Illustrations, doodles and other such gibberish from Adam Connor. If you’re more interested in my work as a designer with the talented people at Mad*Pow, check out my site: adamconnor.com. Or if you’re just really interested in me, you can find me on Twitter, Flickr, Dribbble, or my other art-related blog: Creative Progress. Oh, and if you feel like being super nice and supporting me, you can always purchase some of my work at my shop: little green toaster. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-24144368-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @adamconnor)http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzyj9fGxe21qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Super rough inks for the dragon piece I’m working on. I do this to help me find the lines and forms as I redraw it 2 or 3 times. No to critique an make notes. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/TvvRBJnn8zg" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/18254153959http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/18254153959Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:32:02 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzlfbn1Jup1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First real doodle in a long time. May come back to it and turn it into a finished piece. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/e0oFBX_FxAA" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/17821727020http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/17821727020Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:38:11 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze09pT7831qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tria crocheted me some boobs for Valentine’s Day. I have an awesome wife.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/dUJNV_FHerY" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/17606971765http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/17606971765Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:29:49 -0500<p>Something happened about a month ago. I’m not sure what, but ever since then I’ve been constantly exhausted and running a low-grade fever and night sweats every night. For a little while I was losing weight drastically, almost a pound a day, but at least that’s stopped.</p> <p>The doctors have run tests, lots of them. I have a condition called Evans syndrome, so I’m more likely to develop other conditions like lymphoma, which we were scared about. But all the tests came back normal. Still not sure what’s going on.</p> <p>What makes things even more frustrating is that this has sucked all the motivation from me. I have no desire to draw, write or do anything that I’ve been planning to. I barely want to do more than get out of bed in the morning. I do though, and I get my work done, so I’m safe there at least.</p> <p>So that’s what’s up with me and why I’ve been so quiet. I hope whatever this is, it’s over soon.</p> <p>-adam</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/543krhMCU8g" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/17240839203http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/17240839203Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:43:57 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly66hzTg1K1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Snow day doodle (the exposure is way off in this photo) (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/OKUwRachyf8" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/16250619895http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/16250619895Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:29:59 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0dinmFgY1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A day of meetings yielded this… and yes, I was engaged and paying attention the whole time. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/TBg96l_3DaE" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/16070912495http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/16070912495Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:15:59 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxqoeccQBh1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Been hating everything I draw lately. This is the first thing I’ve done that has made me feel good. (envelope #doodle) (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/PqjLyxlNU7E" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15773495127http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15773495127Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:35:00 -0500doodle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpgz3IG2h1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Grrrr.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/0kRQ31CS15k" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15739093075http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15739093075Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:57:03 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxovxqAiUG1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Envelope #doodles. This is getting to be a habit. I need to knuckle down and do real, full pieces. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/3Ouhw6FQDQs" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15722348248http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15722348248Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:22:38 -0500doodles<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnkm20fKk1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of those days 2 (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/wl9hfnLTz7M" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15685102823http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15685102823Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:20:26 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnkckSkLX1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of those days… (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/oPZHR686zhY" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15684807371http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15684807371Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:14:44 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxjyxe08bU1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today’s #doodle (1/9/2012) (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/-rjbMHpeQU0" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15585424672http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15585424672Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:39:14 -0500doodle<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxhlvkpUZ01qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I keep returning to this idea, but I’m never happy with the way the sketches turn out. Something feels off. Any thoughts? What am I missing? If it’s ever finished it’ll be a letter press: black ink with a single offset print background color. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/a7VBuQtdY2Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15511989528http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15511989528Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:02:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxccrluKVj1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Quick sketch of a piece I’m doing for a kickstarter project launching soon. Feeling better about this than I was the sketch from this morning.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/LrBTvVpl8nM" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15356424010http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15356424010Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:57:21 -0500sketchkickstarter<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxc124Bsll1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I need to get back into the habit of sketching on a regular basis. My grasp of form has gotten pretty weak since i’ve been lazy over the past month or so. Also probably need to ditch my traditional mechanical pencil and move to a harder lead. I smudged the shit out of this poor little guy.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/5i-5I2P93Og" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15347444262http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15347444262Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:44:28 -0500sketchcrappracticelazy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx312rL9QR1qzoxkco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>In an attempt to clean out the drain hoses to our washing machine, I managed to pour near boiling hot water on my hand.</p> <p>I need a beer.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/-dxyocALBao" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15091965194http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/15091965194Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:07:03 -0500stupiddumbmoronicidiotic<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwo16xqUCY1qzoxkco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Holiday’s everyone! Here’s another holiday inspired doodle. Poor Santa Monster is stuck… again.</p> <p>If you dig it, it’s <a href="http://littlegreentoaster.bigcartel.com/product/santa-monster-original-art">up for grabs in the shop</a>. 6” x 6” Pen & Ink on Bristol for $40.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/u2wsMh8qIp0" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/14674765036http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/14674765036Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:54:47 -0500santachristmasillustrationpen and ink<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwo0exve4K1qzoxkco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, your leaves are hard and plastic…</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/QLX0WY0CVIA" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/14673784030http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/14673784030Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:28:09 -0500<p>The #1 benefit of being a telecommuter/office of one: no one can tell if you’re wearing pants.</p> <p>And if you’re smart enough to avoid video conferences, the full monty is a definite possibility.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/vmaOFGNKyBg" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/14615572010http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/14615572010Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:50:41 -0500<p>As I’ve mentioned before, I run another blog called <a href="href://creativeprogress.posterous.com">Creative Progress</a>.</p> <p>Its goal is to curate content from around the web that shows or describes artists as they create there works and discuss the processes and thinking they employ. Another goal we have is to start creating our own content, interviewing and talking with artists via email or video.</p> <p>If you follow Creative Progress (and if you don’t, why not?) you’ve noticed our posts are far less frequent than they used to be, This is one of many side projects for both Joe, the other contributor and myself, and we don’t have as much time to devote to it as we’d like. As such, we’re looking for another contributor to help out.</p> <p>So if you like watching and learning about artist’s creative processes, know some artists you think would be into being interviewed (or aren’t afraid to make connections with artists and ask them if they’d be willing to chat), get in touch with me at <a href="mailto:adam@adamconnor.com">adam (at) adamconnor (dot) com.</a></p> <p>And if you’re into it, you can follow Creative Progress on <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/creativeprog">Twitter</a>, check out <a href="http://creativeprogress.posterous.com/">the blog</a>,  or subscribe to the <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/CreativeProgress">RSS feed</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IdRatherBeARobot/~4/jG_fqcZ33d8" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/14510493407http://adamconnor.tumblr.com/post/14510493407Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:56:19 -0500creative processblog