I Was Sucked Back Into The Fandom Tonight.

Look at this old beach bum. He can't be bothered to move for anything.

I'm concepting for November. Finding the place and atmosphere for the characters.

My cat, every meal time. We have her on a feeding schedule and she knows it by heart. She harasses me until I put food in her bowl. Sometimes she even gets the dog in on it.

(I love her to bits, though.)

The Dreamer

Now and Then.

I really liked the concept behind this guy's design but I ditched the armor and wings and made him a bit simpler. I ought to do this more. I had a lot of interesting designs back in high school and now I have the technical skills to make them look decent.

I was in a spacey mood. :)

(Also, I really want to try posting on a more regular schedule instead of letting things pile up so much. We’ll see how that goes!)

I really don’t actually paint as much as I’d like to so this was very experimental. :D

Quick backstory: Rocks. My mom loves rocks. She has a nice little collection in the yard and is always looking for nice ones to add. I found this guy a while back and thought of her immediately. After some deliberation I decided to be bold and paint it for her.

I promised to have this up, but it's late and I'm tired. I will finish tomorrow.

Museum SOS

I just saw the news that the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY is facing foreclosure after a group of donors failed to produce about $30 million USD that they had promised.

The museum is run by the Paleontological Research Institution, whose collection has about 7 million fossil specimens—one of the largest in the US—and is one of only a few natural history museums in upstate NY. PRI runs both the Museum and the Cayuga Nature Center, which is also dealing with the budget shortfall.

The organization is working on restructuring (namely downsizing) to improve their financial sustainability but they still need funds, and one thing they've said could help is if people shop at their store!

The foreclosure news broke like two days ago and their shop is already selling fast (testament to how many people want them to survive!) but there are a few items left in stock, including some prehistoric plushies. If you want to make a purchase to help maybe keep them afloat, their online gift shop is here and is honestly extremely reasonably priced.

so how about a FOOT LONG TULLY MONSTER

OR A DUNKLEOSTEUS

OR SOME

TRILOBITE SLIPPERS

They've also got some books, shirts, toys, etc. and I'm sure those sales numbers will help the authors/artists as well.

(Regular donations are also welcomed)

Character from a story that I will probably never actually work on. The boys are young gods. The Deermen are the boys' guardians.

The Flame Nebula

Credit: ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen, C. Thöne and C. Féron