Daily Sketch #205

Ah, San Diego

The two to three weeks before San Diego Comic-Con are the most stressful and jam-packed of the year for me. It's pretty much non-stop work and wondering what you've forgotten to get taken care of. Is it any wonder we binge drink for a week while down there for that particular con?

Anyway, that's my excuse for the infrequency of blog updates lately. San Diego.

Speaking of stress, my sketches today (I included a couple to make up for my infrequency) are drawings of grape vines and leaves I did for our wedding invitations. I really have to start designing these ASAP.

Despite this I did take some time out last night to play video games. Take that responsibility!

Daily Sketch #174

Crazy Train



As Ozzy Osbourne sang, "I'm going off the rails on a crazy train". That's how I'm feeling these days trying to juggle everything in the final two weeks before the big move to LA. D and I are trying to finalize everything for the move which includes packing (which we just started this weekend), updating all of our various utilities, credit cards, insurance companies, etc., seeing each and every one of our friends on the East Coast (I think last night may have been our last free night until we leave), sell her car, rent the house, and probably five or twenty things I'm forgetting. On top of that is the wedding planning, which D is heroically handling largely on her own. Work is doing the opposite of slowing down and I'm quickly becoming aware of why being in the office for this new job was necessary as I try to coordinate things from 3 hours and 2000 miles away. All of it is quickly adding up to a couple of space cadets running around our house.



So other than venting and whining like a big baby, why am I sharing this?



Just to give you advanced warning that the sketches in the next few weeks may be sporadic. What can I say, sometimes real life interrupts. If you are signed up to the feed, it shouldn't affect your life too much since you'll be notified when I make a new post.


Without further ado, here's today's sketch an updated and completed panel of Ashley from "Dead Inspector". Enjoy.

Daily Sketch #170

My Head Hurt

Well it did this weekend when my head cold was in full effect. I'm feeling a bit better today and yesterday so I guess it's starting to clear up. In any case, this panel I finished up yesterday seemed apropos. Big ups to my prescription Tylenol/Sudafed cocktail and copious amounts of NyQuil. Love that big effing "Q" (go listen to Dennis Leary's seminal "No Cure for Cancer" album).

D and I did more wedding related stuff this weekend, including a consultatio with our chef for the reception who was awesome and seemed generally excited when I mentioned the concept of chocolate covered bacon to him. That food won't be at the wedding, but bacon will be involved believe you me We also went to a cake tasting, which after the disappointment last week was awesome. The cake was rich, thick and decadent. This was wedding cake and when the quote came in at 1/2 the first place we were pretty much in love. Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and almond pound cake with chocolate ganache and a layer of raspberry filling in between the two cake layers. Hell's yes.

We also got to see our friends (and my best man) Andy and Sandy and lovely "nephew" Sachin the Tank. It was awesome to hang out with them even if the Chinese food we had for lunch was nasty and the American Idol karaoke singing was painful. Much love to Sandy who reads my blog every day:)

Daily Sketch #168

Cake Tasting

I spent much of last night working up 3-D background models in Google Sketchup for the recent Dead Inspector pages, so not a lot of drawing done last night and this morning. Google SketchUp is really neat and useful but like any other program there's a learning curve. I've gotten better already but it's still somewhat time consuming to get everything in place. Here's a panel in progress from this morning.

Last night D and I also went to our first wedding cake tasting at a place called "Sugar Bakers". It was fun, but "holy sheeeiiiite!" those are some crazy prices for baked goods. And to be honest, the cake wasn't that phenomenal. I'm a pie and ice cream guy myself and cake is usually a distant third or fourth choice for dessert for me, but even still I wasn't blown away. We have another one on Sunday and maybe that one will impress me enough to justify the ridiculous pricing.

Daily Sketch #167

I Give Up

Okay, I'm giving in on the sickness thing. I'm off to see the doctor (or rather a nurse's practitioner in my doctor's office) to verify what I already know - I have a sinus infection and need some drugs. Time to hand over some hard earner dollars to get a prescription (which I'll hand over more hard earned dollars to get filled), just so I can feel not so cranky.

An almost complete panel of David from "Dead Inspector" as your daily serving of sketch.

On a brighter note, D and I are off to Sugar Bakers tonight for a complimentary cake tasting for the wedding. Should be good fun, I love free cake!