Ekwara

Fight scenes are challenging for me to draw, so this is a little rougher a draft than I’d like.  I want to tweak the angles and details for the final version, but here you go - tomorrow’s page!

Artslam starts tomorrow!  I’m excited!

Comics!

Of course, Ekwara’s been updating all week!

In other news, Zazzle is doing a Memorial Day sale for this weekend with some big discounts on a few things.  Use the coupon code MEMORIALSALE at checkout to get 50% off posters, 40% of business cards and 30% off aprons.   I have three pieces up in my shop on sale as posters, and a handful of designs on aprons, along with a few business card templates (though this reminds me to make more).  The discount applies to all shops on Zazzle, too, and they have a ton of cool posters and whatnot.  My shop is here!

The Crimson Flag poster is here.

I want to redo this one, but that’ll happen, because that’s what the penciled pages are for, anyway.

I had to write today off.  I spent the day trying to draw, scribbling page after page of doodles, but nothing really came of it.  I drew a bunny.  I guess I’ll get my finished Zazzle stuff and this bunny up in the store in the next couple days.  No rush, or anything.  The next few days, I’ll be focusing in on the tip incentive pictures, to make sure those get done.  Then, onward to June!

I have a reason for being so distracted, today, and it’s a silly one.  I keep trying to puzzle my way through the nature of the universe, and all that huge stuff, which is definitely a thought trap, and quite a sticky one.  One thing always stays with me: no matter what is ultimately true, I know for a fact that I have the choice to interact with my fellow beings with love, and that choice is very important.  I hope I can learn to remember to do that more often.

Thursday

Tomorrow’s comic -

GET OFF MY LAWN!

Today I finished this week’s Crimson Flag pencils, and am working on something for Razz.  I also went for a walk, and got basil for my container garden.  On my way home, I saw a grossbeak, and he sang a neat song before he noticed me and flew off.  It’s a pretty low-key day.

Wednesday

Tomorrow’s Ekwara, a little earlier than usual.

This morning was tough, but I worked through my mood and got stuff done.  For the rest of the evening, I’ll be working more on Ekwara pages, and making banana bread and cilantro chicken.  Since I’m out of butter, I’m going to try a recipe I found that substitutes avocado and a little oil for butter.  I’ll let you guys know how that turns out.  Hopefully well, because I am in the mood for some banana bread!

For today’s art, I did this sketch of an alien and an alien kid:

And behind the cut, painted versions of the wolf family, two aliens, steakosaurus, a unicorn and a worried dragon.  I’ll be putting them into my Zazzle store on Friday.

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Tuesday

This is my container garden!  Catnip is on top of the red bucket.  Romaine lettuce is behind it.  Cilantro is beside the lettuce, and the smaller containers are all spinach.  I’m not using the red bucket as a container because it was too thick to get through with my knife.

Alien concept sketch.  Something to fight the little bobble-headed alien guys I’ve been drawing, maybe.

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Tuesday’s Ekwara

I worked on Ekwara writing and secret concept art, today, so this is it for now.  Tune in tomorrow!

Sunday

STEAKOSAURUS

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Friday Art, Saturday Comics

First, comics! I didn’t get a post up yesterday, because I was off hanging out with friends last night. I decided to take the rest of the day off, but if I get any new art done today, I’ll upload it tonight.

I finished this, yesterday:

Responsibility Day

Today, I did something I’ve needed to do, but didn’t really want to do.  I don’t want to talk about the specifics, but it’s taken care of, now, and that’s all well and good.  Since then, I’ve been having a tough go of things, today, anxiety-wise.  My brain’s told my body to go into fight (pretty dang irritable) or flight (augh panic!) mode, and now that my brain doesn’t have much to fret over, my body still hasn’t gotten the memo to knock that off.  I continued with responsible mode, though, and pushed through my work for today, once I got home, despite that.  I tried to remember these physical symptoms of anxiety are just that, and that even though I feel pretty crummy, I don’t have to let that prevent me from doing things.

Today’s Ekwara page -

Here’s how far I got on the Ekwara commission, today:

I inked and colored the peacock sketch from yesterday, and also set it up in my Zazzle shop.  Clicking on the image takes you to that.

I also did some organizational/planning work I needed to sort out, got another Ekwara page loaded up into the queue, and did this week’s Crimson Flag pencils.  Plus, did the previously mentioned errand, walked four miles, and had an avocado for dinner.  That… is not really a responsible dinner, but that’s okay.

If you’re an artist type, check out Artslam - http://community.livejournal.com/artslam/478165.html - they’re open for new signups for the summer.  It’s an awesome art challenge where you pick a theme and try to complete 30, 60 or 90 concept sketches.  I’ll be using Ekwara as my theme again this year, and mirroring my worldbuilding stuff on this journal (and maybe the Ekwara site?  I’d have to figure that one out.)