DXS Machina

Just a small photo of the art I’m putting in the Anthrocon art show this weekend. The tiny images in the center are the tiny paintings on wood that have been giving me sooo much trouble for the past 2 weeks. But now they are finished and sealed and awesome. Here is a close up of them. =^_^=

The top image is a couple of Dancing puke cats and the bottom one is of the cat that dreams of swimming riding a huge catfish. It only took me a day to make the painting part but it took me close to two weeks to find a good sealer. After much effort and help from many friends and from the awesome girl at the art store I now have an Acrylic sealer to finally seal this pesky wood art that I make. Oh god but it smells, I’m still airing them out on my friend’s porch area. I actually sealed these images with 3 different sealers but thankfully this final one has done the trick and it makes the images look very nice and now they don’t stick to stuff. Which are things that are good in a sealer. I am pleased.

These were originally the wood that some brands of fish cakes are sold on… the idea of painting cats on fish makes me very amused. Does anyone any left over fish cake wood they’d be willing to send me to paint on? I sort of like this awkward odd size. =D

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I had to look up when the comic industry started to use computer coloring cause I wasn’t sure. I’m sort of surprised it’s so recent. I wish most of this comic wasn’t just repeating conversations I’ve overheard in comic shop or read on the internet. The comment about Pokemon and manga style though was something told to me by an editor at one point a few years ago. Fun times.

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I’m heading to Anthrocon next month and I made some cute pictures out of some scrap wood I had laying around. But now that I’ve painted them using acrylics I have no idea how to seal them. Does anyone have any ideas?

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Oh 1991, I had to reference my middle school year book to see what horrible hair style I had back then.

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LOL, aww kids. And thus the circle of adults dealing with kids and kids dealing with adults is complete. =D

Lol, most artists I know could use a tan… hides in my house.

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Ugh, sorry for the double comic post, I managed to update the webcomic site last Wednesday but then my computer hard drive suddenly stopped working and I forgot to update here. Thankfully my poor iMac is still under warranty so I was able to get it repaired. It’s weird that it died since it was only a year and 3 months old. At first, I thought it was okay and that the info on the hard drive wasn’t important. But the more I’d think about it the more I realized just what was on that computer. All of the My Muse pages are on it and my taxes and so much more. I got really down over it but thankfully they were able to access the drive and copy my stuff. Haaaaa. I’m so relieved. I still need to check the data to be sure everything’s okay.

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A-kon was really good this year… which I’m posting as if it’s news because even I didn’t realize that I made close to 3 times what I made last year until I got home and checked the numbers. Woot, estimated tax money and health care! The laminated signs and extra larger weird cat prints really seemed to help draw people into the booth to get clobbered by both me and Shawnna’s adorable buttons and art. My most popular piece of art for people to stare at and point friends to, was this image of the “Cat Puking Kittens” from the new Catalyst folio.

Buy this image as a print at my online store!

Speaking of the Catalyst folio, YAY! Oh my god, it printed soo nicely. I got the book from the printer and ran around the house showing it to both of my cats… they seemed to like sleeping on it. The paper is all smooth and glossy and the printing is very rich and sharp. I’m so happy with them. It’s 16 pages of weird kitties doing odd things in a convenient 5.5″ x 8.5″ inch size. Look I offer photos!

It has a wrap around cover!

Meow World! A 4-page comic of adorable alien cats flying space ships in the shape of cat heads.

And here’s a link where you can order this folio: Catalyst! Also there more photos and links to some of the cat images inside the folio. Um, it’s weird!

In other news my iMac’s hard drive exploded… freak death, it just stopped working and now it won’t boot. Thankfully I’m totally covered by Apple Care so, woot, free hard drive. The only bad part is they’re not sure they can save my important data from the dying drive. I have to cross my fingers and hope that I can backup most of the new My Muse comics, some of my prints/art, and hopefully my tax info for last year when I take it back in. Thankfully, I do most of my art work on my laptop. Which reminds me I really need to back up some data on that computer. Sigh. Well, at least I’m not paying for the repair.

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I’m finishing stuff here before I take off for A-kon, which is an anime convention this weekend in Dallas. Me and Shawnna have a Komik Market table right next to the escalators in the main hall, A-8 supposedly.

I just got the Catalyst folio back from the printer, it printed really great, and I finally have new business cards. I’ll also have huge giant prints of some of my weird cats (Like the pancats, flower cat, and cat puking kittens… I really need to post some art when i get back from the con) and a few new buttons. So I’m full of new cool things to buy. Come by and chat me up… er you know in the talking type way.

Ugh, sadly I ran out photo paper and can’t print any more small prints. Con struggles. Oh shit, I should go to the bank soon.

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Size really does matter some times.

This comic involves Princess and the comic kids discussing the definition of foreign language terms and cultural appropriation.

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Part 2 of 4

This subject totally needed 4 pages about it… =/

This comic involves Princess and the comic kids discussing the definition of foreign language terms and cultural appropriation.

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Part 1 of 4

Alright! Finally a brand new Muse comic, sorry for the wait. This 4 page strip involves Princess and the comic kids discussing the definition of foreign language terms and cultural appropriation. D= But DUDE, BATMAN MANGA!

This set of strips is being run slightly out of order from when I created them… but I figure shouldn’t worry too much about it.

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