Mr. Clean is getting married...

This morning I was reading about the proposed Procter & Gamble merger, and it made me think about Mr. Clean making use of his new Gillette shaving gear (and batteries, of course). I think I had a whole joke lined up about it, but I couldn't remember it. I think it had something to do with his image always showing his arms crossed. (He never does the work.) So, I thought I'd do a quick e-painting to collect this image...


I think I had more to say, but I nearly completed it and then ArtRage crashed and I realized I saved nothing. For some reason, I sat down this evening and spent an hour re-painting it.

If you are curious about how "Sanitation Monster" is coming along, you should know that I am working on the masonry right now.


There are hundreds of bricks in this image. The bricks on the right have already been smoothed for the back ground, and I am working on the ones on the left. I know if looks weird to spend 4 hours drawing bricks, and then smooth them out and blur them. Remember, though, this is the background, and I need to do this... besides, it will make the windows pop out more. You can see some of my technique here to the left of the window. I draw the mortar first, then the bricks (and then I smooth them over with a glazing palette knife, electronically, of course).

I need help with the title. How would you title a picture of the Cookie Monster doing sanitation work?

--gh