Heck yeah, it's July!

I've been drawing a lot of trades with folks lately (I have so free time, so why not?) One of the trades was for Batman : The animated series characters Jervis (aka the mad hatter) and his often-brainwashed crush, Alice Little. Oh, Batman. Teaching kids about creepy brainwashing and abusive relationships.

In other news, I also  commissioned a couple of pieces from folks. I like commissioning for pieces that are lineless orsimple art. Because it's something I don't do well. My stuff is always full of strong and stable lines. I like to see what my characters look like when drawn in a way I can't achieve.  Jonne on tumblr was nice enoguh to accept drawing my Sparkgobbler characters. Look at them cuties. 



Today was pretty relaxing. I sketched all the pages I wanted to present to a comic contest. It's for a 6-page story and the theme of the book is lumberjacks and forests (SO CANADIAN HEH).

I also went exploring with a friend and found out that the park next to my house is a) really big and b) has some awesome fountains and a tiny troll bridge. No really. the rock formations under the bridge looked like tiny troll seats. The park is basically decorated by a very long man-made stream full of tiny pools and waterfalls. And it's made to look "natural", so with jagged rocks all over. The water originates from a fountain waaaay at the top of the park (the park is on an inclined plane). The top fountain is really well isolated (by a wall of rock, trees and a fence). So it seemed like a perfect place for a picnic. We kinda played in the cold water and were amazed by the fact that there was a rock formation smack where the water was rushing out that looked very, very phallic. Thus the top fountain was re-named "penis fountain".

Seems like a good adventure to me.

- Isa