Well, after my flurry of posting due to the beast that which was COMICON, I will be yet again traveling away from a scanner for a few days. I will, however, sketch every day and upon my return will share them.

Much love, will see you in a week!

Comicon. This was my first time going – EVER! The speakers were wonderful, so brilliant – I actually got to see James Jean who its totally awesome and not just an amazing illustrator.
But…the crowds were terrifying. So terrifying, that Sunday I didn’t even go to Charles Vess’s signing, something I had been looking forward to for months, because Saturday’s crowds were so crazy. Otherwise, it was fantastic. Yeah. Other than cold sweat, chest pains, and breathing exercises, it was allllll good!
Next time I’m wearing really big shoes so I’m super tall, and a spiked inner tube so people don’t knock me around.

The older I get the more skeptical I have become with donating to charities. The sad truth of it is many of us have been at the brunt of some person or scam artist appealing to our better nature.  From that experience somewhere we decided “not ever again will I be fooled”.

I still give to charities, but now I research where my money is going. A site I love is Charity Navigator to find out how efficiently a charity is using the donated funds. However, Child Fund International is a charity I have been supporting for about 5 years now regularly. The way they work is you sponsor a child. This means, you give $24 a month through Child Fund to that child and his or her family. This covers food, medical supplies, water, clothes, books, school, as well as programs that help the community become self sufficient. You also write letters with your sponsored child, or if they are too young, then with their family. Child Fund has people to translate the letter, and you are sent both the original handwritten note as well as the translation. In this way you can stay in communication with the child and really see the effects your donations are doing. Also, they have a great score on Charity navigator.   In the 5 years I have been with them I feel like I really am helping someone, someone I am building a relationship with through letters.

So, after all of that – I recommend you check them out at https://www.childfund.org/

Who knows, it might be good fit. And, even in you cannot afford to regularly sponsor a child, you can make one-time donations here and they will use that money where it is the most needed.

Have a great weekend peeps! I am going to COMICON, and therefore will be unable to post. We shall reconnect on Tuesday. Hopefully all that art will inspire me and I will have some daily sketches!

OH SNAP! I havent posted todays! Well, be expecting a barrage of images on Tuesday.

CIAO!

So here are some photos of my weekend underpainting and progress.

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A small episode of food poisoning from this weekend has continued to make me a bit useless in the evenings. I do have daily sketches to share! They are scanned and ready to be uploaded – hopefully tonight I will have my wits about me and sit down after a day of work and upload these exercises.
I also have photos from my weekend progress on Panda!

So, if all goes well, tonight will be barrage of posts. If not, you know I got home and fell asleep drooling on the couch, clutching my tummy.

oops

Wow….I haven’t posted. This week has felt like one long day. I didnt get my sketching in – that makes me a little sad – HOWEVER! It is friday, and I will be able to draw and paint!

I have 13 paintings, plus the cover, to do for my Panda story.  I must finish. I want to finish so bad. Eegads.

Anyway, wil be posting on Sunday, have a great Friday, everyone!

Meet Fuffly! Hes very fluffy and furry and cute and likes pets. Heeees FUFFLY!

Greetings, fellow Monday survivalists. I got to paint the first page of “Panda” over the weekend! I didn’t finish, but I will soon. If you are not on my mailing list yet and would like to see the final work, I recommend you get on it by clicking here!

When I am finished, hopefully in the next few weeks (hey, some of us work for others!) I will be sending a link to view it via my mailing list, because those peeps are exclusive!

Those of you already on my mailing list, thank you so much for your support and interest, and I hope I do not disappoint.

Have a lovely Monday!

I am so sorry. Yeah, I know I post a lot of cat pictures. I think I might be the crazy cat lady now. Anyway, HAPPY FRIDAY!

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She done got knocked up! Inspired by a chat with my friend Kriszti! Thanks girl!

Another failed attempt at a character for one of my stories…so close…so i guess its not an entire fail.

Hiya! Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!
I wanted to give you guys a preview of the redone first page of “Panda”. I’m going to be painting this in acrylic. Forgive the giant watermark.

Sorry guys, I have been productive, jut unable to post. Although it is not daily sketches I’ve been working on, its Panda. Here are some photos for you to see what I have been up to: (more…)