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Mimi!

It's very easy for me to sit back and enjoy doing nothing, at the moment - or spend time playing WoW - so I figured it was well past time I developed one of my Mimi sketches a little further, if on...

December, for sure! (maybe)

Having over a month of free time feels weird, after working at a break-neck pace for most of the year, and having every other break cut short...  The trifecta of a demanding client, the pandem...

Reviewing the rig

While I'm still resting up and figuring out what I want to work on for the next month or so, one of the easier things I can get out of the way is a review of Daisy's rig. My biggest concern is whet...

A chance to catch my breath?

It's been a couple of days since my last animation was approved for this phase of my contract, but I'm still waiting for the all-clear.  Last week my boss mentioned more rigging work possibly ...

What might have been

I was hoping my final assignment for this month would be easy enough that I'd have time for my Halloween idea, but nothing has ever been easy with this client...

I may try to recycle some or ...

Mmaaaybe there's still time?

For a "light" month, October has been exhausting.  Between animating and providing technical support for the rest of my team, when I do have some free time I don't much (or any) energy for per...

Some new mischief

This month may not be as exhausting as I was anticipating, although the animation I'm working on right now will probably make me lose more hair before it's done...

To help keep me sane, I've ...

Pic Unrelated

Page 1 - Mary strolls into the diner, apparently oblivious to the fact that she's in her wolf form. Everyone freaks out.  As she sits down at the bar, Mary asks Daisy what's g...

For SCIENCE!

Quarantine makes you do some weird stuff...

September Scribbles

Good - having a couple of hours to scribble whatever stupid things enter into my skull.

Bad - doing so on a packed flight home to Florida, trying not to think about getting sick.

There ...

Let's just skip to Halloween

 Update time!  My contract is back on again this month, and goes through mid-October...  I should just start making plans for Halloween right now.   On the bright side, my ...

Face Time!

I talk and talk about working on Daisy's rig, now I'm finally working on one of the more intimidating parts - her facial expressions!

Unless some part of her rig is so drastically broken that...

Hey there!

This week I'm pushing forward on a less-than-fun animation, so I had to draw some sanity-restoring Daisy!

The End Is Nigh?

I'm filing this under "rumors & speculation", because I haven't been able to verify it from any credible sources - Patreon supposedly lost a huge lawsuit, that could end up crippling them finan...

Some things for my free time

Having this contract resume a month sooner than expected had me pretty pissed off, at first. I'd already made plans, and then a day later had to scrap them. Money is money, though...

First on...

Figure unboxing - Cattleya

Finally cut together the Cattleya video!

Well hey there!

"hang in there!"

Spoke too soon

So, I have some good news and bad news. The good news is my UI designer for Maya is more or less complete!  The bad news is rather than having the month of August off, now it looks like I'll b...

Road Fatigue

After spending the last few weeks in Michigan, I'm now back in Florida!  And will be heading north again in 2-3 weeks, to take my niece home.  Driving 18-20 hours is not exactly fun, but ...

Figure unboxing - Deadpool

A new figure thing is up - Deadpool: Breaking the Fourth Wall, by Good Smile Company!

I'm still figuring out how I want to do these, especially when I don't have much to offer in the way of c...

Doing the thing

Hey, I can still draw! And if I want this colored in time for the 4th, I have something to do tomorrow!

 Updated - DONE! 

Updated again - Now...

Which one's next?

I'm in the process of filling up my display case at my home-away-from-home, and recording videos of the unboxing, along with turntable views...  The kicker is that in a couple of weeks, I'll h...

Campaign Paused

Friendly reminder - my Patreon campaign has been paused for the past few months. I've been too busy - and lately, burned out - to produce much in the way of new content, so it made sense to just tu...

Another figure thingy

I've been on a bit of a hiatus this month.  The contract work wore me out, and everything else that's been going on hasn't helped.  It does look like the contract may not resume until Aug...

Something a little different

I might've mentioned this before - recently I had this idea of posting unboxing videos of my figures on Youtube. Moving out of my apartment, some figures were more difficult than others to get back...

Working through exhaustion

As worn out as I am, I still need to plan ahead for when the work starts up again.  To make my job a little easier, I decided to write a picker window for the rig I've been using.  This m...

I made a Pillowfort!

All the cool kids were doing it!

Hello, burnout

The past week or so has really been something...

The latest phase of my contract is finished, and if I'm lucky I'll have the next month off.  I could certainly use it, because the job ha...

Digital Suggestion Boxilizer Thingamajig

I woke up this morning with an idea - a Python script to generate ideas for me, for those times when I really need the help.  I've seen other artists do something similar - Callmepo was the fi...

I thought I was distracted before

The past week has been exhausting - in addition to another frustrating animation set, I've been moving out of my apartment.  The move has taken longer than expected, because you never realize ...