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Eat Cake (Internship)

Emma’s birthday was last month, and each year we try to give her an “experience” for her birthday, so this year, I got her an “internship” at Eat Cake in Milwaukee.

My Burgerthday Cake! Emma’s been interested in baking for quite some time, and for my birthday back in June she made me an awesome hamburger cake. She also loves The Ace of Cakes, so I figured since I knew Milwaukee’s best cake decorator, I’d pull a few strings and get her a one-day internship.

I’ve know Debbie Pagel (the owner of Eat Cake) since grade school, and she was more than happy to have Emma come in and spend a day with her seeing how it’s done. Debbie prepared two cakes ahead of time so they could just focus on the decorating. Emma learned about the tools, the techniques, and got to see one of the biggest mixers ever made!

Emma's Ribbon Cake

Emma's Zombie Cake

Here’s the cakes she decorated… the top one is nice and decorative and has some beautiful looking ribbons, and the bottom one is a zombie busting out of the ground.

I’d like to say a big THANKS to Debbie for doing this, and while you’re at it, stop by Facebook and ‘Like’ Eat Cake Milwaukee. (Debbie also did this awesome Oxford English Dictionary cake for me a few years back.)

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Skeleton

Skeleton

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I used to draw skulls and skeletons a lot… and not just in my drawing classes at UWM. If you rode a skateboard in the 1980s you may have also drawn some skulls and skeletons. I find it much easier than drawing a person with all the fleshy bits still attached.

I still want to get more comfortable with the quick sketch style on the Wacom… and of course, I’m still playing with brush styles. I should probably talk to Kevin Stohlmeyer about that.

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The Chalk Look

Chalk Look

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While playing around with the brush settings in Photoshop I ended up with something that gave a chalk-like look. I decided to go with it and did this chalk drawing. I also captured these quick screen shots of the settings so I remember how to do it in the future. The “scattering” setting is the one to look at. Obviously I’m still enjoying drawing with the Wacom tablet, and have much more exploring to do.

Brushes

Brushes

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2 out of 3 ain’t bad!

Kitten!

In the good old days, it was said that in order to win an election, you had to be a “rich white man.”

If recent history has taught us anything, this is no longer true.

We’ll take 2 out of 3. Rich + Man? OK. Rich + White? OK. White + Man? Probably OK.

But more than that, it’s taught us this:

You don’t have to be crazy to run for office… but it helps!

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Ron Prodoehl (Kid)

Ron Prodoehl

Here’s a photo of my dad as a kid. It was taken June 10, 1945 at Lincoln Studio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The studio is long gone. My mom gave me this photo, and I felt like sharing it, so here it is.