Pointy-Eared-Fiend

Well, I’m disappointed now... LightboxExpo, an art/illustration convention, that’s only a few years old, was entirely online the last few years due to Covid. This was great for a lot of people because a $2 ticket let you participate in a bunch of live panels held on a variety of platforms (Gumroad, Picarto, YouTube, etc), and you could re-watch most panels later if you missed them. But this year, they’ve gone back to their in-person model, which means... I can’t participate at all, except for watching some of the recorded panels later. There are multiple reasons I can’t attend, ranging from money (It’s in Pasadena, which means either an airplane ticket or a long road trip, and whatever highway robbery a Southern Californian hotel room costs, on top of the convention ticket itself), to Covid concerns (It’s not gone, folks... and I live with high-risk people), to timing (It’s mid-October, a very busy time of year in my industry). It’s a little bit more disappointing than usual, in

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's finally here!Back in 2012, I started working with an author named Susan Anawalt, illustrating a children's book for her. I've had to keep my artwork under wraps until it got published, but it's FINALLY HERE! We're still waiting for some of the major book sellers to pick it up, but "Clemmy", by Susan Anawalt, illustrated by yours truly, is now available on Barnes and Noble (although the cover doesn't show up yet) and Ingramcontent.com! We're working on getting it in on Amazon.com, and I'll start bothering Powell's Books to carry it (just as soon as I figure out how), but for now, I'm just excited to see it off the...

For the second year in a row now, I'll be participating in something my friends and I made up, which we call 'JanuARTy'. For those of you who are familiar with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, which is November), JanuARTy is similar: we spend the whole month committed to drawing something every day. How you choose to participate is up to you. Here are some sample ideas: 1. Challenge yourself to draw a certain amount of time every day. Fifteen minutes? Half an hour? An hour or more? Whatever it takes, work it into your schedule!2. Try working on things you know you're bad at. I did this last year -- I gave over one week each to four...