One day in Lima

 I'd spent very little time in the Spanish-speaking world... more in Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking, where my foreign language studies have been focused (please note my speaking skills are horrible).

So my attempts to communicate kept, by reflex, defaulting to French. And a little Portuguese. I really had to focus to say a few things in Spanish. 

Our day in Lima was quick. And, given the traffic and time spent getting from point A to B, not very eventful. 

And, no offense to Lima, it was not bound to be the highlight of this trip, as stacked against Machu Picchu, Cuzco, and the Galapagos.

More soon.

Abandoned Cavalcade

 

When I was floundering a bit creatively, I wrote and thumbnailed--nearly page for page in a sketchbook--a Cavalcade OGN. When it came time to draw it, I thought it made better art-as-therapy than it did an OGN.

A few years later, I revisited a few members of the cast in a convention mini comic "Quickies." And, finally, there's this attempt to carry on the Cavalcade.

I'm not much for P'town, but after a fairly fun day trip on a dreary, rainy day that contradicted my prior experiences, I thought of this story, following a few of the past cast members and a few new ones as they approach life at 50.  Each time I've written about them, they age a bit more, and I thought it could be a fun story. But, alas, I changed my mind. All you get is a few sketches for an idea never really fleshed out.

Colorado Springs revisited

 Oddly enough, this was my second trip to Colorado Springs, both for job interviews, and this one about a year after the last. My first trip was really short, and I didn't see much of the area or the town. But this time, I got to stay a bit longer and see a little more. I thought the downtown was really charming... a very nice blend of old fashioned and lively. Like you could imagine how life used to be.

I fared alright with the altitude, but it was just a prelude to what was to come the next month!

SOS life drawing

I participate most years in Brickbottom Open Studios, to be community-active.

But what our building does is really spotty during Somerville Open Studios. These sketches stem from us putting a better foot forward.

In addition to a handful of my neighbors opening their studios, there was a gallery exhibit, a few booths in the lobby, a dance troupe performed, and I think a keyboardist was playing somewhere.

And we had a scheduled life drawing sketch sessions, where we (and the public) were encouraged to participate. It was fun, and festive. And people seemed to like watching us draw.

Draft scripts

 Here's the start of "Every Journey..." published in On the Romance Road on comiXology. Sketches, thumbnails of the first page, and a lot of the script is there. Yes, when I write for myself, this is usually what the script looks like! Or used to, before I entered grad school and had to start adhering to some standards. Admittedly, it's much easier to edit from a Word doc or Final Draft than it is this mess!

Tales from the womb

Though perhaps a little cruel to be poking fun of inappropriately-close mother-son relations, I did like the way these sketches turned out with the  brush pen inks.

Fickle fingers of Dr Fate

 

I didn't think I had much affinity for the character, but he's tagged in other sketches, so I guess I do. Primarily, I just like this sketch. Also, you might be able to see how it started on a piece of lined scrap paper (far right). I liked what I started, cut it and pasted into the sketch book and proceeded from there!

Thom said "DJ Fate" I think.