Small ballpoint pen drawing at our monthly artist meeting

And a timelapse of MOST of the drawing. Rough sketch was done on paper, and I also forgot to turn on the recording feature in ClipStudio initially.

What can I say? Some years are more optimistic than others. But ya know, the usual festive wishes to all of you! Work schedule was a little tight this holiday, so I had a little less time to do this year's card.

Ballpoint pen doodle while riding the Metra.

Small ballpoint pen drawing at the monthly artist hangout.

Some pencil drawing practice. Ended up being a little reminiscent of the shades in Hades. Unintentional, but I HAVE been playing a lot of Hades 2 lately.

Ballpoint pen drawing at the monthly artist gathering.

Pencil sketch done at the monthly artist gathering

Ballpoint pen doodle. Mostly done on the train the other day but then overworked a bit more at home.

Cheap ballpoint pen drawing in a cheap sketchbook. Kinda got lost and overworked it a bit too much. Started out as a jellyfish inspired creature, but now it kind of looks like a drunk penguin eating noodles.

A small pencil drawing in the sketchbook. Whenever I go long stretches of doing client work (especially for more corporate clients), my brain gets scrambled and I can't figure if all the creativity got squeezed out of me. Always a bit of a struggle trying to draw after that. At least for a few.

Finished this small ballpoint pen drawing that I had started earlier today at the monthly artist gathering.

Ballpoint pen sketch

I just backed It Came From Hallowzine! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/rev...

Ballpoint pen drawing done at our monthly artist gathering.

Cover reveal for It Came From Hallowzine! We were very lucky to have Wesley Wong @weswongwithyou.bsky.social do the illustration for this year's Hallowzine. We will be launching a Kickstarter to help fund the printing of this book next week Tuesday. #itcamefromhallowzine #hallowzine2025

weswongwithyou It Came From Hallowzine kickstarter from Aquatic Panda Distro will be launching on July 22nd! I got to do the drawing for the cover. I love the treatment that @super_edco and @saturn2169.bsky.social did for it www.kickstarter.com/projects/rev... #itcamefromhallowzine #hallowzine2025

Cover by ME! Colors by @weswongwithyou.bsky.social Wesley Wong. I've known Jim since he was the lone physics professor in the MN FallCon Artist Alley in the early 00s. Jim teaches at U of MN, so that's Minneapolis behind us looking north on Nicollet towards downtown.

Ballpoint pen drawing at our monthly artist gathering.

Playing around with.. mostly watercolors. Still learning. Had to add in some colored pencils, gouache and white pen because I didn't plan ahead properly and lack the skills to define edges consistently. Also added some glow-in-the-dark acrylic over the top of it because I had some lying around.

PC was tied up with backing up work files so I putzed around with some watercolors in this mini sketchbook. Everything was done entirely with low-grade art supplies that I got from the amazon vine. Heh

Thank you so so much, this was my favorite thing I've written in a while, I just love it, and @geneha.com went and made it a billion times better. He added so much and so much visual genius, I can't stand it. I LOVE HIM EVEN IF HE EATS BABIES.

It's been a couple of weeks since the release of Welcome to Twilight issue 3. I managed to pick up a copy this past weekend, ( Thanks ‪@amazingfantasyff ) I thought I'd share some "before-and-after" of some of the pages showing @geneha.com ‬ art, followed by my colors.

Short reviews are all out! I think I've got the full review episode coming in a bit but make sure you check out Welcome to Twilight 3! This is written by Gail Simone with art by Gene Ha & is a wickedly fun and kinda naughty one shot! youtube.com/shorts/wXeL_...

From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight #3 is without a doubt one of the most gorgeous comics I've read all year! @gailsimone.bsky.social, @pattonoswalt.bsky.social, @blumjordan.bsky.social, @geneha.com, Wesley Wong & @blambot.bsky.social all bring their triple A-games here!

Founds this photogenic little spider roaming around in the kitchen. Photos aren't as sharp as they could be since it was crawling around on my fingertip, so I was one-handing my SLR setup.

Ballpoint pen sketch from today's artist get together. Execution is flawed, but I'm low on sleep and high on flimsy excuses.

Ballpoint pen sketch. Not sure the paper can hold any more ink. 😆

Up to @gailsimone.bsky.social & @geneha.com but I’d give my left some sort of body part to see that happen.

You guys know the Green Snatch?

Available NOW at your local comic shop - From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight #3 💥 Gail Simone and Gene Ha team up to bring back your favorite lovable loser, crab Louie!! @darkhorse.com @gailsimone.bsky.social @geneha.com @blumjordan.bsky.social @pattonoswalt.bsky.social

So, out today is one of my favorite things I have ever had the pleasure to do in comics. From the world of MINOR THREATS, the incredible @GeneHa and I tell the story of failing superhero and crab man, CRAB LOUIE. Pick it up, Gene has done something amazing here. Incredible!

Crab Louie fans, today is your day. Welcome To Twilight #3 is available at your LCS.

Out tomorrow! Here's one of the Gene's pages before I went in and scribbled all over it!

Out this week is an unbelievable story from @gailsimone.bsky.social and @geneha.com that follows Crab Louie to the depths of crappy con appearances to the heights of actual herodom as he struggles to reconnect with his family. You will believe a crustacean can cry.

Out in 2 days, Wed May 21 at your LCS! Cuz ya asked, our book in @pattonoswalt.bsky.social and @blumjordan.bsky.social's #MinorThreats universe Welcome To Twilight #3 w @gailsimone.bsky.social colorist @weswongwithyou.bsky.social and ME about life on the wrong side of a comic con table :)

Crab Louie Must Make Back His Table Fees! in @darkhorse.com's WELCOME TO TWILIGHT #3 by @gailsimone.bsky.social, @geneha.com, @weswongwithyou.bsky.social & @blambot.bsky.social @minorthreats.bsky.social #NCBD #WelcometoTwilight #DarkHorseComics #MinorThreats popculthq-comics.com/preview-welc...

There is no Minor Threats without Top Ten. There is no Top Ten without @geneha.com. Every one of Gene’s pages made me drool to the point that I almost ruined my iPad. I dare you to find a more beautiful comic this year.

Out next week! So many great people involved in the creation as well as appearing in the book!

Went to flush the water heater and didn't realize that a bee set up camp inside the inlet of the hose reel. Unwinding the hose caused the water inside to eject the bee and all the pollen it had been gathering. It flew away after cleaning itself off. Hopefully it's able to lay eggs elsewhere.

Small 10-color ballpoint pen sketch.

Still recovering from COVID, but I should be back to normal soon. Here's ballpoint pen drawing.. This time it's one of those 10-color ones.

Didn't make it to today's gathering of local artists, but I had some time to draw a little mood toad with ballpoint pens.

Whether you're celebrating someone rising, or getting high yourself, hope your celebrations are.. ..I dunno.. calming? We don't celebrate either.

Playing and practicing with watercolors and white acrylic pen is in a sketchbook. The white pen is basically because I planned my white areas poorly

Sketch done in sketchbook done with mechanical pencils (.03, .05, .07 and .09 lead) Phone photos looked washed out so this one's a scan.

Another cheapy ballpoint pen sketch.

Playing around with another travel watercolor kit and making an insect-like monster? I dunno. I'm in over my head and just learning.

Drawing that I did for Sheila's birthday gift. I don't usually post most of these, but I this one turned out decent enough to share. She doesn't mind that I draw her weird shit. Graphite, white charcoal, and acrylic markers on toned paper.

Another sketch with the 6-color ballpoint pen.