in ballpoint penSome doodles done at my friend’s place, with her blue roller pen. Horsies! Kitties! A dude!
December 22, 2016
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Coloured Pencil Things
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, Coloured Pencils, heads, pencil, sketches, women
December 8, 2016
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Mystery Package
By Jack Ruttan in ruttan's place, sketchesYou never know what you’re going to find if you go out your front door. Just outside was an Amazon package. I checked the address to make sure it had been delivered to the right place. It had. It’s the day before my birthday. What the heck was this? Opening it up revealed a lot […]
December 8, 2016
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Star Wars, etc.
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, color, heads, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, womenPosting various sketches I’ve been doing. Mainly to do with the new “Star Wars” movie, which I finally saw, and “Emma” by Jane Austen. Star Wars had some pleasant new characters, but it was basically a rehash of the same old plot. I mean where did they find the time and materials to build a […]
December 8, 2016
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Heater Cat
By Jack Ruttan in cats, Jack's House of Cats, ruttan's placeI fancy that Mister Boggedy looks sad on the heater alone, since his sister passed away. He’s not on great terms with Nora the little black and white cat, but both of them seem to treat me as a large, incredibly ugly and inept mother cat.
December 2, 2016
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Doot Doot
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, headsFeeling uninspired, which might be clear from this image. But at least my digital technique is getting better. Things seem to go up and down. I should really be doing watercolours, but I need better self-motivation.
November 21, 2016
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First Snow
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's placeMy nice neighbour Sylvie is trying to coax a little declawed cat out from under a front porch around the corner. Unfortunately, she’s doing this by rapping with spoon on a closed can of cat food. I think she’d do better with opening the can, leaving it a little distance away from the gap under […]
November 16, 2016
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Nora ye Catte
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, digital, Nora the cat, Portraits, sketches
November 16, 2016
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BOO by Neil Smith
By Jack Ruttan in Book ReviewsFinished the book BOO by Neil Smith. It’s a bittersweet fantasy story about childhood, getting over pain, and forgiveness. A little boy wakes up in the afterlife, a mysterious place where everyone is the same age as he is. The tone is gentle; for me it’s an improvement over Smith’s book of short stories BANG […]