Well, after a few frustrating days of hammering on it, I finally got this sucker done. Whew. Thought I was gonna lose my mind on that cow. I had so much fun with the Wockwurm, and it went over so well, I figured I’d try to do a few more with that real animated, tongues-a-flapping […]
Monthly Archives: August 2003
Brown hyenas are cool. I’ve seen still photos before, but not video, and the difference is really quite amazing–they’ve got the bulky hyena shoulders, covered in this very long, silky looking hair, and then these striped, short-haired legs. Watching them, I got the weirdest mental image of a group of men in drag–you know, the […]
Watching “Life of Mammals”–yes, I’m a junkie! This is the last of the series, the primate one, and it’s got such amazing footage that I can’t help but comment. Plenty’s been written, of course, of the love-hate relationship humans have with chimps–we’re enthralled because we see ourselves in them, we’re dismayed because we see outselves […]
Oh, what the heck…never could resist a meme. Friday Five 1. When was the last time you laughed? Well, I’m ashamed to admit that there was a short, pitying bark at a Yerf app this morning. But I feel guilty about it. The last actual laugh was probably some five minutes prior, when Loki took […]
So today I’m working on this cover for Hogshead Games, for their Yakuza sourcebook. Now, I love the Yakuza as only a Shadowrun junkie who never has to deal with the real thing can, so it’s a lot of fun to do. The covers work best as close-ups, so I get to paint this giant, […]
Blurgh. Got James’s crown done today, but due to various snafus on the part of the dentist, a half-hour procedure took two hours, which cut a sizeable hunk outta my work day. So now I’m staring at my machine attempting to groggle together the motivation to finish what would otherwise have gotten done around noon. […]
Just watched the next episode of “Life of Mammals” which the Discovery Channel has been running on Wild Kingdom this week. It was about rodents, including my favorites, the naked mole rats, and of course, the noble capybara. (Gronk!) Although at one point, as a herd of capybara galloped into the water in slow motion, […]
I must state categorically that David Attenborough’s Life of Mammals absolutely and positively rocks. I just watched the one on insectivores, and while I could’ve gone to my grave without seeing thermal imaging of bat genitalia in action (on a female who was hibernating and the same color as the cave walls, which is evidentally […]
Today is shaping up to be a great morning. I’m almost a little worried–yesterday started a bit rough, and ended well, and today’s starting fabulous, so either it’ll be a fantastic day or I’ll end it in soul-crushing despair.
Despite the hectic start, today was a good day. It was a good day, because I painted this, titled “Sir Bunny Vs. the Wockwurm” and having always struggled with getting things looking animated, the monster makes me happy. Possibly wockwurms are the larval form of jabberwocks. Possibly this is the reason you don’t see many […]