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The Blog at Happy Rock: December 2012

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012. He must be watching anime! I've been spending the last few weeks in the waiting room. It feels like everything is about to happen, for good or ill, but nothing is actually happening. I've started to step my work back up while I wait- taking on some new freelance and trying to keep myself sketching. If you're reading this, then you count as one of them :). I still mean to upload a process video of some sort- but in the meantime, I hope this is of interest:. View my complete pr...

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The Blog at Happy Rock: Goodbye, 2012.

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Friday, January 4, 2013. I have no Plan B" has been a phrase that's been doing laps around my head recently. But writing it down I realize I'm not even sure if I've got a plan A. As a friend recently phrased it: "You know how I was seeing the new year as this big.cliff? Where I didn't know what was past it? I feel the need to eulogize 2012. If only to put it behind me. Many years come and go and sort of blend into eachother as they pass, but 2012 was a year that I think I will always remember. And someho...

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The Blog at Happy Rock: August 2012

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Saturday, August 25, 2012. LOOK WHAT YO' ENERGY BRANG. So yeah.this really happened :). Thank you, strange man. All of the best days start this way. Wednesday, August 15, 2012. On Beginnings, Jellybots, Spidey and Wickford. Well- it's been exactly a month since my last post. Which is a pretty big shift from the almost-every-week-if-not-more-often cadence I had kept up until recently. The last month has been a full one- but not necessarily full of postable art.or at least time. In which to post it. Which ...

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The Blog at Happy Rock: May 2014

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The Curse of Maleficent. This is the very week. That Maleficent comes out in theaters and I reckon there has never been a better time to sit back and type out the big ol' process post that has been a'brewin for the last few weeks since the book's come out. For those of you who are completely lost- I recently illustrated The Curse of Maleficent. A YA chapter book tie-in for the upcoming Maleficent movie. It's on shelves now, and can be procured on Amazon. If you're so inclined!

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The Blog at Happy Rock: April 2013

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Thursday, April 4, 2013. Or The Dream List. So, THIS Freaking Place. As seems to be the pattern, it's been a while since my last post- but I am back once again! And most recently, I am back from San Francisco. A city which, due to the hype that has been laid down by many of my west coasty friends, I was totally prepared to be disappointed in. I also happened to be in town on the exact evening that a Beauty and the Beast singalong was underway (after which I proceeded to get lost in the Tenderloin. I am a...

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The Blog at Happy Rock: Everything Matters

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The Spring breeze is in the air, the night is just warm enough to walk through without a jacket, and life is teetering at the edge of one of those great precipices. I feel a blog entry coming on. I am currently lead artist on. In a week or two after that, the Maleficent book will release and the comic will be rolling full-steam ahead, 3-pages-a-week. I am excited out of my MIND. It's like Christmas, but you know.warmer. Spring is here, literally and figuratively. Lovely hardcove...

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The Blog at Happy Rock: Worth.

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013. As artists, we give things worth. And as doctors, writers, musicians, cashiers, and barristas. Humans all. But I can't speak for barristas- so we're going with artists for now. There's my neat little hypothesis, all layed out at the start so I can write you all the way back to it like a good little high-school english student :). And hopefully someone else out there will get something out of it all) I want to talk about worth. When I don't think too closely, I seem to fall ba...

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The Blog at Happy Rock: Playlist

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This is a new section I'm starting! Since music really inspires my work a lot, and since I tend to consume it like most people consume coffee, I thought I'd keep a section updated where I share what I'm currently listening to with all of you! So to get things started, here's my latest repeat-1:. 1 Fader by The Temper Trap. 2 Pokemon Advanced Battle Theme Song. Nothing touches the original, but I propose this is the best runner up for most Pokemonest. I just bought White.can you tell? My buddy just turned...

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The Blog at Happy Rock: Spring Under Snow

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014. New England does mid-winter thoroughly, with all it's natural bleakness in force. But today is one of those sunny days- where the air is crisp and you can feel the promise of spring hidden somewhere away in the barren branches of the trees. It's easy to feel a little brighter, a little more hopeful, as the snow runs wetly down the streets and into drains. But February isn't even here yet, and I'd be a fool to think we aren't still in the thick of it. Being honest- "Internet P...