So back from the big Honeymoon so definately broke, and heading into fall at a print shop so definately busy.
Not too much to say her as I haven't been working on anything much. I've been painting alot of miniatures and buildings for Mordheim lately as I got a big stockpile while on honeymoon and it's very relaxing after a crazy day at work. No need to come up with something after a hectic day of work, I can just play with the paints and my tiny little toys.

I will be drawing again soon I'm just taking a little break after a hectiv few years of frantic production.
Have fun going into the halloween and christmas season everyone and maybe the new year will bring some updates. I may even post some miniature pics if I can get them into half decent shape. It's been many a year since I painted and the brush is still a wee bit shaky.

Well apparently I broke 2000 views while away on vacation.
Woohoo, not much to see here though as I've been busy, getting married, honeymoon, and then catching up at work.

Thanks to everyone for stopping by and hope more is to come soon.

Well everybody my Monograph Submission is complete.
It's been sent off to the big reviewers in the sky and awaits it's fate.
This project has been with me for a long time. Many years of finding spare moments to put it together have finnally paid off with a book.
Any more details will have to wait until I hear back but I want to thank all the people that helped to bring it to fruition. Especially Melissa my long suffering editor, and Chris Smith, the wall I bounce Ideas off of.
This one was done somewhat concurrently with my other huge project "Scourge! Search for the Bloodkey". A boardgame I started creating when I was 8 years old and worked on periodically until 2 years ago when it finnally so release on Lulu.
Without these two big monsters in my life I ask what now?
Well I'll be taking a break from any biggies for now.
At the moment I am happily more than busy with illustration and design work over at my Day Job.
If anyone wishes to contact me regarding design or illustration work please send me a message and I will send you the company contact information.
We are also a full service document centre including in house perfect binding (ta-da!)
So anyone interested in publishing or just a short run of books please message me.
At the moment I'm mostly setting up bookblocks and covers for novels and would be glad to do them for you as well. If your someone looking to get just one copy as a gift or sample, or are looking into publishing 1000's of books we can do it all right here in the Maritimes.
Having already dealt with the twists and turns of setting up bookblocks for Lulu I'm also more than happy to design your bookblocks for your online publishing needs.
What else is new over at the print store? Right now I'm converting my boardgame to a format suitable for a box version. If your looking into an affordable way to get your boardgame out there message me and I'll send you the contact information. Digital Printing can be an excellant option for short run boardgames.
Thanks eveyone who has come by to check out the gallery, I can see that the counter is really a risin there. If theres anything you would like a print of let me know I of course print my own.
Have a great day and enjoy the rest of the summer everybody.

Mike

I've got just a few more pics that I want to upload and then that'll be it for the new monograph pics.
I hope to finish it off this weekend and send it off, that would be great.
Got a little tied up in a few projects at work that ate into the hometime last weekend so everything was on hold.

Have a great one.

So the Monograph is "done".
All thats left now is to print off a copy and fix all the million little things that need changing. Spacing, picture quality, darkness blah blah blah. But I do have a whack of art to upload and will try to get one up a day for the next little while. All of the pics in this batch are very small, they print at about 2x2 inches so I had to keep the detail low so they still make an impact.
Theres quite a few a comin so keep an eye out daily over the next couple of weeks.
After that I will be coming up on Vacation time! And then the customary holiday rush here at the house of halloween thanksgiving birthdays and christmas.
I'm going to take some time off of the big projects for awhile, we're still tinkering with Scourge in preparation for the expansion. If you are thinking about picking up a copy please do but be warned, the format will be changing with the new edition and the new exansion will have different size pieces. So if you really want to play sometime this year go ahead and get it as the next edition won't be coming out until at least next year.
And what will I be doing? Well I've got some fun things to do, playing Warcraft, painting up my next warhammer army and making scenery for Mordheim. I'm also creating a cyber board of mighty empires to play with my friends so that might take up a lot of time.

Have a great summer and fall everyone and I will keep you updated on the progress of the Monograph.