September 2009
20 posts
A bit of iPhone Steampunkery →
Started this one last night, the intrepid Lady Sarah Waldegrave on one of her many journeys to the Eyer Waste—or whoever you want her to be, just made that up on the spot. Wherever she’s going,…
Steampunkery in-progress video [Flickr] →
chrishoward.author posted a video:
in-progress video of the prior sketch
Steampunkery [Flickr] →
chrishoward.author posted a photo:
Started this one last night, the intrepid Lady Sarah Waldegrave on one of her many journeys to the Eyer Waste—or whoever you want her to be, just…
Saltwater Witch - No Secret Government... →
Just posted Set 3 of chapter 6 for Saltwater Witch. I’m up to page 132. Check it all out here.
SketchGirl in-progress Video [Flickr] →
chrishoward.author posted a video:
In-progress video
Sketching... →
Sketched this with the Brushes app while waiting my turn to get my hair cut.
And the in-progress video:
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SketchGirl [Flickr] →
chrishoward.author posted a photo:
Brushes app on my iPhone
Saltwater Witch - demons and dentists seem to be... →
Posted the next three pages of Saltwater Witch with Ephoros the demon handing out some free dental advice and filling Kassandra in on where her armor and sword came from—in case she wanted to…
Who wants one of these? →
Really like the way this one came out. This is one panel from the next set of pages for Saltwater Witch. It’s about 12 x 16 inches, titled, “Oh, it’s you again” —that’s the demon Ephoros…
Ephoros is back in the next set →
My favorite old king of sea demons is back in the next set of pages for Saltwater Witch. Did a few sketches and paintings last night—while waiting for our cat Nikki to return home (the night…
YASC - Yet Another Style Change →
I painted this set of four pages (15 panels) yesterday—spent about five hours on it, but I’ve been thinking about changing the look of Saltwater Witch all week. (What’s new, right? I mean,…
Saltwater Witch promo and art contest →
I recently posted the first set for chapter 6 of Saltwater Witch, and another set is going up this weekend. I’m up over 120 pages of drawing, painting, layout-ing, cumulative months of…
My mobile code →
Does your mobile device/phone read 2D barcodes? There are half a dozen free iPhone apps for reading Datamatrix or QR codes and then processing them in some way. For instance, if you’re encoding a…
Lost Dogs and Fireplace Archeology →
And I thought it was a damn good day already…now it’s perfect. One of several short stories—both fantasy and sf—I have sub’d all over the place, “Lost Dogs and Fireplace Archeology” is…
LitDrift →
You really want to know what kicks ass about our world? When you get people together who are passionate about something, there’s always magic, sometimes there are temporal anomalies, sometimes…
Saltwater Witch - Chapter six, three pages →
Can’t believe I’ve made it to CHAPTER SIX! I drew all of these Saturday and Sunday, finished up layout last night, painted today and posted today. A couple of these, e.g., the sink top view panel…
Back to...normal →
The kids were back in school this week. The house was awake at 6:30 in the morning again. It wasn’t just me and the dogs in the kitchen in the morning looking at each other, going “what are you…
A taste of what I'm going to post this weekend →
Here’s a crop and rotate detail of a very long watery panel from Saltwater Witch. Going to lay it all out and post it this weekend. This might be my favorite set of SWitch panels so far—as far…
