Archive for October, 2012
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Weekly Whirly
This Week: The Heligallus
This little copter is a handy little bird to pack amongst the cargo on larger freight copters or cruise copters. Good for getting around fast, and hauling small packages. It’s small and quick, torques like a demon, but maneuvers like a chicken. It’s big advantage has to do with it’s collapsable design. When not in use the Heligallus folds up to nearly half it’s full size and only takes up a fraction of the cargo space of similar craft. This bird is also popular as a racing helicopter, and you can often find groups of enthusiasts who race nothing but the Heligallus due to it’s peculiar flight characteristics. Watching these races is pretty much guaranteed to get a laugh. Oh, and it’s better if you don’t wear loose clothing or your favorite scarf when flying one.
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Oct
2012
Whirly Prints Now Available!
So what better than checking out new whirlies here on my blog every week? Decorating your home with them!
I just made a whole slew of prints from the weekly whirly series. Some new, some old, lots of great colors to pick from, these are very high quality prints the colors are all crisp and vivid. Each one comes with an info card, with all the backstory you’ve come to know and love! Now available in my Etsy Store: DrawJerelDraw.
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Oct
2012
Weekly Whirly
This Week: The Fiddler
The Fiddler is an ungainly bird, barely able to fly a straight line. It always lands with a crunch and a ping and in need of repairs. It’s rotors have a wobble, it’s stablelizers aren’t stable. It shakes at max speed which isn’t all too impressive, and drifts when it’s cruising, in a long lazy arch. There’s something not quite right in the way it burns fuel and it’s cabin is filled with a perpetual odd odor. But inside that bubble is a pilot with a smile, because the fiddler’s his creation, each nut, bolt, and fin.
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2012
Weekly Whirly
The Weekly Whirlies are back in action! It’s been almost two months (sheesh!) so today I’m giving you a double dose of mechanical goodness.
May I present The Crow and The Bulldog.
The Crow
This light and fast little number is wonder for personal transport. It can easily reach top speeds of nearly double that of similar size transport craft. Unfortunately that bonus comes at the cost of comfort, as The Crow has some of the tightest single pilot cabins you’ll find and nearly no storage space. But who needs comfort when you get there in half the time. It’s also equipped with exchangeable landing legs which are great when putting down in small pads or out in the field (seen above), or pontoons for the more aquaticly inclined.
The Bulldog
The Bulldog packs some of the largest fuel tanks in the world of whirlies, and it’s capable of flying extremely long distances without stopping for refuel. It’s a favorite for folks making transcontinental flights and even better for the transoceanic travelers. Don’t try and break any speed records or do any fancy flying in this airboat though, the Bulldog moves like it’s namesake.
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2012
From the Clouds – In stores now!
From the Clouds
So you missed it at MICE? Have no fear, “From the Clouds” is now in stores all over the Boston area, and available on Etsy. Or get it directly from me below!
I’ll also be at Paint and Pixel in Northampton Massachusetts on October 20th. So if you are in the area swing by and get your copy signed!
It’s the story of strange visitors from another world, visitors that bring the promise of change to a society that may or may not be ready for it. The most epic tale you’re going to get in a mini.
Wide Format, each page opens to a super wide 17″.
10 Pages of strange aliens, lush landscapes, massive crowds, fierce beasts, explosions, and a kind of poetry you wouldn’t expect in a surreal sci-fi epic.
FULL COLOR! Every detail of this comic was painstakingly created with watercolor and ink.
