INKTOBER 2025 Wrap Up (and a little life catch up)
Hey! Long time, no see. Or something. Well, I am finally done with Inktober 2025. I usually spill over into November, but I don't know if I've ever spilled over into December. I thouht for sure I was going to be more on schedule heading into October this year. On paper, I should have more time on my hands to spend in the studio. I finally stepped down as scoutmaster of our local scout troop after almost 8 years and 15 total years of volunteering. I'm still registered and help out from time to time, but my weekly commitment is very minimal.
LEE’S DRAGONS: PORCUPINE DRAGON
Another year, another dragon. I probably say that every year, but I don't care. For anyone new or for anyone that doesn't remember (I don't assume anyone follows me closely enough to remember these things), many years ago I started a tradition of drawing a dragon for my wife's birthday that she can use as her PC wallpaper. She sits in front of a monitor all day for work, so this is my attempt to make her often challenging, long, and frustrating days slightly better. Aside from being my best friend and the love of my life and all
PMD Arcade Cabinet: A Peak into the PMD Monkeyverse
Now that it's been a month or so since I finally finished and delivered this project to my brother, I figure it's time to take a closer look at it for those that wish to indulge my obsessive tendency for details. To recap, sometime around Thanksgiving 2024, my younger brother told me he, as part of his renewed interest in retro games, purchased a table top arcade cabinet kit that he planned to install the buttons and an old laptop and monitor or something to make an all in one old school gaming machine. He asked if I wanted
Happy Mother’s Day 2025!
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers out there, especially my own mother and my wife! The dragon kids are another year older for my annual Mother's Day card for my wife. Over the last few years I've been forced to start thinking about what I'm going to do for these as the kids get even older (how dare they) and eventually "leave the nest". So far, I've tried to make the theme for each card a reference either to a specific thing we did as a family (a place we went, an adventure we went on) or
It’s About Flippin’ Time
Well, only four and a half months late, but I'm finally done with Inktober 52 2024. It's been a long slog. I was actually staying current with the prompts up until October, when the "regular" Inktober took over. Right after that I had to launch into the standard end of the year/holiday projects and obligations. I tried to catch up despite that, but failed. Then I took on that arcade cabinet project for my brother (if you follow me on social media you've seen the progress of that), which I really got carried away with (big surprise), starting in
INKTOBER 2024 WRAP UP
Only a full month (plus) late and down a few dozen pens (not really, but I killed quite a few this year), I'm finally done with Inktober 2024. I'm always behind schedule, because that's how life is and I have this habit of noodling and obsessing over details. In general, though, I do kind of feel like I work faster, but because of that, I think I plan more complicated pieces. This year felt like I had a lot more interruptions in the studio, which I think predominantly came from my recovery process from thumb surgery (I won't completely
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