Being the perpetual news junkie, I stayed up to watch the midterm elections and do a drawing for INX. Early on, it looked like a near rout of the democrats at even Obama's senate seat went to the GOP. So I thought to make the image kind of a direct representation--symbolically--of the news. I did a couple of other sketches, one having a democrat donkey wiped out in the water and another with the congress visible in the distance, but they just seemed to distract. Living on the beach now afforded me a little more direct experience with drawing the waves and the surfing pachyderm. I do like to draw elephants, they're wonderful massive things, full of character and texture. As 2011 ushers in the new congress, I'm sure the opportunity to draw more of these guys will occur, with--perhaps--a democrat donkey or two to boot too.