Wait, I'm Home This Weekend?

Yep, I've been traveling. Whilst in the Seattle area not only did I get to have a fine time at the Tacoma Kotei, I also got to catch up with friends I see all too rarely. Special thanks to (in roughly chronological order) Franz and Imelda, Jon, Mary, Jeremy, Richard, Greg, Leon, Drew, Dierdre and Raven. Obviously, I've left people out. Also obviously, it's because I'm a jerk.

Shortly after my Seattle jaunt I was off to LunaCon. It was my first real convention experience without a table to sit behind. I discovered things like panels, fresh air, lunch, people to talk with, and how an art show check in/out system works. (Also that if you don't follow the "whole dollars only" pricing rules you may get whapped on the head with a stack of papers. Repeatedly.) It was also great to see/meet Eric, Matt, Dan, Marc, Kelly, Hillary, Bill, Joe, Kris, Michael, Dan, Bob, Sue, Patricia, and... so many other people who also have names. I made no promises, right?

And look what my Golden Wyrm painting came back with! A hard worker, that one.

Crosscut Update

I didn't mean to miss two weeks in a row. Sorry. If it makes you feel any better I did do some vaguely horse-shaped scribbles in my sketchbook, they just didn't make it up for one reason or another.

Here are a couple of pieces from my project for CrossCut Games.




I've also posted a new L5R piece over on DeviantArt. I'll bend my "sans NDA" rule a bit by mentioning it here.

Character thumbs

The third of these really has the mood I was after (imagine gaunt cheeks and a graying beard). However, I wanted to have more action to the piece, so the search continued.

More Gridded Sketches

Playing around with some painting ideas while in Canada. I'm pretty sure I went into these sketches thinking one square would equal six inches. Because, obviously, I have nothing to keep me from doing a 3.5x7 foot painting this spring.

Back From GAnime

I'm back from GAnime, and had a fine time. The people were friendly, and though sometimes taken aback by my complete lack of ability with French, quite patient about it. One might go so far as to say friendly, even.

Special thanks to Luc, Frederick, Roxane, Stephanie, Andrew, Christina, Vincent, Phillip, Marc, Jean, Simon, Mike, and Doctor Who. Also to everyone who came to my panels and got to see, in turn, some of my terrible early work, and some tricks I've addopted to make my work faster and less terrible.

Upcoming Appearances

My 2010 travel season starts early this year. Here's what I have planned for the next handful of months. I'll be glad for anyone who stops in to say hello.

February 6-7: G-Anime 2010, Gatineau, QC Canada

March 6: Feeding Hills Kotei, Feeding Hills, MA USA

March 13-14: Tacoma Kotei, Lakewood, WA USA

April 3-4: Iron Samurai XP4, Calgary, AB and Saskatoon, SK Canada

June 26: Utah Kotei, Orem, UT USA

Cat Oni Attack!

I believe it was at the Aldershot Kotei in 2008 I talked with Mark Wooten about this piece. He had a drawing by his son Drew, and we thought it would be fun to take the design and work it up as a piece for an L5R card. I took some liberty with the design, but I think it's turned out well in the end. Hopefully Mark and Drew like it.