Trippin’ it old school for the latest Sketch Out exercise.

The Lamp

Well, considering it was an awkward way to draw (I had to back far away from the table to get the angle I wanted, so I had to draw with the sketchbook on my knee) I am decently pleased.  I am disappointed that the proportions are so off but I am satisfied with the pencil work.

The line in the middle of the pic is the binding of the sketchbook (I used my Moleskine, which has yellowish pages. I love it!).  You can see the rounded corners of the book’s pages  in the upper left of the scan.

Have you joined the Sketch Out? We need more active members and we’d love to have you.   You can do any exercises at any time and a new exercise is posted at the end of each week (Friday, but sometimes Saturday).

No comic today as I’m taking the day off for an extended 4th of July weekend.  What’s the point of working for yourself if you can’t take a day off to enjoy? (Just because I only post two days a week doesn’t mean I don’t work every day! I don’t, but it doesn’t MEAN that!)

Hopefully, I’ll come back next week with some awesome comics and extras!

In the meantime, I thought I’d share some thoughts about the Universe of Life’s a Witch and the characters that I have in my mind, but don’t appear in the comic… Read the rest of this entry »

I like asking the questions! Since I have superheroes on the brain this week, which was reinforced by Friday’s Sheldon strip, I’ll keep in that theme:

• So I’ll just start with THAT question: If you could have ONE super power, which one would it be?
• Which superhero is your favorite? What in particular do you like about them?
• Think about the things that you do every day or that people think you do well… Now, what super title would you give yourself if that were your super power?
• Superman has the “Fortress of Solitude,” Batman has the “Batcave,” and _______ has “_______.”  What would you call your super sanctum?

I know my regulars already know this, but for those of you new to the site:  keep it clean, people!

This Wednesday, I have some questions for you!

1.  Have you moved around a lot or have you lived your whole life in pretty much the same area?

2. Have you gone to college? If so, what did you major in? If not, have you considered going later in life?

3. If you could invent something useful, what would you invent?

4. Have you ever surprised yourself by doing something that you thought you couldn’t? Would you suggest someone else try it?

Post your answers in the comments below. I’d love to know more about you!

We made the absolute yummiest cupcakes for Father’s Day. Of course, it was the frosting that everyone raved over!

During the Dropped Cake storyline, a reader named JoanH told a story about a dropped cake in her family. It was made more of tragedy because the cake was frosted with her mother’s MOCHA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING, the story was funny but I wanted that recipe!

JoanH kindly posted it for us all here. I am making a special post today to say it truly is “pure sugar bomb and SOOO tasty!” as described.

THANK YOU, JoanH for sharing that recipe! We all loved it.

(If any of you out there try it, please lets us know in the comments below!