a watercolor i did a few weeks back.

Some of you already know and voted, but this is my official blog post about it. I entered the two haunting illustrations into this design contest over at Chirply.com. if you have a second, check them out and vote for me! you can use your Facebook login if you’re too worried about signing up, and it won’t take long at all. If they win, they will get made into greeting cards and maybe notebooks too! Thanks to all who have voted already and thanks in advance to those who will!

“Haunting Fox” Card – vote here!

“A Visit With Friends” Card – vote here!

i joined this little Mortal Kombat “Immortal” Fanart Project thanks to Mike and Will!

i picked Motato, because i thought he would be challenging. i need to practice more dudes anyways! i made him more centaur like unlike his original design – some kind of cricket-lizzard-horse-man. and his MK3 sprite walked slightly feminine so i made him more manly in the horse area! i was trying out hard black shadows and the ink job is a little overworked but at least he looks like a dude. click the image for full view man horse.

i finally did a Fanart Friday piece! i picked Bruce Banner – i watched the animated Hulk vs. Thor (or was it Thor vs. Hulk?) last night and couldn’t help but feel that Dr. Banner always gets the short side of the stick. The Hulk reaps all the smashing glory and mega punches all of his troubles away. Bruce wakes up in jail, captive by a nemesis, or hitchhiking on the road, all the while sporting a ripped up stretched out pair of pants. His life sucks, while The Hulk’s is awesome. Poor guy. Will did The Hulk.

another in my haunting series. i’m going to submit the two i’ve already done out and see how well they do. the fox piece got some nice reactions at APE!

APE was awesome! i want to thank everyone for stopping by and for everyone’s support! i hope to have a table again next year – it was totally different from the other cons i’ve done. it was also one of the most difficult to walk through, so many colors, so many things i wish i could buy. plus, i love San Fran and my friends that live there, so any excuse to visit, i’ll gladly take up. here are the only photos i took with my phone – one day i will get a nice camera and make more of an effort to document our adventures. any suggestions?

our glorious table and our molten hot coffee.

table commission – fox with goggles, i really need to practice goggles, they’re so popular!

Chunk, our noble Irish table monkey. i mean table intern! i mean friend! (phew!)

our heartfelt farewell letter to APE. a collab with Will Strode. see you again next year!

hi everyone! i will be at APE in San Fransisco this weekend at Table #554 with Will Strode. above is the mini print i’ll have for sell as well as copies of Pins ‘N Needles! Will will be selling copies of Restless and handing out beautiful postcards for his up and running webcomic Vapor Trails. please stop by and see us, we’ll probably have candy unless we’ve eaten it all by time you get there. here’s a floor map of the exhibitor hall. i hope we see you there!

some messy sketches i did. inked and colored versions are in my gallery. i made prints of them, but the colors didn’t turn out quite right. once again affirming my need to paint with a brush and not a wacom. next week will be the week of paint.

top is a character sketch, i need to work this idea out a little more. and bottom is a sketch of a fox with animal spirits. it will have a colored version very soon!

• drinking: chai rooibos tea
• reading: Women Who Run With the Wolves
• playing: Minecraft…obsessively
• going: to San Francisco this weekend for APE!

a little diddy for Pins and her on and off again beau Skeevie Steve from Pins ‘N Needles. maybe it would make a nice and small print.

if i didn’t love the project i was working on right now so much, i would complain about not having enough time to sketch. but i do, so i won’t. i did these a little time ago and will be developing these ideas further.

• eating: Wallaby yogurt
• watching: Lost – Season 5
• inks: the last 3 pages!
• flats: 6 pages, 18 to go