Aldus and the Imp

Hello.

It is Monday!  I am awake!  It’s 11 already!  Whoops!

Yesterday, I got a fair amount done, and I’m pretty happy with that.  ETA: I need one more day for the icons.  I got a lot done today, but need to throw in the towel for the evening, on account of a sore neck.  Once the icons are finished, I’ll do Griffon day, probably on the 2nd.  Watch this space for details!

Griffen Day, by the by, is not just going to be limited to combining random birds with random felines, no!  You will be able to pick up to four animals to combine.  I’m going to limit them to general categories, to come up with weird creatures in the sphinx/gryffen/minotaur mold.  It’ll be good times, and there will be an icon option for folks who’d rather get a picture of their character.

I’ve decided that I’m definitely going to do the Mystery Card Day, and will think of a day to schedule it.

I have a sore neck, and feel a little crummy today, but morale is good.  I have cold pizza for breakfast, and candy.

I need to do my to-do list for December.  I have a few long-term projects that need to be wrapped up, like the tarot deck, getting my portfolio out, and getting stuff up on Zazzle.  I need to not lose track of these things.

Here is some art!

A picture for Mottenfest!

Superhero-y comic book action!  The pigeons are confused!  This is another commission.

Grevicans

Here is a post in which I write about grevican biology and gender roles.

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This post has nothing to do with owlbears

I think it works out best for me to do daily posts without a set format, though I’d like to include art and sketches as often as possible, and talk about various worldbuilding things along with whatever’s going on.

Except nothing is really going on.  I’m just working a ton on getting myself where I want to be on my art list, before December starts up.  Today I’m tackling more of the icons, and the last bit of another commission.  I’m also working on sketches for new art, which is really fun.

I want to do Griffon Day next, but I had a really fun idea for a Day I want to do some time.  The theme could be all kinds of things, or it could be mostly open, with a few guidelines to give it some structure.  I like the idea of a theme, because those have ended up being pretty cool.  No one else could see these prompts, though.  I draw art cards from all the prompts, shuffle the cards, and mail them randomly to everyone who participated.  Everyone would get a surprise card!  I need to figure out how to do it so that I get paid enough for my time with it, though, because art cards plus shipping for everyone is a little more than I can tackle for free.  I will have to think about it.  I suppose I could do it as a sale instead of for tips.

I figured out how to make simple papercraft bobbleheads.  I was sitting around bored, when I first moved in to the new place, plotted out the design, and made some prototypes.  I haven’t done anything with it, since, because I’ve been lacking my light box, which I had to leave back home.  Well, I broke down and bought another one.  As it turns out, it’s half as bulky as my old one, which is a serious convenience for taking it along to cons.  The lack of this equipment has been putting a serious slowdown on my productivity, and I’m really happy to have one, again.  I’m going to use it to fine-tune my template, and then make some bobble-headed critters!  Not today, though.  Today’s for work!

Ekwara stuff!  I’m thinking about the grevians a lot, lately, because I’ve been fleshing out Aldus’ and Pel’s (she acquired a name!) character designs.  Grevicans are a little odd, as far as their biology and gender roles go, and I’m trying to figure out how to present it within the story.  I think I’m going to do a separate post for that, behind a cut.

I finished this for Newenglander, yesterday.  Once upon a time, Alice was not a giant, talking rabbit, and had trouble reaching books on the top shelf.

Sparrow says, “You, sir, are drunk.”

Daily Post and Holiday Card Printout

I think it would be fun to do a daily post, for my site and my livejournal, since this posts in both places. I’ll have to think of things I’d like to touch on each day, or decide to simply make a point to write about what I’m working on and what’s on my mind.

Of course, comics are updated for today.

Page 67 of Crimson Flag - www.crimsonflagcomic.com

Page 318 of Dracula - www.draculacomic.net

Page 13 of Ekwara - www.ekwara.com

If I’m going to be doing daily posts, I will remind everyone to go read Arcadia Snips on Monday!

Today, I have a holiday card you can download and print out to send to folks, if you’d like! I did this last year and people seemed to get good use out of it, so here’s a new one! The image is free to use, change and distribute, as long as my url stays on the back, and no one’s making money off of it. Feel free to add your own caption and inside message, for whatever holiday you celebrate this season.

Download the hi-res tif file here!

Boots and Ako

Here are some guys from something which is not Ekwara

Another Grevican

Aldus’ traveling companion and partner in crime, who doesn’t have a name yet, despite having been a character in the setting as long as Aldus.   I will come up with a name for her soon.  More about grevican biology soon, too.

Aldus and the Imp

Aldus knows the best policy when encountering imps is to smile, nod, and keep walking.  Aldus is a grevican fellow, a little like a hyena, a little like a canine, a little like a marsupial and a little like a human.  This particular grevican is restless by nature, though he does have a family to wander home to, now and again.

Trying to hammer through an art block.

Concept sketches

Rhiagh a a young adult.

updated design for the Blue Djinni

Some more pictures :)