lil

Sigh...

2010-06-07T16:16:00.005-05:00

These are dreamy-dreamy shoes that are out of my price range. Why do I keep going back to Need Supply to look at them? Everyday.

Mister Squid and more

2010-06-07T16:02:00.005-05:00

Introducing Mister Squid (modelled by Watson)

I made (sewed) him a week ago or so...

They have a love/hate relationship

Also, I just ordered this for $20 - I'll let you know Watson's review once we get it...

Oliver James Holst

2009-09-18T17:51:00.001-05:00

Sweet.

Sum Stuff

2009-05-15T22:17:00.003-05:00

It is raining hard right now. We had to close the windows. I can't allow myself to turn on the AC before Memorial Day so we sweat in the humid STL weather for one more week. Or is it two?

In an effort to make me forget my eyelids are sweating I drift through the interwebs. I found the best shoes ever (they are vegan so they might think they are too good for me). There is also grapefruit scented combination shampoo and bodywash. I can smell refreshing and be even lazier in my shower? We were meant for each other.

I want these:

I want to try this:

And the Boz is coming to town...how rad is that?

Va-Ca-Tion!

2009-03-09T00:09:00.003-05:00

In less than 3 days we will be in Portland!

The first real vacation (by "real" I mean more than a weekend and something I have to use actual "vacation" days for) in over four years!

My brain is exploding I'm so over worked yet excited.

Gone for a whole effin week kids!

More on this to come.

Doodles and Cable

2009-02-28T14:04:00.004-06:00

Yes. Cable.

It was a long and horrible ordeal. But after much phone arguing and hours (by this I mean days) wasted waiting around Charter finally came through with their "allowing us to pay them for cable that is actually installed correctly".

We've never had cable so it's a bit overwhelming - and we only have expanded basic. I'm not kidding when I say there is a whole show about making insane cakes. It's ahhhhmazing!

These where doodled during our first day with our new friend cable.

Bunstachio

2009-02-07T13:47:00.008-06:00

This is Bunstachio:

It's not a good photo - I am bad at taking anything but blurry photos.

Some of you have seen him before in either drawn or plush form. I've been doodle-ing with him for three-ish years.

Hopefully you will see more of him soon.

Hopefully you will like it.

Lovelies

2009-02-02T14:28:00.007-06:00

I've been wandering around Etsy a lot lately and I ran across this lovely ring:

I don't wear rings but if I did...

It's made by The Ardent Sparrow and she has many pieces that are quite fetching. There is only one ring like this left. I first ran across her sight just a couple days ago when they were first listed and they've almost all been snatched up already.

I really like the simplicity of this necklace (and also the Peter Pan-ish-ness of it):

It's by the same artist.

I thought I might as well pass along these lovelies since I let the jewelry I have gather dust and tangle into knots.

Rad Kites

2009-02-02T14:07:00.007-06:00

My friend Boz (or Chewblocka as she is known to all on the Roller Derby circuit) sent me a link to these:

They are kites!

And they are RAD.

And they are also out of stock but if you want to pre-order them you go here.

Perfect for that special geeky someone.

So...stuff.

2009-01-15T00:32:00.011-06:00

I am way, way behind (behind in a way that probably seems more like you don't think of me as a friend anymore 'cause I'm so behind on getting back to you) on emailling.

There are many BIG things happening to people that I love (love, but apparently can't make myself take the time to respond to your emails).

Anywho.

Congrats on new houses and babies and engagements and new career paths. I am truly happy and excited (and let's be honest - a tad jealous) for you all.

I have been spending my time eating popsicles and watching Jeopardy.

Well, I did that a couple times. I've actually been spending all of my leisure time (of which I have more than you - so there) flying kites. It's become a passion of ours.

Wait - there was no wind and the kite never actually "flew". I must say that my legs are a very ladylike color. Obviously I haven't been working in the fields.

So then there was the Olympics which we spent like this.

We have had two (yes two) excursions to the Zoo.

We saw a Cards game at the new stadium for the first time.

We helped get a President elected. That was pretty cool.

No more pictures - it's too complicated.

Family came in town. Friends came in town. Lots of hanging out and eating and drinking.

My life sounds very fun when I leave out all the work parts.

In real news we have been officially debt free since 10/21/08. That was our BIG goal of '08 - so awesomeness.

I'm supposed to blog once a week (at least) starting this week. Let's see how that goes. Don't hold your breath on the emails - just know I'm happy for yous-kids.

Cute-Clutter Friends

2008-06-05T19:37:00.004-05:00

I know I need to focus on getting rid of useless clutter. But sometime useless things can make you smile. Here are two of my current favorites in the useless category:

I got the lil white girl at Rotofugi a year ago in Chicago. The smiley rainbow Buddy Chub is from Star Clipper which is right across the street. Buddy Chub is part of a new blind box collection by Friends With You.

They make such sweet friends.

Bonus: Buddy Chub has bells inside him! He rocks back and forth making lil twinkle sounds. It makes the lil white girl smile.

For Fun

2008-06-03T14:58:00.004-05:00

This lil pack of UK cigs was left at work. It is awesome.

Front:

Back:

Did I mention: smoking = death.

Good and Bad

2008-06-02T00:12:00.003-05:00

I was supposed to see my two good friends who where in town for a weekend wedding. For some reason we could never connect with each other.

This was the (very) Bad of this post's title.

It was INSANELY crazy and busy and weird in the Loop (and at work) today. It was due to a number of reason. BUT at the very end of the day, as we where finally leaving work, my friend got a guy playing his guitar on the street to lone him the guitar and we all sang Violent Femmes with a crowd of onlookers. It was amazing and a sweet end to a bad day.

Then I got home and checked my email and was greeted by this:

- it's my sweet lil nephew Jack lookin' cuter than a baby should!

Now that it's all over I am only sad about the fact that I never got to see/hang out with my girl and her man. It still makes me sad.

To anybody who keeps up with Lost...

2008-05-29T22:33:00.000-05:00

OMG!

Work + Life = Hard

2008-05-24T13:32:00.002-05:00

When the sun shines on my windowsill it makes me happy and hopeful.

Work has been annoying, hard, long, frustrating, and never-ending by turns.

It's hard for me to then go home and get laundry, cleaning, dishes, cooking, done and then try to focus on what I actually want to do with my life (sewing, drawing, writing). Instead I sit down and watch the season finale of America's Next Top Model (Anya totally should have won).

I need to restructure my life so that what I spend the majority of my time doing is what I want to do and what makes me happy. I have only myself to blame for not getting things done outside of work. It's just too easy to excuse "couch-tv-time" when this month has flown by with barely a day off.

Make Believe. Not War.

2008-04-25T01:17:00.004-05:00

I haven't been this excited by a movie trailer in a long, long time.

If you haven't seen the trailer yet - DO.

He finally has one.

2008-04-21T00:31:00.004-05:00

Jameson's family got him a late birthday gift (thanks to some amazing searching by the Yi).

It is the perfect gift. Yi got him the new Smash Bros. game - Brawl. I could not even begin to tally the hours they both spent playing Melee - now they have a new one to dominate each other at.

Too bad we only have one controller, we'll have to save up for a second one. But it's still an amazing gift!

Jack Valentine Holst

2008-04-17T17:35:00.003-05:00

He is beautiful:

His daddy took this picture right after he was born.

8 pounds .04 ounces of sweetness.

psst

2008-04-16T23:40:00.002-05:00

Jack Valentine Holst (first grandbaby in Jameson's family) was born today!!!

I get to meet him tomorrow!!!

If you don't know - I effin' LOVE babies.

Budget v Shoes

2008-04-16T16:31:00.003-05:00

Jameson and I started a hard core budget 2 months ago. Here is our Budget Box:

Notice the futuristic cardboard of the used envelope box! Our budget does not allow us to even buy it a cool organizer. But it does have a sweet drawing on it.

It's a good, good thing but it makes buying things that aren't accounted for really hard. Even things you need, like shoes. Both of my current chucks ripped up the sides weeks ago (back when there was snow and then more snow). But I haven't been able to buy shoes to replace them until today. Working extra shifts just to get some canvas shoes sure does make you excited to finally purchase them! Too bad they won't get here until next week, free shipping is never fast.

These lovelies are to replace my broken black chucks (I've just been wearing black socks to hide the fact that you can see my feet when I wear them). I've never seen yellow chucks before:

Hopefully they don't get dirty too quick. I haven't decided on lace color yet. Any suggestions? My black ones had green laces. I never use the white ones they come with. Too skinny, too short, overall cheap - in my opinion.

And on to my dream shoes:

I have been trying to find shoes like this for years, YEARS! The $10 green ones kinda like this, that I got in Chicago, where the closest I have come. Those fell apart in about 3 weeks. Here's hoping that these lil ladies last longer and don't give me as many blisters.

Ahh shoes, my feet are excited just thinking of them. Three cheers for All Stars!

In between.

2008-04-14T19:34:00.005-05:00

A brief, photo by photo, reacap of the time I spent away from my blog.

First off:

Mushrooms Bandits. These little fellows, along with some other handmade stuffed friends, were sold by me at Loop In Motion 2007. It was not as money-full as the previous "Motion" but these guys still make me smile.

Almost everyday I have to go to work - even if only for an hour. So a lot of the time in between was spent working my job. The best part is I also have to bring work home with me:

The Dreaded Schedule.

In December I left childhood behind forever when I turned 30:

This is the birthday cupcake I dropped and then caught before it hit the ground. My hand was covered in yummy, yummy cupcake. This was peanut butter and jelly. My Jameson bought it for me. Being 30 makes me think I am allowed no more excuses for not having my life together. I don't feel older, I just feel less able to comfort myself with the idea that I'm only in my twenties. I no longer am.

Also, there was Christmas:

I would like to introduce William Randolph Pine. He looks all fancy here but he only cost $10 (maybe less) and looked like the sad tree from the Charlie Brown special. He cleans up quite nicely once you add decorations and gifts. The best part, we set him up in our room. I love falling asleep to the Christmas tree lights.

Snow! It snowed again and again and again this year. Just when we thought it was spring - snow, four more times.

This is the view out our kitchen window. Ahh, the alley with the two dumpsters. It's beautiful.

So my last post before my hiatus was the ultrasound of James' sister's baby.

Jack Valentine Holst is now officially 3 days past due.

I missed a day.

2008-04-11T15:53:00.005-05:00

This is awesome and out of nowhere (except my love of Little Lulu).

I'm attempting to blog everyday.

I promise the post about the Mushroom Bandit is coming. It's going to be part of a longer, photo filled, catch up post. Our new iMac makes it all so much easier.

However, yesterday was spent with our good friend Drew of AshleyG and Drew. He made our iMac all fancy and taught us all sorts of awesome things it can do. They are moving away soon and we needed to use his brain before he takes it to Portland.

Then Ashley joined us (along with our famous roommate - brag brag - JJ Loy who has an article in the current issue of Make Magazine) and we all ate cheap and yummy food while watching "Must See TV".

The long catch-up post will happen. Soon.

Quickie.

2008-04-10T02:09:00.003-05:00

This is a Mushroom Bandit:

more about him tomorrow (or later today, whatever).

Comics make me sad.

2008-04-08T13:06:00.006-05:00

So, Cosmic Cherry, yeah...

We submitted it in both email and hard copy form on the same day. Image's website says this is best and they say email will get you a response faster. We know for a fact that they received the hard copy because it was signed for by Eric Stephenson (for those of you who don't know - he's a big guy there). Then... nothing.

So, we waited a month or so and sent a follow up email, as they say you should do. Then... nothing.

A friend of ours who is part owner of Star Clipper (one of the best comic book stores ever and it's right around the corner from us) said that he knows Eric Stephenson and he would host it on the web for us and send him the link. Awesomeness. Then... nothing.

It sucked. A lot. A "no thanks" would have been a million times better than just nothing. Especially when everything on Image's site said that they Do respond, even if it is just a "no thanks".

All of this, especially the very long (months) drawn out process of never hearing back, kinda just squashed us both. It's not like we thought there was no way they'd turn us down. We just didn't prepare, after spending over a month of over 12 hour days working towards something, that it would fall sooooo flat.

And for me, much more than Jas, it has left a bad comic-icky taste in my mouth.

We are scooping ourselves back up but I feel quite done with Cosmic Cherry (still bitter lil me) and figuring out what our next direction is has been hard. Just wanted to put this out there because I am beyond tired of explaining to people "what's up with Cosmic Cherry?". It's weird how people I didn't even know knew about it and are extremely disappointed in this outcome. But none more than us.

Super Gumbo and the New iMac

2008-04-07T15:40:00.005-05:00

Super Gumbo would like to welcome you all to the first blog from our brand new iMac.

Jas and I saved and saved and finally had enough to buy it with cash! It is very hard to buy from Apple with cash if you do not want a store model. We ended up having to purchase an Apple Giftcard and then order it online using said giftcard. Kinda dumb - but then we got our iMac and it is big and beautiful.

My little iBook is outdated to the point of being unable to run Photoshop and, much more importantly, videos on the web. Oh, YouTube... I waste so much time.

I must get back to posting more. If only to share the final chapter of our adventures in submitting to Image.

Uncle Jameson and Aunt Dira

2007-10-25T15:05:00.000-05:00

This is the first image of the lil' baby Holst:

James' sister Sarah and her husband Joe are expecting. I've mentioned them before.

This will be the first grandbaby on his families side. My family has a boatload of them. I'm very excited, none of my neices or nephews are very lil anymore.

lil kitty

2007-10-17T22:36:00.003-05:00

I might have to steal a kitty.

This is Isadora.

Or Eee-izz (said in a very highpitched voice), Izza-muffin, Chicken, Izza-dorable, Bah-bee, or even Fat-head (meant in the sweetest of ways). Half of those nicknames came with her, from her real and loving owners who miss their lil'kitty.

We absolutly love having her around. She is the kitten-iest of cats ever.

Jameson says she is a person pretending to be a cat, which would make sense as she is almost too perfectly kitty-cat. She purrs in any position, bumps our chins with her head (one of the best catnesses), follows me around, sleeps in our bed and, every now and then, cocks her head a bit to one side and asks, "Merow?"

I'm in kitty bliss.

It's been soooo long.

2007-10-01T14:52:00.001-05:00

There's been cleaning, coughing, a successful staff party, hirings and firings, wars fought with managers from other staffs, busy shifts and dead ones, new emails sent out to Image, new ideas for comics, and on and on.

I'm sorry I've been away.

Next Saturday is "Loop in Motion", which you find out about here. I blogged about it last year. This year I haven't found time to get anything made for it. With less than a week to go I'm gonna try to throw something together.

And for no reason at all here's this:

I painted this a long time ago and found it when we cleaned. Just thought it would add some color to this silly post.

I promise to try to be better about blogging in the future.

Coughing and Cleaning

2007-09-06T13:35:00.000-05:00

This cold is sloooowing me down. There was a lot of laying on the couch yesterday. I did manage to hang the new shower curtain - but that's not much of an accomplishment.

Today will be more like this:

Dust rag in hand, sorting through massive amounts of books, mags, and comics - all while coughing and hacking my lungs out.

Tra-Lah!

Summer Cold

2007-09-05T12:18:00.001-05:00

I have a cold. It's always worse to have a cold in summer, in my opinion. I seem to have one every summer. The plan was to do an extremely late spring cleaning this week, while I actually have a couple days off in a row. This cold is trying to slow me down, but this will be our only chance to catch up on the cleaning. Jameson started the cleaning off last night, while I was at work. He did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen and bathroom! I HATE cleaning the bathroom, so it was the best surprise when I got home last night!

Summer cold be darned - I've got spring/fall cleaning to do!

We are also going to go through our magazines. So, if anyone wants a lot of old New Type, Bust, or Giant Robot mags - let me know!

Cough, cough, hack, sneeze, sniff. I godda gedda tissue.

Cosmic Cherry #2

2007-08-24T19:04:00.000-05:00

- is in the works!

Just because we haven't heard anything about being accepted doesn't mean we can't keep pushing forward. So here is my boy hard at work laying out a new page to pencil:

If you think you spy a mustache on that fine asian fella' you'd be right. It started as a bet. I believe the bet was a bit fake as he's been threatening to grow one for some time now.

And because he's so cute (I mean tough) when he is hard at work, here's another shot:

It's kinda strange to be working on the 2nd story arc (issues 7-12) while he is working on the 2nd issue. It would seem unfair that I can get done so much faster if it didn't also mean I have to do all the scanning. Me and my Mustek don't always see eye to eye.

"What, What, What?" A quickie.

2007-08-24T18:27:00.000-05:00

If you read Jared's blog (or JJ or Fry or whatever you know him as) then you already know. If not you must click here.

Yo Gabba Gabb is a kids show that is being made by an enormous amount of talented and strange people. I really can't describe it without rewriting all that Jared has already faithfully compiled. Go read skablahblah!

Be warned - it might just break TV.

Books are good.

2007-08-24T00:19:00.000-05:00

Today I interviewed and hired a new employee. Then I came home and cleaned, did the dishes with my boy, put away laundry from two weeks ago, answered some (but not all) emails, and checked on my American Apparel order's status (it seems to be in stand still at the LA Fedex).

In-between all of this I read.

I have been running out of books lately, rereading all of mine far too many times. I even accidentally read one of my favorites far too soon, you have to leave a really good book alone for a certain amount of time. I used to have a roommate (Boz) who had a collection to rival my own (she also worked at Barnes and Noble and kept us both stocked with the finest of new titles). Before that I had my sisters who also had large quantities of books. Lately it's been sad. I'm very lazy about walking the few blocks to the library in 100+ weather and I get scared at the vast amount of shiny new top sellers at Borders.

I much prefer, I've found, friends just handing me books and telling me, "You should read this." Enter my roommate Jared. He walked into our "hang out" room in the mid-afternoon with a stack of five books. He'd dug around to find me something to read. One of them was:

I started it immediately. Jonathan Lethem is great. "Girl In Landscape" is my favorite but this was very good. Yes, I can say it "was" good because I finished it. Jameson seems to think it is very impressive that I can finish an entire book in less than a day, especially considering I was taking breaks from the book to accomplish actual tasks. It doesn't seem amazing to me, I'm pretty sure all the females (and I think my young nephew) in my family devour books just as fast.

Now I will get to the point: if any of you folks have any books you think I should read - please tell me!

ps- Jameson is reading "The Omnivores Dilemma" and he kept reading snippets to me. So, my reading was interspersed with lovely little nuggets about how everything we eat is made of corn and how we are, essentially, people made of corn. Awesomeness.

Sweet Sister

2007-08-21T15:40:00.000-05:00

Work is overwhelming. We are training two new assistant managers right now and that will be great eventually, but at this point it's just extra work. I feel beat and exhausted all the time. My house is a mess, I'm not staying on my schedule with the comic (or blog), and everytime I think I have time to get some of that done something comes up at work. I think my job is trying to kill me.

I was feeling sad and tired and had just finished manager stuff at work (I'm about to go back in now to wait tables) - just feeling down in general when I checked my mail and found this:

A lovely, happy, birdy card that also had a very sweet note:

It was just what I needed and made me feel better. Thank you, Julie, for brightening my day!

I have a problem...

2007-08-16T21:10:00.000-05:00

I have always doodled too much. Many angry teachers have made this clear to me. Also there is evidence everywhere, on any scrap of paper or paper-like surface anywhere near me and a writing utensil (this includes almost anything - even sauce on an almost empty plate). Lately it has taken on a life of it's own. This same shape (pattern?) pops up over and over and covers whole surfaces of everything. Sometimes I'll pretend I can make just one loopy shape to "decorate" a corner but by the end it has consumed the entire area. I have many examples (in my trashcan) but here is a Cosmic Cherry related fun one:

This is page #1 of the script for Cosmic Cherry #2. Jameson and I were editing, not too long ago, and then the doodle monster took over. I'm going to blame the hot pink sharpie. It is clearly to blame.

Blogging About Blogs (and stuff)

2007-08-16T13:18:00.001-05:00

We went to lunch yesterday with Jameson's sister and brother in-law. They are amazingly talented and fun. Joe kindly mentioned Cosmic Cherry on his blog. They have recently started their own media company: Fresh Blend Media. They are going to help us get our Cosmic Cherry website up and going soon.

Ashley G also posted fun photos of our Sunday night routine here. I'm not in the photos because A. I hate photos of myself and B. was at the other table. The managers have a mini meeting every Sunday and don't get to join in the fun until later.

Photos and Chicago Bits

2007-08-16T12:39:00.000-05:00

This is only a few but there are more on my flicker (see fancy banner thing):

Here's me with my good friend Rorschach. It is a strange and awkward pose we've got goin' on. After the photo shoot he told me to, "Have a good convention." Such words of wisdom I will treasure forever.

Here is the adorable duo who have shirts made from sheets my little brother and I use to fight over. We also used to draw on them with markers at night and, magically, after they got washed the marks would all be gone. The sheets where passed down from older siblings and where very faded. We used the markers to draw everyone back in. I also loved to give Luke fancy lips and eyelashes. These gentlemen here obviously took better care of their sheet set.

This is Dan and Rachel (me too) waiting to eat. This is where the, now infamous, spider bite will occur. Rachel and Dan are good friends from the BBH who recently moved to Chicago and opened up their apartment and futon for us. It was lovely. Here we are all sweating, a lot.

Jameson plays with the camera while we wait and sweat.

Here is my April. Her and her man Ryan drove down from Columbus to spend Saturday with us. She looks dreamy and sweet but I know for a fact both she and her man can throw me across a hotel room using only their hips. This is from Roller Derby. She can break you in half all while on skates! No, Ryan doesn't derby - but he packs one mean hip check.

All in all an enjoyable trip. We both came back exhausted but refreshed and ready to buckle right back into our crazy work/comic book schedule. I have new assistant managers to train and Cosmic Cherry #2 is underway!

Quick because I'm sleepy

2007-08-15T01:29:00.000-05:00

I worked, worked, worked yesterday and today.

Chicago was awesome. I have a ton of blisters due to poor shoe choice. We talked to B. Clay Moore at Wizard World. There was a father and son wearing button down shirts made from the same Star Wars sheets I had as a child. Jameson took my picture with a really good Rorachach. I had yummy cupcakes with April (Boz) and Ryan. Rachel and Dan and kitties where loverly. I got bit by a spider and a gunfight (in which a gun was fired) happened right out the door at American Apparel as we watched from inside.

I will post pictures tomorrow. I have to be up in 6 hours.

g'nite

Runaways

2007-08-09T21:13:00.000-05:00

We ran away to Chicago!

I haven't had a day off in over a month. So Jameson decided that the only way to ensure I didn't work was to leave town. He was, of course, correct.

We are staying with our good friends Rachel and Dan (who recently moved to Chi Town). We are also going to Wizard World on Friday (yeah for geeky time). And then... we are hanging out with Boz and her man Ryan. They decided to run away for a day (from Columbus, OH) to see us!!

Spending time with two great couples all in the same week, all in the same lovely town and having time away from the BBH is AMAZING!

So far we've spent 8 hours walking and shopping all over and I managed to get about 5 to 6 blisters on both heels - yeah vacation!!!

Also, we listened to most of the book on tape (CD) of World War Z on the drive up - it is amazing.

Now if we can only hear back from Image things will be perfect!

My niece and nephew are too cute.

2007-08-03T17:55:00.000-05:00

Ashley G of Kitty Genius is having a sale on her t-shirts and the adorable models are my sweet neice and nephew.

Please check out their cuteness here.

We bought my nephew this book (and the second one) for his birthday:

He's been racing through them all and has him Mom (my sis) and Aunt (my other sis) reading them as well. It was smart on his part b/c they buy the next book for him knowing they'll want to read it. It's fun, fun to discuss rat creatures and quiche with him. His favorite character is Smiley Bone.

No news is good news?

2007-08-03T17:00:00.000-05:00

Still playing the waiting game, the one where I check my email a gazillion times a day, or hour. No news yet from the folks at Image but here is a taste for you:

This is page #17 (of 24) from Cosmic Cherry issue #1

(I tried to change the sizes of these images twice and blogger refuses to understand me. I think they are bigger if you click them but they might end up really big, whatever.)

This next one is one of my favorites, mainly because of the teddy.

This is page #22 (of 24) from Cosmic Cherry issue #1

I'm working on compiling all of the usefull links and info we found while spending our lives online trying to learn about scanning, sizing, and coloring this comic (coloring the cover, it's a b&w comic). If it's all together maybe we can save some time for other folks.

I really like the asian-cart scene because you almost never see people eating in comics. I also love the way Jameson does nuanced facial expressions. But, seriously, I love Daphne's teddy.

Anyway, back to the waiting game.

Bye-Bye Blue Lines: scan comic art and get rid of blue lines

2007-07-26T18:51:00.000-05:00

Here is the best method I've found for getting those blue lines out after you scan your comic art/pages...

After spending hours and days online, along with hours and days of fighting with photoshop and my computer, my super friend Droob sent me a link to what I now refer to as "The Dave Gibbons Method".

I was so happy when it worked that I swore on the spot I would marry Dave Gibbons (Watchmen artist, if you don't know what I'm talking about - shame). He may already be married and I'm pretty attached to my boy Jameson - but when you try it you'll probably swear to marry him as well.

Also, we scanned in color at 300 dpi and at the end (where he changes image size) we made it 450. You might need/want to make slight changes as well. Other than that it's step by step and record it as an action while you do it - that way it's just a keystroke and you get to watch the magic happen. Dave Gibbons...swoon.

Here's the page Droob originally sent me, although I think you have to go to the next page to read what I've posted here. Hope this helps anyone who finds my blog - it made my brain so happy.

Tired and some fun...

2007-07-26T18:10:00.000-05:00

It has been crazy at work and I feel like this:

But in fun news we sent out the Cosmic Cherry Sumission by post and by email!!!

Sound the drums and horns!

Too bad it's comic-con week and we prob'ly won't hear back for a bit.

Cosmic Cherry #1 Cover Mock Up

2007-07-23T14:53:00.000-05:00

Doesn't it look real?!?!?!

I want to walk into Star Clipper right now and buy it!

At last...

2007-07-20T14:50:00.003-05:00

Stay tuned for updates and fun crabbing by me on all the joys of scanning, sizing and coloring a comic.

all work and no play makes me lazy

2007-02-08T15:24:00.000-06:00

it has been a month and a half since i've had a "real" day off. "real" days off consist of days where i spent less than 2 hours at work. i won't/can't even go into all the multitude of reasons that caused ths horrible achievement.

my clean laundry has spent two weeks on my bedroom floor (getting walked on - of course), the house looks like a paper-mail-trash-dish-clothes monster vomitted everywhere, and i normally have my taxes done by now.

i'm crabby and seem to spend any moment not at work on my cheap brown couch watching t.v. and t.v. on dvd. we have rewatched all of firefly (including serenity) and the series is much sadder when you know the outcome - but still fun, fun stuff. I have also watched the entire game of okami (it's so pretty) and 4/5 of zelda twighlight princess (i love helping to solve the puzzles). on a slightly less lame note i have almost finished reading war and peace. it was a christmas present and most people thought it was a joke. it was actually given to me by my roomate b/c he knows i read too fast and get very sad when a book is over. i also love historical books so it's been awesome although most of my favorite characters are dead or dying at this point and -spoiler alert- moscow has been deserted by the russians and taken by the french.

my goal today is to kinda straighten things around the house - a task that i might get done. tomorrow should be my first real day off in forever - so wish me luck!

dirunk

2007-01-20T01:50:00.000-06:00

i'm a tad bits drunk.

i was hanging out wsith my russian friend misha - he's a fun guy...

where is the bozaphra - or danger- hat as you know her?

I miss and love that silly girl.

we rearranged our "artroom". For making space and art from the space, yes?

i love people and things right now - so you know i'm a drunk baby!

ciao!

geek and boz and yi and jameson (you knos who you are) = i love y'all!

everyone who said it couldn't happen = wrong

2006-10-28T14:47:00.000-05:00

I am so excited! World Champions!!

Cards won the m.f. world series!!!

If only we had all bet on this awhile ago - we'd be rich.

And my boy Eckstein is MVP, oh I'm blissfully happy. I would have approved of it being Molina as well - but Eckstein plays baseball how it should be played and I'm sooo happy for him. We won without the big hitters doing almost anything!!

I want the reporter who said "the hardest thing for the tigers was going to be hiding their smiles as they beat the cards" to be forced to swallow his fist.

There were WashU parents in town this weekend and a bunch of them were watching the game. They weren't Tigers fans but the kept saying, "There's no way the cardinals will win - they suck. blah, blah, blah, bad team, blah, never any good" - I wanted to ask them if they'd been blind for the last couple weeks.

This is a dumb, dumb post... WE WON!!

Life likes kicking my ass...

2006-10-21T12:48:00.000-05:00

I haven't been able to get any sewing done (sorry no team up SK8). I have a new idea to make my fluff birds a lil smaller and sew a ribbon into them and - tah-dah - ornaments. But if I don't get on that soon it will be too late.

Life, it's a fugger.

One of our managers has had to step down and now it's back to 3 kids doing a 5 kid job. And one of the 3 is preggers - so then it will be 2.

Every time I think I can breathe easier and not be such a workaholic something like this happens. And right before the crazy holiday season!!

I can't wait for mng evaluations. They do 'em in November and I think if mine are too negetive I will fall to pieces.

Ooooh, and all the drama that's sure to start...I just feel numb.

Loop In Motion

2006-10-11T15:12:00.000-05:00

As part of my job (oddly enough) I'm responsible for selling employees wares all day during Loop In Motion. Generally I try to get some things made so I can sell my stuff as well. Here I am with the folks that sat out there with me - notice how awake we look and how atractivly set up our table is not:

This was my most productive (creatively and financially) year so far. I spent all day Wednesday and Thursday sewing and produced 18 funny looking babies (or stuffed animals). Here they are - a couple sold before my mom came by and took pictures:

and

They all sold but a couple and I made $130 - why can't I get anything done when I don't have a deadline?

i'm a death machine?

2006-09-18T15:37:00.000-05:00

weird...

Which Firefly character are you?

You are River. You were a child prodigy, a genius. Then the government got a hold of you and started experimenting on you and cutting into your brain, which gave you strange, psychic powers but made you insane. Your brother rescued you, but he takes sooo much looking after.
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introductions...sort off

2006-05-31T17:00:00.000-05:00

i really just created this so i can comment with ease on my girl danger-hat's blog and also my buddy sk8's. so, hi.