Snack Bag Art- original drawings by Bob Keene

2013 EHF/GSP/YYC AP video contest: Fast Shipping

2013-09-21T22:01:00.001-04:00

My son created an "artistic" yoyo video in response to a challenge- upload a video showing yo-yos in an artistic fashion and Granny Smith Productions would donate $100 to the "Eli Hops for Hope" cause- helping learning disabled and brain injury sufferers. Yay Davis!!

Back to work- Back to school- with Snacks!!

2010-01-05T20:48:00.004-05:00

Okay- a little out of practice... after tens days off...

Yeah- a very good Christmas and a great New Year's Eve!

and though the kids are excited about being back to school

(and bragging about Christmas loot)- it all comes down to

"What's in my snack bag??"

Happy New Year!

Next bags of snacks....

2010-01-04T21:14:00.000-05:00

The rare and seldom sighted Chuck-Caw"!!

What your tummy says at Snack Time:

Just filling up bag space....

Why Jellybean Bugs are REALLY gross....

2009-12-23T23:27:00.000-05:00

I started drawing this- had the guy sketched and then couldn't think of anything to
put in his hand... then I started thinking about how kids hear the world... and if you didn't KNOW what "tea" was, couldn't you think that it was "T"?

Pure joy. Or madness. Sometimes both.

My daughter freaked out when she saw this one...
a few months ago our dog had a tick fall off him on the couch,
I picked it up, not realizing what it was- it felt like some kind
of rubbery plastic- I thought it was one of the kids toy accesories.
It DID however, resemble a jelly bean.... until you noticed the little tiny legs...
and then those lil' legs... WIGGLED!!! Well, you get the picture....

The Bags before Christmas

2009-12-23T08:09:00.002-05:00

Here are the snack bags being sent today, the last day before school Christmas break...

obviously we have a theme here....

Danger Fish and Smart Monkey Boy!

2009-12-22T23:18:00.000-05:00

I'm contemplating the production of a semi-daily cartoon feature....
While sitting at the car dealer waiting for an oil change, I ripped off about
20+ single panel cartoons- some no more than a rough draft idea, but I'm
seeing that there is a proliferation of this creativity inside the empty parts of
my brain.....

The title that struck me for the strip was "Instant Pudding".
I would welcome any advice or comments.
I may set up a blog for my "more grown-up" cartoons....

Here are the snack bags- and it looks like, yes, I'm losing my mind....

Ahhh Christmas! I wonder what I'M going to get!?

2009-12-21T23:36:00.005-05:00

This is one of my favorites- just started thinking about how the 4 out of five people
might feel if they realized they were not the ONE out of five....

Kids are funny about Christmas- it's the time of year they must act unnaturally; kind, patient, respectful...
Hence the next couple of snack bags.....

"Oh yeah, SURE you have."

What the heck IS figgy pudding?!? And would you
REALLY be happy about it??

Into everyone's lives must come a little disappointment. Usually around December 25th.
That's when we remember that it's the birthday of Jesus. And then we wonder if Jesus got
the pony under HIS tree....

And to all I wish you a Merry Holiday Season! (although I would prefer to say "Merry Christmas", I can't afford to alienate any of the readership.....)

Several bags- and an "Alien Series"

2009-12-16T22:41:00.005-05:00

Ok- remember to check the previous post for a short video showing how Snack Bag Art is made...

today we have some 'Aliens'. Why? I don't know. Perhaps the voices have convinced me?

The ugly side of racism....

Teddy likes to go to the optometrist....

Fred enjoys long walks on the selenium waste.... and frisbee!

Burt, while shy, loves to frequent the gym and tie up the stairmaster.

How a Snack Bag Art bag is created....

2009-12-16T05:31:00.003-05:00

Hey, you gotta dance!
Blow for GOODNESS SAKES!!Special Treat- see how I actually draw the bags- see below for short video!

Figured folks might want to see how a project is created- so when making one of the bags for today, I made a little movie showing the process. In all a bag usually takes about 1-4 minutes.... of course the time depends upon:

A) what's going on in the background (someone killing someone else and I have to intercede?)
B) how intricate I wind up getting (Know when to say when.)
C) if I decide/want to use colored pencils (Ooooohhh, see the PRETTY!)

and

D) how much time I actually have to make them!

By the way, I use a Kuretake brush pen

like this:

Very nice and responsive. I got it after an old room mate of mine told me about Sumi brush pens back in the early Nineties... have always loved doing drawings with it.

Now- the video.

Enjoy:

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Another day, another bag.

2009-12-15T17:50:00.001-05:00

behold! The fearsome... uhhh... Raaf!

The secret's in the can, man....

And- Taa Daaa!

And in theme with THIS blog-

Life is what it makes you....

2009-12-13T01:00:00.006-05:00

Again I dip into the inkwell....
Actually, I pop another ink cartridge into my Kuretake brush pen and let loose.

Bags Bags Bags.... sometimes I wish I'd used paper!

Yes, TGIF...

"Got Teeth?"

"Okay- take it easy...."

So much for instant kharma- I want homemade kharma!

2009-12-12T01:00:00.002-05:00

Now, now, don't you want to get pollinated?"

It's in the training and studying. You can study to train; but it's better to train to study!"

The reality of non-standardizationalism.....

2009-12-10T15:17:00.000-05:00

...Or, another way to look at it all.

forever blowing bubbles....

Ahhh, the NBL (National Bug League).

And would the week be complete without a dinosaur?

I hit GOLD! (two of my absolute FAVS both in one night!

2009-12-04T06:44:00.000-05:00

Not often I look at something and am totally satisfied- but here are two I absolutely laughed at.
And MY WIFE laughed at them! (tough crowd!!)

and the rest from yesterday and today!!

It's Friday- more next week.
Hey! Tell your friends to check out Snack Bag Art.

Reality takes a back seat....

2009-12-02T01:20:00.000-05:00

Ok, even for ME these seem a little strange!

Yes! the seldom seen GLUMP!!

Something appeals to me imagining
alien invaders being eaten like so many

BIG Macs.....

Ummm, I don't know....
maybe the flowers are
NEXT DOOR!

til later...

Ok, let's see now...

2009-12-01T01:00:00.001-05:00

What do we have today?

Ahhh....
the mystical Flower-Horse!

Huh??

Well, blue folks do like to dance....
right?

What if....
you just thought you could be a turkey?

Back from School Break!

2009-11-30T01:16:00.001-05:00

Who ate tooo much TURKEY??

Yes, I'm doing the happy dance because everyone's back in school!

Tomorrow is December 1st-
I'm getting ready for the oft repeated question!

A Puritanical view....

2009-11-26T07:44:00.000-05:00

Almost Thanksgiving- which gives me a break; no school Thurs-Fri!!!

So, enjoy the Thanksgiving Theme, and remember;
it's not what you're having, it's what you have!!

Heh- just imagine you're a turkey....

But try not to hurl if you over do it!!!

"What are you anyway- some kinda Bag Man?!?"

2009-11-26T00:00:00.000-05:00

Why, yes.
Yes I am!!

I AM THE BAGMAN!!!!!

Ok, get a grip.

too much candy? YEAH!!

How much?!?!?!

sure, NOW you feel it....

And whose pet *IS* this????

make up your mind, already!

Well, what's art anyway?

'nuff said!

I never trusted that guy....

why not they're free....

Welcome to a new hell....

Dancing Lizards and Cannibals!

2009-11-24T19:51:00.000-05:00

Well, well, look what the art dragged in today......

I was too tired to draw arms....

And why not?!?!Geico's made a fortune off the critter!

And today's personal favorite...
Kind of sets up the Thanksgiving theme for next post!!! :)

random images attached to bags...

2009-11-23T09:00:00.001-05:00

Sometimes I just let the pen "walk" around the page. That is; the first few strokes go where they will and THEN I try to make an image....

like this guy's hair shape was the first thing on the page...

This girls nose was the first line....

the jaw and mouth/nose was the shape I started with...

bags, bags, enuff to make you weep!!!

2009-11-20T11:22:00.001-05:00

may have lost some images! My son has been making Stop Motion Movies for YouTube under his alias shen 703: unfortunately, that means he's been using my camera, and erasing/formatting the SD card- and I may have had a bunch of images still on the cards not imported to the hard drive.... %$#@!$@#.
Oh well, there will always be MORE BAGS!!

still churning! (or, "Life During Wartime")

2009-11-19T23:19:00.000-05:00

Ok, I've been trampled by time constraints! Nevermind that the last three-plus weeks have featured head lice, strep throat and swine flu sweeping through the homestead!! I figure there are only four more plagues left! I feel like Job; next week is probably locusts!

Random offerings follow- still only have missed two days making snack bag art for the kids.
Not bad.

a personal favorite.

more to come....

Almost Halloween...!

2009-10-27T08:03:00.000-04:00

In the theme of all things FRIGHTENING and SCAREY, I give you....
some Halloween theme bags!

(please don't blame me if these keep you up all night!)

Muwahahahahahaha...!

Some older bag art for your approval....

2009-10-20T09:26:00.002-04:00

Been thinking about ALL the older bags I've made- some of my best stuff's never made it to post-
I always mean to - but time is precious...
Here- step back in time.... and enjoy!!

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