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Lee’s Dragons: Arctic Dragon

It's that time of year again! My wife had a birthday, so she got another dragon illustration! This year's dragon for my wife's birthday: the Arctic (or Polar) Dragon. This clocked in at about 56 hours and 4 minutes, give or take. It's a slight departure from the previous entries in that it's (digital) pen and ink, rather than a fully rendered digital painting. It was my wife's request, she prefers my ink work I guess.I studied some images of polar bears to get an appropriate gesture as well as looked up some arctic scenery. I wanted it

September 21st, 2020|1 Comment

PMD Fandom

Does two people count as a fandom? Let's pretend it does. Okay, I do realize that between other friends and family, there are more than just two PMD fans, but these two stand out. The daughter of one of my best friends from high school is apparently a PMD fan. This is her version of the xmas ornament I made and sent out a few years back and I love it. The xmas ornament I made in 2016: One of my best friends from my college days and super talented artist, Cat, made this fan art

August 18th, 2020|0 Comments

One Last Thank You

(I wrote this post over a month ago at this point, but I have held off on posting until I received my print, assessed it's quality, and then sent prints to my parents and my siblings. Those prints are finally in their hands, so I can make this post without spoiling anything). I’ll get to the title of this post in a bit. Be forewarned, this is going to be long, and perhaps emotional. On June 8, 2020, my last remaining grandparent, my memere, passed away, two weeks to the day after her 99th birthday. I knew it was

August 6th, 2020|1 Comment

What Time Is It?

It's Plunger Monkey Dynamo Time! (That's the answer to the question/title of this post...in case you didn't read the title) Did you happen to notice? I posted a new IPMDT strip for the first time in, like, a year. Literally. I had said a week or so ago that I was aiming to start working on the strip again this past Monday (which happened to be June 1. Now, I view dates as random in general, but sometimes certain things happen on certain dates and the coincidence makes my Brain happy. First IPMDT panel in a year on the

June 3rd, 2020|0 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day, 2020!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. It is a very weird situation to try to celebrate the people in our lives that have played such vital roles during a pandemic when we can't, or shouldn't, be physically close. Whether it's my own mother, my grandmother, my wife, my sister, my aunts...all the mothers in my life and my family have had a positive impact on my life, and it's very fair to say I wouldn't be here in one way or another without their love and support over the years. I love you all, and thank

May 11th, 2020|1 Comment

So, Uh, How’s Everybody Doing?

It's been a while since I've posted anything. I've been mostly keeping up with the shorter posts on FB and Instagram, but I thought I might get a little rambly, so I figured a blog post might be better. First up, we are all healthy and fine in our household, and so far I can say the same for my extended family. Having the kids home to do virtual learning is going okay, but it has plenty of challenges. It's about as disruptive to my studio plans as summer vacation, but the important thing is is that everyone is

April 13th, 2020|4 Comments

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