Well, hello again. I've had an interesting break from posting, pondering the meaning of life and the economy and how to save the world. I wrote an economic fairness manifesto I'm still contemplating... to see if I should release it into the world, or do what the Art Business Gurus say, which is to buckle down and be on the all-art-books-channel.
Well, for now, I'm back at the art. It is, after all, what I live for. Thanksgiving weekend was swell. The Thai food I had was not super inspirational, but the other three days of getting to be me, well that was superfantastic. I really got back into Death's Daughter and the Basket of Kittens artmaking again. I am remembering the mixed joys of working with colored ink and gouache on paper. On the one hand, it's beautiful. On the other hand, it leaves little room for error. It's both super easy and super hard. I think for my next book, I'll try something more forgiving, like acrylics (but how will they scan!? They are kind of shiny!) or my new acrylic gouaches, which I've never taken out for a true test.
I have made what I believe are final, final, final revisions to the Death's Daughter text. Of course, this means more drawing. I can't take the easy way out, now can I? I realized that the complex concept of exactly how "death absorbing kittens" unleash their powers probably needs a bit more explanation. But the Muse gave me some fantastic edits, once I finally had time to sit down and listen this last weekend.
And speaking of Muses, David Mitchell is my new human muse. David has been a good friend for a godzillion years, and is my first cash investor in my new business. I do have patrons who have been helping me with my tech side for forever (don't know if he wants to be named or not) and people have bought my works, for which I'm hugely grateful. But David has coughed up, unasked, some startup cash, and to thank him, I figured I'd let you know. And I should also mention that he's single, straight, awesome, and lives in Vermont. Let me know if you want his number. To thank David, I think I will name a character after him, perhaps either the main human character in Ponyhunter, a book in its early stages about an ill-fated love affair between a pegacorn and a human, or else I will write a book to honor him- I'm nearly ready to write a book about a cannibal, anyway. Not that David is a cannibal, but this is my world and I get to make things up around here.
We shall see.
In other news, I am going to Paradise for Christmas. If you never hear from me again, it will be because I am selling bottles of sand to tourists in Hawaii and living in a hovel, basking in the eternal sun and warm breezes.
P.S.: Watch NBC's Grimm. It's good, and Portland is one of the main characters. She looks so pretty and mossy... but the palm trees are stunted here and it's too cold for comfortable hovel life.
P.P.S: I took pictures for you, but they are at home and I am not. I owe you a visual feast soon.
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