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I’m Awake, I’m Awake

Jan 31st, 2012
by paul.
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Been a while.

On top of slacking, I’ve done some non-slacking. Working on a story game with Josh Jordan and working on my own RPG. Both have gone to the playtest phase recently. Project Shopkeeper is shelved for a little bit while I work on those, but will be back before you know it. I’m almost finished with a painting for my mother, so, once I get some good photos, that’s probably the next thing I have to show off.

I’ve been wrestling with the idea of filling this place with articles and thoughts on art, storytelling, and game design. On one hand, I want this to be about my art more than a journal. But on the other hand, these things interest me a lot and frequently are my art. We’ll see what shakes out.

Posted in: Excuses.

Gone Slackin’

Sep 20th, 2011
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Will get back with updates soon. Been enjoying the onset of fall with the distinct exception of allergies. I haven’t been hit hard by allergies here for years, but even with meds, they’re nasty this year. Stupid genetics.

So, because of a screwy throat, I’ve been drinking a lot of tea. For some years, my family has patronized a Chinese restaurant owned by a very colorful dude who serves fantastic tea that is not commercially available here. He orders it in large quantities and has given some to us at various times. He insists that the digestive aids of tea are the reason that Chinese people live for a long time. I can attest that it does help with heart burn.

My love of beer and tea have yet to combine, but I think I’m going to try some hops tea.

Posted in: Excuses, Food.

Hops Season

Sep 6th, 2011
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It actually IS time to harvest hops. So I decided to paint some.

I need to do some more crisp and opaque painting to capture the thin bracts (petal-like leaves on the body of the flower). I hope to expand my ability to render textures digitally with this. But I also love beer. I intend to do some beer label designs pretty soon, so familiarizing myself with drawing the ingredients should be some good prep. I’ll continue work on Shopkeeper art as well as some other things, but I wanted a change of pace for now.

Posted in: Beer, Digital, Painting, Study.

Cat Season

Sep 5th, 2011
by paul.
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I’ve been feeling a little restless lately. I have a lot of small projects I’m trying to get started. I’m trying to do my own podcast, I’d like to start some collaborative art with friends, and I’ve resumed work on a roleplaying game I’ve been working on for several months. On top of Project Shopkeeper, that’s kept me distracted from art. I should have play-test stuff for that in a week. My first print run of trial cards turned out to be a little thin, so I have to go with thicker card stock and do a new round of cuts. It’s tedious, but necessary.

Anyway, I feel more focused now that the season seems to have changed. I love autumn and this summer has been relentless. So, with my completion of the drawn out Project Shopkeeper test card saga and the shift in weather, it’s back to art with gusto.

For a few years, I’ve made a series of cards for my mom on Mother’s Day and her birthday based around her cats. I’ve improved my digital painting greatly since the last one, so I spruced up the cat drawing.

Original:

New and fancy:

The revision is certainly not complete, but I’m cool with improving it in stages. The next stage should bring back a bit more of Saki’s (the front cat’s) coloration.

Posted in: Digital, Drawing, Excuses, Finished Work, Painting.

Blechkeeper

Aug 18th, 2011
by paul.
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Monday, August 22nd Update: I got my printing and cutting problem solved. Even got my hands on a rounded-corner cutter (which I probably won’t use, but is still cool – maybe if the test card corners wear too much). So I’m spending my time making cards, which is a little weird because I only have a vague idea of balance at this point. I’ll probably finish before the weekend, so I’ll update again soon with photos and reports of actual play. Crazy, I know.

From the 18th: More like Blechprinter. It’s just for tests, but my printer didn’t handle these cards too well. I’m going to have to make the colors bolder and completely do away with the lighter tone nonsense for some of the text. I might get another painting entry in the next couple of days, but I’m going to be spending a lot of my time on getting these cards done so I can inflict a test on my gaming group this Sunday. I’ll get some photos of everything in action.

I’m running a Harry Potter hack of the Dresden Files RPG for them on Sunday, too. I might have some game master technique stuff to talk about afterward, but I’m definitely going to work on some new school house banners for the game sometime soon.

Posted in: Excuses, Game.

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