Artist Trading Cards

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I recently discovered a trend. I’m not really clear on how old it is, but I don’t much care, either. It’s a very cool idea, and I would love to trade cards with my friends, if any of you are artistic and would be interested in this. Check out the article; I don’t have time Continue reading →

Sheta’s Original Tarot Spreads

It's magic!

Last week, when Laramie was here, I was giving him lessons in tarot and I wrote a couple of new spreads I thought I’d share with you, along with my gold standard, the “Extended Celtic Cross,” which developed many years ago out of my need to do more than the old standby (which I actually Continue reading →

Halloween 2010

It's a haunted house. And it has ghosties in it. And monsters. And other scary things. Probably cockroaches.

You can see the entire album of Halloween photos here on my Facebook photos page. I spent three solid weeks getting things made and the decor set up, working from the time I got up until 1 or 2 in the morning every day. For that length of time, it should look better, but there Continue reading →

A-kon 21 Photos

Sephiroth wasn't the only character in attendance. . .

We spent the weekend of June 3-6 in Dallas at the downtown Sheraton hotel for A-kon 21. This is an anime/comic convention, now in its 21st year (obviously). There were literally scores of costumes — there were probably as many people in costume as there were out of it. I took over 100 photos, most Continue reading →

I Think He Saved Me

I always wondered whether he'd step up to save me, but I never expected this. . .

Yesterday, as I was on my way to my therapy appointment, I stopped at the corner store for a Pepsi. I pulled out of the parking lot and was sitting at the 4-way stop prior to entering the freeway, when I felt something sharp poking me in the ass. I paused at the stop sign Continue reading →

The Experience of Avatar

I will probably cry during the writing of this post. Possibly more than once. I’m just saying. Sunday when I came out of the theater as everyone else visited the restrooms, I started crying (again), hyperventilating a little and fighting to regain control of myself as people passed me entering and leaving the theater. This Continue reading →

Success on Your Own Terms

I’ve been emailing back and forth with Tonya Kay (see thumbnail), a new writer in Rending the Veil‘s increasingly impressive roster of contributors. She is a uniquely special individual, and I thought I’d share some of her enthusiasm with you, along with some links. I’m not really familiar with her body of work, but her Continue reading →

We Placed . . . Third

Odyssey #1 - This is an identical chair with a bit more damage to the seat back. We forgot to take a picture of the first chair before we cleaned it up and painted on it a bit.

Well, my hopes were dashed but everyone in our court agreed we should’ve placed at least second in the Road Kill Chairs competition. The term “Road Kill Chair” is meant to imply that the artist take a cast-off chair, such as one found in a garage sale, and turn it into art. I have photos Continue reading →

Top 10 Reasons Why the Blog Layout You Created Sucks

Actually, this is really more of a list of reasons why I personally won’t use your layout, but that’s not as much of an eyegrabber. I composed this list after signing up for Bebo today and going through 50 pages of skins to find some I liked. Adjust according to site in question, but it’s Continue reading →

Painting Project Photos

My brother recruited me about a month ago to paint some furniture for him. He lucked into some furniture by some elite artist for his resale shop, and decided I’d be handy to paint some up for sale. I checked out the website, which I can’t find now. I can’t remember the url and an Continue reading →

Kitties Rule, Except For That Awful Smell

Hey folks, long time no anything! I thought you might like to see a couple of pictures of the new kittens, who are 8 weeks and 1 day old. We have four, all males, and they’ve officially entered the cute overload stage. They do little hopping attacks and leaps, graceful and clumsy all at once. Continue reading →

Valentine’s Day Art

I worked on this most of the last two days. It’s not perfect, heh, and the resemblance could be better, but my shading is improving so I’m happy enough with it. I’ll probably look at it fresh tomorrow and cringe (or today, rather), but oh well. Here it be. Click image to see a larger Continue reading →