An Age-Old Question: Chicken-Squid or Squid-Chicken
Well, which is it?This began as a sketch in Affinity Designer on my iPad so I could experiment with some of it's features I downloaded it for (like mesh transform and texture maps). I never got around to that as this sketch took on a life of it's own. I switched over to Affinity Designer to turn this into a complete vector image. It was incredibly time consuming, but I love the crisp edges and lines that come with vectors. And as is normal for me, I put a lot more detail into some areas than can possibly
Happy Mother’s Day 2019!
Here it is, the 2019 Mother's Day card for my awesome wife! Another year, another card for my wife on Mother's Day. The dragon/kids keep growing. It's always a challenge to come up with a new image, as I usually try to have it reference something we've done of note over the past year. It's tough when the things of note are often the same, like hikes we've taken. We certainly try to hike a lot, so reflecting that is fine. It's just coming up with scenes and compositions that aren't too repetitive. In the last few years,
New Shirt Friday: 10 Things for Your Torso!
It's New Shirt Friday time! As promised, here's the much anticipated (well, not really) 10 Things shirt! I wish I could say I came up with this design idea myself, but it was my middle son that inspired this. I was going through a gazillion variations for a 10 Things shirt when my son peered over my shoulder at my iPad and said "Oh, I thought you were going to do each page in a grid", similar to the Faces/Emotions of Vader (or Chewbacca) shirts (I have them both). It's brilliant. I originally had 10 Things written at
New Shirt Friday: 100% Plunger Monkey Approved!
You know, I should have titled all these weekly posts as New Shirt Friday: (insert appropriate and/or witty subtitle). Oh well. Anytacos, it's New Shirt Friday again! I like the badge/stamp motif. I came up with several variations of this particular design (not uncommon for me) and struggled to chose one to go with. The others will likely get a few tweaks and be available at some point. Maybe I'll do a new 100% Plunger Monkey Approved shirt every year or something. It's a simple, clean design and I like it. I had wanted to add some texture
New Shirt Alert: Eye of the Tiger 2.0
It's later than I'd like, but it's still New Shirt Friday! Despite the kids being home for April vacation this week, I'm still hitting my weekly goal, which feels good. I spent a lot of time this week tinkering with a whole variety of different shirt ideas in between life and parenting interruptions. I was mostly done with this week's shirt design earlier in the week, but I made a few tweaks all the way up until listing it moments ago (partially because I forgot to do a few steps). After working on the image intently for a few
NEW SHIRT FRIDAY: Bang Your Head!
Look! A consistent posting pattern! How long will it last? I can't answer that, so enjoy it while it lasts. In case the title wasn't obvious enough, I've decided Friday is going to be New Shirt Friday. At least until I make it through the various new shirt ideas I've got. This week's offering targets a particular nitch. Well, I guess you could say all my shirts target specific nitches of one kind or another (like fans of monkeys with plungers on their heads. That's pretty specific). I am a self-proclaimed metal head. I'm not a die-hard concert goer
Please let me know what you think, it makes my brain happy.