Author Archives: davidstong
Mouse in Millheim 03
This took a long time to stage, getting the lighting the way I want it, showing an unmistakable Inglebean connection. I want it to be late, inside a wall, comfortable… I still might tweak it. The chandelier may be confusing if you’ve never been to the Inn: a hunter’s trophy lamp- tacky, maybe, but a …
Mouse in Millheim 02
This took a while. I tried a variety of layouts looking for something that placed the scene in Millheim and let me show the characters. After nine false starts, I set up the perspective to give a nice shot down the main street. It showed the curving hill leading out of Millheim, a few more …
Mouse in Millheim 01
This is the final state of the first drawing. I posted it to Facebook with a title, but I don’t think it will keep it. I posted here, too, so I can see what size I can make blog images. 640px looks like a decent size!
Riding with the Millheim Transit Authority
I thought that it was about time for some new content, but the first image isn’t finished yet. Several characters are, though, and these two guys are cropped from the larger file.
new stuff
I’m still feeling my way through this. This is a drawing of one of the characters in my current facebook header. I just finished several, and it was handy. I’m thinking that the blog will be a good spot for new work, but I currently lack a way to convert hardcopy work to digital or …
15+
In my work blog, I’ve already mentioned that to show appreciation, the simplest, easiest, most effective way is to, well, appreciate something or someone. That’s sincerely appreciate, not appreciate in the Harvard Business Review sense where you learn how to appear sincere so people follow you willingly. I’d like to add that post here because …
moving on
For my family and friends who’ve asked why, especially considering the economy, and deserve some sort of explanation. If this is published before the new year, maybe it will finally be archived, gone, along with the hurt, the sadness, and the loneliness. I worked hard. For 17 years I was in early and stayed late. …
contagion
We have a ban on killing children and it’s failed. People have reacted, after a fashion; some think we need a more granular banning, Others think we need to meet violence with violence. I think both approaches miss the point. People are killing children. Why? Society is changing. As I write this, NPR is talking …
Changes
I’m about to enter the market for a new place to live. About is relative in a college town: with the freshman search for housing and the departure of graduates there’s a cycle that requires a decision on staying or leaving seven months before it happens. So I’m in the market for July. Everything happens …