Tom Sawyer

The continuing adventures of my Tom Sawyer Blog

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Totally not stretching these lol here is the bio I made for Daisy for my pitch. #art #illustration #drawing

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Here was the 1st page comic submission I made that ultimately didn’t get chosen. I do plan to do more with this eventually. #comic #art #scifi

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This is Daisy and Ugg Time and Space Patrol Officers. I had revisited them recently for a project they ultimately didn’t work out. Hoping to get to use them again in the near future #art #robot #caveman

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Rocking some Pokemon today with Inceneroar. The final form of one my favorite recent Pokemon Litten. I’ve got plans to do more with them at another date so stay tuned. #art #fanart #pokemon

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Day 1 - 4

So, as some of you may know from other social media or my earlier post here, I have been fighting Pancreatic cancer for the last 18 months.

After 12 rounds of Folfirinox chemo, 4 weeks of daily Radiation + Gemcitabine and a Whipple procedure resulting in the total removal of my pancreas, as well as an affair ending my marriage of 21 years and having to deal with separation during all of this, I am finally starting to try and piece the life I have left ahead of me back together.

The plan is to try and post a now batch of doodles every day for 30 days. The idea here is to stop focusing on only posting a drawing if it is 'good' but to get back into the habit of drawing and sharing every day and stop being overly precious with what I am able to draw after over a year of working very little and life changing treatments.

The end game is to try and prepare myself for my return to the animation industry in July, and also get back to producing my own work and stories for the first time in nearly a decade.

The major snag here is that my contributions to my disability fund have been exhausted as of 2 weeks ago, and my work start date got pushed back from the start of June to the end of July, making a 2 week gap in pay into a nearly 8 weeks period with zero income.

As anyone who has followed me over this last year and a bit will know, I feel deeply uncomfortable with asking for help and raising funds, but between my medical expenses, over a year of not working during aggressive treatment and my separation I find myself in a bit of a bind.

If anyone is willing to share my situation and pass the message around, I have extended my go-fund me from last year to cover the costs I have accrued over the last 18ish months as well as to fill the gap while I get my strength and fitness back up to the level it needs to be to start working again come July:

Donate to Support Alex’s Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer, organized by Michael Bills

Our friend, Alex, is facing one of the toughest battles of his life… Michael Bills needs your support for Support Alex’s Fight Against

Thanks for everything guys, and if you want to follow along with my health and whats going on a little more closely, I talk about it a lot more over on my instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/ahouseinatree/

Cheers,

-Alex

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Yeah I know this one isn’t gonna get a lot of love, but I can’t help but love this little guy. His name is Action Hero and he’s a bit of a parody/love letter to 80s action cartoons like GIJoe as well as kids stick figure drawings. #art #traditional #ink

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Making my interpretation of Moon Knight. Leaning more in the Egyptian/mummy vibe that the Disney+ series took. #fanart #traditionalart #marvel #moonknight

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My attempt at Ghost Rider lol #ghostrider #fanart #marvel #traditionalart #comic

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With summer on the way, Grey and Rey decide to hit the beach. #art #beach #traditionalart #illustration #drawing #ink #pen #watercolor #fox #sand #umbrella #outdoors #ocean #sky #landscape #trees #nature #seagull

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With summer on the way, Grey and Rey decide to hit the beach. #art #beach #traditionalart #illustration #drawing #ink #pen #watercolor #fox #sand #umbrella #outdoors #ocean #sky #landscape #trees #nature #seagull

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Sonic, Tails and Knuckles hanging out. #sonicfanart #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #tails #knuckles #sega #videogamefanart #idw #archie #hedgehog #fox #echidna #fanart #traditionalart #drawing #illustration #ink #pen #marker #art #videogame #anime #comic

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Does whatever’s spider can! Got several requests to do some Spiderman art a few weeks ago so here you go! Hope you enjoy! #spiderman #fanart #superhero

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Drawing I did recently based on a story idea that was rattling around in my head. #traditionalart #traditional #art #drawing #illustration #scifi #armor #aliens #guns #oc

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Pancakes 2, Pancake Harder #comic #art #illustration

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Time to get my superhero thing on with my oc Gauntlet lol if you’ve followed me for awhile you’ve seen me draw this girl a few times. Add her to the list of story ideas I need to do something with haha Hope you enjoy! #oc #superhero #traditionalart

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Some of you may have remembered me posting a WIP a couple years back. Well I finally got around to finishing this lol would you want to see more comics like this?

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Back with another DC X Sonic crossover. Going with a more obscure character this time with Jumpa, Wonder Woman’s pet kangaroo (yes this is real, I only learned about it when I did this piece haha) #dccomics #sonic #wonderwoman