Being out of it.

Sometimes I feel like I’ve been dosed.  It’s been an unbelievably busy Fall for me.  I rarely sleep enough.  I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot and I’ve been productive.  The above image is from a comic commission that’s been keeping me pretty busy.  I prefer to be drawing robots and spaceships, and drawing panel after panel of emotional people in rather drab hospital environments has been a real challenge!  I learned a lot, though, and made some headway in keeping character consistency, which is much easier to do with robots…

Anyway, the story for the above illustration can be a real downer at times, and it was made more emotional by talking to some of the actual people the story is written around.  I was tempted to make an alternate ending where a giant mech bursts in and saves the day.  Maybe later…

 

What I’ve been doing:

No, not the above, but sometimes I feel like it.  I know, I  know.  I haven’t posted in a while.  It’s been a fairly insane year for me.  I’ve moved three times, started a new (day) job, and become truly single for the first time in 17 years… life is different now!  I love it, though.  I’ve found myself drawing more than I have since grad school, my freelance client base has increased, and dating in one’s late 30’s is a lot more fun than I would have thought… if kind of weird.  Anyway, things are working out for the best.

I’m going to go ahead and promise to post more about more artwork from here on out.  Thanks for checking out this blog, and stay tuned for more…