Pizza By The Slice » Halloween http://pizzabytheslice.com Photography, Illustration, Web Development & Scary Rants Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 FREE Printable Kid’s Coloring Book Pages http://pizzabytheslice.com/free-kids-coloring-book-pages.htm http://pizzabytheslice.com/free-kids-coloring-book-pages.htm#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:51:00 +0000 Buz http://localhost.pizzabytheslice.com/?p=13 Just finishing up the first of what I plan to be five or six kid's Halloween activity & craft pages, including a couple for Cycleway Coffee and thingamababy. In addition to coloring book pages I'm thinking I'll make a page of printable... ummm, what are those called? "things you glue onto toothpicks and stick into cupcakes". Seems that "Cupcake Toppers" or "cupcake flags" are common labels. So a page of Halloween cupcake flags.

Dang! Martha Stewart's already got a terrific set here: Clip-Art Craft: Spring Cupcake Toppers (PDF).

The major problem, as I see it, is that young kids would pluck one of these from the cupcake and immediately poke their eyes out, an un-YouTube worthy moment. Need alternatives to toothpicks. Perhaps candy cigarettes or carrot 'n celery spears. Yuck.

In the meantime, download my Pumpkin (also part of my growing "Coloring Book Pages" Flickr set or right here on Pizza, Kid's Coloring Book Pages, A Grab Bag Of Uneven Illustrations).

]]> Here’s a roundup post: 14 coloring book pages, themes ranging from the Flying Spaghetti Monster to Santa Claus, Hallowe’en gets a good respresent’n, so, too, do shameless plugs for pet/side projects.

I suppose some kids enjoy coloring, and sure, Crayola Crayons smelled fantastic, right up alongside purplish mimeographs (ahhhh, slightly cool and damp when fresh, ready for the surreptitious sniff!), but I rarely strayed from my true love — pencils, mechanical ones if possible.

Coloring BOOKS, however, now those were great, even (or especially) the ones printed on unbleached, rough newsprint. Great, that is, not for coloring, but for the art; these introduced me to line art — fantastic variations in width and stroke, for this I’m indebted (see a master at work, Patrick Owsley).

So here’s my recent efforts, for kids who do color or don’t. Also available in my Flickr Coloring Book Pages Set.

Flying Spaghetti Monster Coloring Pages

These are my first efforts, play on Chick pamphlets or VBS activity books.

For other sizes and file formats: Flying Spaghetti Monster Coloring and Activity Book.

Zanzabelle, Silver Lake

Octopus, ‘n Giraffe, ‘n Jack-o’-Lantern Coloring Pages

A fantastic shop filled with retro goodies, touch of kitsch, and good treats — some promos for Zanzabelle General Store

For other sizes and file formats: Zanzabelle Ice Cream and General Store.

Cycleway Coffee, Hermon (Los Angeles)

Halloween: Witches, Pumpkins, & Jack-o-Lanterns Coloring Pages

A worthy coffee house just down the hill here in Hermon, the forgotten LA (adjacent to Highland Park and South Pasadena), Cycleway Coffee.

For other sizes and file formats available at Cycleway Coffee’s “FREE Kids Stuff” pages.

Thingamababy – a dad’s eye-view of Baby & Toddler Stuff

Halloween: Mad Scientist Printable Coloring Page

AJ runs a great website – a rich resource for parents or any folks who find kids pretty darn amazing, yet baffling. He reviews products aimed at new parents and generally finds the lighter side of sharing your home with ‘lil persons.

Visit the thingamababy’s You-Print Halloween Coloring Pages for Acrobat PDF versions of these pages! I’m really pleased with “Thing in a Jar” activity/coloring page, as a concept if perhaps lacking in the execution. Its intent is to provide children a fun framework in which to draw their “thing” — animal, vegetable, mineral — inside a steampunk-tricked-out Leyden Jar!

A Classic Los Angeles Institution

“Bob Baker Marionettes” Christmas Coloring Page

If you have kids, or can borrow a couple for a morning, head over to this theater for classic, true retro showmanship. Oh, and you’ll get cake and ice cream, too.

Visit Bob Baker Marionettes for show times and specials!

Some Christmas Leftovers

Christmas: Santa & Reindeer, Gingerbread Man with his Gingerbread House Coloring Pages

These were not created for coloring book pages, but are in fact puppets I made for a short animation a few years back. Just thought I’d re-purpose them here.

To download this pages right-click and save to your computer. Page thumbnails link to full-sized images.

]]> http://pizzabytheslice.com/free-kids-coloring-book-pages.htm/feed 0 Dracula Sketches – the Drawing Club http://pizzabytheslice.com/dracula-sketches-the-drawing-club.htm http://pizzabytheslice.com/dracula-sketches-the-drawing-club.htm#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:05:00 +0000 Buz http://localhost.pizzabytheslice.com/?p=35 After more than a year of "planning to" I finally made it to the drawing club this past week where the theme was Dracula (thanks to Richard!). It honestly exceeded my expectations, which were fairly high — and if you’ve ever seen the past work posted on their blog you know why.

The evening’s star, daper model John Tucker — straight from central casting — moved unhesitatingly between varied, dynamic poses (5, 10, and 15 minutes) that would’ve pleased Hogarth. A cross between Rex Harrision and Lon Chaney Jr., he was splendidly attired, complete from his red silk-lined cape down to pinky ring, spats, and stage makeup. Perhaps the greatest challenge was choosing whether to spend the few minutes available on his face, hands, or the entire tableau — the man surely knows how to work a cape! I’d like to replay the evening just to spend it drawing fabric folds.

Oh, and playing beside him on a large screen — the Universal ‘n Bela Lugosi horror classic "Dracula".

No fan of squishy terms like "good energy" let’s say it was a congenial crowd; even a complete hack like myself felt comfortable alongside some really talented folks.

Huge thanks! At some middle moment the room’s mood overtook that all-too-long-work-week cloud and it felt just great — name a better way to end the week, cuz I can’t.

Photos and Dracula artwork by other attendees on the Drawing Club’s blog.


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dracula sketch - the drawing club

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dracula sketch - the drawing club

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dracula sketch - the drawing club

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dracula sketch - the drawing club

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dracula sketch - the drawing club

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dracula sketch - the drawing club

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dracula sketch - the drawing club

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dracula sketch - the drawing club

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dracula sketch - the drawing club

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Download the background image by be right clicking or something on the sampler below (it’s linked in the upper left-hand corner). Boo! ( 50% sized /125 pixels below)

cats, bats, spiders, ghosts halloween background tile

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125px (50%) Bats ‘n Cats. Ghosts ‘n Spiders

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]]> http://pizzabytheslice.com/halloween-backgroundwallpaper-tile.htm/feed 0 Zanzabelle, Halloween Inspired Coloring Pages http://pizzabytheslice.com/zanzabelle-halloween-inspired-coloring-pages.htm http://pizzabytheslice.com/zanzabelle-halloween-inspired-coloring-pages.htm#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:30:15 +0000 Buz http://localhost.pizzabytheslice.com/zanzabelle-halloween-inspired-coloring-pages.htm Three, count 'em three more pointless coloring book pages, no, not pointless: for I proclaim these a tribute to Zanzabelle (Silver Lake) Ice Cream Parlor and General Store. If you've not been you owe yourself a visit to this tiny cabin, chock-full-o retro candies, toys, art, and of course Fosselman's Ice Cream: floats, malts, you name it. Or just a great scoop or two while you blissfully browse Wacky Packages, tin toys, and groovy stuff.

A Halloween Jack-o'-lantern

halloween jack-o'-lantern pumpkin page PDF/Acrobat version of Pumpkin coloring page]]> Three, count ‘em three more pointless coloring book pages, no, not pointless: for I proclaim these a tribute to Zanzabelle (Silver Lake) Ice Cream Parlor and General Store. If you’ve not been you owe yourself a visit to this tiny cabin, chock-full-o retro candies, toys, art, and of course Fosselman’s Ice Cream: floats, malts, you name it. Or just a great scoop or two while you blissfully browse Wacky Packages, tin toys, and groovy stuff.

Head over to Silver Lake’s best ‘lil sweets and toys shop

A Halloween Jack-o’-lantern

halloween jack-o'-lantern pumpkin page
PDF/Acrobat version of Pumpkin coloring page

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Giraffe and Friends Enjoy Ice Cream

giraffe ice cream coloring book
PDF/Acrobat version of Giraffe coloring page

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Octopus all a’tangle

octopus ice cream coloring book
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]]> http://pizzabytheslice.com/zanzabelle-halloween-inspired-coloring-pages.htm/feed 0 San Francisco/Halloween 2004 http://pizzabytheslice.com/san-francisco-halloween-2004.htm http://pizzabytheslice.com/san-francisco-halloween-2004.htm#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2004 04:35:00 +0000 Buz http://localhost.pizzabytheslice.com/san-franciscohalloween-2004.htm Some shots from wandering around the Mission (best falafel), Crissy Fields, Noe Valley, and Castro

These from my old Nikon 990.

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