How’s the weather where you’re located?  Summer is in full swing here in Northeast Ohio.  And so, today’s I Knew That! celebrates summer!

Answer: (Click, hold down, and move your mouse to the right of the arrow to reveal the answer)===============> The dog days of summer

Today’s I Knew That! celebrates cookout season!  Hot dogs, hamburgers, steak, grill onions, grilled corn on the cob…There’s nothing like cooking outdoors!

Answer: (Click, hold down, and move your mouse to the right of the arrow to reveal the answer)===============>  White Wine

I still don’t know how Google did it, but tey managed to grab some of my cartoon pics and video off my tablet and make an “Auto-Awesome” movie.  Despite the one flipped image (not sure how that happened), it’s pretty darn cool!

By the way, I use a Nexus 7 from Google (7-Inch, 32 GB, Black) by ASUS (2013) Tablet.

The really great thing about it this tablet is the updating of the OS.  Google fully supports all updates to Android. Whenever a new version of Android comes down the pipeline, Google makes sure that Nexus has it ASAP.  You’ll always be running the latest and greatest version of Android on a Nexus tablet.

In an earlier post where I discussed cartooning tools, I mentioned the VuPoint PDS-ST442PE-VP Magic Wand III Portable Scanner.  I use this device whenever I’m away from my studio and don’t have access to my large flatbed scanner.  It comes in quite handy and does a great job.  Here’s a video showing the scanner in action.

Here’s a quick video I did on the drawing process, tools, etc. when creating my comic strip George.  I made this video right before I switched brand of blue pencil.  As mentioned in an earlier post, I now use the Ticonderoga Erasable Checking Pencils, Eraser Tipped, Pre-Sharpened, Set of 12, Blue (14209).  But try both and use the one you find to be most comfortable.  I continue to test drive different pens and pencils.  Even if I may not adopt them to draw my comic strip, it’s still a fun process to try new tools.