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Book Illustration Contest 2018: Sherlock Holmes

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AKA: Be Smarter I just completed a fairly small but substantial project. It was for a book illustration contest held by The House Of Illustration and The Folio Society, both in England, which I found out about at the beginning of October 2017. This year’s contest involved three different Sherlock Holmes stories. Entrants were to draw a single illustration for each story, plus design a book binding. The contest deadline was Wednesday, January 17, 2018. October … Read More

Art Blog | General Thoughts

Keeping Your Mind In The (Art) Game

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I try to draw something, anything, every day. Unfortunately, there are times when I just don’t get to. Everyone has things get in the way. Even if they’re minor. Maybe it’s hobby, a class you’re taking, a meeting, or a friend’s birthday. Sometimes you’ve got a bunch of errands and chores to do. Family obligations. Other times, you’re just way, way, way too tired to physically do anything. I mean, you could make yourself get up … Read More

Art Blog | Sketches/Drawings

Sac-Con March 12th-13th, 2016

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Finally, after many years of wanting to, I attended a comic convention not as an attendee, but as a guest and vendor. Andrew Leung, owner of Toy Fusion and ToyWorth was nice enough to have me as a guest artist at his booth at Sac-Con on the weekend of March 12th and 13th, 2016. I wasn’t expecting to do much really, other than draw, pass out business cards and postcard samples, and see if anyone would … Read More

Art Blog

I’m Actually Announcing Projects

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I stopped publicly announcing projects before they were ready to go so that they didn’t turn into false announcements. But in the last 2 hours, I wrote the entire first draft of text for an all-ages picturebook/comic I came up with today. It’s ready to get drawn already. So here I go: I’m announcing a few things. This way, if any and all of you want to take me to task, you can. Maypole – the … Read More

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