Author: grasshopper

Remember that super secret children’s book project I kept mentioning last year? All that hard work has finally paid off!

Introducing Sara and the Buprleberry Rescue!

I did something on a whim Friday night. I found a picture I drew in 2009 of my own “concept Romulan uniform.” Ever being fashion conscious (or not), I winced when I saw the older drawing and was immediately inspired to redraw it.

Here is Friday night’s adventure in drawing:

…and here is the fashion disaster of 2009 (I have it on my Deviant Art account somewhere too):

I’ve been busy (mostly getting sidetracked) with a lot of things, but I managed to squeeze in another drawing for January. Yes, it’s Babylon 5 related…I can’t seem to not stay away from that show!

This is what happens when the printer gives me a fresh, warm blank sheet of paper with my documents!

I can’t let the beautifully blank pieces of paper go to waste, now can I? …The poor neglected tree pulp.

It’s been a few years since I’ve done a self portrait. The last one I attempted looked like I had a huge chin with a mind of it’s own. I’m very pleased with this one and its obedient chin.

I wanted to try something a little different, and this was the result. I am thinking about painting this one on canvas.

Knitting with my looms is relaxing and rewarding because I can finish projects at a decent pace (except for scarves. Scarves bore me to tears!). On the surface, the circular and rectangular pegged looms look dull and lifeless, promising only hats and scarves.

One only needs so many hats…so I’ve learned to test, experiment, and meddle with crazy ideas; it’s how the octopus and the infant from 2011 came about!

My latest experiment involves making a miniature plush, stuffed doll with oodles of cute factor. What better way to test my idea out than to use my favorite Sci-Fi character, Alfred Bester!

On a completely unrelated topic, I made myself a Star Trek badge. It’s very “glam” with all the sparkles on it.