Head due north to Seattle, Washington for The Tentacles show on Saturday May 4th! Ltd. Gallery is hosting this impressive collection of artwork curated by Bonnie "May the 4th be with you." Burton. Come see my latest work, "The Madame" in person.
I'll be exhibiting again this year at the annual Robogames competition in San Mateo, CA. Find me in Artist Alley, just outside the wildly popular Combots battle arena. I'll have robot related artwork and lots of other things too. Hope to see you there. Here's Laughing Squid's great write-up on the event.
"The Madame" was created specifically for an upcoming tentacles-themed art event at Ltd. Gallery in Seattle, WA. The show features a myriad of pop-culture influenced artists and is curated by Bonnie Burton. My piece is inspired by black velvet pin-up girl art, black-light poster art, and the tireless work of Jacque Cousteau. 12x18" prints of the image are available right now at the Prints section of my website or directly below this post.
Here are some process shots of "The Madame".
Pencil/Ink sketches on paper.
Ink drawing on bristol board.
Basic vector artwork in Adobe Illustrator
Detailing in Manga Studio and Photoshop.
Ready to frame with edge-to-edge black background. Each print is signed in blue pencil.
These two paintings were for for a group show at Fabric8 Gallery called "Hot Fudge". The 2011 exhibition featured works created on the loose theme of sweetness. In addition to "Chocolate" and "Vanilla", there was a "Strawberry" but that little sweetie is long gone. You can find these pieces for sale in the Originals section of my Store, or just add them to your cart from below!
Here's another original work from the archives. This one was for MaxToyCo's Toy Karma show at Rotofugi Gallery. It went unsold there, sadly, but now's your chance to hang it in your home. Eyezon, attack!
Take of piece of The Daily Slimer home with you with this one-of-a-kind gouache painting. It's got a bright magenta background and is already framed. Slime your wall with a sinister spectre! $200!
I just picked up my "Dungeon Master" piece from Mission Comics & Art. It was part of a Dungeons & Dragons themed art show. It went unsold at the event, but it's now available here. The one-of-a-kind work is 8x10 inches and ready to hang. Check out more of my original works here.
I used to be notoriously bad at keeping track of my sales/expenses at comics conventions. In the past, it's been clumsy lists or even just hatch marks on paper. During a slow day at a recent Portland show, I decided to put my iPhone and Google Drive to use. I'm not a speadsheet expert, but I mangled together something that I think works a lot better than hash marks on a post-it.
Using multiple tabs inside a Google Sheet, I can keep running tallies on my expenses and my sales. The first tab, labelled "Report" keeps track of the totals of the other two, automatically subtracting "Expenses" from "Sales". If all goes well, the "Profit" cell amount is a positive number.
One of the advantages of working in Google Drive is that I can immediately open the file in my desktop's browser and see the data. Even though it is really handy to input data on my phone, it's a bit easier to edit formulas and format the spreadsheet on a computer with a keyboard.
I'm sure that this could be improved with tabs for Mailing List registrants, tax calculations, mail-orders, etc. If you'd like to take a stab at modifying my template, here's a link to my Convention Ledger Google Sheet. Here's a link to an XLS version of the sheet.
"Chase No Face" glow-in-the-dark buttons are here! They feature my portrait of Chase, a unique cat that beat the odds and lives a happy life despite her startling appearance. These buttons ship free with any purchase at my online store (no need to add them to your cart) or $3 each while supplies last.
