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No luck on the sleep last night. I was awake by 2 with cramps and then a sinus headache. This thing needs to go away, and soon.
Gary stopped by a Border's store that is closing, and got some things on sale. One of them was a nice lapboard for using a computer. I've been balancing my netbook on a big clipboard that I use for drawing outdoors. It works, but it's kind of awkward and the board is really too large. This new toy works really well. It has a wrist pad and cushions on the bottom side to rest on your lap. Room for a real mouse on either side, and even zipper pockets on the bottom to hold a power adapter or whatever else you might need. Very thoughtful and useful. And now when it's really cold I can finally write or do network stuff from the comfort of the fireside instead of having to go back in my chilly office studio room. I love that room in summer, but in the winter it's just too uncomfortable.
Some may remember when I mentioned literary dioramas using marshmallow peeps a few weeks back. Well we are going through with it, and the invitation was sent out to the schools today. Kids and adults may enter, and there will be prizes. I was asked to make one as a sample and I finally settled on a subject. I'm going to illustrate Wicked: the Life and Times of the Peep of the West by Greg Maguire. I didn't realize until this week that there are now green peeps, which is what sealed it. A green peep in a black dress, with a little broomstick, stands on the ramparts of Kiamo Ko, with her yellow peep winkies guarding the gates below as Dorothy, the Tinman, the Lion, and the Scarecrow approach. I'll make Dorothy and friends from the peep bunnies, and use the original chicken shapes for Elphaba and the winkies. How twisted is that? The competition is to be called a "Peep Show."
Gary stopped by a Border's store that is closing, and got some things on sale. One of them was a nice lapboard for using a computer. I've been balancing my netbook on a big clipboard that I use for drawing outdoors. It works, but it's kind of awkward and the board is really too large. This new toy works really well. It has a wrist pad and cushions on the bottom side to rest on your lap. Room for a real mouse on either side, and even zipper pockets on the bottom to hold a power adapter or whatever else you might need. Very thoughtful and useful. And now when it's really cold I can finally write or do network stuff from the comfort of the fireside instead of having to go back in my chilly office studio room. I love that room in summer, but in the winter it's just too uncomfortable.
Some may remember when I mentioned literary dioramas using marshmallow peeps a few weeks back. Well we are going through with it, and the invitation was sent out to the schools today. Kids and adults may enter, and there will be prizes. I was asked to make one as a sample and I finally settled on a subject. I'm going to illustrate Wicked: the Life and Times of the Peep of the West by Greg Maguire. I didn't realize until this week that there are now green peeps, which is what sealed it. A green peep in a black dress, with a little broomstick, stands on the ramparts of Kiamo Ko, with her yellow peep winkies guarding the gates below as Dorothy, the Tinman, the Lion, and the Scarecrow approach. I'll make Dorothy and friends from the peep bunnies, and use the original chicken shapes for Elphaba and the winkies. How twisted is that? The competition is to be called a "Peep Show."
