Random Stuff from My Sketchbook (with Commentary) Redux

Recently some of my digi-devices weren't been on speaking terms, making it irksomely difficult to scan things, and as a consequence, very few illustrations graced these pages (er, screens) of late. But now I have a new scanner, and it's once again easy-peasy lemon-squeezy to whisk doodles from the page into the digi-ether. So let's celebrate by kicking off a new series, "Random Stuff from My Sketchbook (with Commentary) Redux".*

First up, this guy:


That's the random stuff from my sketchbook. Now for the commentary: I don't remember drawing this guy though he's a fairly recent creation (that happens some time), but presumably he was a harbinger of the onset of swimsuit season. He doesn't look very happy about it. (Really, does anybody. Swimming? Great. Publicly parading around in something resembling underwear? A fraught business.) His plaid trunks are kind of rad, though. Maybe the water's cold.

* Which the more astute amongst you may have deduced is a sequel to our original series, "Random Stuff from My Sketchbook (with Commentary)" plain and simple.