Sasquatch 500: THE RETURN OF NEIL

First things first, here's some Sasquatch for you... this takes place a bit after the last comic with words, the illustration I posted of Sassy and Neil walking (and talking) in the forest is actually intended to go between this. (hit the Sasquatch tag if you have no idea what I'm on about.)

Also look at what I did:



I designed this pattern for Dear Raccoon, the design co-op that my glorious friend Kate Hall and I are starting up.The pattern is going to need some tweaking but I'm pretty proud still, making patterns is pretty intense, just so you know.

My yearly oops...

First, have this pretty (well, my Mom says it's pretty) picture of what I wore:


Nextly, OOPS.

Sorry I failed you. I didn't finish comic a day October... but I did give it some semi-good-but-mostly-okay effort.

I've been kind of focused on other things, but the good news is that come New Years I'll be all reinvigorated and I'll probably try to post here weekly again. Fingers crossed.

Also, my last "what I wore" drawing made it onto the "What I Wore Today" blog.
Which you should check out. Unless your name is Amy, because then you were probably the one who informed me I made it on the blog.

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Someone listens to Usher...

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... okay, this isn't exactly how it happened, but it's funnier like this.

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This story becomes really embarrassing really fast. it is worth like 20 billion laughs.

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Not too long ago my friend Walter sent me a link to this story about invisibility cloaking for tanks. I told him i would make him a comic about it, and that comic was the request I chose to accept for skipping yesterday. I didn't do the idea any justice.

sorry

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I've been doing this for two weeks! Yaaaaaaay

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Taking a bit of a break from the baby comics and onto more personal stuff because that is how I'm feeling right now.

the saga continues: 012

I'm surprised I've kept up this story line for so long....

Day 011

Okay, this was kind of cheap...

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Ten whole days!
also, if you don't understand what's up here this is relevant

Baby comics: 009

this is an actual story line guys! let's see if I finish it!

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it's like yesterday's... only different-ish

Bad First Date Comics: 007

No, this is not based off of a true story...

Behind the art: 006

This comic is a HOOT: day 005

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Daymn: day 003

There are no words to describe how much fun this was to draw... it isn't even interesting.

Things will get worse before they get better, day 002

Well, there goes my career in art...

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Greetings friends!
Our first comic is a bit self conscious... I promise they won't be this depressing in the future, but
dammit, let me feel my feelings.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

Comic A Day October rules:
- each comic must be at least 3 panels
- comics must be posted by 11:59pm Chicago time
- no stick figures! (unless I'm drawing someone drawing something as stick-figures)
- comics may be sketchy, as long as it isn't stick figures.
- stories may be carried on from one day to the next
- content is whatever I choose, whether it be a comic diary, or a legit story.

Now here's some incentive for you to help keep me on track...
if I miss a day, you guys get to tell me what/who my next comic is going to be about*
plus, every day I miss means I need to add 3 extra panels on top of the minimum 3 for each day

so if I miss 1 day, that means my next comic is at least 6 panels
I miss 2, 9 panels.. etc etc

*failing that, I will use a random word generator

What I wore...

Sorry for the lack of posting, I've been ... I don't know.

What I've Been Up To.

So I've been M.I.A. from this sketch blog again. My life has been a crazy whirlwind of things, all of them awesome.

The big announcement though is that my amazing friend Kate and I have decided to start a business together with the focus currently on doing Jewelry and Invitation/Stationary designs for weddings.

Here's an example of an invite made by yours truly:

and in cream/green

Oh look...

Oh look, stuff

Summer

It felt like summer for a few days here in Chicago. I was really enjoying it.

It's cold again, but hopefully this will bring that summer feeling back:

Fairy Tales

I've been doing sketches based on Grimm's Fairy Tales:

The Six Swans

The King's Son Who Feared Nothing

The Rose

Also, I think we're going to switch to just tuesday updates for now, I cannot get my act together on this whole Friday thing....

Awful Comics

these are just bad...

Why no update?

Sorry for the lack of update, the art is made I just need to scan it and as I was one of those crazy women who stayed up all night to watch a wedding between two people I don't know, in a country I don't live in, I am horribly sleep deprived.

so, sorry... I'll get back on track soon I hope!

Back from outerspace...

It's been a hard move but I'm back in Chicago...

I don't have much to show you... but let's start with this background pattern:

And then we have this doodle of me now vs me in high school:

?????????

Where did yesterday's post go? I think Blogger is playing a trick on me...

Ghosts

1. I am super sorry that I forgot about last Friday, I will make it up to you somehow internet!

2. I may be moving back to Chicago in April, so there might be some interruptions in our regularly scheduled updates

3. Here are some ghosts in various hues:

Stuff is stufflike

I have nothing to say.. here take these:

nothing good

nothing good comes from my brain this week... I give up

Mooooooon

Inspiration Friday

I have some stuff I'm working on, but it's been a busy week so I thought I'd mix it up by posting some music videos:


Caro Emerald has a lot of amazing videos, but I particularly like the use of primary colors in this video.


This video is what made me start listening to Andrew Bird in the first place I love the bugs and the animation aspects of it.
and speaking of animation, another Andrew Bird video features parts of a stop motion animation by Lisa Barcy, who taught at SAIC while I was attending: check it out


I love a good narrative song, and narrative videos, they make life worth living. Also for something more crazy and *ahem* empowering, see Amanda Palmer's Map of Tasmania

And because I can't stay serious for too long:

WTF? Does Doro think she's Harrison Ford? That's the only way I can describe this video...

Posters for Gigs that will Never Happen

A few weeks ago I pestered my friends for band names so I could make gig posters... because I've always wanted to make some, and none of my friends are in bands.

I have more names, so I'll probably make more at some point.

see you friday

Sketch Friday

This is not the post I planned on making today, but then I read this and got scared that everyone I draw looks the same.

So I decided to test this with the cast of the comic that was once a comic, that has an entire expanded universe in my head, that will probably never be a comic again.

The female cast turned out okay:

The male cast runs into a bit of trouble in that they are all standardly good looking...

well... except the old one....

there are stylistic issues too.. that is why this will never be a comic again.

The First March Post for 2011

Welcome to March! I think I did pretty OK on the Feb posts, don't you?

Here's some conjoined mermaids who may or may not show up again:

Some ladies doodled in brown pencil:
And a little doodle of Yvaine from Stardust:
See you Friday!