Category Archives: Bug

#56 Lightning Bug Evening

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Paul Debraski

I let my neighbor’s dogs out tonight.  It was a gray overcast night (around 11PM).  The sky wasn’t midnight black, it was sort of gray.  And there was virtually no light in the yard.  So the trees were beautifully silhouetted. … Continue reading →

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#51 Added Protein

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Paul Debraski

Last night I swigged a bottle of root beer that had been sitting out for a while.  Sure it was warm, but that was okay.  It was the chunk at the bend of the bottle that left me a little … Continue reading →

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#36 First Lightning Bug of the Season

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Paul Debraski

Tonight, just before coming in, I saw the first lightning bug of the season.  It’s always a treat!  (I achieved this effect by drawing the background in normal color and then putting a dark blue layer on top of it … Continue reading →

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#137 a goose with a saber being chased across a trampoline by a bumblebee

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Paul Debraski

This was my second request.  My friend Brett requested a goose with a saber being chased across a trampoline by a bumblebee. Since he didn’t specify the kind of goose, I chose Canada.

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#88 Cicada!

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Paul Debraski

It’s that time of year again.  Every summer during late July or so, it dawns on the average New Jersey resident…it’s loud out here!  That crazy wall of noise is the cicada.  And from time to time you will find … Continue reading →

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#86 Now that’s hot!

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Paul Debraski

I had the idea of drawing heatwaves, and then thought I would just do some filters on the background (ocean ripple and glass combined).   And while I was thinking of that, an amusing image of a bug drinking an iced … Continue reading →

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#25 Ants in the House

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Paul Debraski

We have ants in our kitchen and our bathroom.  They are consuming my life.  Yet I couldn’t think of a way to show me stepping on them from the ant’s POV that didn’t give sympathy to the little buggers. Now, … Continue reading →

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#16 First Lightning Bug of the Season!

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Paul Debraski

Tonight I was on the patio and I saw a faint yellow light.  I thought it might be a lightning bug.  Sure enough a few minutes later I saw it again.  It may be the sole lightning bug in the … Continue reading →

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