In Remembrance of Millenium Spangle (Millie)

Well it happened again this week. One of our pets passed away. This time it was a cat that well liked me. She got along okay with others in the family, except Logan but she adored me. From the beginning I didnt want this kitten. Amanda brought it into our house under my protest. Swearing that it would go to the SPCA as soon as the shelter had room. 3 months later, she was ingrained into our family and my heart. Most didnt even know we had her, any time company would come over she hid under my bed. But when everyone was gone, she would come right back out. She wasn't the most social, but she was what I referred to as my permanent kitty. She was a runt, so really small. Never got as big as our two other cats. We ended up naming her Millenium Spangle, Millie for short, mainly because she was born in 2000 and she was spastic. Millie grew on me over time and she claimed me. She was the only cat I ever owned who was totally infactuated with me. Cats normally dont care. Its just they're personality trait. God made them that way. She would come to me, play with only me, let me carry her around, no one else. She would even come to me if I whistled for her.
Little over a month ago we noticed Millie wasn't eating well. After a vet visit we found out she had a liver disease called...Feline Hepatic Lipidosis. Not a real promising disease to bounce from. After making the hard decision not to throw thousands at our kitten, we decided to let her live out what she had left before pain kicked in. Monday night when I got home I was able to sit with Millie as she passed away. I had doubt she knew I was even there but just minutes before she died she curled her paws at me, something she used to do when she was content as I petted her. I will definitely miss that stupid cat. This year we lost one of my most favorite pets I ever owned Riley our labrador and this week I lost the one cat that loved me unconditionally. Both pets were 9yrs old, in 2009. I have no more 9yr old pets left. Pray were done for the year. Thankfully I still have Wonderful God and Savior who loves me unconditionally and He has blessed with me with a beautiful family and some great pets.

Greetings from the Moon

Its been just crazy busy for me the last few weeks. Projects at home, projects at work. Working still on the graphic novel series the Reborn. Playing disc golf with my lifegroup buddies! Things are going good. Last week though I had to take a little diversion and do a quick postcard flyer for Lifechurch.tv Tulsa Campus. Love Lifechurch.tv by the way, if your not going to church somewhere you oughta check them out. http://www.lifechurch.tv/ If theres not a campus nearby you can go to church online, in your pj's, in the comfort of your home. Anyhoo I did some art for their upcoming Big Show that is next week. Once again another awesome thing at Lifechurch. Below I attached the final card its front and back, plus some of the thumbnail work I did.

Quick Sketch - You know what Jack Burton always says...

Just wanted to post a quick sketch today. Watched Big Trouble in Little China last night. Love that movie. So was just inspired to sketch out a quick Jack Burton. Still trucking along on new pages for The Reborn and shooting for a end of October completion for the first book.

The Reborn - New Pages

As promised I thought I would post a couple of pages to my new graphic series called The Reborn. The pages are during a slow discussion moment in the book. Nothing real exciting, I always feel really challenged to draw discussion scenes, since theres no cool explosions or generally any super going on. So here they are.

The Reborn

Not much new art to show today. I did do some sketches last nite, but they had a purpose. I am officially repicking up a project I started over a year ago. I have the intention of starting and hopefully finishing a graphic series called The Reborn. So keep your eyes open ahead for new work coming from that project. I plan on releasing the first book at Staple Independent Media Expo in Austin first weekend in March 2010.

Halloween ATC Trade 2009 Trick Card

Well its that time again and I need to admit something. One of my fav holidays of the year is Halloween. I don't know what it is but the monsters, candy, scares, and festive cartoons really get me excited and my creative juices flowing.

Christmas is by far my fav holiday, I mean its the birth of my Savior, that alone is reason to celebrate, but also its festive lights, family gatherings and snow monsters. No wait thats Halloween. Its also the one time of the year where people purposefully try to do good to their neighbor. Its just an incredible holiday.

But Halloween, its all about dressing up in costumes, playing tricks on your friends, raising their fears and robbing them of their candy. Also Im sorta partial to the color orange and well thats a Halloween color. Schweet! Whats not to like? In any case I host a secret artist trading site and we just had to do a Halloween trade, so mine this year is a headless zombie trick card, that can actually move and open his jaw. Very cool. This helps me deal with my zombie fetish, its weird I know but its me.

Monday Artday!!

WOW! My retired sailor illo won the Monday Artday theme of the week. Very cool! If you havent checked out Monday Artday just click on one of the Monday Artday links and get over there. Lots of cool art and really nice artists.

Nothing else new to post today but look out more to come tomorrow.