Tag: 2016

It was interesting what happened at the beginning of 2016, the first thing was after drawing a year of monkeys, it seems my shoulder decided to start hurting.  Nothing life or doodle threatening, but I found it ironic that I finish this challenge and then drawing becomes painful.  I think it might be like, in teaching, where I tend to get sick on vacations.  My body keeps going until it has a chance to rest and then “Sproing!”

My desktop after I finished sorting.
My desktop after I finished sorting.

I have returned to the drawing board looking at what projects I need to pursue for 2016.  I’ve got some ideas, but planning and scheduling might be an issue, only time will tell.  Today though I went through all the files I had created for what I like to call “Monkey on my Back Project.”  I’ve divided them up by content and file type.  Here I posted .jpg files, I also saved .eps files at a higher resolution, and finally the .psd files of the original art from the scans and my coloring.  Basically, a whole lot of monkeys.  My first one dealt with (you guessed it) monkeys – I think I’m in a rut.

I’m planning on tabling at one Convention this year, one of my favorites – The Indypendent Show.  If you happen to be in the Indy area, stop by say “Hi” and play some games.  Games? The show is a part of the Who’s Yer Con.  Who’s Yer Con is a long running local gaming convention which runs from April 1 – 3.  The Indypendent Show is on that Sunday, April 3rd.  It should be a great time (as long as I’m not sick like I was last year).

I’ll be updating the site as I work on more projects throughout the year.  Who knows? there might even be a comic strip or two posted.

A Year in Wombats- Lackey #2016

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Bruce
lackeyEach year I give myself a creative challenge. In 2015 it was draw a monkey (one of Cecil’s Minions) each day. This has led me to my greatest challenge yet- a year of Wombats! OK just kidding… This years challenge is a bit cerebral. This year I’d like to to accomplish three things on the creative front. 1. Take all the MINIon Badges I’ve done and create a book with all of them (thank you Chris for giving me that idea). 2. Finally get the game I designed for my students years ago into a playable format. It deals with the rock cycle and helps them to remember what it takes to make igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Not as scientifically accurate as it could be, it at least is a start for elementary kids. 3. Gizmo Girl. I’ve got a story or two, I’ve done character designs, so get a finished issue (24 pages) ready for printing by the end of the year. In the mean time I’d also like to start doing My Geek Odyssey a little more regularly since I’m not drawing monkeys every day. This isn’t a challenge (although it kinda sorta is) more like an ambiguous goal. Basically, I’d like to have more comic strips posted that I did in 2015. So that’s going to be my 2016 on the creative front. I hope you’ll stick around to see if I actually accomplish anything.