Friday descends from the heavens like an wine glass pushed off the table by the family cat.

On a good Friday it hits a soft and cushy rug intact.

On a bad Friday it shatters into a thousand pieces and you have to sweep it all up and be careful walking around the table in your bare feet for the next few weeks.

Hello and welcome to the newsletter.

I love my cats but I had to put them in the bedroom and close the door this morning. They wanted attention. I wanted to write. I am a bad human. They will be plotting my demise. They are good cats. Good cats are always plotting someone’s demise.

These Days …

I’ve gotten in more personal art time this week. It’s been quite relaxing. I’ve made a little progress on Mighty Nizz and done a couple of designs for my Redbubble store. I’ll show off the designs (sketches and finals) here in the next few weeks.

My station has hired more carriers so I’ve not been asked to carry as much extra in the last few days. The weather has been varied. One day of rain. Sun and clouds and breezes otherwise.

We’ve been kept busy trying to provide assistance for friends dealing with medical problems in distant places. Mostly it’s been Sarah providing the support while I do my best to support her. Tonight I’ll be putting her on a plane heading southeast so she can help out a couple of those folks in person. I’ll be flying solo for a few weeks.

Well, not exactly solo. There are the cats. And I have friends coming through town. And there’s work. And art. But both our routines will not be routine for a while.

Process

This is the penultimate process post for coloring these sketches. I’m working on streamlining my coloring process. I’m trying to use colors for mood rather than simply coloring things “realistically”. I expect I’ll be working on both these skills until I drop dead.

Out of the Past

I did the illustration below for Worlds of Cthulhu magazine back in 2009. Last week, Adam Crossingham, the former editor, emailed me to ask if he could use the image as the cover for a Miskatonic Repository publication at DriveThruRPG.

I said yes. The current version of the supplement can be purchased here. Since I’m practicing coloring my art I thought I’d take a stab at coloring this image. The result is below. The Miskatonic Repository publications are all PDFs. The great thing about PDFs is that a color version is no more expensive than a black and white one. And you can update a PDF in ways that are impossible with a physical publication. So this will be the new cover for 100 Stat Blocks. I’ll post a link when Adam updates it.
Now I should let the cats out of the bedroom and make some breakfast. It’s going to be a busy day.

Thank you for reading. I hope your day, your week, your current life is giving you an optimal mix of excitement and rest. Remember to touch base with friends. Eat. Hydrate.

See you in seven!