Cats Talking Words returns from hiatus

FYI, my silly webcomic Cats Talking Words returns this Thursday night 9/6!! That is all.  :)

I do not recommend the flu.

Or, how I spent the first week of 2018.  :|

2018 Resolutions (?)

I saw @preservedcucumbers​ make a really thoughtful list of resolutions, and was inspired to think it over.  I don’t usually try because I’m so good at failing, but it can’t hurt to make some goals; I’ll post these on tumblr and Blogger.  In no particular order:

-layout and print Cats Talking Words minicomic #2
-Finish “You Smell Like Pancakes” minicomic
-paint some fairies
-repair Winged Elf Girl website (even if it’s just a landing page)
-outline a concept for a minicomic about the witch in the woods
-Attend 3-5 comics/anime/scifi/whatever conventions (as attendee, not seller)

I’m keeping these fairly loose, because as I said, I’m not so great at completing things on time.  but with a whole year, maybe it can happen. :)

Pollinator Inktober part 2

Here are some more favorites from this year's Inktober which I chose to theme #SaveTheBees.  Not all pollinators are bees though!  Here are some other insect friends (or drawings of them) that we can't afford to lose. :)

Pollinator Inktober part 1

I just realized that I did not post any of my 2017 Inktober drawings here on the blog! Clearly there are too many social media sites. 

I decided to pick my own theme for Inktober this year, and chose #SaveTheBees because losing pollinators is such a big issue right now, with pollution and habitat loss.  I didn't draw only bees, but here is a roundup of the favorite bee drawings I made during the month.

OC3 2018 Poster

THERE IT IS! :)  I had the great job of designing the poster for Oldham County Comic Con for 2018!  The reading kiddo is based on a kiddo that I know (though when he was this size he was much more interested in climbing everything than reading).

I will also have a table at OC3 in February.  It might well be the only comics convention that I have a table at for 2018; I'm still debating SPACE.  I've talked about this in person to some comics friends over the last couple months but not online - I'll be taking a vacation from the breakneck art schedule of convention tables for a year to try and finish up a couple long-term projects that have languished for most of 2017 because I burned myself out for many months doing 6 shows almost in a row this past spring.  With the additional health and stress issues that have resulted from that, I don't want to push myself more anytime soon.  Not that I don't like painting Pokemon, but it really has become a hindrance.

During 2018, I will continue to be on social media and can always be reached that way or via email. :)  I hope to come back refreshed and with an amiable vengeance (and hopefully a new book or two) in 2019!

Artist Trading Cards: In-between and Indiana Comic Con

Here are a LOT of watercolor artist trading cards finished in between Gem City Comic Con and Indiana Comic Con and AT Indiana Comic Con!  Got a lot of cool requests from those shows. :)