Friends of the Volcano [art post]
Reflections on A Year of No Cons
When the statewide shutdown of Washington was announced, finally terminating plans for Emerald City Comic Con, I was disappointed. Of course, I was disappointed. I was all packed. I had contingencies in place for either a last-minute acceptance into the Artist Alley or a weekend spent selling Purrmaids for my friend Kiki. I had a …
Dagrhi Portrait [art post]
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Those of you who’ve followed me a while have probably already met Dagrhi, the Lakewolf, Moon-Eyed Dog, She Who Devours, Eater of Evil, but just in case you haven’t, here is a nice introduction to her. This portrait goes with the other two I did for Astrhopi and Rhondi, which I’ve been meaning …
From the Shadow of the Fire
As I write this, Bend Oregon is heading into its fifth consecutive day with a median AQI of over 400. That’s on beyond Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, and solidly into the Hazardous zone. It looks hazardous, too. Particulate matter is so thick the trees across the street are cloaked in haze and Pilot Butte, normally visible …
Lucena Interior Illustrations [art post]
I don’t normally share interior illustrations online, but considering the amount of work that went into the ones for Lucena in the House of Madgrin, and how well they came out, and that as the publisher I possess the rights to do so, and that we are living through a global crisis, I figured this …
Signed Lucena copies in the HpP Store
They are here! Finally! Of course they’ve been available as eBooks and from Amazon for almost a month, but now I have them in stock at the Heliopause Webstore! You can order directly from there—with Apple/Google Pay, no less! Magic link is here. Thank you everyone who’s supported me here and everywhere and especially on …
Black Pride Lion + prints [Art Post]
Rise, like lions after slumber In unvanquishable number! Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you: Ye are many—they are few Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Masque of Anarchy I wanted to do something for Pride. I wanted to do something for Black Lives Matter. So here is a dark …
Astrhopi Portrait [art post]
This little colored pencil portrait of the Heliopause mascot, Astrhopi the Heliopause Pony, has been kicking around my workspace for several months. As I’ve just finished one big project (the Lucena cover) and am beginning another (Professor Odd Season Two), I took the opportunity to finish her. I am very happy, not least because this …
A Long Strange March
It snowed the weekend they closed the pool, which meant I had four days of nothing but kettlebells before I dared go out on the bike. Those four days have been the hardest so far, except maybe the ones that I was actually sick, but at the same time they were comforting. Nothing makes me …
