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Worked some more on Edgar and Chloe this afternoon. I would consider Edgar’s vest finished (the close-up is below), but his coat is only underpainted at this point. I’m satisfied with how everything’s turning out so far. And I had an idea. This whole painting was meant as a celebration of Edgar’s birthday on January 19th. So starting January 1st …

Worked a little more on the Edgar painting this afternoon. His shirt and tie are finished, but his vest is still in under-painting mode (it won’t be green when I’m finished with it). I do my painting in our dungeon so lighting isn’t so great for taking photos. I have to use a flash which ends up reflecting off the paint, …

Edgar painting in progress: I think Chloe is finished, so all that’s left now are the clothes.

Neil Gaiman has proposed a new tradition of giving scary books to someone you know for Halloween. Buy them new, buy them used or give one of your own. Regift if you must. Of course, my version is a little more twisted: I borrowed a book from my local library and, after having read it myself, I renewed the borrow …

Here’s the latest update on the Edgar Allan Poe painting. Not a whole lot more to show, but it was an aggravatingly longish day trying to get it close to what I wanted. Just added some hair and a little of the Raven feathering. If you missed it, the first progress report would be on a previous blog post here.

So I decided to use that birch wood board for Edgar. I’ve been taking photos as I go, but I’ve been neglecting to post them. I’m such a slacker. The biggest problem I was having was the paint kept reflecting funny in the photos, so today I tried a different lighting setup. That made everything a little blurry, but at least the background shows …

Who are these parasites? The Rots Facebook page keeps getting postings from people who want The Rots’ “Likey” people to learn how to work from home. Like I do, but that’s beside the point. I guess I should be flattered that they think enough people like the page that it’s worth spamming. Ha! Be warned, you spamming zombies, first I …

I was working on a PowerPoint about social networking for a conference this November around the same time I did the sketch of Poe with his raven. I thought it would be interesting to see what would happen if the two birds — The Raven and Tweety, the Twitter Bird — were to meet. Hee Hee.

I sketched up a little Poe that I’m not sure yet how to finish. I could paint him in Painter for the anniversary of his death in October. Or, I have a birch board that is square and has been really hard to make a good composition on because of its squareness and, as it turns out, Edgar happens to be square…and his …

“Jeremy”

Here’s the sketch for my latest painting in The Rots’ Afrikan Beasties series (Working title. Don’t get too caught up in it.). He’s “Orangatang,” but that title is up for grabs, too.

Here’s the first drawing I did on my new phone. Five seconds of work, tops.