Thursdaily with a very gross morning.

There were cat barfing sounds to get me out of bed. (WHY always on the rug?!)

I was still cleaning that up when Guppy woke up and began crying. "I'm poopy! My sleeper's wet!"

And yes, that required a load of laundry that included all of her bedding.

Then, my house smelled like various foul things, besides which I had gotten lazy the night before and not picked up all the toys. So, there was a flurry of cleaning, and taking the trash out and such, which may not seem like the greatest way to start a day, but the result is a house much improved for the effort; it smells good and is not a disaster, and I feel rather accomplished.

We went for a shorter walk yesterday evening (probably only half a mile), and it was warm enough that I let her wear her sun hat:



A few Patreon patron portraits to polish up today and scan, and I've got a programming thing for the Lilypad that has been put off too long. (Allowing artists to update their photos!) I'd also like to poke at some advertising for coloring books - I have a few local things to pursue, and I need to do some new postcards. Taxes are calling, too. I finished business taxes some time ago, but the rest of them need to be put together. Guppy is happily watching "Ariel" now, and then we'll go for a walk in the snow. Oh, and my NEW new phone is in, so I've got the fun and excitement of setting all that up.


New artwork at Torn World! http://www.tornworld.net/artpageview.php?id=492

Also, I officially hate dealing with shipping costs to Alaska...

Advertising Musings...

I'm looking at ordering some new postcards. My current stock is badly dated, including with an expired domain. (That I'm still sort of kicking myself over on several fronts, but that's a whole 'nother story.)

And I have dilemmas. Whole PILES of dilemmas. Like, do I continue to plug Fantastic Portfolios? It's still technically an EMG project, but I don't actually run it anymore, and it's lagging seriously behind right now. And EMG-Zine - there are 7 YEARS of fantastic archives there, and three print anthologies that I'd eventually like to sell out of. But the space on an advertising postcard is some seriously valuable real estate. What about Commission-Control? Do I put that on to make myself get this project geared up or is that a stupid amount of extra pressure. I really DO want to get this project released this year - sooner than later, even (I have some GREAT ideas for it, actually...), but putting it on business cards makes it pretty real.

I'm intending to do something similar to my landing page:



Naturally, I'll be updating all the link addresses and text, making things more readable at the smaller scale, changing the aspect ratio a bit, updating the coloring book covers to things that are actually available, using more active portrait artist examples, etc.

I could also redesign the whole bloody thing, but let's not get crazy...

ETA: Here's what I've got so far...

( somewhat big! )