IllustrativeJack

Ahhh, time for my yearly DA journal post!

This last year flew by quite fast. Lovesick Robot Studios has grown into something that is barely manageable by two people, so we hired a friend to take care of customer service for us. Our product line is slowly expanding, and I continue to develop my drawing style. Good times.

If the pattern holds, see you next year! XD

I have this habit of becoming soooo obsessed with Things and I end up focus sooooo intensely on said Things that I fizzle into a state of burnout that requires multiple weeks of recovery time. I've almost reached the apex of one of these cycles, and i gotta tell ya: I'm excited to get over it and move on.

My latest two obsessions have been a body of illustrations I've been calling the "Prism of Pinups"-- a series of pinup gals each wearing a color of the rainbow -- and playing several games of Mass Effect 2 concurrently XD I have three femSheps going on at the moment, so I can experience all of the space-faring xenophelia that Bioware has to offer

Now that I'm getting close to the apex of my burnout cycle, I find myself staring out of my office window, or at my computer screen doing absolutely nothing. Like, "staring at my wallpaper while I sit still" nothing. It's been pretty disconcerting, since I'm so used to being busy all the time >.>

Anywho, onward and upward! These remaining four illustrations won't be illustratin' themselves!

Work work work. Work work work.

I read an article once written by a geriatric nurse who listed off the top ten regrets of the elderly people he'd cared for over the years. The regret that seemed most common among his male patients was "I wish I hadn't worked so much".

Having fun and taking care of yourself is mandatory for your health, folks. Do it as often as you can

My husband Brent (photozz) and I have been together for five years as of January 20th o/ Today is January 23rd, which marks year two of our epic marriage. In that time, we have:

Gone to Comic Con
Bought a house
Visited California three times
Rushed each other to the hospital (once each)
Started a business

That's a heavily abridged list, but you get the idea. It's been the best five years of my life, and I hope we have 95 more together <3

Just gave my gallery the old Slash and Burn. There were too many crappy/mediocre works hanging around in there for my liking... it was a little embarrassing. XD You can find some of the old works in scraps, if you care to look.

Onward and upward! o/