One of the work related newsletters that I still subscribe to pointed me to a new web page for a group that I’m familiar with. We are completely unaffiliated, but their mission is still a part of me. I checked out the site and it’s very professional. It’s an attractive WordPress layout incorporating web fonts …
Author Archives: davidstong
carcasses?
Currently skinned out and laying on my work table.
implements of torture
This is my cell phone: a Nokia 6015i. It was the first cell phone I ever had. Actually the only cell phone I’ve ever had. I got it so I could have a phone with me in case my daughter, who was in boot camp at the time, would have an unscheduled moment to call …
character, again
This is becoming a pretty big failure. I like this character a little more, but over all, I’m not liking the project. Maybe it’s the weather. I’ll shelve it for a while. Frustrating as hell. Late edit. I’m done. At least she’s smiling.
trial spreads
I’ve been plotting this out and knocking around the beginning for a few weeks. I really need a sense of how it’s going to look when we got into the thing, so I worked up two spreads from the middle as a trial. Maybe I’ll work out in both directions? I’m not sure about any …
new addition
A grandchild. Early stages. I’m excited.
Obviously they aren’t
I get into State College very rarely anymore, but when I do I like to pair what ever it is I’m doing in town with something interesting on Penn State’s University Park campus. During my last visit I walked to Pattee, caught Chris Ware and a display in Special Collections, and noted a large number …
Year one
Holidays are a great time for reflection. This holiday happens to be on, or very nearly on, the celebratory occasion of me wrapping up my first year of being employed by me—so my reflection has a harder edged, more assessing sort of purpose. As the boss, I need to see more effort from my staff. …
Coloring style
After I rendered the drawing of Bellefonte as a coloring book page, I tried coloring it myself with flat tones just as an experiment. I thought it worked well and I liked the effect. As I work on the Millheim Mouse cartoons, I save versions of each of them as coloring book pages, too. Since …
An explanation of the mouse images
On the simplest level my intent is to tell a story with colorfully rendered, very finished pictures. I have a story and characters in my mind, but no writing talent or skill, nor any desire to write the story. I do have very strong visuals in my head and a clear understanding of what happens …