Monthly Archives: April 2004

A gargantuan (at least when compared to the Carolina chickadees) bluejay just landed out back. I’m used to Stellar’s jays, which are blue in the way that a cat or a horse is blue–that sort of peculiarly sheened gray. But this sucker is BLUE. Trying to plant for birds and butterflies–gonna try starting some bee […]

And more art! Damn, I had a productive weekend, finished a bunch of half-done stuff… Another piece of the Wombat Tarot–this time the Strength card, wherein the virginal wombat maiden tames the ferocious echidna, mighty king of monotremes, through purity of heart, force of character, and a handy daisy leash. http://yerf.com/vernursu/wombatstrength.jpg And a piece that’s […]

I’ve spent this weekend mostly finishing old paintings–I think it’s a guilt thing. If I can finish X old paintings, and work on some older projects, like the Wombat Tarot, then I am allowed to pursue a new project, like the Happy Capybara. So expect an influx of new art. This is the first of […]

So I gotta write another bio. I have a fairly standard mode that I go into writing bios–I’ve done enough of them that my brain shorts out, and I just regurgitate a few standard phrases, blah blah, freelance illustrator blah blah husband blah cat blah current residence blah. This is not very interesting stuff. Casting […]

Plants! Glorrrious plants! I am all aflutter. I picked up a honeysuckle today while I was out buying ink and paper–five bucks, well established, attracts hummingbirds and butterflies, who could ask for more? My honeysuckle didn’t do well in AZ–I think it might’ve been too hot and dry for it–but they’re supposed to do better […]

Finally got around to watching the third Matrix movie. Hmm. What it reminded me of more than anything was a comic-book movie–lots of source material skimmed over rapidly, characters not fleshed out as well as they could be because the people who’ve read the comic know all this stuff and so tend to assume will […]

Happy Little Capybara Visits The Mayan Underworld (1)

http://yerf.com/vernursu/bloodgatherer.jpg “Excuse me,” said the happy little capybara, “but did an owl carrying a sloth come by here?” “Go away,” said Blood Gatherer grumpily. The capybara was screwing up his courage to ask again, because Stanley the sloth was his best friend in the whole world and had to be found, when Blood Gatherer suddenly […]

I plug my own work all the time–I’m an artist, what else can I do? Paint, plug, sleep occasionally. However, since the veils of secrecy have finally been lifted, I can finally plug James, or more accurately, what James has been working on. Admittedly, it’s not my sort of game, but I’m damn proud of […]

Last day on the cuteness print set Dutch auction–five prints, major price cut for buying the whole set of Cute Things, great gifts for people who like cute. http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction.pl?alluser&Ursulav Allllso, since I’m in the mood for plugging, I dunno if any of you read T. Campbell’s “Fans!” at Graphic Smash, (or read it prior to […]