Halloween 2013

Yet another Halloween.  Don't know if I will ever get to updating this site except for Halloween posts.  Life keeps me pretty busy.  Oh, and did I mention I have become a face painter?  You can check out my work at https://www.facebook.com/illustrated.faces.  That is, if anyone still checks this blog, and if so, thank you :)

Halloween 2012

I can continue my yearly halloween post, though it's already December.  Growing families take up so much time I can barely get any sleep, but things are good here.  Maybe someday I'll return to the daily comic, I certainly have material to draw, just not enough time to do it.  Thanks to anyone who still follows the blog!

Halloween was a repeat of the past, but with two additions: Princess Peach and Toad ^_^

Halloween 2011

Wow, it's been nearly a year since I last posted and a lot has happened to account for the lack of attention.  First, we have a new addition to the family.  Naia, our second little girl was born in September.  We also had family unexpectedly live with us for three months while relocating to Austin.  So...life so fully consumed my every waking minute.  This halloween has been my first creative outlet in longer than I can remember.  Enjoy the costume photos, and hopefully I will be able to start drawing comics again (preschool does start soon).

Teefury ripoff

Teefury has a shirt up today that bears a remarkable resemblance to my Soylent Green shirt submission to Woot. Granted, I didn't read the instructions properly and therefore my submission was rejected. Plus, I doubt my version is the only one out there prior to today....but still, feels like teefury stole the idea. I actually think mine is slightly better because I used the packaging design from the movie, but clearly I don't know what sells. The first pic is mine, the second is the movie prop, and the third is teefury.

Again, sorry about the lack of posts. I do believe I will get comics up at some point in the future. I just don't know when.

Mushroom shirt

Still having a hard time regularly updating this blog, I'll try to get some new comics posted soon. But I've finally got another Woot Derby submission. I'm sure it won't win, but I had fun making it. I love shirts with food themes and I thought that edible mushrooms would play into the current theme of "Oddball." Death Cap mushrooms look just as delicious as a lot of other mushrooms, but it can kill you! If you'd like to see it printed, you could vote for it here.

Not enough sleep

Cecilia wakes up really early. I know most new parents complain that their kid wakes up at 6 or 7 am, and that is early for most new parents. But Cecilia wakes up at 4 or 4:30 am. Consistently. And she doesn't just fuss in her bed, she calls for me, and will then cry continually for an hour if I let her. For a brief amount of time, she woke up closer to 5 am (and I relished those days) but not anymore. And things are only worse when she has a cold. In an effort to try and convince her to sleep an extra 30 minutes or so, I'll take her into my bed to see if she might be lulled back to sleep. Sometimes it works, but it usually results in me not sleeping because she is very fidgety, and tends to enjoy sleeping on top of me in the most uncomfortable positions. The other morning, she fell asleep next to me, but as she has a cold (and a pacifier) she was quite noisy. And then, Seth was snoring right in my ear on the other side, and any movement risked Cecilia waking up earlier than normal. So, needless to say, I have spent many a day in dire need of a nap.

Derby

Submission for the theme "fire." Up for voting here. Had fun making a cute set of flames, poor blue flame.

They hate me at woot

REJECTED AGAIN! Apparently, I have to be incredibly accurate with my thumbnail and my large image. Despite the countless other thumbnails that differ from the composition image, mine was SO far off that I got rejected yet again. Well, here's hoping I'll get my votes back.....again. If you feel like voting again, the new link is here.

Version 2

As I suspected, my t-shirt was rejected. So I made it more maze-themed. Here's the new one, let's hope it wins!

New shirt design

It will probably be rejected, but I couldn't resist drawing a Labyrinth-themed design. you can vote for it here. "Rocks friends."

Horribly sick

Spent the entire holiday season with a terrible cold. Cecilia was sick as well, though not to the same extent (I hope). Started out as a sore throat, then horrible congestion, and lastly an annoying cough that's been hard to shake. I swear I nearly hacked up a lung. Anyway, I'm finally over the cold, and my cough has just about finished its run. Anyway, didn't get around to posting anything, so hopefully this makes up for it. Hope everyone had a great holiday.

Pick

Woot submission

This weeks theme was Mid-Century art. so I rushed a Saul Bass inspired Harry Potter piece and a patterned Totoro piece. This is stiff competition though, pretty sure I won't win. But, if you'd like to vote the pieces are here (HP) and here (T).

Nighttime interruption

I was out cold when Loki howled - in her sleep! Never happened before. She's made whimpering noises and even small barks in her sleep, but nothing like this. Very strange.

Asparagus Juice?

There really is an Asparagus Juice, and an Apple Celery Juice. We got both and they were better than I thought. In fact, I actually liked the asparagus juice more than the apple-celery juice. It mainly tasted sweet, rather than asparagus-y. The apple celery juice had too much celery flavor. Both, however, were too much to drink nearly 20oz of liquid. They had a kind of strange after taste that didn't sit well after more than 1/3 of the bottle.

Another Woot shirt

Needless to say I didn't win the last Woot derby, but I'm going to keep trying. If things remain fun and stress-free I could whip a shirt up each week and maybe get some money. Here are two submissions for this week's theme. If you like them, feel free to vote here or here. And, since I neglected my comic strip this week, I will have two strips on Monday.

A plethora of pinatas

New submission for Woot. Vote for it here if you are a fan of The Three Amigos! And since I spent all day on this, I'll post a comic later this week.

Woot submission

EDIT: Apparently, you weren't able to use any text in your submission for the current Woot Derby, and my submission has been rejected. Oh well.

I've decided to give an attempt at getting in some Woot Derby submissions. This is my first attempt, the theme is "visualize famous movie quotes." So, I whipped up a Soylent Green shirt based on the movie prop (pictured above) with the ingredient label. Check out the shirt here, and if you like it you could vote for it to win.

November 30!!

Final day for Sketchavember ^_^ Thought I'd end the month with a drawing based on an old Harper's bazaar print from the 1800s. Got inspired by the new blog drawthisdress by two of my favorite artists.

Ouch!

I was chopping up some celery for stuffing when the cheap plastic cutting board I have spun around under my hands. The blade cut a good chunk off my left pointer, and it bled a lot! Went through a few bandages before it stopped. Luckily, I wasn't hosting Thanksgiving therefore only made two sides. It's healing up nicely, but is still somewhat sensitive to touch. I made sure to find the chunk of skin and remove it from the veggies before cooking.