Somebody sent us a Chick tract. In the mail. No return address. Carefully hand-addressed, and postmarked from Dallas, Texas. Do I know anyone in Dallas? I haven’t pored through the whole thing, but it’s got the Grim Reaper saying “Hi, there!” on the cover, which is sort’ve creepy. However, since it’s addressed to my husband, […]
Monthly Archives: March 2003
Okay, I know that men are reading this thing occasionally, so I implore you…one of you, tell me the appeal. What the heck is up with those pin-ups of women in nothing but high-heels? Why the heels? There’s a LOT of ’em, too. Now, I have a weird hang-up in my pin-up drawing–I’ll blithely paint […]
Still planning on moving, still excited to the point of twitchiness, and eyeing my valuables for packability. In answer to everyone who’s been asking, we’ll be moving somewhere in the Phoenix metro area–don’t know where yet, but if anyone has any advice like “There’s a slum at Point X, avoid it,” I’d be delighted to […]
Went out for dinner at a Nepalese place with the guys from Sofawolf (who are really cool.) Had goat meat. And yak. Generally I try to stick to one species of ungulate per meal, but it was really good. Annnnd, to my delight, James’s boss is sending him money for moving expenses, which means it’s […]
Well, to my amazement, we’ve surpassed 200 friends on this thing, which floors me, because I can’t imagine 200 people want to know about my day-to-day existence, or even just come for the rants. I don’t think I know 200 people in the real world. Come to think of it, unless I start getting into […]
Digital art is spoiling me. I decided to try my minimal acrylic fur painting skills against a portrait of the bachtrian camel, and by the time I’ve primed the canvas board, let it dry, and now begun painstakingly drawing in the outline of the camel’s noggin’, I’m already wiped out and ready for a nap. […]
Aiigh! The scientific name of the common wombat is Vombatus ursinus! I cannot escape!
With aching feet and packed photo-disky-digital memory-thingies, I return from the zoo! I have learned two things. First of all, I have evidentally lost any fear whatsoever of drawing in public. They may not be good drawings–I’ve gotten much better with digital stylus than with pencil these days, and I hope someday they invent a […]
I think I’ll go to the zoo tomorrow. I have an itch for some life drawing. And if I do wind up moving to AZ, this’ll be my last chance for awhile to draw the takin. While drawing at the zoo is sort’ve like being one of the animals–you’re definitely on display–I find people are […]
Okay, I hate to do this because I’m sure it will make me seem like an egotistical braggart, but I’m gonna do it anyhow. Yesterday I wandered into a Barnes & Noble, over in the art technique section, and…they had It. Digital Fantasy Painting. By Burns. The book that I contributed to, and which I […]