<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403775677288933649</id><updated>2009-10-13T03:34:40.413-04:00</updated><title type='text'>occasional bear</title><subtitle type='html'>copyright2009mikevaliquette</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2403775677288933649/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>michael valiquette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08795762900893574135</uri><email>mikeofottawa@hotmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403775677288933649.post-1329211836672771157</id><published>2009-08-12T13:43:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T13:45:04.500-04:00</updated><title type='text'>early bear doodles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SoL_kS4jVRI/AAAAAAAABBo/4NynzYU0fTI/s1600-h/wtf-bear.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SoL_kS4jVRI/AAAAAAAABBo/4NynzYU0fTI/s320/wtf-bear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369134704788460818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SoL_dvZIVAI/AAAAAAAABBg/Z3QRcC6NVgg/s1600-h/bear-old1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SoL_dvZIVAI/AAAAAAAABBg/Z3QRcC6NVgg/s320/bear-old1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369134592182211586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2403775677288933649-1329211836672771157?l=occasionalbear.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/feeds/1329211836672771157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/2009/08/early-bear-doodles.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2403775677288933649/posts/default/1329211836672771157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2403775677288933649/posts/default/1329211836672771157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/2009/08/early-bear-doodles.html' title='early bear doodles'/><author><name>michael valiquette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08795762900893574135</uri><email>mikeofottawa@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07890761796881219885'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SoL_kS4jVRI/AAAAAAAABBo/4NynzYU0fTI/s72-c/wtf-bear.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403775677288933649.post-5047464634771450745</id><published>2009-07-07T16:38:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T16:40:06.739-04:00</updated><title type='text'>old sketches</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SlOymF9vJ7I/AAAAAAAAA_o/OoQg5FMzkgo/s1600-h/bearsketch4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SlOymF9vJ7I/AAAAAAAAA_o/OoQg5FMzkgo/s320/bearsketch4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355820749379545010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SlOyl5fQOKI/AAAAAAAAA_g/AWXeSYThT-o/s1600-h/bearsketch3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SlOyl5fQOKI/AAAAAAAAA_g/AWXeSYThT-o/s320/bearsketch3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355820746030463138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SlOylpDayaI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/7f6so6jaANE/s1600-h/bearsketch2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SlOylpDayaI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/7f6so6jaANE/s320/bearsketch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355820741618747810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SlOylSGxf8I/AAAAAAAAA_Q/XWyyHSAIl7M/s1600-h/bearsketch1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SlOylSGxf8I/AAAAAAAAA_Q/XWyyHSAIl7M/s320/bearsketch1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355820735458803650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2403775677288933649-5047464634771450745?l=occasionalbear.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/feeds/5047464634771450745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/2009/07/old-sketches.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2403775677288933649/posts/default/5047464634771450745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2403775677288933649/posts/default/5047464634771450745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/2009/07/old-sketches.html' title='old sketches'/><author><name>michael valiquette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08795762900893574135</uri><email>mikeofottawa@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07890761796881219885'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/SlOymF9vJ7I/AAAAAAAAA_o/OoQg5FMzkgo/s72-c/bearsketch4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403775677288933649.post-4257527409146391880</id><published>2009-06-09T17:20:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T17:26:10.132-04:00</updated><title type='text'>concept drawings</title><content type='html'>These were done as concept art for a short film.  That's a young bear at the pool.  It was going to be a revisiting of an old film I never completed in University, called "Deep End".  My plan was to do that film as a flashback sequence.  I blatantly ripped the baby bear design from my daughter's Gloomy Bear doll.&lt;br /&gt;At the top is bear, all growed up and riding the bus amidst a sweaty sea of humanity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/Si7SRXrrWwI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/DEybQnKM7eY/s1600-h/81226895_5ef77320d3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/Si7SRXrrWwI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/DEybQnKM7eY/s320/81226895_5ef77320d3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345441003592178434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/Si7SRKD8lUI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/6R8EF4JAyjU/s1600-h/81226896_ec625d7741.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 169px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/Si7SRKD8lUI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/6R8EF4JAyjU/s320/81226896_ec625d7741.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345440999935874370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2403775677288933649-4257527409146391880?l=occasionalbear.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/feeds/4257527409146391880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/2009/06/concept-drawings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2403775677288933649/posts/default/4257527409146391880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2403775677288933649/posts/default/4257527409146391880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/2009/06/concept-drawings.html' title='concept drawings'/><author><name>michael valiquette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08795762900893574135</uri><email>mikeofottawa@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07890761796881219885'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/Si7SRXrrWwI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/DEybQnKM7eY/s72-c/81226895_5ef77320d3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403775677288933649.post-7715294571727527931</id><published>2009-06-09T17:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T17:19:56.919-04:00</updated><title type='text'>First bear drawing ever</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/Si7RvwVJNtI/AAAAAAAAA9I/KZkpE_aCjL0/s1600-h/n864650561_378796_8946.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/Si7RvwVJNtI/AAAAAAAAA9I/KZkpE_aCjL0/s320/n864650561_378796_8946.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345440426093000402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drawn at a job I wasn't too thrilled with many years ago.  For a long time this was my "favourite drawing ever"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2403775677288933649-7715294571727527931?l=occasionalbear.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/feeds/7715294571727527931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/2009/06/first-bear-drawing-ever.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2403775677288933649/posts/default/7715294571727527931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2403775677288933649/posts/default/7715294571727527931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://occasionalbear.blogspot.com/2009/06/first-bear-drawing-ever.html' title='First bear drawing ever'/><author><name>michael valiquette</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08795762900893574135</uri><email>mikeofottawa@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07890761796881219885'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W73iQFFtztY/Si7RvwVJNtI/AAAAAAAAA9I/KZkpE_aCjL0/s72-c/n864650561_378796_8946.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>