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Comic Tools- Circle Cutter!

Think I've mentioned this before, but I live near a little Japanese imports dollar store (Diaso!) that often has random art and mini comics making supplies- cheap brush and sketch pens, sumi ink and brushes, etc. AND I've wanted a circle cutter for a while now, for fancier mini comics covers, but thanks to the scrapbookers have never been able to find one under $30. THEN I saw this little beauty at Diaso-

Ha! Cutting holes in holes in things is too much fun. I plan to have a new mini ready for Short Run in a few weeks, and you can bet I'm gonna find a way to use this on the cover!

Halloween Mix

There's this thing I've come to call creative procrastination, where there's a project I really need to work on, but I don't feel like it for whatever reason (my brushes aren't behaving, I've come to hate the main character, lost my lettering guide again, etc.) so instead I invent some new and unimportant project that NEEDS to be done first.

This week, it was making a Halloween Mixed CD.

The self-imposed rule: songs had to already be in my iTunes library (no downloading new music or ripping things from other cds. Ended up with about 30 songs that vaguely fit the theme, narrowed it down to 20:

 

So...that was fun! Now, back to work.

Pictures of Other People

 

I won't be posting images to Flickr anymore because no one seems to use it. I get more traffic on my LiveJournal thank I do on Flickr (and yes, I know I'm the last person left on LJ. Going down with the ship). Because I've stopped giving them money, Flickr is only showing my most recent 200 images, so a lot of old stuff like Sir Christopher or 100+ watercolors are no long available. I'll work on adding them to my regular website some day. 

SPEAKING OF WATERCOLORS- sometimes people pay me to paint stuff. I'm usually not together enough to scan a copy before getting it in the mail, BUT, sometimes they're happy enough with the work to send photos-

 

Brad Weber sent me this photo of the watercolor I did of his adorable Kidzilla, now framed. Children are the most popular requests, like this young Robin I did around this time last year.

 

But sometimes I get to do a family portrait, which is always fun. Although, I don't think I'm much good at animals. If you're looking for a Pet Portrait artist, I can recommend some much better options. 

And sometimes the requests are a little out there. But seriously, I will draw you just about anything.

Pumpkin Latte Reviews

It took a lot of pumpkin lattes to get me through SPX. When I told someone about this, their first question was why didn't I review some independent coffee shops, too. The answer is because they don't serve pumpkin lattes, and would sneer SO HARD if I even asked for one. SO HARD.

SPX 2012

Frakes on a Plane!

Sorry for the subject heading but...it's my only joke. 

Hey! I'm flying to Maryland in less than 24 hours for the Small Press Expo! Which means I have to get on a plane...which means I should probably pack...crap.

For those who've missed the memo, I'll be at table J3 with Jon Chad and Laura Terry, and I'll have a new mini called "Here at The End of all Things" that was written by Sean T. Collins. Stuff will happen!

Expect this will happen a lot:

Hope to see you there! Bring money!