<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873</id><updated>2012-03-16T20:18:53.200-07:00</updated><category term='storyboards'/><category term='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_GqaBte4I/AAAAAAAAAnM/5cKIrwEchng/s400/MarineHarborCrop2lr.jpg'/><category term='StagePost Studios'/><title type='text'>WiiST</title><subtitle type='html'>The Art and Musings of Bill Wiist</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>85</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-3834383763585872510</id><published>2011-10-10T16:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T16:25:25.483-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Year In 3 1/2 Minutes!</title><content type='html'>Over the last year I've been illustrating one verse a day. Well, today I set it all to music:&amp;nbsp;A year's worth of illustrations in 3 and a half minutes, all set to the wonderful music of Salient, Nashville-based Christian rock band (and good buddies of mine)!&amp;nbsp;Check it out! Pass it along!! And most of all, ENJOY!!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NCDrZNvJJbI/0.jpg"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NCDrZNvJJbI?version=3&amp;f=user_uploads&amp;c=google-webdrive-0&amp;app=youtube_gdata" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266"  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NCDrZNvJJbI?version=3&amp;f=user_uploads&amp;c=google-webdrive-0&amp;app=youtube_gdata" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-3834383763585872510?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/3834383763585872510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=3834383763585872510' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3834383763585872510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3834383763585872510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2011/10/year-in-3-12-minutes.html' title='A Year In 3 1/2 Minutes!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-1059270665269656065</id><published>2011-10-10T16:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T16:12:38.577-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More books!</title><content type='html'>Since I last posted, I've published three more Wiist: Illustrated Verse books! These, as well as the first three books, are available on sale @ my new website:&amp;nbsp;http://www.wiistverse.com/&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-1059270665269656065?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/1059270665269656065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=1059270665269656065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1059270665269656065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1059270665269656065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2011/10/more-books.html' title='More books!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4789288286030317462</id><published>2011-05-11T11:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T11:35:42.489-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My 3rd Book of Verses Now On Sale!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R5N_h_M-OEU/TcrW7jTf-ZI/AAAAAAAAAvk/_fxeJ1UrTPY/s1600/BookIII.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R5N_h_M-OEU/TcrW7jTf-ZI/AAAAAAAAAvk/_fxeJ1UrTPY/s400/BookIII.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605529004793657746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;You can &lt;a href="https://www.createspace.com/3609595"&gt;BUY IT NOW HERE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4789288286030317462?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4789288286030317462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4789288286030317462' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4789288286030317462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4789288286030317462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-3rd-book-of-verses-now-on-sale.html' title='My 3rd Book of Verses Now On Sale!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R5N_h_M-OEU/TcrW7jTf-ZI/AAAAAAAAAvk/_fxeJ1UrTPY/s72-c/BookIII.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-2536190569066678304</id><published>2011-04-06T07:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T07:54:47.884-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Check out my two new books!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HeVknaOPk6M/TZx-Kw1Xu-I/AAAAAAAAAvc/MbQPQM7LfVY/s1600/WIVIIcover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HeVknaOPk6M/TZx-Kw1Xu-I/AAAAAAAAAvc/MbQPQM7LfVY/s400/WIVIIcover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592483560659860450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wQdSxdAIpno/TZx-DNBIeJI/AAAAAAAAAvU/Zui_VFFh-gA/s1600/WIVIcover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wQdSxdAIpno/TZx-DNBIeJI/AAAAAAAAAvU/Zui_VFFh-gA/s400/WIVIcover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592483430786431122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Due to the many requests I've received from FB to publish my illustrated Bible verses, I am now collecting these verses, adding a bit of commentary and publishing them through Amazon.com. The first two books are now available for purchase at the link below!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_23?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;amp;field-keywords=wiist+illustrated+verse&amp;amp;x=0&amp;amp;y=0&amp;amp;sprefix=wiist+illustrated+verse"&gt;Buy &lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_23?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;amp;field-keywords=wiist+illustrated+verse&amp;amp;x=0&amp;amp;y=0&amp;amp;sprefix=wiist+illustrated+verse"&gt;WiiST: Illustrated Verse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_23?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;amp;field-keywords=wiist+illustrated+verse&amp;amp;x=0&amp;amp;y=0&amp;amp;sprefix=wiist+illustrated+verse"&gt; @ Amazon.com!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After you get yours, let me know what you think!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-2536190569066678304?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/2536190569066678304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=2536190569066678304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2536190569066678304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2536190569066678304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2011/04/check-out-my-two-new-books.html' title='Check out my two new books!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HeVknaOPk6M/TZx-Kw1Xu-I/AAAAAAAAAvc/MbQPQM7LfVY/s72-c/WIVIIcover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8873681296801946455</id><published>2010-12-02T12:48:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-04T11:47:58.370-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Now on FB!</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FWiiST-Illustrated-Verse%2F171412179548063&amp;amp;width=292&amp;amp;colorscheme=light&amp;amp;connections=5&amp;amp;stream=true&amp;amp;header=true&amp;amp;height=587" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:292px; height:587px;" allowtransparency="true"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8873681296801946455?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8873681296801946455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8873681296801946455' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8873681296801946455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8873681296801946455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post.html' title='Now on FB!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-1053806590483948149</id><published>2010-11-23T21:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-23T21:17:19.963-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Silent Animation.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"&gt;Below is an animated project I finished today. The art is acrylic on watercolor paper, scanned in, animated in Anime Studio 7 and edited together in iMovie.  In the coming weeks this will all be mixed with video footage and set to music by another fella. It'll all make more sense at that point.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/zSlczBQe5GM"&gt;SILENT ANIMATION&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-1053806590483948149?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/1053806590483948149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=1053806590483948149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1053806590483948149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1053806590483948149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/11/silent-animation.html' title='Silent Animation.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-502434429272087463</id><published>2010-11-16T09:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-06T08:45:25.883-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Frankenpizza Wins Pizza Today Magazine Contest!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TOLCwCpEMnI/AAAAAAAAAuo/49kwSBlY8JQ/s1600/Frankenpizza.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 355px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TOLCwCpEMnI/AAAAAAAAAuo/49kwSBlY8JQ/s400/Frankenpizza.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540204622217753202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The wins keep coming.  Featured above is a Frankenstein Pizza I made before Halloween and submitted to a contest run by one of my favorite trade magazines, Pizza Today. Pizza Today chose Franky as their winner for most creative Halloween pizza and today I received a box full of Pizza Today swag as my reward. Very, VERY cool.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-502434429272087463?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/502434429272087463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=502434429272087463' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/502434429272087463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/502434429272087463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/11/frankenpizza-wins-pizza-today-magazine.html' title='Frankenpizza Wins Pizza Today Magazine Contest!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TOLCwCpEMnI/AAAAAAAAAuo/49kwSBlY8JQ/s72-c/Frankenpizza.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6575367887190789623</id><published>2010-11-16T09:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-16T09:28:35.292-08:00</updated><title type='text'>When You Care Enough To Send the Very Wiist</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TOK-yiLmNwI/AAAAAAAAAug/3ONwV0_qSm4/s1600/WiistHallmarkCards2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TOK-yiLmNwI/AAAAAAAAAug/3ONwV0_qSm4/s400/WiistHallmarkCards2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540200266997315330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}"  style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="UIStory_Message"&gt;At the end of September I wrote, designed and illustrated four office related greeting cards and submitted them to Hallmark for a contest they were running. The two you see above were chosen as winners! You can read the inside punch line here: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/d8C1vA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "&gt;http://bit.ly/d8C1vA&lt;/a&gt; --- Feel free to buy as many as you want while you're there :)&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6575367887190789623?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6575367887190789623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6575367887190789623' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6575367887190789623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6575367887190789623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/11/when-you-care-enough-to-send-very-wiist.html' title='When You Care Enough To Send the Very Wiist'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TOK-yiLmNwI/AAAAAAAAAug/3ONwV0_qSm4/s72-c/WiistHallmarkCards2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-2338556789528577239</id><published>2010-10-15T14:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T16:15:02.561-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve McQueen &amp; Some Exciting Young People!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TLjD2u3QcDI/AAAAAAAAAqU/W1dQ5l5K9jg/s1600/BlobFini.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TLjD2u3QcDI/AAAAAAAAAqU/W1dQ5l5K9jg/s400/BlobFini.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528383887657431090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I gained a new appreciation for the Blob as I created this poster. Not just a classic film, but a real piece of 50's Americana. Just like the Abbott &amp;amp; Costello below, this illustration is my own original design, hand-painted in acrylics on a 2' x 3' canvas.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-2338556789528577239?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/2338556789528577239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=2338556789528577239' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2338556789528577239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2338556789528577239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/10/steve-mcqueen-some-exciting-young.html' title='Steve McQueen &amp; Some Exciting Young People!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TLjD2u3QcDI/AAAAAAAAAqU/W1dQ5l5K9jg/s72-c/BlobFini.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-376693448760698208</id><published>2010-10-14T07:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T07:11:47.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet the Monster!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TLcPfEQtmSI/AAAAAAAAAqM/j5jeEWMx36o/s1600/A%26C7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TLcPfEQtmSI/AAAAAAAAAqM/j5jeEWMx36o/s400/A%26C7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527904094014773538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abbott &amp;amp; Costello meet Frankenstein is one of my favorite childhood movies and one which I still enjoy watching each year around Halloween. I created this movie poster in acrylics on a 2' x 3'  canvas. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-376693448760698208?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/376693448760698208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=376693448760698208' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/376693448760698208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/376693448760698208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/10/meet-monster.html' title='Meet the Monster!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TLcPfEQtmSI/AAAAAAAAAqM/j5jeEWMx36o/s72-c/A%26C7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4567671641176174672</id><published>2010-09-25T10:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-25T10:21:15.549-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Drive-In and stay a while.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TJ4vgaujAeI/AAAAAAAAAqE/tVa9kkuS7f0/s1600/2010-08-31_133254_DriveInFinal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TJ4vgaujAeI/AAAAAAAAAqE/tVa9kkuS7f0/s400/2010-08-31_133254_DriveInFinal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520902427179680226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Growing up, my family used to go to the Sunset Drive-In in Evansville on a regular basis. Sadly Sunset no longer exists. This painting is dedicated, though, to that old Drive-In and the fun memories I have of it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4567671641176174672?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4567671641176174672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4567671641176174672' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4567671641176174672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4567671641176174672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/09/drive-in-and-stay-while.html' title='Drive-In and stay a while.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TJ4vgaujAeI/AAAAAAAAAqE/tVa9kkuS7f0/s72-c/2010-08-31_133254_DriveInFinal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6829191670489235501</id><published>2010-09-25T10:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-25T10:10:24.768-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Few Additions.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TJ4s72UCv8I/AAAAAAAAAp4/i_d8xvJl9X8/s1600/ConcordiaRenderings.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TJ4s72UCv8I/AAAAAAAAAp4/i_d8xvJl9X8/s400/ConcordiaRenderings.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520899599906291650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Concordia Lutheran Church in Evansville, IN is considering making some improvements to their building and landscaping and asked  me to provide them with a couple concept sketches. These are the completed architectural  renderings based off the notes they gave me and a few snapshots I took of the existing building.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6829191670489235501?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6829191670489235501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6829191670489235501' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6829191670489235501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6829191670489235501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/09/few-additions.html' title='A Few Additions.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TJ4s72UCv8I/AAAAAAAAAp4/i_d8xvJl9X8/s72-c/ConcordiaRenderings.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-1479112492627709547</id><published>2010-07-14T12:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-14T12:59:44.862-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Big Wheels.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TD4XI8HvuDI/AAAAAAAAApo/sVLuMO5U094/s1600/CaricatureProgress.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TD4XI8HvuDI/AAAAAAAAApo/sVLuMO5U094/s400/CaricatureProgress.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493854037783590962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always enjoy doing family caricatures. This one was especially fun.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-1479112492627709547?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/1479112492627709547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=1479112492627709547' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1479112492627709547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1479112492627709547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/07/big-wheels.html' title='Big Wheels.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/TD4XI8HvuDI/AAAAAAAAApo/sVLuMO5U094/s72-c/CaricatureProgress.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5911927831610234421</id><published>2010-04-19T18:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T18:25:04.989-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Kids!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S80CZe4x5YI/AAAAAAAAApg/jJ0UFmTNPuU/s1600/photo-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S80CZe4x5YI/AAAAAAAAApg/jJ0UFmTNPuU/s400/photo-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462024559881479554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It's my buddy, Carlin Trammel, from way down in Tallahasee, FL. He writes, "My boss was in Nashville this past weekend and just happened to pick one of these magazines up. It was a bit surreal." I'll say!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5911927831610234421?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5911927831610234421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5911927831610234421' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5911927831610234421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5911927831610234421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/04/hey-kids.html' title='Hey Kids!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S80CZe4x5YI/AAAAAAAAApg/jJ0UFmTNPuU/s72-c/photo-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6338792393293779582</id><published>2010-04-15T20:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T21:09:13.556-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Making the Scene</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S8fi2dThJgI/AAAAAAAAApY/fgGUq_uq5Ik/s1600/SceneProgression.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S8fi2dThJgI/AAAAAAAAApY/fgGUq_uq5Ik/s400/SceneProgression.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460582498417321474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;About 2 weeks ago the Nashville Scene asked me to do a film noir type cover for their news magazine. Above is my initial concept sketch along with glimpses of the painting progress. You can see the final results on their website @ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/y3hupbo"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/y3hupbo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;or if you're in the Nashville area you can pick up a copy off the stands and see the Scene the way it was meant to be seen - in glorious print!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6338792393293779582?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6338792393293779582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6338792393293779582' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6338792393293779582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6338792393293779582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/04/making-scene.html' title='Making the Scene'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S8fi2dThJgI/AAAAAAAAApY/fgGUq_uq5Ik/s72-c/SceneProgression.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-1660834125068308628</id><published>2010-02-07T13:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-07T13:52:18.038-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Real American Hero.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S2819Q7d4SI/AAAAAAAAApM/8EXotXnnytI/s1600-h/MattCapProgress.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S2819Q7d4SI/AAAAAAAAApM/8EXotXnnytI/s400/MattCapProgress.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435622601892159778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My son the Marine left for Okinawa, Japan Friday morning and should have arrive early this morning. In the meantime I put together this picture in his honor. He's a big fan of Captain America so should get a kick out of it when he eventually sees it. I've still got some fine-tuning to do, but I think it's coming along nicely. I love doing portraits!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-1660834125068308628?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/1660834125068308628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=1660834125068308628' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1660834125068308628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1660834125068308628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/02/real-american-hero.html' title='Real American Hero.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S2819Q7d4SI/AAAAAAAAApM/8EXotXnnytI/s72-c/MattCapProgress.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8770089163488696007</id><published>2010-02-07T13:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-07T13:48:56.577-08:00</updated><title type='text'>More Huck &amp; Berry.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S281PokI8OI/AAAAAAAAApE/Bc1TRikofWI/s1600-h/HuckleberryProgress.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S281PokI8OI/AAAAAAAAApE/Bc1TRikofWI/s400/HuckleberryProgress.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435621817962787042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Love drawing these guys and I got another chance to do so for a menu I put together for Huckleberry's Bakery in Mitchell, IN.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8770089163488696007?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8770089163488696007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8770089163488696007' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8770089163488696007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8770089163488696007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-huck-berry.html' title='More Huck &amp; Berry.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/S281PokI8OI/AAAAAAAAApE/Bc1TRikofWI/s72-c/HuckleberryProgress.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4738113411246163650</id><published>2009-12-05T16:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-05T16:04:50.874-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Painting Corydon, IN.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sxr1C8B2fBI/AAAAAAAAAo0/y_cC2fdcZNw/s1600-h/CorydonFini.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sxr1C8B2fBI/AAAAAAAAAo0/y_cC2fdcZNw/s400/CorydonFini.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411907333061508114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haven't updated the blog in a while due to working for the last few months on some top secret projects. This weekend, however, I had some time for a project of my own. I just put the final brushstrokes on this painting which will soon be scanned in, turned into prints and sold at local galleries.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4738113411246163650?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4738113411246163650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4738113411246163650' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4738113411246163650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4738113411246163650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/12/painting-corydon-in.html' title='Painting Corydon, IN.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sxr1C8B2fBI/AAAAAAAAAo0/y_cC2fdcZNw/s72-c/CorydonFini.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-3069028866398791776</id><published>2009-09-15T12:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T12:16:29.708-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Official Graduation Photo.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_n-klmA-I/AAAAAAAAAos/N6qDClCYIL4/s1600-h/GraduationPhotolr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_n-klmA-I/AAAAAAAAAos/N6qDClCYIL4/s400/GraduationPhotolr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381775141890294754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-3069028866398791776?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/3069028866398791776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=3069028866398791776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3069028866398791776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3069028866398791776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/09/official-graduation-photo.html' title='The Official Graduation Photo.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_n-klmA-I/AAAAAAAAAos/N6qDClCYIL4/s72-c/GraduationPhotolr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-2051565543663761846</id><published>2009-09-15T09:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-05T17:12:00.050-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_GqaBte4I/AAAAAAAAAnM/5cKIrwEchng/s400/MarineHarborCrop2lr.jpg'/><title type='text'>San Diego Graduation Ceremony Picture.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_NtR5XsAI/AAAAAAAAAoU/kPRih3hObg8/s1600-h/AfterGraduation.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_NtR5XsAI/AAAAAAAAAoU/kPRih3hObg8/s400/AfterGraduation.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381746257512869890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-2051565543663761846?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/2051565543663761846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=2051565543663761846' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2051565543663761846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2051565543663761846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/09/san-diego-graduation-ceremony-in.html' title='San Diego Graduation Ceremony Picture.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_NtR5XsAI/AAAAAAAAAoU/kPRih3hObg8/s72-c/AfterGraduation.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5721892078149106837</id><published>2009-09-15T09:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T09:29:37.123-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Final Huckleberries.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_Azv3U5BI/AAAAAAAAAmE/4XEEo0z2vXM/s1600-h/RedHuck_N_BerryRev.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_Azv3U5BI/AAAAAAAAAmE/4XEEo0z2vXM/s400/RedHuck_N_BerryRev.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381732074985415698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The client's happy, I'm happy and these guys look REAL happy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5721892078149106837?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5721892078149106837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5721892078149106837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5721892078149106837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5721892078149106837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/09/final-huckleberries.html' title='Final Huckleberries.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sq_Azv3U5BI/AAAAAAAAAmE/4XEEo0z2vXM/s72-c/RedHuck_N_BerryRev.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-2122862003011635983</id><published>2009-09-07T08:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T08:58:56.238-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Boy, are our faces red.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqUtXt0uyvI/AAAAAAAAAl8/8_lMQZeUCzg/s1600-h/RedHuck_N_Berry100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqUtXt0uyvI/AAAAAAAAAl8/8_lMQZeUCzg/s400/RedHuck_N_Berry100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378755215424932594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're getting closer now to the finished mascots. Turns out Huckelberries come in red as well as blue/purple.&lt;div&gt;The clients also requested a few alterations to their looks. IMO, they're looking better and better.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-2122862003011635983?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/2122862003011635983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=2122862003011635983' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2122862003011635983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2122862003011635983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/09/boy-are-our-faces-red.html' title='Boy, are our faces red.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqUtXt0uyvI/AAAAAAAAAl8/8_lMQZeUCzg/s72-c/RedHuck_N_Berry100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4569443644160851360</id><published>2009-09-06T14:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T14:41:21.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Finished inks.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqQsPHUruyI/AAAAAAAAAl0/9W067VaEvgw/s1600-h/InkSketch100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqQsPHUruyI/AAAAAAAAAl0/9W067VaEvgw/s400/InkSketch100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378472493162674978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the completed inks of the sketch below.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4569443644160851360?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4569443644160851360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4569443644160851360' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4569443644160851360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4569443644160851360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/09/inky.html' title='Finished inks.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqQsPHUruyI/AAAAAAAAAl0/9W067VaEvgw/s72-c/InkSketch100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-1012166702743323283</id><published>2009-09-06T12:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T12:14:14.918-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Feeling Sketchy.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqQJ-9u-UzI/AAAAAAAAAls/SuK0WOt0cco/s1600-h/sketch100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqQJ-9u-UzI/AAAAAAAAAls/SuK0WOt0cco/s400/sketch100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378434832315339570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"&gt;This afternoon I'm working on an illustration for a friend of a friend. These are the pencils. Inks will be done later this evening.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-1012166702743323283?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/1012166702743323283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=1012166702743323283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1012166702743323283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1012166702743323283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/09/feeling-sketchy.html' title='Feeling Sketchy.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqQJ-9u-UzI/AAAAAAAAAls/SuK0WOt0cco/s72-c/sketch100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-1227576213801743438</id><published>2009-09-06T11:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T11:07:55.918-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just a couple of berries, never meaning no harm.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqP6d8ks77I/AAAAAAAAAlk/DjkvGZ9FVtE/s1600-h/donutberries.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqP6d8ks77I/AAAAAAAAAlk/DjkvGZ9FVtE/s400/donutberries.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378417772393721778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a second pass at the mascots I'm creating for a new bakery coming to a town near you (that is, if you live near Mitchell, IN). We're getting closer to the finished characters, but still not quite there yet.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-1227576213801743438?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/1227576213801743438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=1227576213801743438' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1227576213801743438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1227576213801743438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/09/just-couple-of-berries-never-meaning-no.html' title='Just a couple of berries, never meaning no harm.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqP6d8ks77I/AAAAAAAAAlk/DjkvGZ9FVtE/s72-c/donutberries.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6091239042264862016</id><published>2009-09-03T14:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T14:36:15.232-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My son, the Marine.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqA2uWIoOxI/AAAAAAAAAlU/Wr5H4o1wZbI/s1600-h/MyMarine.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqA2uWIoOxI/AAAAAAAAAlU/Wr5H4o1wZbI/s400/MyMarine.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377358124924025618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the motivational sketches below were sent to the guy above. My son, the newly minted Marine!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6091239042264862016?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6091239042264862016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6091239042264862016' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6091239042264862016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6091239042264862016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-son-marine.html' title='My son, the Marine.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SqA2uWIoOxI/AAAAAAAAAlU/Wr5H4o1wZbI/s72-c/MyMarine.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-7917852767294712844</id><published>2009-08-29T08:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T08:33:29.277-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kids 'n donuts.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SplKQPjfwYI/AAAAAAAAAlM/Ar7oZkv4Nas/s1600-h/KidsNDonuts100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SplKQPjfwYI/AAAAAAAAAlM/Ar7oZkv4Nas/s400/KidsNDonuts100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375409273157173634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;I'm doing some work for a bakery. Trying to come up with some branding characters or mascots for them (Think Dennis the Menace to DQ or Ronald McDonald to McD's). This is an unused preliminary sketch. My initial idea was to make them slightly resemble the donuts they enjoy. Huck as a long john, and Berry as a round glazed. But as it's turned out we've decided to go in a different (I think better) direction with the characters. So if anyone really digs these guys and wants to buy them, they're for sale :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-7917852767294712844?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/7917852767294712844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=7917852767294712844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7917852767294712844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7917852767294712844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/kids-n-donuts.html' title='Kids &apos;n donuts.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SplKQPjfwYI/AAAAAAAAAlM/Ar7oZkv4Nas/s72-c/KidsNDonuts100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8463505755904572612</id><published>2009-08-26T22:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T22:34:05.914-07:00</updated><title type='text'>From the son of Nun, to the son of mine.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpYawdffpxI/AAAAAAAAAkw/ELVxrrLBokw/s1600-h/Joshua100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpYawdffpxI/AAAAAAAAAkw/ELVxrrLBokw/s400/Joshua100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374512625166034706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Tonight's illustrated quote was suggested a while back by mom. It was hard coming up with the photographic reference for Joshua. Powerful passage, full of eternally relevant meaning and encouragement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8463505755904572612?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8463505755904572612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8463505755904572612' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8463505755904572612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8463505755904572612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-son-of-nun-to-son-of-mine.html' title='From the son of Nun, to the son of mine.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpYawdffpxI/AAAAAAAAAkw/ELVxrrLBokw/s72-c/Joshua100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-295344774598877850</id><published>2009-08-25T22:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T22:24:43.792-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A sweet gift from heaven above.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpTHEh087qI/AAAAAAAAAko/bWE2duSkFIM/s1600-h/AirisDebut100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpTHEh087qI/AAAAAAAAAko/bWE2duSkFIM/s400/AirisDebut100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374139135973715618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Tonight's sketch/song celebrates the birth of my brother and sister-in-law's new baby girl.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-295344774598877850?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/295344774598877850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=295344774598877850' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/295344774598877850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/295344774598877850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/sweet-gift-from-heaven-above.html' title='A sweet gift from heaven above.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpTHEh087qI/AAAAAAAAAko/bWE2duSkFIM/s72-c/AirisDebut100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5478229692334020341</id><published>2009-08-24T23:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T23:12:09.297-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bring it.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpOAY6TKANI/AAAAAAAAAkg/QNiWWABE_p4/s1600-h/ThrowdownFlay100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpOAY6TKANI/AAAAAAAAAkg/QNiWWABE_p4/s400/ThrowdownFlay100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373779945837953234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Fell asleep earlier, so tonight's sketch/quote is a bit of quickie. It was fun, though, because Iron Chef Bobby Flay's got an interesting Irish face and the lighting and pose was rather dramatic. The Food Network is essential viewing in the Wiist household. We're talking about doing our own throwdown. Stay tuned. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5478229692334020341?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5478229692334020341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5478229692334020341' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5478229692334020341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5478229692334020341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/bring-it.html' title='Bring it.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpOAY6TKANI/AAAAAAAAAkg/QNiWWABE_p4/s72-c/ThrowdownFlay100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4987819027328212063</id><published>2009-08-23T20:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-23T20:41:39.857-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Matt the Champ.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpIL5Zk3Y3I/AAAAAAAAAkY/gsVyrd5pshs/s1600-h/WeAreChampions100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpIL5Zk3Y3I/AAAAAAAAAkY/gsVyrd5pshs/s400/WeAreChampions100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373370386152383346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Felt like illustrating We Are The Champions, but couldn't decide how. Then it hit me that I couldn't do better than draw my son, who is now in his 10th week of Basic Training and is making it like a champ. Just a three more weeks and we'll all be out in San Diego celebrating his graduation! (This  sketch is drawn from his senior picture, can't wait to see how he's changed.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4987819027328212063?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4987819027328212063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4987819027328212063' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4987819027328212063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4987819027328212063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/matt-champ.html' title='Matt the Champ.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SpIL5Zk3Y3I/AAAAAAAAAkY/gsVyrd5pshs/s72-c/WeAreChampions100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-3804887288610354425</id><published>2009-08-20T21:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-20T21:47:24.854-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a Dirty Job and We Like It a Lot!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/So4m0ne7zAI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/qQn5V2EDHKw/s1600-h/DirtyJobs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/So4m0ne7zAI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/qQn5V2EDHKw/s400/DirtyJobs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372274090893364226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;The TV show, Dirty Jobs, is a staple at my folks' house. I personally find Mike Rowe to be half inspirational and half nuts. I noticed today that Matt had its theme song by FNM on iTunes and since it mentions the Marines, it all adds up to be a perfect song/sketch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-3804887288610354425?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/3804887288610354425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=3804887288610354425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3804887288610354425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3804887288610354425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-dirty-job-and-we-like-it-lot.html' title='It&apos;s a Dirty Job and We Like It a Lot!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/So4m0ne7zAI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/qQn5V2EDHKw/s72-c/DirtyJobs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5818540363052847193</id><published>2009-08-19T22:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T22:11:42.741-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THE TICK! offers words of encouragement.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SozbBV0g0wI/AAAAAAAAAkI/WNJkEpDMM4I/s1600-h/TheTick100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SozbBV0g0wI/AAAAAAAAAkI/WNJkEpDMM4I/s400/TheTick100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371909271629910786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" ;font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px;"&gt;If you don't know the Tick, get to know the Tick. Google it, YouTube it or -even better- go out and buy the cartoon series on DVD. It's the funniest, most well written cartoon ever. Yeah, I said it. EVER.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5818540363052847193?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5818540363052847193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5818540363052847193' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5818540363052847193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5818540363052847193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/tick-offers-words-of-encouragement.html' title='THE TICK! offers words of encouragement.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SozbBV0g0wI/AAAAAAAAAkI/WNJkEpDMM4I/s72-c/TheTick100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4421447784896645072</id><published>2009-08-18T22:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T22:04:39.619-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Parting Glass Before I Go To Sleep</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SouH3-NLhWI/AAAAAAAAAkA/YeRQzJ5QauU/s1600-h/Evelyn100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SouH3-NLhWI/AAAAAAAAAkA/YeRQzJ5QauU/s400/Evelyn100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371536376230282594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Evelyn is a great little movie starring Pierce Brosnan and based on a real life story of an Irish man trying to keep custody of his children. Tonight, I felt like drawing the pub scene where Brosnan's character and his dad are performing. So here we are. The scene and one of the songs. There's another song I may do from it tomorrow night. We'll see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4421447784896645072?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4421447784896645072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4421447784896645072' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4421447784896645072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4421447784896645072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/parting-glass-before-i-go-to-sleep.html' title='A Parting Glass Before I Go To Sleep'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SouH3-NLhWI/AAAAAAAAAkA/YeRQzJ5QauU/s72-c/Evelyn100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-7647616937605180135</id><published>2009-08-17T21:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T21:49:16.965-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Heart of Life (or something like it).</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sooyvv9qwzI/AAAAAAAAAj4/nNZ5Cbi0hsQ/s1600-h/HeartofLife.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sooyvv9qwzI/AAAAAAAAAj4/nNZ5Cbi0hsQ/s400/HeartofLife.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371161301503099698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;My buddy, Carlin Trammel requested this song. Not sure what comes to his mind while listening to it, but his is the image that came to me. Wish I had time to develop this sketch more, but the deal with these is I do them, send them to Matt and move on. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-7647616937605180135?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/7647616937605180135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=7647616937605180135' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7647616937605180135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7647616937605180135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/heart-of-life-or-something-like-it.html' title='The Heart of Life (or something like it).'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sooyvv9qwzI/AAAAAAAAAj4/nNZ5Cbi0hsQ/s72-c/HeartofLife.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-2726343969059039373</id><published>2009-08-16T20:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T20:50:25.145-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stand By Me.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SojTe54uq0I/AAAAAAAAAjw/cPFRCX2QigI/s1600-h/StandByMelr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SojTe54uq0I/AAAAAAAAAjw/cPFRCX2QigI/s400/StandByMelr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370775083527613250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one of my favorite songs. I was a bit surprised yesterday when I stumbled upon the lyrics and realized I hadn't illustrated it yet. Took care of that oversight tonight. Thanks to the movie, whenever I hear the song I think of railroad tracks. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-2726343969059039373?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/2726343969059039373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=2726343969059039373' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2726343969059039373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2726343969059039373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/stand-by-me.html' title='Stand By Me.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SojTe54uq0I/AAAAAAAAAjw/cPFRCX2QigI/s72-c/StandByMelr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-2782689348021334129</id><published>2009-08-15T09:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T09:59:02.268-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lending a Hand.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sobnmx8SSzI/AAAAAAAAAjo/IOtwSG5xvGg/s1600-h/RedRightHandlr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sobnmx8SSzI/AAAAAAAAAjo/IOtwSG5xvGg/s400/RedRightHandlr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370234259113134898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today's song/sketch was suggested by a friend of mine, Lucas Hardwick. Rather dark, but the message is strangely same as the one from yesterday. In this case, "If it seems to good to be true, run away."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-2782689348021334129?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/2782689348021334129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=2782689348021334129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2782689348021334129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2782689348021334129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/lending-hand.html' title='Lending a Hand.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sobnmx8SSzI/AAAAAAAAAjo/IOtwSG5xvGg/s72-c/RedRightHandlr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8761476090632945574</id><published>2009-08-13T23:18:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T23:20:58.282-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fi Advice.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoUB47OR8KI/AAAAAAAAAjg/YMpFwhsglyU/s1600-h/FiAdvicelr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoUB47OR8KI/AAAAAAAAAjg/YMpFwhsglyU/s400/FiAdvicelr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369700208191074466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  white-space: pre-wrap; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;My mom actually suggested this one:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  white-space: pre-wrap; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Fiona from the USA television show, Burn Notice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Seems like pretty good advice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8761476090632945574?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8761476090632945574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8761476090632945574' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8761476090632945574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8761476090632945574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/fi-advice.html' title='Fi Advice.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoUB47OR8KI/AAAAAAAAAjg/YMpFwhsglyU/s72-c/FiAdvicelr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5962836758156990803</id><published>2009-08-12T22:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T22:54:26.156-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cake and Cheesecake.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoOqaN1U3FI/AAAAAAAAAjY/pr6p9Yi76ok/s1600-h/Cake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoOqaN1U3FI/AAAAAAAAAjY/pr6p9Yi76ok/s400/Cake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369322548122410066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Matt and I are big fans of the TV show, Chuck, as well as its theme song, Short Skirt/Long Jacket. Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) perfectly illustrates the song.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5962836758156990803?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5962836758156990803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5962836758156990803' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5962836758156990803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5962836758156990803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/cake-and-cheesecake.html' title='Cake and Cheesecake.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoOqaN1U3FI/AAAAAAAAAjY/pr6p9Yi76ok/s72-c/Cake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-1481305910253559174</id><published>2009-08-12T05:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T05:47:16.249-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Not Superman.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoK5zPQQbbI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/qpM744VJX7g/s1600-h/NotSuperman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 115px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoK5zPQQbbI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/qpM744VJX7g/s400/NotSuperman.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369057995698236850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Well, last night I crashed on the couch and didn't get a sketch done for Matt. So he'll be getting this in the mail instead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-1481305910253559174?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/1481305910253559174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=1481305910253559174' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1481305910253559174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1481305910253559174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/not-superman.html' title='Not Superman.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoK5zPQQbbI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/qpM744VJX7g/s72-c/NotSuperman.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5086917758491531680</id><published>2009-08-10T21:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T21:40:45.211-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tonight? Kryptonite!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoD1tSNx4-I/AAAAAAAAAjI/vXIGS-rK85k/s1600-h/KryptoniteLR.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoD1tSNx4-I/AAAAAAAAAjI/vXIGS-rK85k/s400/KryptoniteLR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368560914158183394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Superman's Song led to Kryptonite getting stuck in my head. Thus we have this image for tonight's song/sketch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5086917758491531680?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5086917758491531680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5086917758491531680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5086917758491531680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5086917758491531680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/kryptonite.html' title='Tonight? Kryptonite!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SoD1tSNx4-I/AAAAAAAAAjI/vXIGS-rK85k/s72-c/KryptoniteLR.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5544307002518291264</id><published>2009-08-09T22:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-09T22:26:33.447-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Superman's Song</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sn-vUvZiyiI/AAAAAAAAAjA/Bo0mzxl2dfg/s1600-h/Supermanssonglr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sn-vUvZiyiI/AAAAAAAAAjA/Bo0mzxl2dfg/s400/Supermanssonglr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368202051704769058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Superman has probably been mentioned in more songs than any other superhero. However, this Crash Test Dummies song has always struck a special chord with me. I think it's because in its own quirky way it honors hard, honest work and perseverance. It's also one of my son's favorite Superman songs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5544307002518291264?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5544307002518291264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5544307002518291264' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5544307002518291264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5544307002518291264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/supermans-song.html' title='Superman&apos;s Song'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sn-vUvZiyiI/AAAAAAAAAjA/Bo0mzxl2dfg/s72-c/Supermanssonglr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4372607940687705539</id><published>2009-08-07T22:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T22:06:03.955-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Early Edition (posted early at 1am)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sn0G4hFIVQI/AAAAAAAAAi4/Kqfv0XOQTgE/s1600-h/EarlyEditionlr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sn0G4hFIVQI/AAAAAAAAAi4/Kqfv0XOQTgE/s400/EarlyEditionlr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367453898917827842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Tonight's lyrics served as the theme song to Early Edition - my son's favorite childhood tv show. The thing, BTW, that struck me the most as I drew this sketch was how big the paper is. Oh, how I wish we could turn back the clock!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4372607940687705539?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4372607940687705539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4372607940687705539' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4372607940687705539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4372607940687705539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/early-edition-posted-early-at-1am.html' title='Early Edition (posted early at 1am)'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sn0G4hFIVQI/AAAAAAAAAi4/Kqfv0XOQTgE/s72-c/EarlyEditionlr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8007181519724887336</id><published>2009-08-06T21:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T21:54:10.124-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More Serenity Now</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnuzaYfVWuI/AAAAAAAAAiw/qZrLoNxKJUM/s1600-h/Malthemelr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnuzaYfVWuI/AAAAAAAAAiw/qZrLoNxKJUM/s400/Malthemelr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367080646773922530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Took a breather last night, but tonight I'm back with Mal from Firefly (or Serenity, if you're more familiar with the movie than the TV show). As you can see, he's had a VERY bad day. Below him are the lyrics to Firefly's theme song. They somehow always cheer me up when I'm having a very bad day. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8007181519724887336?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8007181519724887336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8007181519724887336' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8007181519724887336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8007181519724887336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-serenity-now.html' title='More Serenity Now'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnuzaYfVWuI/AAAAAAAAAiw/qZrLoNxKJUM/s72-c/Malthemelr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8234027564991892098</id><published>2009-08-04T21:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T21:22:12.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Short and sweet.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnkIzriY4KI/AAAAAAAAAio/raxjcmAYRzY/s1600-h/Janelr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnkIzriY4KI/AAAAAAAAAio/raxjcmAYRzY/s400/Janelr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366330114941968546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That would be the quote, not the guy. Firefly is one of our favorite television shows. This is a character from that. The challenge was to capture not only his likeness, but also the characteristic dangerous/mischievous glint in his eye. Still learning my way around these gray scale pens. Beginning to want to try a different brand. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8234027564991892098?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8234027564991892098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8234027564991892098' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8234027564991892098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8234027564991892098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/short-and-sweet.html' title='Short and sweet.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnkIzriY4KI/AAAAAAAAAio/raxjcmAYRzY/s72-c/Janelr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5786754332193169965</id><published>2009-08-03T22:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T22:07:46.168-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TONIGHT'S MESSAGE: Keep On Churning On.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnfCGPq-p_I/AAAAAAAAAig/Vohx2mIRxBw/s1600-h/CatchMelr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnfCGPq-p_I/AAAAAAAAAig/Vohx2mIRxBw/s400/CatchMelr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365970893577037810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Another one of my son's favorite movies and quotes. To me this illustrates how inspiration can be drawn from the unlikeliest of places: Christopher Walken + Mice = Motivational Message? Somehow ... yep. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5786754332193169965?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5786754332193169965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5786754332193169965' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5786754332193169965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5786754332193169965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/tonights-message-keep-on-churning-on.html' title='TONIGHT&apos;S MESSAGE: Keep On Churning On.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnfCGPq-p_I/AAAAAAAAAig/Vohx2mIRxBw/s72-c/CatchMelr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8771534198344713998</id><published>2009-08-02T19:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T19:52:36.581-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Who knows what the tide could bring?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnZQ8ENz9TI/AAAAAAAAAiY/O3KNcwgOBvc/s1600-h/CastawayQuotelr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnZQ8ENz9TI/AAAAAAAAAiY/O3KNcwgOBvc/s400/CastawayQuotelr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365564998912570674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Tonight's sketch/quote is from the Tom Hanks movie, Cast Away. the scenery was a nice change. Since my black Pitt pens are running out of ink I've switched back to my shades of grey, and I gotta say I feel like I'm getting a little bit better handle on 'em. Still have a ways to go, but I feel a bit more in control now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8771534198344713998?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8771534198344713998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8771534198344713998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8771534198344713998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8771534198344713998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/who-knows-what-tide-could-bring.html' title='Who knows what the tide could bring?'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnZQ8ENz9TI/AAAAAAAAAiY/O3KNcwgOBvc/s72-c/CastawayQuotelr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5624155308443634776</id><published>2009-08-01T08:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T08:40:27.958-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hitch.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnRePeFrc0I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/qsdQRn_L4TQ/s1600-h/Hitchlr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 387px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnRePeFrc0I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/qsdQRn_L4TQ/s400/Hitchlr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365016675973034818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"&gt;I'm running out of ink, so this sketch is even more scratchy than usual. It's a &lt;br /&gt;shame since this called for a slicker look. Ah well. The scene &amp;amp; quote are from &lt;br /&gt;one of my son's favorite movies: Hitch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5624155308443634776?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5624155308443634776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5624155308443634776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5624155308443634776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5624155308443634776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/08/hitch.html' title='Hitch.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnRePeFrc0I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/qsdQRn_L4TQ/s72-c/Hitchlr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-333004054702090795</id><published>2009-07-30T12:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T12:14:21.771-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eye of the Dean</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnHwx0_n2SI/AAAAAAAAAiI/G3vosDliV8I/s1600-h/deantiger.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnHwx0_n2SI/AAAAAAAAAiI/G3vosDliV8I/s400/deantiger.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364333370004724002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While Eye of the Tiger is commonly associated with Rocky 3, Jensen Ackles - co-star of the television series, Supernatural- really made it his own in the Supernatural outtake that I've tried to capture here. It was a tricky sketch because I wanted to show him just coming out of the car, rather than sitting on it, when he motions to his eyes. This entailed combining three different stills (and a bit of imagination) into a single picture. I'll admit it's not the most flattering picture of Jensen, but nevertheless, I 'm pretty happy with it and I think Matt'll get a good laugh when he sees it. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can view Jensen's performance here: &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Fz_egtEgc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-333004054702090795?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/333004054702090795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=333004054702090795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/333004054702090795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/333004054702090795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/eye-of-dean.html' title='Eye of the Dean'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnHwx0_n2SI/AAAAAAAAAiI/G3vosDliV8I/s72-c/deantiger.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-7943946962152799475</id><published>2009-07-29T06:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T06:34:37.825-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Constant, Total Amazement.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnBP4QYCMfI/AAAAAAAAAiA/lZAvI6SZX0s/s1600-h/Joelr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnBP4QYCMfI/AAAAAAAAAiA/lZAvI6SZX0s/s400/Joelr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363874984085303794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Last night's Sketch/Quote. I used grayscale Pitt pens for this one which are still kind of new to me. I'm nto altogether happy with the drawing, but it is one of my all-time favorite quotes. If you're not in the know, Joe Vs. The Volcano is a Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie. I consider it to be their best.&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);  font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-size:11px;"&gt;Once again for this one I stuck in the DVD, went to the frame I needed and proceeded to sketch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-7943946962152799475?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/7943946962152799475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=7943946962152799475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7943946962152799475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7943946962152799475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/constant-total-amazement.html' title='Constant, Total Amazement.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SnBP4QYCMfI/AAAAAAAAAiA/lZAvI6SZX0s/s72-c/Joelr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4232921152136079134</id><published>2009-07-27T21:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T21:41:42.748-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tonight's sketch &amp; quote.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sm6BbZtnU5I/AAAAAAAAAh4/h_w6w9Wq330/s1600-h/BatmanBeginsQuotelr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sm6BbZtnU5I/AAAAAAAAAh4/h_w6w9Wq330/s400/BatmanBeginsQuotelr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363366514003497874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"&gt;This is a little different from the others below, because instead of googling up an image, I stuck in the Batman Begins DVD, ran it to the exact moment I wanted, then proceeded to sketch it. Gotta love modern tech and all the options it gives you. Also gotta love this quote.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4232921152136079134?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4232921152136079134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4232921152136079134' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4232921152136079134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4232921152136079134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/tonights-sketch-quote.html' title='Tonight&apos;s sketch &amp; quote.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sm6BbZtnU5I/AAAAAAAAAh4/h_w6w9Wq330/s72-c/BatmanBeginsQuotelr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8891061539077435877</id><published>2009-07-25T21:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-25T21:59:00.381-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rocky Balboa's Way With Words.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmvihwrF-JI/AAAAAAAAAhw/uPcSiJXRNiA/s1600-h/RockyBalboaQuotelr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmvihwrF-JI/AAAAAAAAAhw/uPcSiJXRNiA/s400/RockyBalboaQuotelr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362628850943916178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A couple of different people suggested I send Matt a quote from Rocky Balboa. Great film and perfect bookend to the series. While this image is a bit more involved, I couldn't resist drawing it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8891061539077435877?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8891061539077435877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8891061539077435877' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8891061539077435877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8891061539077435877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/rocky-balboas-way-with-words.html' title='Rocky Balboa&apos;s Way With Words.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmvihwrF-JI/AAAAAAAAAhw/uPcSiJXRNiA/s72-c/RockyBalboaQuotelr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8903294358526191442</id><published>2009-07-24T22:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T22:42:36.527-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Man In The Arena</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmqbPgs_nvI/AAAAAAAAAho/YXjT6F55uy0/s1600-h/ManInArenalr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmqbPgs_nvI/AAAAAAAAAho/YXjT6F55uy0/s400/ManInArenalr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362268997116993266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Teddy Roosevelt quote is one of my all-time favorites. Also couldn't resist sketching this photo of him as a younger man to go along with it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8903294358526191442?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8903294358526191442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8903294358526191442' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8903294358526191442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8903294358526191442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/man-in-arena.html' title='The Man In The Arena'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmqbPgs_nvI/AAAAAAAAAho/YXjT6F55uy0/s72-c/ManInArenalr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-7876328974262154236</id><published>2009-07-23T22:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T23:20:11.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Someone's about to get THUMPED.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmlSihjkvlI/AAAAAAAAAhg/laqpeTT7CpU/s1600-h/DDrightbeforeyoureyes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmlSihjkvlI/AAAAAAAAAhg/laqpeTT7CpU/s400/DDrightbeforeyoureyes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361907584437894738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;OK, so some explanation is in order on this one. In the process of trying to choose my next song to illustrate I began to think about how much Matthew and I enjoyed the soundtrack to Daredevil the Movie. One of the best songs is Right Before Your Eyes by Hoobastank and it really fits Matt right now with the changes he's experiencing in Basic Training. I naturally didn't care anything about drawing 'Hoobastank', but I did think this would be a fun occasion to draw Matthew as his namesake*. I chose to give him a fun kind of 'Bruce Lee' expression. It's a bit different, but he should get a kick out of it. &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Why would I name my son after a Marvel superhero you may ask? 3 Reasons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1.   I'm a comic nerd.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2.  I always liked the Stan Lee/Bill Everett origin story for Daredevil. It's a short, heartfelt story with a touching father/son relationship at its center.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. I also liked how Daredevil was tagged "The Man With No Fear." Actually, he had lots of fears, but he found the courage to face them and act the hero despite the odds.  This was a quality I wanted my son to have.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm happy to report that Matthew has lived up to his monicker and is truly a "Man With No Fear" ---and even has red hair like Matthew Murdoch! ... ok, now I'm even scaring myself :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-7876328974262154236?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/7876328974262154236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=7876328974262154236' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7876328974262154236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7876328974262154236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/someones-about-to-get-thumped.html' title='Someone&apos;s about to get THUMPED.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmlSihjkvlI/AAAAAAAAAhg/laqpeTT7CpU/s72-c/DDrightbeforeyoureyes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5436760912851493844</id><published>2009-07-22T22:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T22:15:56.012-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Enya, Wild Child.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmfxsVO92FI/AAAAAAAAAhY/JdBlqxibyRk/s1600-h/EnyaWildChildlr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmfxsVO92FI/AAAAAAAAAhY/JdBlqxibyRk/s400/EnyaWildChildlr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361519625324320850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful singer, beautiful voice, beautiful songs. This sketch doesn't hardly do her justice but I thought Matt could use a change of pace from all the ugly guys below.   One day when I get more time I'll have to do another, maybe in oil pastel.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5436760912851493844?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5436760912851493844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5436760912851493844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5436760912851493844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5436760912851493844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/enya-wild-child.html' title='Enya, Wild Child.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmfxsVO92FI/AAAAAAAAAhY/JdBlqxibyRk/s72-c/EnyaWildChildlr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5483548124300895003</id><published>2009-07-21T05:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T06:01:16.405-07:00</updated><title type='text'>G.I JOE TOUR!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmW73k2uy6I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/VQzek2yz9eY/s1600-h/DixonTourFlyerAllStores.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmW73k2uy6I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/VQzek2yz9eY/s400/DixonTourFlyerAllStores.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360897494914878370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Prolific writer and comics industry veteran, Chuck Dixon, will be touring Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana August 7-9th. Chuck Dixon is currently writing G.I Joe, the Simpsons and the Good the Bad &amp;amp; the Ugly --- talk about range! I've helped out with promotion by putting together the flyer you see below. Feel free to print it, email it, post it on blogs, share it with friends and even twitter about it. Go Chuck!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);  font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);  font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);  font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);  font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5483548124300895003?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5483548124300895003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5483548124300895003' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5483548124300895003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5483548124300895003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/gi-joe-tour.html' title='G.I JOE TOUR!!!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmW73k2uy6I/AAAAAAAAAhQ/VQzek2yz9eY/s72-c/DixonTourFlyerAllStores.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4073845462588812577</id><published>2009-07-20T23:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T23:03:10.596-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Graduation Date: 9/11</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmVaD9U5eEI/AAAAAAAAAhI/7qNV6Qw_w_0/s1600-h/911_Bush.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmVaD9U5eEI/AAAAAAAAAhI/7qNV6Qw_w_0/s400/911_Bush.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360789955502766146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;Taking a break from singers/songs and decided to go with a quote from President Bush speaking on 9/11. My son, Matt, graduates from Basic Training and becomes a Marine on 9/11 so I felt it would be especially inspirational for him to read this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4073845462588812577?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4073845462588812577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4073845462588812577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4073845462588812577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4073845462588812577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/graduation-date-911.html' title='Graduation Date: 9/11'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmVaD9U5eEI/AAAAAAAAAhI/7qNV6Qw_w_0/s72-c/911_Bush.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-7319662294687249962</id><published>2009-07-19T21:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T21:20:56.016-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another night, another song and another singer.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmPwm11ji_I/AAAAAAAAAhA/Z3ZBQJGOuSE/s1600-h/PettyWontBackDown2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmPwm11ji_I/AAAAAAAAAhA/Z3ZBQJGOuSE/s400/PettyWontBackDown2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360392531578424306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I'm a longtime fan of Tom Petty and this is one of my and Matt's favorite songs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-7319662294687249962?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/7319662294687249962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=7319662294687249962' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7319662294687249962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7319662294687249962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-night-another-song-and-another.html' title='Another night, another song and another singer.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmPwm11ji_I/AAAAAAAAAhA/Z3ZBQJGOuSE/s72-c/PettyWontBackDown2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6847224804022066815</id><published>2009-07-17T21:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T21:56:50.364-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Day, Another Song, Another Sketch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmFWA0UCzEI/AAAAAAAAAg4/-BpnqR7fE7g/s1600-h/CashWalkTheLine2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 383px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmFWA0UCzEI/AAAAAAAAAg4/-BpnqR7fE7g/s400/CashWalkTheLine2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359659603590302786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;My son and I are both fans of Cash's music. While it may not be the original intent, this song makes a perfect hymn to God. As such I find it very inspirational. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6847224804022066815?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6847224804022066815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6847224804022066815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6847224804022066815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6847224804022066815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-day-another-song-another-sketch.html' title='Another Day, Another Song, Another Sketch'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SmFWA0UCzEI/AAAAAAAAAg4/-BpnqR7fE7g/s72-c/CashWalkTheLine2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4127435514347699175</id><published>2009-07-16T21:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T21:06:48.813-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sketches and Lyrics.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sl_4yB42a7I/AAAAAAAAAgw/_yqjqf338e8/s1600-h/BowieUnderPressure.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sl_4yB42a7I/AAAAAAAAAgw/_yqjqf338e8/s400/BowieUnderPressure.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359275619978210226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I've been sending my son, Matt, who is currently a Marine recruit, letters, sketches, quotes and lyrics while he's in Basic Training to help motivate him. The first song I sent him was Fight the Good Fight by Triumph. Great song. Tonight, I wrote out the Lyrics to Under Pressure in my latest letter along with a pen &amp;amp; ink sketch of David Bowie. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4127435514347699175?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4127435514347699175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4127435514347699175' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4127435514347699175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4127435514347699175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/07/sketches-and-lyrics.html' title='Sketches and Lyrics.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sl_4yB42a7I/AAAAAAAAAgw/_yqjqf338e8/s72-c/BowieUnderPressure.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-2827425045795733134</id><published>2009-05-09T14:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T14:21:08.647-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Trickery</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SgXztiDSfoI/AAAAAAAAAfI/crLNbDPAxhg/s1600-h/TrickeryDad.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SgXztiDSfoI/AAAAAAAAAfI/crLNbDPAxhg/s400/TrickeryDad.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333937297250483842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The above oil pastel on paper is my first attempt at capturing Maddie and Marcia's Dad, Mr. Delmont.&lt;div&gt;Not exactly what's in my head, but close. Maybe another attempt or two will get it. My next one of him will probably be in pen &amp;amp; ink. Look for it in another day or two. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-2827425045795733134?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/2827425045795733134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=2827425045795733134' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2827425045795733134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2827425045795733134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/05/mr-trickery.html' title='Mr. Trickery'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SgXztiDSfoI/AAAAAAAAAfI/crLNbDPAxhg/s72-c/TrickeryDad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6172794225523089099</id><published>2009-05-03T14:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-03T14:07:45.603-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shh...more Trickery!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sf4Hlg_HSkI/AAAAAAAAAfA/mqpVsSKEWJY/s1600-h/Shh...Trickery.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sf4Hlg_HSkI/AAAAAAAAAfA/mqpVsSKEWJY/s400/Shh...Trickery.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331707349944453698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a sketch I did this weekend. Been wanting to experiment with oil pastels on canvas. This image which I've had in my mind for the last two weeks and a bit of free time gave me the perfect excuse. May return to this sketch later and develop it more. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6172794225523089099?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6172794225523089099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6172794225523089099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6172794225523089099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6172794225523089099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/05/shhmore-trickery.html' title='Shh...more Trickery!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Sf4Hlg_HSkI/AAAAAAAAAfA/mqpVsSKEWJY/s72-c/Shh...Trickery.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-7947284818063504658</id><published>2009-04-21T13:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T13:27:40.519-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Cover: Front &amp; Back</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Se4sFpgDkLI/AAAAAAAAAe4/1D_MjIpfuHo/s1600-h/HeatCovers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Se4sFpgDkLI/AAAAAAAAAe4/1D_MjIpfuHo/s400/HeatCovers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327243884777148594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My two latest illustrations (11"x17" acrylic on canvas).  These will serve as the front and back covers of a novel which will be available this fall from Scobre Books. I'll post more details when they become available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With these done it's back to writing/illustrating Trickery!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-7947284818063504658?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/7947284818063504658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=7947284818063504658' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7947284818063504658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7947284818063504658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/04/book-cover-front-back.html' title='Book Cover: Front &amp; Back'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/Se4sFpgDkLI/AAAAAAAAAe4/1D_MjIpfuHo/s72-c/HeatCovers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-1808531645099708074</id><published>2009-03-14T22:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T22:34:53.857-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Trickery: Chapter 3 - Painted!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SbyTbmSDMUI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/4lpAhGYCKig/s1600-h/TrickerySpider.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SbyTbmSDMUI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/4lpAhGYCKig/s400/TrickerySpider.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313283762732347714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to some other projects which came up this one took a bit longer than anticipated. It also began as a gouache on watercolor paper and then turned into an acrylic. Overall I'm happy with this illustration. Prior to doing it, this place only existed in my mind. Nice to get it out of there and onto paper. Now if I could only find the time to get the other hundred thousand images I have in my mind out and onto paper or canvas!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-1808531645099708074?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/1808531645099708074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=1808531645099708074' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1808531645099708074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1808531645099708074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/03/trickery-chapter-3-painted.html' title='Trickery: Chapter 3 - Painted!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SbyTbmSDMUI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/4lpAhGYCKig/s72-c/TrickerySpider.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-7353656763240711375</id><published>2009-02-26T10:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T10:37:38.868-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trickery: Chapter 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SabhGzXIdMI/AAAAAAAAAd4/cQY7zSylYco/s1600-h/TrickerySpiderScene100dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SabhGzXIdMI/AAAAAAAAAd4/cQY7zSylYco/s400/TrickerySpiderScene100dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307176717885404354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is another pencil sketch I've completed for Trickery. Along with an eerie raven, we now have a creepy spider in our story. Cool basement, too - huh? It's basically a combination of my brother's, my dad's and probably Indiana Jones'!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-7353656763240711375?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/7353656763240711375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=7353656763240711375' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7353656763240711375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7353656763240711375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/02/trickery-chapter-2.html' title='Trickery: Chapter 3'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SabhGzXIdMI/AAAAAAAAAd4/cQY7zSylYco/s72-c/TrickerySpiderScene100dpi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8747177263662654591</id><published>2009-02-14T13:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T13:56:18.561-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gouache Trickery</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SZc98UACTVI/AAAAAAAAAdY/7YTo61JcGgM/s1600-h/TrickeryPainting100dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SZc98UACTVI/AAAAAAAAAdY/7YTo61JcGgM/s400/TrickeryPainting100dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302775192622353746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Normally I paint in either watercolor or acrylic, but after not being entirely satisfied with either, I've moved onto guache paints. It's much like watercolor but opaque enough that I can more easily paint dark to light. It's also easier to blend than acrylics. So I'm more or less liking them. Further experimentation is probably needed. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8747177263662654591?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8747177263662654591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8747177263662654591' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8747177263662654591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8747177263662654591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/02/gouache-trickery.html' title='Gouache Trickery'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SZc98UACTVI/AAAAAAAAAdY/7YTo61JcGgM/s72-c/TrickeryPainting100dpi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-3542304083696204137</id><published>2009-02-09T21:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T22:06:53.304-08:00</updated><title type='text'>More Trickery.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SZEZdseNO2I/AAAAAAAAAdQ/OSJp2kYb-RU/s1600-h/TrickeryPencils.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SZEZdseNO2I/AAAAAAAAAdQ/OSJp2kYb-RU/s400/TrickeryPencils.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301046234336541538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we have another Trickery illustration. This one is an 11"x17" sketch on watercolor paper. I intend to paint it this week in goache. Fun stuff!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;AND speaking of fun stuff, don't forget to read the first six pages of Trickery which I've posted below.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;reall&lt;/span&gt;y think you'll enjoy it! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-3542304083696204137?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/3542304083696204137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=3542304083696204137' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3542304083696204137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3542304083696204137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-trickery.html' title='More Trickery.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SZEZdseNO2I/AAAAAAAAAdQ/OSJp2kYb-RU/s72-c/TrickeryPencils.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6874074914414996468</id><published>2009-02-07T20:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T11:54:18.317-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Few Pages of Trickery</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oVPY6qSI/AAAAAAAAAc8/-HPc03Crru0/s1600-h/TrickeryNovel_Page_1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oVPY6qSI/AAAAAAAAAc8/-HPc03Crru0/s200/TrickeryNovel_Page_1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300288525579233570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oRqwvlYI/AAAAAAAAAc0/0R62bsmjZW4/s1600-h/TrickeryNovel_Page_2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oRqwvlYI/AAAAAAAAAc0/0R62bsmjZW4/s200/TrickeryNovel_Page_2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300288464207451522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oOjKFc2I/AAAAAAAAAcs/Gabn5yn1J0I/s1600-h/TrickeryNovel_Page_3.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oOjKFc2I/AAAAAAAAAcs/Gabn5yn1J0I/s200/TrickeryNovel_Page_3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300288410626650978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oJfREofI/AAAAAAAAAck/Z0vR6s2R7-8/s1600-h/TrickeryNovel_Page_4.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oJfREofI/AAAAAAAAAck/Z0vR6s2R7-8/s200/TrickeryNovel_Page_4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300288323682869746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oCuzZpHI/AAAAAAAAAcc/6VmlwdpCDSk/s1600-h/TrickeryNovel_Page_5.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oCuzZpHI/AAAAAAAAAcc/6VmlwdpCDSk/s200/TrickeryNovel_Page_5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300288207594300530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5n8_-0h-I/AAAAAAAAAcU/4SJixmHbgVU/s1600-h/TrickeryNovel_Page_6.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5n8_-0h-I/AAAAAAAAAcU/4SJixmHbgVU/s200/TrickeryNovel_Page_6.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300288109126387682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are the opening pages from Trickery. This is from the first draft I'm currently writing, so I'm sure there are plenty of mistakes to be found and some things that need to be polished a bit more. However, I thought it'd be cool to post a bit more of my story than just a few images and a logo. Let me know what you think. If you're kind, I may post more ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6874074914414996468?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6874074914414996468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6874074914414996468' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6874074914414996468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6874074914414996468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/02/few-pages-from-trickery.html' title='A Few Pages of Trickery'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SY5oVPY6qSI/AAAAAAAAAc8/-HPc03Crru0/s72-c/TrickeryNovel_Page_1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8160691330544855137</id><published>2009-02-05T06:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T06:50:04.348-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trickery Logo and some words.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SYr8lcYfWyI/AAAAAAAAAao/4B_XnvGmql0/s1600-h/TrickeryLogo.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 182px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SYr8lcYfWyI/AAAAAAAAAao/4B_XnvGmql0/s400/TrickeryLogo.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299325631759080226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Above is the logo I've created for my new story, Trickery. The writing has begun. I'll post a page or two for everyone to read when I get a bit further.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8160691330544855137?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8160691330544855137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8160691330544855137' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8160691330544855137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8160691330544855137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/02/trickery-logo-and-some-words.html' title='Trickery Logo and some words.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SYr8lcYfWyI/AAAAAAAAAao/4B_XnvGmql0/s72-c/TrickeryLogo.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-2736900844722648558</id><published>2009-02-01T13:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-01T14:08:21.800-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Blast From the Past.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SYYb2JeCC5I/AAAAAAAAAaY/J6FmYlMjCPs/s1600-h/AsYouWish.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SYYb2JeCC5I/AAAAAAAAAaY/J6FmYlMjCPs/s400/AsYouWish.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297952628716735378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is a watercolor re-imagining of the Princess Bride (a favorite in the Wiist household). This commission is from several years ago and is really what started me on the track which led to my current painted work (much of which you can see on either this blog or my website). It's looser than my current work for several reasons: 1) It's watercolor as opposed to the acrylics I now tend to use for much of my commercial work; 2) I was following a slightly different muse back then; 3) I've naturally gotten more adept at using brushes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-2736900844722648558?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/2736900844722648558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=2736900844722648558' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2736900844722648558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2736900844722648558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/02/blast-from-past.html' title='A Blast From the Past.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SYYb2JeCC5I/AAAAAAAAAaY/J6FmYlMjCPs/s72-c/AsYouWish.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-7989513049241563321</id><published>2009-01-31T08:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T09:23:42.782-08:00</updated><title type='text'>43 PB&amp;J</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SYSIMPnvCpI/AAAAAAAAAZU/HMnEu5N5Ijg/s1600-h/BlueBell_43_100dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 148px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SYSIMPnvCpI/AAAAAAAAAZU/HMnEu5N5Ijg/s400/BlueBell_43_100dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297508805627546258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A friend, noticing that President Obama has his own Ben &amp;amp; Jerry's Ice Cream, &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Yes, We Pecan!, &lt;/span&gt;asked me what kind of ice cream I imagined President George W. Bush would have. Taking matters like this seriously, I did my research.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Flavor:&lt;/span&gt; I quickly decided the flavor would have to be PB&amp;amp;J since President Bush's idea of heaven is a sandwich slathered with creamy peanut butter and red raspberry jelly. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Name:&lt;/span&gt; President Bush is known as "43"  because he's the forty-third president and also because it distinguishes him from "41" - his father, the former President George H.W. Bush. &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;43 PB&amp;amp;J&lt;/span&gt; has a nice rhythym to it and is a simple way to distinguish 43's favorite flavors.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Company:&lt;/span&gt; Based in Texas, ranked as one of the top 3 best selling ice creams in the country, Blue Bell Creamery is a natural fit for his ice cream. Their packaging also has a traditional look that suits him. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Branding Logo&lt;/span&gt;: I kept Blue Bell's traditional colors and fonts, but reduced their logo. I applied a photoshop filter to an AP photo of the President to create a branding image that projects Bush 43's own homespun, folksy nature. Blue Bell will sometimes place a red banner across the cows at the bottom, so I replaced that red banner with an American flag. It fits well with their regular line, but at the same time also distinguishes this ice cream as being special. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Product:&lt;/span&gt; I snagged a photo from Blue Bell's website of their vanilla ice cream and manipulated so it would resemble PB&amp;amp;J ice cream. Once again going into Photoshop I selected each scoop, adjusted the hue/saturation and after some other experimentation came up with something I wouldn't mind sampling.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When you have the chance, do yourself a flavor and buy some Blue Bell ice cream!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Their website is: www.bluebell.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-7989513049241563321?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/7989513049241563321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=7989513049241563321' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7989513049241563321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7989513049241563321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/01/43-pb.html' title='43 PB&amp;J'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SYSIMPnvCpI/AAAAAAAAAZU/HMnEu5N5Ijg/s72-c/BlueBell_43_100dpi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-225249686832947912</id><published>2009-01-23T17:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T18:06:55.060-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A different kind of dragonfly.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SXp3e2UiKOI/AAAAAAAAAZA/fJT3jHJlbok/s1600-h/DragonflyPrincessU.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SXp3e2UiKOI/AAAAAAAAAZA/fJT3jHJlbok/s200/DragonflyPrincessU.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294675683788859618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SXp3QIZmYVI/AAAAAAAAAY4/uhDVMxExIDE/s1600-h/DragonflyPrincessB.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 157px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SXp3QIZmYVI/AAAAAAAAAY4/uhDVMxExIDE/s200/DragonflyPrincessB.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294675430943908178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SXp2x_2jvbI/AAAAAAAAAYw/rx46ufsDbnw/s1600-h/DragonflyPrincessR.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SXp2x_2jvbI/AAAAAAAAAYw/rx46ufsDbnw/s200/DragonflyPrincessR.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294674913253375410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Featured is a boot/umbrella/raincoat set I designed for Western Chief (a company located in Seattle, WA) based on my original character, "Dragonfly Princess." &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-225249686832947912?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/225249686832947912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=225249686832947912' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/225249686832947912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/225249686832947912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/01/different-kind-of-dragonfly.html' title='A different kind of dragonfly.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SXp3e2UiKOI/AAAAAAAAAZA/fJT3jHJlbok/s72-c/DragonflyPrincessU.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-3245675111092766637</id><published>2009-01-08T21:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T21:51:10.765-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tricky Faces</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWblyG3KxzI/AAAAAAAAAWc/EvCaFGjgSbM/s1600-h/TrickeryFaces.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWblyG3KxzI/AAAAAAAAAWc/EvCaFGjgSbM/s400/TrickeryFaces.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289167461391451954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More character sketches from my story, "Trickery."&lt;div&gt;From pencils, to inks, to digital coloring.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-3245675111092766637?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/3245675111092766637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=3245675111092766637' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3245675111092766637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/3245675111092766637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/01/tricky-faces.html' title='Tricky Faces'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWblyG3KxzI/AAAAAAAAAWc/EvCaFGjgSbM/s72-c/TrickeryFaces.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6503864410443541296</id><published>2009-01-08T17:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T17:31:02.570-08:00</updated><title type='text'>BIG FOOT (donut) FOUND!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWaohBOV2dI/AAAAAAAAAWU/GXHdDx_jC1o/s1600-h/BigfootDonut.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWaohBOV2dI/AAAAAAAAAWU/GXHdDx_jC1o/s400/BigfootDonut.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289100097610963410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best donut I've ever found in both taste and value is at the Circle K by the airport on Hwy 41 in Evansville, IN. It comes plain, chocolate slathered (as seen here) or with carmel and nuts. It's AMAZING! It can feed a family of 4 for THREE DAYS!! And it's only $1.35!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6503864410443541296?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6503864410443541296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6503864410443541296' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6503864410443541296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6503864410443541296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/01/big-foot-donut-found.html' title='BIG FOOT (donut) FOUND!!!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWaohBOV2dI/AAAAAAAAAWU/GXHdDx_jC1o/s72-c/BigfootDonut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-5160990308185368631</id><published>2009-01-07T10:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-07T10:17:48.348-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tricky Characters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWTxvd0rbII/AAAAAAAAAWM/knEklu375mU/s1600-h/Trickey_TheBoy_wm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 367px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWTxvd0rbII/AAAAAAAAAWM/knEklu375mU/s400/Trickey_TheBoy_wm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288617660201528450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWTxqhHG_BI/AAAAAAAAAWE/u8N42My4uGY/s1600-h/Trickery_Twins_wm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 367px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWTxqhHG_BI/AAAAAAAAAWE/u8N42My4uGY/s400/Trickery_Twins_wm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288617575184792594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are character sketches for a short story I'm writing entitled  "Trickery."&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-5160990308185368631?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/5160990308185368631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=5160990308185368631' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5160990308185368631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/5160990308185368631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2009/01/tricky-characters.html' title='Tricky Characters'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SWTxvd0rbII/AAAAAAAAAWM/knEklu375mU/s72-c/Trickey_TheBoy_wm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4753495162724977850</id><published>2008-11-24T09:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T09:44:16.090-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mock Cover</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SSrn5_ToICI/AAAAAAAAAVg/lvnjTEznDeM/s1600-h/DerekDragonfly_cover100dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SSrn5_ToICI/AAAAAAAAAVg/lvnjTEznDeM/s400/DerekDragonfly_cover100dpi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272281297222901794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a mock cover I designed using the illustration below.&lt;br /&gt;I created the logo in Illustrator and put the whole thing together in Photoshop.&lt;br /&gt;Tracy Kalkwarf is the talented creator/author of Derek &amp;amp; the Dragonfly.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4753495162724977850?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4753495162724977850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4753495162724977850' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4753495162724977850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4753495162724977850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/11/mock-cover.html' title='Mock Cover'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SSrn5_ToICI/AAAAAAAAAVg/lvnjTEznDeM/s72-c/DerekDragonfly_cover100dpi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-23042502382499531</id><published>2008-11-23T19:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-23T20:00:33.787-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bugs are our friends!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SSom3ATJGmI/AAAAAAAAAVY/hR_i9V2nR4w/s1600-h/DerekDragonfly100dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SSom3ATJGmI/AAAAAAAAAVY/hR_i9V2nR4w/s400/DerekDragonfly100dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272069040205535842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is a preliminary illustration for a children's book which is currently in the works.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A pen &amp;amp; ink drawing, colored in Photoshop. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-23042502382499531?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/23042502382499531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=23042502382499531' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/23042502382499531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/23042502382499531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/11/bugs-are-our-friends.html' title='Bugs are our friends!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SSom3ATJGmI/AAAAAAAAAVY/hR_i9V2nR4w/s72-c/DerekDragonfly100dpi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-4816867458896635135</id><published>2008-10-31T18:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T18:24:40.408-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lunch Time!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SQuuaUq41SI/AAAAAAAAAVA/9_w9uJ6mPNo/s1600-h/LunchTime.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SQuuaUq41SI/AAAAAAAAAVA/9_w9uJ6mPNo/s320/LunchTime.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263492356760982818" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last Spring I was hired to digitally color some pencils for a short Scratch-N-Sniff children's book. Well, the book is now published and you can find it at your local Target near the front of the store in their dollar section. Give it to a kid you love. I'm told they are selling very well. The name of the book, as you can see above, is "Lunch Time." Fitting that a book about food would be my first Scratch-N-Sniff!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-4816867458896635135?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/4816867458896635135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=4816867458896635135' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4816867458896635135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/4816867458896635135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/10/lunch-time.html' title='Lunch Time!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SQuuaUq41SI/AAAAAAAAAVA/9_w9uJ6mPNo/s72-c/LunchTime.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-8328327923146920445</id><published>2008-08-24T14:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-24T14:37:02.836-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Family Funnies.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SLHUbT03u6I/AAAAAAAAATM/y0V6l_QrYRc/s1600-h/FamilyCaricaturesColor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SLHUbT03u6I/AAAAAAAAATM/y0V6l_QrYRc/s320/FamilyCaricaturesColor.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238201407252183970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a pen &amp;amp; ink illustration, scanned and colored in photoshop.&lt;div&gt;These type of commissions are always fun. It's about capturing an individual's likeness and dynamism in a few lines . Always a challenge, but always enjoyable. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-8328327923146920445?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/8328327923146920445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=8328327923146920445' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8328327923146920445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/8328327923146920445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/08/family-funnies.html' title='Family Funnies.'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SLHUbT03u6I/AAAAAAAAATM/y0V6l_QrYRc/s72-c/FamilyCaricaturesColor.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6681544868902414954</id><published>2008-08-08T18:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T18:31:53.258-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carny Kids!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SJzzJByRQUI/AAAAAAAAATE/GMnw0rIgIY4/s1600-h/CarnyKid.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SJzzJByRQUI/AAAAAAAAATE/GMnw0rIgIY4/s320/CarnyKid.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232324203521327426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SJzzJOvGMqI/AAAAAAAAAS8/EDml9NPBwUc/s320/CarnyKids.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232324206997680802" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6681544868902414954?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6681544868902414954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6681544868902414954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6681544868902414954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6681544868902414954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/08/carny-kids.html' title='Carny Kids!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SJzzJByRQUI/AAAAAAAAATE/GMnw0rIgIY4/s72-c/CarnyKid.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-6922276817324855632</id><published>2008-08-05T16:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T22:04:09.717-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Super Carny Bags</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SJjekDObPhI/AAAAAAAAAS0/stw4YoXKiRQ/s1600-h/SuperBags.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SJjekDObPhI/AAAAAAAAAS0/stw4YoXKiRQ/s320/SuperBags.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231175678113299986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To your left are a few bags I illustrated in color pencil for my three lil nephews as part of a carnival my mom's throwing for them. Drawing on the bags was a bit tricky, but it was a fun weekend project and everyone seems happy with the results. &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-6922276817324855632?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/6922276817324855632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=6922276817324855632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6922276817324855632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/6922276817324855632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/08/super-carny-bags.html' title='Super Carny Bags'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SJjekDObPhI/AAAAAAAAAS0/stw4YoXKiRQ/s72-c/SuperBags.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-1129651195472018118</id><published>2008-06-14T16:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T22:04:09.906-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Covers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFRSeivZz6I/AAAAAAAAAMc/yP_nwP73gRQ/s1600-h/ScobreCovers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFRSeivZz6I/AAAAAAAAAMc/yP_nwP73gRQ/s400/ScobreCovers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211881353449688994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Scobre Press, located in San Diego, CA, commissioned me to paint four illustrations which they then turned into the above covers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-1129651195472018118?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/1129651195472018118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=1129651195472018118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1129651195472018118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/1129651195472018118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/06/scobre-press-commissioned-me-to-paint.html' title='Covers'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFRSeivZz6I/AAAAAAAAAMc/yP_nwP73gRQ/s72-c/ScobreCovers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-927509879067105185</id><published>2008-06-14T15:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T15:59:30.624-07:00</updated><title type='text'>VFB Motion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Below is a short animation created by Stormspeed Now from illustrations I created using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param value="http://youtube.com/v/kK2swgtMeGw" name="movie"&gt;&lt;embed height="350" width="425" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/kK2swgtMeGw"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-927509879067105185?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/927509879067105185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=927509879067105185' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/927509879067105185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/927509879067105185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/06/vfb-motion.html' title='VFB Motion'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-2960452975485594017</id><published>2008-06-14T12:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T22:04:10.403-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Good Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFQhzI9vJHI/AAAAAAAAAMM/ktRtNAQOKEg/s1600-h/H%26RBakery100dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFQhzI9vJHI/AAAAAAAAAMM/ktRtNAQOKEg/s320/H%26RBakery100dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211827831237977202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFQhzrwEudI/AAAAAAAAAMU/MaY0WgBtugE/s1600-h/DADE100dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFQhzrwEudI/AAAAAAAAAMU/MaY0WgBtugE/s320/DADE100dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211827840575912402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;These two hand-painted acrylic illustrations were designed to go together. My love of food,  small businesses, art and inspirational messages are all represented in these two pieces. They are currently being shown in an art gallery in Salem, IN.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-2960452975485594017?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/2960452975485594017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=2960452975485594017' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2960452975485594017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/2960452975485594017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/06/starting-your-day-off-right.html' title='A Good Day'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFQhzI9vJHI/AAAAAAAAAMM/ktRtNAQOKEg/s72-c/H%26RBakery100dpi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183016031453406873.post-7800939941758421294</id><published>2008-06-14T12:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T22:04:10.579-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='StagePost Studios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storyboards'/><title type='text'>Easter Surprise!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFQcpYAjpQI/AAAAAAAAAKk/48WrNTymPic/s1600-h/12CommercialsThumbs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFQcpYAjpQI/AAAAAAAAAKk/48WrNTymPic/s320/12CommercialsThumbs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211822165919507714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;On March 21st, Good Friday, StagePost Studios in Nashville, TN asked me to complete 66 frames of art for an animatic presentation to be finished by March 25th. Hey, no problem! Below is the result. Fun project. Hope to do much more for them in the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1183016031453406873-7800939941758421294?l=wiist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/feeds/7800939941758421294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1183016031453406873&amp;postID=7800939941758421294' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7800939941758421294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1183016031453406873/posts/default/7800939941758421294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiist.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html' title='Easter Surprise!'/><author><name>Bill Wiist, bwiist2008@yahoo.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03036349659115609195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SipclJjCcsI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/5Jco_L34sj0/S220/SpringPhoto.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5m5X9SxzMT4/SFQcpYAjpQI/AAAAAAAAAKk/48WrNTymPic/s72-c/12CommercialsThumbs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
