Motorcycle Knight

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Here is a sketch I did recently for a T-shirt design.

This is an acquired skill. Every time I’m able to draw something like this I feel I need to give a shout out to Marshall Vandruff. It was his DVDs on perspective that helped me refine my abilities enough to pull something like this off.

Marshall’s Site: Link
Buy Marshall’s drawing DVDs: Link

Fitness Platoon Weeks 39 and 40

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Monday March 30 2009
3 mile run

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Set up Traveling Wall

Friday, April 3, 2009
1.5 mile run
Deck 4—PHASE 3, Upper body workout: link

Monday April 6, 2009
Deck 3—PHASE 2, lower body workout: link
1 hour of razzle dazzle

Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Deck 2—PHASE 2, upper body workout: link
1 hour of razzle dazzle

Saturday, April 11, 2009
Field Meet

Josh got his pull ups to 4 this week, which is 4 more than he was able to do a month ago. Taylor wrote from Parris Island and said he is 1 of 3 in a platoon of 57 that can do more than 20 pull-ups. His mid PFT was a 277 so he is doing well. He spent more time in the DEP pool than anyone else, so I’m not surprised.

A picture from the way back machine

Here is a drawing I did back in 1992 as a going away present for our platoon sergeant, Sgt Strong, as he left Misawa, Japan for the drill field. A friend of mine just posted a picture of it on Facebook, and to be honest, I had forgotten I’d even drawn it.

I’m not the pinnacle of artistic achievement by any means, but I’m glad to see that I’ve progressed since then. This picture, by the way, demonstrates why I don’t have tattoos. I’d want to design the tattoo myself, and as I’m always improving, I would get dissatisfied with any tattoo in pretty short order. I would try to one up my last tattoo until I was covered from head to toe like a human canvas.

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