Digging Up The Archives
I’m focusing on being positive this week, what with the anniversary and my brain’s attempts to continue to sabotage me. For the most part this has manifested in new writing, new items going up in the...
View ArticleNew Week Old Software
Much to my delight I found out this weekend that Apophysis, the fractal software I used to enjoy making images with as the base of some of my old artworks, is still available and has been updated to...
View ArticleAt last, the weekend
It’s Saturday night, I’ve been working, and I’ve had counselling. I think I can stop now. At least, I would if not for all the Diwali fireworks that are making me flinch. So, here’s some more digital...
View ArticleWell It Keeps My Step Count Up
I got home today and realised that I’d been on my feet all day, barring a quick sit down for lunch. With only a small crew on duty today, it kept me on my toes, and so when I had got home and...
View ArticleDecking The Halls
Yes, I know it’s not yet (quite) December, but its been a horrible year so letting people start to get creative in their decorations is an important morale booster. At the libraries this week this has...
View ArticleUnexpected Sale
I sold my first original yesterday – I was on a Discord server chatting to people and posted a recent sketch I’d done to illustrate to the channel the sort of things I do. This led to an enquiry about...
View ArticleArt Stuff
I noticed today that I’ve been bumped up a tier in Amazon Merch which increases the number of designs I can sell from 10 to 25. I’ve been focused on Raglan tshirt designs there for the clarity they...
View ArticleNew T-Shirt Design
We’re still batting ideas around for cool ideas for tshirt designs around the Dungeons and Dragons group – the DDC – and so a lot of the random pieces of paper or journals around me are covered in...
View ArticleFor A Few Designs More
Work was work, and so this evening I’ve worked on some old graphics to bring them up to scale to use on tshirts on Amazon UK. I’m considering putting a few up for other countries at some point, but as...
View ArticleNext: A Day Off
Somehow this week has sped past while simultaneously seeming to go very slowly, which has done wonders for my stress management – but at least I’m off tomorrow and can recharge my batteries a little....
View ArticleCreative Moments
My brain decided that a good way to start today would be with a drawing while I supped my coffee. It came out really really well, even if I’m not entirely sure what I drew, so that’s put me in a good...
View ArticleGentle Chatter
I could tell that people were getting excited about the next phase of easing restrictions by just how many families came in to return books and browse for more. Its been a while since the library I...
View ArticleMigraines and Musings
Yesterday was lost to a migraine, today in scrambling to cover for an error in rota planning – so that was tiring. I have at least been creative on the drawing front in the evenings The first picture...
View ArticleAn Afternoon’s Sketching
I have treated myself to doing very little today. A bit of Destiny and then a lot of sketching. Sometimes it’s the simple things that make a day No, I have no idea
View ArticleMonday Musings
My weeks normally start with a day off, but with the new job starting in a month or so I’ll be working full time so I want to try and use the time while I still have it. So today I finally got round...
View ArticleEasing Into The Week
Today started a bit frantically as I picked up various emails from yesterday, but I soon got things settled, and had a conversation or two to address some not-so-hidden elephants. So all in all not a...
View ArticleIt’s the Weekend! Almost!
Time to relax…oh, wait… as you were… On the plus side, although I’m working tomorrow, I have already prepped enough material for a couple of game sessions so I won’t be too anxious on that front this...
View ArticleMaps and Pens and Rock and Roll
My current methods of zoning out and calming down continue to mostly be drawing and making maps. I bought a book of gridded paper off Amazon recently, and have started filling pages with designs that...
View ArticleDesigns and Markets
There has been a shift in how Amazon handles designs for their merch initiative, and it has been a joy to realise just how wide a reach this potentially gives me in terms of markets. It isn’t just the...
View ArticleMore Markets
I’m pretty sure I mentioned a while back that I’d been notified that Amazon were about to start widening my access to various markets with a program of translation into various languages in an...
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