A little scattered, and nervous, but getting things done. I think these reflect my state of mind. I think everything will be okay, but have no idea at the moment how that will come about.
Tags: black and white, colour, sketches, watercolour
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May 2, 2009
2
Nod, and Look Sympathetic
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesFear of a pandemic grips the planet. Economic collapse has put millions out of work. Outside the window of the Cock and Bull Bar, an angry throng marches down the street for May Day, carrying red and black flags, shouting for justice and revolution. I feel suddenly like I’m in Paris, 1968. I tried to […]
Tags: black and white, collaboration, Gagnon Fridays, Jeff Leblanc, Marr, Montreal Comic Jam, photos, Richard Gagnon, sketches
May 1, 2009
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Flashback to 1982
By Jack Ruttan in UncategorizedHaven’t done this on the blog yet. I was going through old files when a yellowed newsprint page fell out. It’s one of my better cartoons from when I was working on the University of Calgary Gauntlet. Obviously, some of the references are dated. A big issue was cruise missile testing in the wilds of […]
April 29, 2009
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The Sign is Gone!!
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's placeExactly 24 hours and seven minutes after I took the previous photo in this series, and then came out after school let out to shoot the progress of the sign’s destruction, this is what greeted me. An empty fence. No trace of the sign: no shreds of plastic board anywhere nearby, not even loose attachments […]
Tags: montreal, photos, ruttan's place, Safety Sign
April 29, 2009
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Yellow Dog
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, sketches, watercolour“Old Yeller?” I like drawing in the morning, and I like being spontaneous, but it has its disadvantages. Certain things make me go “darn!” but I wonder if anyone will notice them, or cares. Could be a dog with ears of different length. Or maybe he’s just a dog who looks like that, and it’s […]
Tags: Animals, colour, dogs, Safety Sign, sketches, watercolour
April 28, 2009
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Look Out for Speeding Kiddies
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's placeConsider if you will, an experiment. The police put up this safety sign this afternoon on the schoolyard fence across the street from me. I want to see how long it takes before the pristine surface is defaced with graffiti of some kind, or torn down entirely. You can watch and keep track with me. […]
Tags: montreal, photos, ruttan's place, Safety Sign
April 28, 2009
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What does the future hold?
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesMaybe chubby fortune-teller guy knows.
Tags: black and white, sketches
April 27, 2009
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Your Morning Pigeon and Chihuahua
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, watercolourWhat’s a little depressing is when you go a “Graphic Image Search” (GIS for those in the know) for “pigeon,” you get a larger than usual number of dead and messed up pigeons. It’s not the main thing I think of when watching pigeons out my front door, but there are a lot of them […]
Tags: Animals, colour, dogs, watercolour
April 26, 2009
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Back to Gagnon Fridays
By Jack Ruttan in cats, sketchesIt’s good to see Rick Gagnon again, at our traditional Friday afternoon meet at the Cock N’ Bull for drawing and chat. We missed last week, and then I put this post off until today, because of all the class action excitement. But here we are again, with another batch of fun drawings. Below, can […]
Tags: Animals, black and white, cats, collaboration, Gagnon Fridays, Richard Gagnon, sketches
April 25, 2009
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David Fennario on the ERDC Class Action Authorization Victory
By Jack Ruttan in UncategorizedDavid Fennario, author and playwright, was once the class representative for our class action lawsuit against a collection of corporate media types. He had to bow out in 2002 because of crippling health problems, but he’s still a supporter of the ERDC and its objectives. He proved this at our celebration last Thursday of the […]
Tags: ERDC
April 25, 2009
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Montreal Freelancers Celebrating Class Action Authorization
By Jack Ruttan in UncategorizedRon Diamond, ERDC (Electronic Rights Defense Committee) Treasurer (R) with Mireille Goulet, our butt-kicking lawyer, who won the authorization decision against a team of five top-flight legal minds on the other side. Read more about the hearings last year on my old blog here. A little late in getting this to you, because there was […]
Tags: ERDC
April 23, 2009
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Freelance Celebration this Afternoon
By Jack Ruttan in UncategorizedI want to invite freelancers of all stripes in the Montreal Area to the Brutopia Pub (1215-19 Crescent St. , between Ste. Catherine Street and René Lesvesque Blvd. Metro Guy. It’s happening from 5:30 pm to 7:30 this afternoon (Thurs. 23) to celebrate the authorization by Quebec Supreme Court of our class action lawsuit over […]
Tags: ERDC
April 23, 2009
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Balcony Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketchesIt was fine weather earlier this week. So I sat on my balcony, read, and drew a few sketches of the passing scene in my small (5.5″x8.5″) sketch book. Good times! And more nice weather is coming this weekend. Yay!
Tags: black and white, montreal, sketches
April 21, 2009
1
More Men, and on taking criticism.
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, sketchesKind of like what a complete page in my sketchbook sometimes looks like, rather than a nice drawing excerpted and isolated to show you. Again, the usual paints on a thin, sketchbook paper. I’m a little bit torn up this morning, because a pro illustrator (more successful than I, at least) looked over my website […]