Oh Yes, It Is Quite Heavy

An illustration from a story that is currently in utero.  Beginning to get a feel for this whole flat shape/texture/collage-type business and how it relates to my brush drawings.  I started with the girl (who, as it happens, is not a christmas ornament), built the landscape around her via digital cut-and-paste, then released all them spiny little doo-dads on set and sort of shooed them into proper position.  My process feels like this, but with at least two more penguins.


Actually, looking at the thumbnail, the hedgehogs resemble these weird, spiked and inedible red berries that used to grow in the yards of my childhood.  In Wilmington, in abundancia.

Mu Cusswords

Brothas Befo Druthas

Some characters from the kids book I'm woikin' on.

Supah-Hydronic-Boron-Powered

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah, well, been a whiled number since last post, but don't despair or disrepair, this is your one stop for weird jawn-jawn. Behold:


I've been listening to Frank Herbert's Dune on library audiobook, and the hours spent painting the bathroom today certainly weren't wasted, either. I've tipped past the halfway point (12 of 22 discs) and the experience has begun to bubble. I've particularly been enjoying the Fremen method of roughing it in a desert world. Imagine, a sealed suit that reclaims and recycles almost all of your body's water. Jared imagined it for you in the scene above, except his wants to wander off. Everyone knows that stillsuits are crucial to survival, and Jared recovered beautifully. What better temptation than a clear cup of water?

Note: the lack of images and posts belie the cumbersome clunkedness of this six-year old desktop hulk. It's claimed too much of my makings, and it's certainly not finished yet.

Woodlawn Broke Backs

Yes. We won. We WON. Woodlawn tooked the first official New Castle County Library Olympics by storm, by roots, by merit, by any means necessary (disregarding disintegration, as you wish). The entire team adorned with custom polos and cheap, china-born medals, Andre touting the fool's golden chalice, the very world frothing with rabid oaths of fealty and submission. Good stuff.

Congrats everyone. especially us. We're the best around.


Gotta request that Karate Kid soundtrack. Killer stuff. Stupid bike. Get him a body bag, Johnny!




Listened to a fabulous SALT Lecture given by Brian Fagan. Particularly provocative in his identification of the elephant in the room of climate change: drought. Apparently most wars of the next century will be dictated by a general dearth of fresh water.

Desalination, anyone?

Darthy Invaderth

The daughter of my mom's cousin. What does that make us? Awesome? No, no, not awesome. More like... awe... inspiring. Yeah. Awe.

CattyDar, aka Darcey is hanging around with her moms for a few awe-inducing days. She writes songs, choreographs dance moves, and draws the ideal cat. hobbies include whistles and being 'it.'