David Bowman
@dlbowman76.com
Illustrator, coder, reader, bon-vivant. Please don't ask about HAL 9000...I don't like to talk about it.
Portfolio: https://www.dlbowman76.com (available for commissions)
Portfolio: https://www.dlbowman76.com (available for commissions)
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A sentence I have actually uttered:
"Oh, don't worry, he isn't brusque, he's Dutch."
(If you've ever been on a project team with Dutch people, you'll get it.)
"Oh, don't worry, he isn't brusque, he's Dutch."
(If you've ever been on a project team with Dutch people, you'll get it.)
January 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A sentence I have actually uttered:
"Oh, don't worry, he isn't brusque, he's Dutch."
(If you've ever been on a project team with Dutch people, you'll get it.)
"Oh, don't worry, he isn't brusque, he's Dutch."
(If you've ever been on a project team with Dutch people, you'll get it.)
This is an excellent excuse to rewatch THE BIRDS which I increasingly believe is Hitchcock's finest (and possibly strangest) film.
Rod Taylor, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1930, in Lidcombe, Australia
January 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
This is an excellent excuse to rewatch THE BIRDS which I increasingly believe is Hitchcock's finest (and possibly strangest) film.
Sigh. I hate having to work for free. I’m exhausted and I have to do 10-12 hours of development work tomorrow because I’m a nice guy.
January 11, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Sigh. I hate having to work for free. I’m exhausted and I have to do 10-12 hours of development work tomorrow because I’m a nice guy.
Sketching someone with the most startling blue-grey eyes and trying to not make them look scary.
Oh, sod it, I'll make her look scary. She won't mind.
Oh, sod it, I'll make her look scary. She won't mind.
January 10, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Sketching someone with the most startling blue-grey eyes and trying to not make them look scary.
Oh, sod it, I'll make her look scary. She won't mind.
Oh, sod it, I'll make her look scary. She won't mind.
I genuinely do not like writing this but Amy Klobuchar radiates "boss who loves firing employees" to me. I cannot explain it, but there is NO way I would want to work for her. One mistake and the retaliation would certainly be swift and horrid.
January 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I genuinely do not like writing this but Amy Klobuchar radiates "boss who loves firing employees" to me. I cannot explain it, but there is NO way I would want to work for her. One mistake and the retaliation would certainly be swift and horrid.
In a bad mood. Please be good to one another. Peace.
January 10, 2026 at 10:40 PM
In a bad mood. Please be good to one another. Peace.
I'm going to write something provocative. If your complexion is pallid and pink (like mine) you ought not wear vivid neon chartreuse. If you have a darker complexion, that will work otherwise...best not.
January 10, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I'm going to write something provocative. If your complexion is pallid and pink (like mine) you ought not wear vivid neon chartreuse. If you have a darker complexion, that will work otherwise...best not.
Okay, nobody likes the new drawing. No sweat. On to the next one.
January 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Okay, nobody likes the new drawing. No sweat. On to the next one.
Alright chums, which Jane Austen character am I? And you’d best not say Mr. Collins…
January 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Alright chums, which Jane Austen character am I? And you’d best not say Mr. Collins…
Make art by hand for pleasure. Seriously. Do this simple thing. It might drive you crazy, keep at it. You’ll get good. Once you get good you’ll crave to get better. Trust me, this is good.
January 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Make art by hand for pleasure. Seriously. Do this simple thing. It might drive you crazy, keep at it. You’ll get good. Once you get good you’ll crave to get better. Trust me, this is good.
“Filth” (an angry drawing, fountain pen on paper.)
January 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
“Filth” (an angry drawing, fountain pen on paper.)
I accidentally blobbed some ink onto the drawing.
No sweat. Now it’s part of the art.
No sweat. Now it’s part of the art.
January 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I accidentally blobbed some ink onto the drawing.
No sweat. Now it’s part of the art.
No sweat. Now it’s part of the art.
Going to take a break because my wrist hurts, but I think I’m getting somewhere with this.
January 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Going to take a break because my wrist hurts, but I think I’m getting somewhere with this.
Read for pleasure.
Seriously. It's the single best reason to read.
Seriously. It's the single best reason to read.
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Read for pleasure.
Seriously. It's the single best reason to read.
Seriously. It's the single best reason to read.
If you love painting, you will fall in love with Paul Cézanne.
January 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
If you love painting, you will fall in love with Paul Cézanne.
If a Midwesterner says in a quiet, level voice: "Now, that was uncalled for." Do you know what that means?
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
If a Midwesterner says in a quiet, level voice: "Now, that was uncalled for." Do you know what that means?
There are two types of people: those who adore olives and those who abhor them.
I am one of the former.
I am one of the former.
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
There are two types of people: those who adore olives and those who abhor them.
I am one of the former.
I am one of the former.
If you love DR. STRANGELOVE... The odds are excellent that we will get on famously.
"Mein Führer! I CAN WALK!!!"
"Mein Führer! I CAN WALK!!!"
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
If you love DR. STRANGELOVE... The odds are excellent that we will get on famously.
"Mein Führer! I CAN WALK!!!"
"Mein Führer! I CAN WALK!!!"
I've started working on a large drawing.
(Oh, hell, I'm in danger...)
(Oh, hell, I'm in danger...)
January 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I've started working on a large drawing.
(Oh, hell, I'm in danger...)
(Oh, hell, I'm in danger...)
Happy nerd voice: I am excited. In two weeks, we get a restored blu-ray box set of Tom Baker's second series as the Doctor. This was largely a good season with the highlight being the utterly horrific PYRAMIDS OF MARS.
January 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Happy nerd voice: I am excited. In two weeks, we get a restored blu-ray box set of Tom Baker's second series as the Doctor. This was largely a good season with the highlight being the utterly horrific PYRAMIDS OF MARS.
I think that most of the people who follow me here will get a grin if I were to say (and yes, I'm doing the accent.)
"I told them we already got one."
"I told them we already got one."
January 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I think that most of the people who follow me here will get a grin if I were to say (and yes, I'm doing the accent.)
"I told them we already got one."
"I told them we already got one."
I fell in love with THE DRIVER last year. Lean, mean, and completely unfussy. Bruce Dern is always wonderful and he's uncanny as the amoral chatterbox "Detective".
Walter Hill is 84
His films have given me a lot of pleasure.
If you’re new to him, first watch:
Hard Times
The Driver
The Warriors
The Long Riders
Southern Comfort
48 Hrs.
& then
Streets of Fire
Crossroads
Extreme Prejudice
Johnny Handsome
Geronimo
Will Bill
Last Man Standing
Deadwood
His films have given me a lot of pleasure.
If you’re new to him, first watch:
Hard Times
The Driver
The Warriors
The Long Riders
Southern Comfort
48 Hrs.
& then
Streets of Fire
Crossroads
Extreme Prejudice
Johnny Handsome
Geronimo
Will Bill
Last Man Standing
Deadwood
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I fell in love with THE DRIVER last year. Lean, mean, and completely unfussy. Bruce Dern is always wonderful and he's uncanny as the amoral chatterbox "Detective".
Strange but true: if you listened to FM radio in the 1980s, there was a federal mandate that at least once every two hours, you would hear "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles.
January 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Strange but true: if you listened to FM radio in the 1980s, there was a federal mandate that at least once every two hours, you would hear "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles.
Sir Paul McCartney keeps a notebook on his nightstand because sometimes he'll come up with a tune in the night. One evening he got one and hastily scribbled down these lyrics:
"Scrambled eggs...Oh, my baby how I love your legs."
The tune would become "Yesterday".
"Scrambled eggs...Oh, my baby how I love your legs."
The tune would become "Yesterday".
January 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Sir Paul McCartney keeps a notebook on his nightstand because sometimes he'll come up with a tune in the night. One evening he got one and hastily scribbled down these lyrics:
"Scrambled eggs...Oh, my baby how I love your legs."
The tune would become "Yesterday".
"Scrambled eggs...Oh, my baby how I love your legs."
The tune would become "Yesterday".
Good heavens, I just had the best "lie-in". I feel utterly decadent.
January 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Good heavens, I just had the best "lie-in". I feel utterly decadent.