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I'm an independent illustrator and artist. Here is the archive of my Weekly Wednesday Newsletters starting in September 2022

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WWN: FanExpo and Gas

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 111 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Fan Expo I was at Fan Expo this weekend, and it was ok I don't think I made much (I should have kept better track). All I know is that the table cost like 380 and I think I just made that back lol, but then I also bought food and stuff. Basically broke even. That's ok A436 Despite not doing as well as Emerald City Comic Con, I definitely felt that my mindset was better. I was more at peace, knowing that whatever happens...

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 110 [GREETING GOES HERE] Thanks for your messages last week! What's Going On This weekend going to Fan Expo to sell stuff. Hope it goes well Archsage ok sobi Random Drawings Made a poster for a potluck yesterday lol: arf! What I've been thinking about Let me know if you want a Christmas card from me I've been waking up consistently. Good job Andrew I think my word of the year is "initiative" (but don't like expect this of me lol. it's just my own goal) Thank...

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 109 [GREETING GOES HERE] oh. hi! What's Going On Just got back from Vegas last Friday! I didn't really want to go tbh, but I'm sort of glad I did this year Since Ben had that cocktail party again, I came just to catch up with friends and meet more people (also to help set up lol). It was cool that people recognized me, and we continued to develop relationships from last year. cut lots of fruit again During the party, I had surprisingly good and deep...

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 109 [GREETING GOES HERE] beginning of year What's Going On I should be in Vegas by now. I'm prob like talking to strangers or something. Wish me luck! Pencil Sketches Just hands this week. My comfort zone Digital Stuff What I've been thinking about 0 calorie sodas are crazy I seem to be very busy but don't feel like I'm making progress. I guess looking back it's not really true, and progress also isn't very straightforward anymore. But could also be I'm trying...

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 108 [GREETING GOES HERE] I'm going to that writers conference in Vegas again. It's next week, so I might not post but we'll see! What's Going On Pencil Sketches Switched to pencil drawing cause I was feeling a bit burnt out from digital stuff. It's a been a while since I pencil i messed up eye on the right a lil That Other Board Game I thought this design was cool, but client didn't like the robot parts...sad bees with nees Random Drawings yehaw meow arf arf...

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 107 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Pooh The pooh game is almost done on Kickstarter! Pretty happy with how it's going Archsage Most of this week has been drawing that Archsage comic. I got like 20 pages left.... Cover Worked on another book cover with Jenneth where I do the drawing and she does the text and layout! It was really neat practicing no-lineart painting and I'm really happy with how it turned out Waves Don't really have many drawings to show...

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 106 [GREETING GOES HERE] Went to Yosemite this weekend with the hs friends. Started using my camera again, so here are some photos What's Going On Artsy Stuff I mashed together some photos cloudz That Other Board Game This one was pretty fun to draw. Came together very well: bee's nees Archsage ngl I'm kind of ready to wrap this comic up me irl Random Drawings Kind of forget what I've shared already....but hopefully these are new? o my hi! What I've been...

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 105 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Lot of painting studies recently loll Random Drawings Birds but no bees: grrrrr I made a new background for this one: Don't think I nailed the likeness, but I'm trying to get better at it: unfortunately I was not able to find pictures of men anywhere I think I'm having trouble with faces cause I've created a habit of automatically using specific colors even when it's not how they actually appear. Also cause faces require...

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 104 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On I got to 1k followers on Instagram finally lol. After like 5 years! Real happy Random Drawings Eggs: I redrew an orange I did 2 years ago reference 2 years ago few days ago Other Stuff Pooh The Kickstarter is going really well! Excited for it to come out and to get a copy lol Archsage Been putting a lot of time into this recently. Trying to get it done. Here's a statue: hmmmmmmmm What I've been thinking about I might...

Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 103 [GREETING GOES HERE] I needa get out more What's Going On Board Games Hi! The game I was working on is up on Kickstarter now! It funded super fast, which I'm thankful for. Random Drawings I'm trying to level up my art I've been workin on blending and trying to get more subtle value shifts This type of lighting was always really hard for me, but looks so cool: hmm ok ok yes! ok ok man Really loved how this turned out: Goals for next week: Animals. Then...