I have been doing my best to spend a lot of time in nature recently. I feel it is one of the best ways to recharge the body. Here are a few pictures I've taken while on some recent walks.
Recharge in Nature
in photography
A Bum and His Dog
in Illustration
For some reason, I was inspired to draw a quick sketch of a bum wearing a garbage bag. Once I got going, I realized he needed a dog companion. Both of their names are Butch.
Backup Disk and USB Illustration
in Illustration
A friend and I are working on creating a new card game called Hidden Forces: Robo Wars. It is a two-player battle game pitting two robot armies against each other. Think Magic the Gathering meets Stratego and you'll get the basic idea. It has been a lot of fun to work on so far.
We conceived of the idea a number of months ago and first started testing and tweaking the basic concept with a normal deck of playing cards. It wasn't long until I was inspired to create an actual deck for us to work with. These really helped bring the idea to life. Now, after more playtesting, we're nearly ready to send the prototype off to the printer to get some sample decks printed so we can have even more people test it. First, I needed to create another couple illustrations for the last few cards we needed in the prototype deck.
Below are those final two illustrations I worked on today. Perhaps I'll share some of the other stuff on here at a later date.
A New Blog For A New Time
in Illustration
A few years ago, I started a blog called Something Creative Every Day where I posted photos, illustrations, designs, short films, and any other creative work that I was producing at the time. I conceived of the concept during a creatively stagnant period of my life, and I hoped the blog would help inspire me out of the funk I was in. Luckily, it did.
I kept up the daily work for nearly two years. Soon enough, I was out of an uninspired job and into one that was much more satisfying. Although keeping up the blog was often a challenge, it did help me through a very tough time and usher in a phase of creative joy and job fulfillment. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on the circumstances) not everything in life stays the same. In fact, one thing is for certain, change is inevitable.
I find myself feeling a bit creatively stagnant as of late, so I'll take a page out of my old playbook and start a blog to get the juices flowing again because...