New on Creative Market--Merlin

I finally got off my butt and started uploading new photos to Creative Market. It lets you easily licence art, illustrations and more, including my work! Stay tuned for more photos.

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Unboxing Something New and Fun!

It is new, it is fun and to be honest, it is a little frustrating, but I know it's all part of the learning curve. Check out my unboxing of my latest piece of business equipment!

Waiting is the hardest part

If it seems like I'm doing more writing than art these days... it's true! A couple of months ago I participated in Zombie Pirate Publishing's Zombie Pirate Writing Week. Imagine NaNoWriMo but condensed down into a week and you have one heck of a time trying to cobble words, ideas and some editing into a cohesive novelette. There were 101 participants, 57 submissions annnnnnnd I'm amongst the 22 titles on the long list. The short list will be announced soon, so please wish me luck!

It was a real challenge to barf out almost 15,000 words in a week while working full-time, sniffles, screaming birds and other obstacles. If it's one thing that art college has taught me it's that you can do anything in a week. The result surprised me. I accidentally wrote a YA story about some crime-solving young people on a spaceship. It's not as ridiculous as it sounds :-)

Spring 2020--Birds and Blooms

I haven't been drawing or arting much lately as it's spring! Spring comes to Calgary kind of late, which means there is plenty to capture yet.

Gimme A B! Plus!

I really can't believe it's June. It's like time is broken in my brain. I really have to work hard on knowing what day it is, so I'm checking my ACAD webmail feverishly so I don't miss out on registration for next semester. This is w-i-l-d, but all classes will be online! This is something I wanted so badly. The technology has always existed--the will to use it has not. I would have been done my degree a lot faster. Anyway, I'm excited to see what I can take.

I was a few points short of a A in my textiles class, but a B+ is pretty nifty. The class taught me that I needed to upgrade my technical sewing skills if I want to do really well. Oddly enough, you'd be surprised at how much in the way of skill art college doesn't teach you sometimes ;-D Maybe I can take an online sewing class or just practice more on the machine.

I picked up my locker contents yesterday. Access to the college is still closed, but the bookstore is doing curbside pick up. Happily I only had a sweater, a hairbrush and my two projects to pick up. Less is more when it comes to lockers and I'm sure security was thankful they didn't have any moldy food or other ungodly things to do with for me!

I'm an author!

Soooo this is super exciting--I'm a published author! My short story, SECOND ACTS, was one of 80+ submissions and one of 20 stories chosen for inclusion. I'm tickled. If you like retro style science fiction--think Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Isaac Asimov--this collection is for you!

Power up your portal gun and set the dials for the golden age of science fiction as we step back in time and space to where the genre really took flight. Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Vonnegut, Dick, Herbert, and Bradbury: these are some of the names which inspired a generation, creating visions of space travel, alien civilisations, advanced technology, and future worlds which still resonate with us today. Their visionary legacy lives on in RAYGUN RETRO, a collection of stories by some of the best up and coming authors in the genre, expanding upon the styles and themes which laid the foundation of science fiction as we know it.

Click on the image to buy on Amazon!

CANCELLED Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo

A familiar rite of spring for me and a lot of other local artists is the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. After being pushed to July, the show has now been cancelled until next year. Dang! Stay tuned for a special pet sketch offer, however!