- Back in the Shed – March 6, 2024In late 2020 I bought 10, 2-year old Alberta Spruce seedlings from Virginia Department of Forestry for about $3 per tree. I put them in some cheap pots and just let them grow. Here are 5 of them. Just pulled out of their winter beds. They’ve been growing in these plastic pots mainly untouched sinceContinue reading “Back in the Shed – March 6, 2024”
- January 22, 2024 Back in the ShedBlog post about the weekend
- January 17, 2024 – Back in The ShedGoings on: Reads:
- Back in the Shed – January 4, 2024New year etc. Still recovering from this cold/gunk/crud. But I thought I should get a post in. Looking back on 2023 I think I did ok on my goals. We ended up having a blast in the UK and I did end up getting to 1,000 miles on my bike. Even after completely losing myContinue reading “Back in the Shed – January 4, 2024”
- December 29, 2023 – Back in the ShedHolidays are finally over and I’m dealing with the back end of a mean little virus (COVID/FLU/Cold? does it matter really? I dunno). Annoyingly, this is the third time I’ve been virused since August. I’ve been lucky enough to have not been sick during the pandemic so I guess I was due. Maybe I needContinue reading “December 29, 2023 – Back in the Shed”
- December 15, 2023- Back in the ShedBlog post about some stuff
- November 12, 2023 – Back in the ShedShort blog post today. Spent the weekend doing chores and spending a little time outside. I did a round of raking leaves, cleaned my bike chain and gears, replaced the back tire (after literally wearing a hole on the old one last week), watched the Hokies play football, and played a little Baldur’s Gate. ItContinue reading “November 12, 2023 – Back in the Shed”
- November 6, 2023 – Back in the ShedPost about the weekend
- August 7, 2023 – Back in the ShedBack from a trip to the UK on Saturday. Felt crap and took a Covid test and ended my streak of not being positive. But I’m all vaxxed and boosted so hoping it’s mild.
- July 28, 2023 – Back in the ShedGot a morning ride in. Hit the road around 6:45AM and it was already hot and oppressively humid. Ugh. Not sure if I was up for it this morning: just had no energy out there. But, whatever. I’ll be on vacation for a week starting Saturday so I’ll have time to rest. Time to buttonContinue reading “July 28, 2023 – Back in the Shed”
- July 27, 2023 – Back in the ShedGot my first (only) morning ride of the week in today. I wanted to get up on Tuesday but I had to go into the office and just didn’t want to stress about the commute and being late for work. Sure, I could’ve got up even earlier but there’s only so much I can take.Continue reading “July 27, 2023 – Back in the Shed”
- July 23, 2023 – Back in the ShedHeaded to Blacksburg on Friday to help Colin move house from the place he’d been in for the past 3 years to a new spot. Beers and dinner at Eastern Divide Brewery to game plan, then over to Colin’s townhouse to get stuck into packing and cleaning. The old place looked a lot better byContinue reading “July 23, 2023 – Back in the Shed”
- July 21, 2023 – Back in the ShedGot up again this morning for a ride. Day 2/2. Roads were wet from overnight rain. Lots to think about but I blotted it out with an episode of the Square Ball podcast. Heading to Blacksburg this afternoon to help Colin move to a new spot across town. Played around with Notion AI to enhanceContinue reading “July 21, 2023 – Back in the Shed”
- July 20, 2023 – Back in the ShedI woke up early to ride before work. Traffic better. Temperatures cooler. I can see the benefits of doing this in the morning, but I’m realistic about my ability to consistently wake up before 6 AM. Riding those waves. Creative stuff: Reading:
- Progress Pics From My Azalea Bonsai, “Kumono”I’ve taken a lot of pictures of my little Bonsai trees over the years but Ive done a terrible job of trying to keep them organized so I can’t really go back and see the progress. I spent an hour this morning digging through my old google photos and apple photos and creating albums forContinue reading “Progress Pics From My Azalea Bonsai, “Kumono””
- Weekly Round up: I’m not old! You’re old!It’s been a crazy 10 days here in the Shed. My oldest son, Colin, graduated from college last Friday and I couldn’t be more proud of him. The weather was perfect and the ceremonies were great. He’s a great guy and I can’t wait to see what he does next. Between hosting 5 grandparents inContinue reading “Weekly Round up: I’m not old! You’re old!”
- 14 Amazing Drawing Tools: My Drawing EDCBlog post listing my essential travel drawing tool
- Can’t find a sketchbook you like? Make your own!I’ve always enjoyed making my own sketchbooks. Sketchbooks are essential for me and I use them all the time – for playing with ideas, working poses or compositions, doing thumbnails or just doodling. I also like sketchbooks for keeping finished drawings in – they function as a record of the time for me and IContinue reading “Can’t find a sketchbook you like? Make your own!”
- Drawing: Bertie’s Frozen North EpilogueI got inspired looking at some Hugo Pratt, Corto Maltese drawings (especially this and this) over the weekend. Something about they way he draws his main character – always looking warm in his coat and looking like he is deep in thought. So I started doodling in my sketchbook which got me thinking of myContinue reading “Drawing: Bertie’s Frozen North Epilogue”
- Drawing Bits: How to Think about Drawing FeetThe other day, I was outside and the way the sun was angled in the sky, I noticed my feet casting these crazy shadows. The shadows really exaggerated my foot shapes and got me thinking about drawing feet. So, I snapped a few pics to use as reference. The best way to learn how toContinue reading “Drawing Bits: How to Think about Drawing Feet”
- Weekly Update: Short but sweetsome pics from the week that was
- Hey look ma, I’m “Boondocking”! (not really it turns out)Danette and I took the dogs out past Culpeper to a private campground to do some “Boondocking” this weekend. (What is Boondocking you ask? scroll down past the photos) The campground was essentially a cleared spot next to a small river in a wooded section of someones farm. I’ve been interested in trying to findContinue reading “Hey look ma, I’m “Boondocking”! (not really it turns out)”
- Drawing Process: How to draw Mars’ Steel Wind Strike?I’m working on a big drawing showing the whole Frozen North crew in the final battle vs the Demi-lich Iriolarthus and a bunch of Nothic minions. I want this drawing to be epic and amazing but I got stuck. In laying out that drawing I wanted to draw Mars doing casting Steel Wind Strike andContinue reading “Drawing Process: How to draw Mars’ Steel Wind Strike?”
- Update from the Shed – Feb 06 2023The beginning of last week, work was a total bastard. It felt like everything that could go wrong did and a few other little things decided to give me the bird as well. But, luckily everything calmed down and things got back to normal late Thursday. By Friday, I was ready to drink a beerContinue reading “Update from the Shed – Feb 06 2023”
- 31 down, 334 to go. Goals check-in.Ok January is basically over, let’s review my progress: Other than that, It’s been a bit of a slow week – very couch based. I helped Koli with a dead battery and then had to get a new battery on my camper too. Danette and I are looking to take the camper and the dogsContinue reading “31 down, 334 to go. Goals check-in.”
- Hey look, a new couch! Shed Remodel and Weekly RoundupA summary of the things I got into this week. The Washington Wizards, Jim Gaffigan, some TV shows I’m into and a change the Shed.
- It’s the weekend, clean something!It’s Sunday and my kids have both gone back to school. Time to dig into some work to avoid being sad! So after Marcus drove off this morning, I looked at my to-do list and saw “clean out the shed”. This is a good one that I’ve been putting off for about 3 months andContinue reading “It’s the weekend, clean something!”
- Drawing, New Pens and Goals: Weekly Update from the ShedIts a weekly update on projects goals and some pictures from the week
- 2022 Review: a year with goals met (some) and big life changes …huge actually2022 year in review and looking forward to 202
- Frozen North Episode 40 ColorsFinished the colors on this Frozen North drawing yesterday! Maybe a bit muddy but I like how it turned out. (Logo by Adam Tabib)
- Frozen North Episode 40 InksNew art from the new Frozen North! Frozen North logo by Adam Tabib
- Character Design: Minotaur Wizardblog post about a recent commissioned drawing of a D&D character.
- Big things from last week – December 5Over the weekend a few friends and I headed down to Emerald Isle for a few days to catchup, listen to music, each other, and the waves. A few beers, board games, I even got to spend a few hours working on comics while the other guys did some work calls on Friday. Not aContinue reading “Big things from last week – December 5”
- Big things from the week ending November 27thFamily The boys were home for the week of Thanksgiving and we were joined by some of Danette’s family for the meal. It was really nice spending time together and the meal was nice. I got to smoke 5 turkey breasts on my Akorn kamado-style grill and they came out fantastic. Maybe the best turkeyContinue reading “Big things from the week ending November 27th”
- A few big things from the week November 13Project List: Frozen North Ice Fishing Short: I finally started working on projects again starting with this Ice Fishing comic script Kevin gave me in February. I’ve been in a rut creatively for the past month or so and it felt good to be drawing again. The “rut” didn’t last very long (objectively) but itContinue reading “A few big things from the week November 13”
- The Big Things worth Sharing: w/e of November 6A list of things worth sharing from my week.