Sooo... been a while since we've posted here and just wanted to make a quick update with a few things:
• Our New Years was fun. Had some friends over and actually had two "New Years" - one on New Years Eve proper and one the previous weekend due to work schedule conflicts. Good times.
• Then, just post New Years, we had some oh-so-fun issues with the shower leaking and the drain in the basement backing up... Thankfully the owner of the house we're renting got that taken care of relatively quickly. Just not fun while it lasted.
• Around the same time we both got super-sick - first Jenny and then me. There's been a couple of nasty bugs circulating the area, and undoubtedly she picked up what we had from work. Took some time to fully recover, and greatly diminished productivity for a while, but at least we didn't get the actual flu that was also going around...
• The Emerald City ComiCon is very soon (March 1-3) and we'll be headed there for a mini-vacation. We haven't been the last 2 years, and the last time we were there I was tabling in Artist Alley and barely saw the rest of the show. So this time we're looking forward to just being free to be fans and see as much as possible, and also catch up with a lot of people we haven't seen in a long time. While I'm not exhibiting this year, a lot of my friends from this area are - check out the list over on the Comicsmiths' Guild site: CSG at ECCC!
• However we will be exhibiting at the Spokane ComiCon, which this year falls on June 1st (my birthday!). We're splitting an Artist Alley table, so I can show off my art and comic stuff and Jenny can sell her crafty stuff. We've even got some ideas for collaborating on a project, but we'll keep mum on the specifics 'til we're a bit further along with that...
• Recently I did a guest strip for my buddy Matt Nelson's webcomic Catbeard the Pirate, while he was taking a short break after finishing up a long storyline. Catbeard's a great all-ages comic that's a mix of comedy and adventure - it's been going for nearly 2 years now, with one collected book out so far. You can see my contribution here: Catbeard Guest Strip!
• I'm starting to post more on my Tumblr blog, as it's a good place to quickly throw up sketches and works-in-progress along side finished works and other things. I'd recommend following me there for more frequent updates for now: Peter on Tumblr
• This site probably won't see a lot of updating, as it was originally meant more for personal blogging and updates, and a lot of that is covered by things like Facebook and Twitter now. But we'll try to post when anything relevant or important comes up... I'm planning on sprucing up my personal site relatively soon, as well as get a proper site set up for Jenny, but I don't know how quickly that will actually happen...
• And finally, for any local artist types, this coming Saturday (the 23rd) is the first Spokane Drink & Draw of 2013. It'll be at the Saranac Public House downtown, from 6-10, and is an all-ages event. It's being organized by Nathan O'Brien, who runs the Spokane ComiCon, and he's hoping to make them a regular thing. You can RSVP for the event here: Drink & Draw Social Club February Spectacular!
Thanks for visiting our somewhat neglected blog - hopefully we'll have some more to share with you soon!
Showing posts with label New Years. Show all posts
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Saturday, January 01, 2011
A New Year
Hopefully everyone out there had a happy and safe New Years celebration. I spent the first day of 2011 getting off on the right foot - by drawing! I was at local shop Lightning Comics with my friends in the Comicsmiths' Guild doing sketches for customers, during their big New Years/3 Year Anniversary celebration.
I'm not really one for resolutions, but I do have a lot of goals and plans for this year, mostly involving finally getting various projects off the ground. I should also have some news soon about the upcoming inaugural Comicsmiths' Guild Anthology book.
For now, here's a few of the free sketches I did today (click to embiggen the image):
I'm not really one for resolutions, but I do have a lot of goals and plans for this year, mostly involving finally getting various projects off the ground. I should also have some news soon about the upcoming inaugural Comicsmiths' Guild Anthology book.
For now, here's a few of the free sketches I did today (click to embiggen the image):
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Hello 2010!
I've never been one for New Years Resolutions, either making or completing them (on the few occasions when I attempted them). But there are a lot of things I'd like to accomplish in the coming months. I've got a good feeling about 2010, so I thought for once I'd try listing a bunch of "goals" or "plans" and see how many of them actually happen. So....
I want to have at least one comic launched, with it's own website and updated regularly. I've got a lot of ideas that have just been kicking around in my head - I keep saying I'm going to do something with them, and I just need to do it.
I'm planning on attending at least 2 conventions this year, as an artist: Emerald City ComiCon in Seattle and the local Spokane ComiCon. I'll be at both with my fellow Spokane Comicsmiths' Guild members.
I've been wanting to get back into miniature gaming for a while. I've played off and on since I was in high school (about 15 years ago), and Jenny has played for close to 10 years as well. But neither of us have really done anything with the hobby for the last 4-5 years. So I want to re-learn Warhammer and start playing again, as well as have a completely painted playable army by the end of the year.
Holidays always seem to sneak up on us - and as much as I love them and want to enjoy them, it always ends up being stressful because we wait till the last minute to do everything. So this year I want to get more stuff done ahead of time - buying presents, decorating and sending out Christmas cards.
And, assuming I get enough pre-holiday stuff out of the way, I want to attempt NaNoWriMo (the National Novel Writing Month) again in November. And hopefully I'll actually finish it, as well as...
Finish the 24 Hour Comic Book Challenge. I attempted it this year, made it to 17 pages (of the 24 page goal) and had an awesomely fun time. And this year I want to make it all the way to 24 pages.
And in the realm of art & writing, I've got a lot of other various things I'd like to get done. I've got some long overdue commissions to take care of, an idea for a miniatures game that might become reality and a super-secret collaborative comic book to work on. Besides those things, I just need to draw & write something every day and actually get better.
Honestly, there's probably a lot of goals, plans and pseudo-resolutions that I'm forgetting, but this is a good start. I hope 2010 works out for the best for everyone out there (including me, of course).
Oh, and along with drawing something every day, I also want to blog more and start posting more artwork & sketches on-line. So here's some recent scribbles from the ol' sketchbook:
I want to have at least one comic launched, with it's own website and updated regularly. I've got a lot of ideas that have just been kicking around in my head - I keep saying I'm going to do something with them, and I just need to do it.
I'm planning on attending at least 2 conventions this year, as an artist: Emerald City ComiCon in Seattle and the local Spokane ComiCon. I'll be at both with my fellow Spokane Comicsmiths' Guild members.
I've been wanting to get back into miniature gaming for a while. I've played off and on since I was in high school (about 15 years ago), and Jenny has played for close to 10 years as well. But neither of us have really done anything with the hobby for the last 4-5 years. So I want to re-learn Warhammer and start playing again, as well as have a completely painted playable army by the end of the year.
Holidays always seem to sneak up on us - and as much as I love them and want to enjoy them, it always ends up being stressful because we wait till the last minute to do everything. So this year I want to get more stuff done ahead of time - buying presents, decorating and sending out Christmas cards.
And, assuming I get enough pre-holiday stuff out of the way, I want to attempt NaNoWriMo (the National Novel Writing Month) again in November. And hopefully I'll actually finish it, as well as...
Finish the 24 Hour Comic Book Challenge. I attempted it this year, made it to 17 pages (of the 24 page goal) and had an awesomely fun time. And this year I want to make it all the way to 24 pages.
And in the realm of art & writing, I've got a lot of other various things I'd like to get done. I've got some long overdue commissions to take care of, an idea for a miniatures game that might become reality and a super-secret collaborative comic book to work on. Besides those things, I just need to draw & write something every day and actually get better.
Honestly, there's probably a lot of goals, plans and pseudo-resolutions that I'm forgetting, but this is a good start. I hope 2010 works out for the best for everyone out there (including me, of course).
Oh, and along with drawing something every day, I also want to blog more and start posting more artwork & sketches on-line. So here's some recent scribbles from the ol' sketchbook:
Friday, January 09, 2009
One Week In
Well, we're a few days into the New Year, and things seem to be going OK so far. Nothing too exciting, but no catastrophes either.
The snow has slowed down here - it's warmed up some, and along with the melting snow we've even got some rain the past couple of days. No major flooding here like over on the western side of the state, and I expect we'll most likely get some more snow before too long.
Still don't have a big list of resolutions for the year, but I've never really been one to do that sort of thing. I mainly want to start following through on more things that I start, or just have ideas/plans for but never get done. More art, obviously - just more work in general, and a couple of web-comics I'd like to get off the ground.
The other thing is just to be more social, both in real life and on-line. I've become a bit too much of a hermit, and even too much of my time on-line is wasted reading useless stuff and not actually interacting with people. So I guess some time-management improvements should also be part of that goal as well, though I think I might be getting slightly better there....
And I do have an interview on Monday for a part-time job at the library which looks promising. Hopefully that'll go well - so wish me luck!
The snow has slowed down here - it's warmed up some, and along with the melting snow we've even got some rain the past couple of days. No major flooding here like over on the western side of the state, and I expect we'll most likely get some more snow before too long.
Still don't have a big list of resolutions for the year, but I've never really been one to do that sort of thing. I mainly want to start following through on more things that I start, or just have ideas/plans for but never get done. More art, obviously - just more work in general, and a couple of web-comics I'd like to get off the ground.
The other thing is just to be more social, both in real life and on-line. I've become a bit too much of a hermit, and even too much of my time on-line is wasted reading useless stuff and not actually interacting with people. So I guess some time-management improvements should also be part of that goal as well, though I think I might be getting slightly better there....
And I do have an interview on Monday for a part-time job at the library which looks promising. Hopefully that'll go well - so wish me luck!
Friday, January 02, 2009
New Year's Day
Well, technically it's January 2nd, but my brain is telling me it's still Thursday since I'm still awake, so that's good enough for me.
Hope everybody had a safe and happy New Years. Ours was low-key but fun - Lincoln and Tigger came over after she got off work and hung out for a while. Nothing too exciting, just a bit of drinking and good conversation while watching the festivities on TV. Jenny and I got to bed extra late (not sure when they left), and woke up equivilently late this morning - today was mostly just lounging around, watching movies together and playing Scrabble.
We've got all sorts of plans, goals and ideas for 2009. We're still working out the specifics, so no point in boring everybody with a giant list now - I'd rather do that at the end of the year with a (hopefully) big list of accomplishments.... :)
Oh, and we did get our web-cam/mic set up, and are signed up on Skype now. Anyone who might already be on there, let us know and we'll add you. Or just search for either mine or Jenny's name - it's pretty easy to find us.
Hope everybody had a safe and happy New Years. Ours was low-key but fun - Lincoln and Tigger came over after she got off work and hung out for a while. Nothing too exciting, just a bit of drinking and good conversation while watching the festivities on TV. Jenny and I got to bed extra late (not sure when they left), and woke up equivilently late this morning - today was mostly just lounging around, watching movies together and playing Scrabble.
We've got all sorts of plans, goals and ideas for 2009. We're still working out the specifics, so no point in boring everybody with a giant list now - I'd rather do that at the end of the year with a (hopefully) big list of accomplishments.... :)
Oh, and we did get our web-cam/mic set up, and are signed up on Skype now. Anyone who might already be on there, let us know and we'll add you. Or just search for either mine or Jenny's name - it's pretty easy to find us.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Happy (nearly) New Years!
It's kinda hard to believe that 2007 is almost over, but here we are again, just about to start a new year. I'm not a big fan of resolutions (mainly since most end up being far too unreachable, and then you're just setting yourself up for disappointment), but I think we do have atleast one achievable goal for 2008:
Get out of this apartment and into an actual house! Our neighbors finally moved out a little while back, and now we have new neighbors who seem to be nice enough, but are just as loud. Seriously, why does everyone in this complex have to slam their door everytime they leave? Why?
Our old neighbor had his parties and booming rap music - and after talking to him a few times he slowly learned to keep it under control (I think he realized he should be nicer to us after helping him get his stolen car back, but I can't be certain). The new neighbors apparently have an X-Box or something similar, and love their wargames, since right now it sounds like the building is getting shelled by mortar fire.
We're still not sure where exactly we want to live, but we want to have atleast a little bit of room around the house (like a good size yard, with some trees), and it obviously has to be larger than the apartment we're in now. We'd like to have another bedroom (to be a permanent gaming room for all of our miniature stuff), a bigger kitchen with more pantry/cupboard space and newer appliances, and more storage space in general. Oh, and definately a garage, preferably bigger than the one we have now.
Our lease is up in June, but we need to start looking soon, atleast to figure out what area we want to move to. And whatever job Jenny gets will have an impact on the location as well.
Otherwise, I'm sick again, this time something I picked up from hanging out with Tigger so much before Christmas. Her and Lincoln have both been sick, and it's obvious I've got the same thing.
The house is in post-holidays shambles - Jenny started taking down the Christmas decorations today, mainly because the tree is in the way of her studio stuff and her plants (since there really wasn't anywhere else to put it). So now we've got Christmas stuff (presents, decorations, wrapping paper, etc) scattered throughout the house in disarray.
And we got some more wedding pictures from Shane, as well some from Tigger, that we haven't uploaded yet. It'll all get done, eventually, I'm sure...
Thanks to everyone for all the Christmas cards and presents - here's wishing you a Happy and safe New Years! :)
Get out of this apartment and into an actual house! Our neighbors finally moved out a little while back, and now we have new neighbors who seem to be nice enough, but are just as loud. Seriously, why does everyone in this complex have to slam their door everytime they leave? Why?
Our old neighbor had his parties and booming rap music - and after talking to him a few times he slowly learned to keep it under control (I think he realized he should be nicer to us after helping him get his stolen car back, but I can't be certain). The new neighbors apparently have an X-Box or something similar, and love their wargames, since right now it sounds like the building is getting shelled by mortar fire.
We're still not sure where exactly we want to live, but we want to have atleast a little bit of room around the house (like a good size yard, with some trees), and it obviously has to be larger than the apartment we're in now. We'd like to have another bedroom (to be a permanent gaming room for all of our miniature stuff), a bigger kitchen with more pantry/cupboard space and newer appliances, and more storage space in general. Oh, and definately a garage, preferably bigger than the one we have now.
Our lease is up in June, but we need to start looking soon, atleast to figure out what area we want to move to. And whatever job Jenny gets will have an impact on the location as well.
Otherwise, I'm sick again, this time something I picked up from hanging out with Tigger so much before Christmas. Her and Lincoln have both been sick, and it's obvious I've got the same thing.
The house is in post-holidays shambles - Jenny started taking down the Christmas decorations today, mainly because the tree is in the way of her studio stuff and her plants (since there really wasn't anywhere else to put it). So now we've got Christmas stuff (presents, decorations, wrapping paper, etc) scattered throughout the house in disarray.
And we got some more wedding pictures from Shane, as well some from Tigger, that we haven't uploaded yet. It'll all get done, eventually, I'm sure...
Thanks to everyone for all the Christmas cards and presents - here's wishing you a Happy and safe New Years! :)
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Happy New Year
Well, we're sitting at home this New Years; how exciting.... Jenny's in the living room playing Spyro the Dragon (which she's now totally addicted to) and I'm ripping a ton of CDs from my collection to the computer and attempting to revise my resume.
We're going into CDA tomorrow to meet Sean & Lisa to see King Kong at Noon, and then go see the folks. Our Christmas present from Jenny's mom arrived and is waiting for us (we don't know what it is yet), and the +/- CD that I ordered from Borders is supposed to be in, so we'll be stopping by there as well. Monday we'll be going back into CDA, since the truck has an oil change appointment at Parker Toyota.
The PS2 is working out great; it's nice being able to watch movies in the living room. I went ahead and moved the DVD rack in there, and we picked up a normal PS memory card so we could play all my old games ($3 used at EB Games). Like I said before, Jenny's been playing Spyro non-stop, and I finally started Silent Hill 2 (I've only had it for, what, 4 years?). We'll probably be picking up the other 2 Spyro games for the PS when Jenny finishes this one....
Verizon online sent us a bill for the modem and router we were using in CDA. We do still have it, but we were waiting for them to send the pre-labeled sticker to slap on it and send it back to them, just like it says in our contract. So, Monday we'll also be calling up Verizon and having words with them.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe New Years, and here's looking forward to a great 2006!
We're going into CDA tomorrow to meet Sean & Lisa to see King Kong at Noon, and then go see the folks. Our Christmas present from Jenny's mom arrived and is waiting for us (we don't know what it is yet), and the +/- CD that I ordered from Borders is supposed to be in, so we'll be stopping by there as well. Monday we'll be going back into CDA, since the truck has an oil change appointment at Parker Toyota.
The PS2 is working out great; it's nice being able to watch movies in the living room. I went ahead and moved the DVD rack in there, and we picked up a normal PS memory card so we could play all my old games ($3 used at EB Games). Like I said before, Jenny's been playing Spyro non-stop, and I finally started Silent Hill 2 (I've only had it for, what, 4 years?). We'll probably be picking up the other 2 Spyro games for the PS when Jenny finishes this one....
Verizon online sent us a bill for the modem and router we were using in CDA. We do still have it, but we were waiting for them to send the pre-labeled sticker to slap on it and send it back to them, just like it says in our contract. So, Monday we'll also be calling up Verizon and having words with them.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe New Years, and here's looking forward to a great 2006!
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