Don’t be such a snob, Barney.
By the by, the latest bonus comic (and bonus additions to the Templar Moms series) is darn near paid for. With a $400.00 goal, this stuff will likely be ready to read any second. Feel like bumping it over the goal?
Month: June 2010
The best merch-in-action photo ever.
TAZ reader and all around-peach pcornelius, with Freeman Dyson at the International Space Development Conference.
You know Freeman Dyson, don’t you? The Dyson Sphere guy. He is kind of a big deal.
Thanks so much for sending this t’me, pcornelius!
Chapter 5: Lit, page 29.
Oh great, you got him started.
By the by, I have TWO (sorta) bonus comics ready to be ransomed in the Bonus Comics section.
The first is “Exs,” character studies of six ex-boy/girlfriends of TAZ characters. The second is actually a reposting, partially; “Templar Moms.” A while back, I drew four or so mothers of TAZ characters, also character studies. I’ve draw two more, which you don’t get to see until the ransom is paid.
The ransom is $400.00. As you can see, we’re about halfway there. Click the donate button to contribute!
Sketch: Slow-boil secret sci-fi project.
I did a minicomic back in high school, a sci-fi sorta thing. Because I can’t let go of anything, I’m trying to get that going, again.
Nothing more to show than this sketch, which is not by me, but by Roxxy Goetz. (I can only take credit for the lovely red lines.) If things work out, she’ll be doing the drawing.
Chapter 5: Lit, page 28.
Incoming racefail.
Toymaking: Let’s make resin satyrs.
In case you don’t follow my Twitter, I’ve recently decided to have a go at making a run of designer resin toys.
I have a whole themed line planned, but my first mistake-riddled, feel-free-to-fuck-up, cherry-popping, throwaway project is a satyr.
I work on him on weekends, when I’m not doing TAZ. This is what he looks like right now; click for piss-poor iPhone turnaround photos.
He’s got a core of armature wire wrapped around wadded-up tinfoil; it keeps him reasonably light, and less likely to crack when he’s baked. Over the tinfoil and wire, which established his basic body shape, went a layer of Super Sculpey. And over that, I’ve been bulking him out and sculpting on the details with Super Sculpey Firm.
He’s been baked about six times so far; I bake him every time I’m happy with a few hours of work. After baking, I usually sand down any minor imperfections with 400 grit sandpaper, then buff the sanded bit with flannel.
He’s about seven inches tall, five inches wide (arm span included), and a weekend from being finished. When he’s done, he’ll get one last bake, sand, and buff, be coated with primer, and I’ll start on the second big step; casting copies of him in resin.
I hope you buy one.
Chapter 5: Lit, page 27.
Wow Barney you know a little too much about this.
Chapter 5: Lit, page 26.
Pasties and a g-string, beer and a shot.
Hi, Barney.
Sketch: Shaky Baby Deer.
He would have also accepted a few hours of PS3 and some pizza.
Chapter 5: Lit, page 25.
Are you sure? Lemme feel your forehead.