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I declare it in the family "adorable". Good grief but that's cute.

I'm playing SimCity on paper. Sorta.

Writing and illustrating a children's book idea I've had for several years, but feeling discouraged as I have no idea what to do next to get it into the hands of a publisher. Here's a few of the creatures in it.

I've been doing some furniture design. Not a lot of time just quick sketches and CAD modeling

I just directed and performed in "The Trial of Lizzie Borden", by Richard Brent Reed for the Riverside Dickens Festival...we performed it in one of the courtrooms in the original Riverside Courthouse, which was built in 1904. Great fun, thanks to the wonderful folks in this picture and the folks who made it possible.

After sitting on my self-published Graphic Novel for a while, I decided to do a fun 12 page one-shot about a SeaMonkey King because, "why not!?"

Finally got around to starting/half-finishing a piece of beadwork that had been in my head for a while. It's gotten more complete since I took this a couple weeks ago. Any input will be greatly appreciated.

I've spent 18 days stitching 7 521 stitches of around 18 000 of my Celtic Wolf embroidery using cotton, metallics and Kreinik threads working on hand dyed 18ct Aida. The bottom photo shows the progress before I moved the hoop to be able to get to the face. Still got a lot to do on the face before heading off and

Updating my Moon Missions timeline calendar for 2016. Unfortunately, wasn't able to print multiple copies? of this years' calendar (but it is available on the collectSpace website). Here is March 2015 for your personal use (if you print it, it's 11x17). Hope you enjoy it!

Well I just finished this piece of freelance work-

Unemployment sent me back to school, but I have time and inspiraton for leather crafts again. So I made a green belt. Yes, it is a real green belt and maybe that's cruel. Or maybe that's a bad reference. Next up, finishing a black and brown purse.

Been working on this little guy for quite a while. a 2/3 scale electric guitar for my five year old daughter. The body is flamed maple and pau ferro and the neck is pau ferro, flamed maple, and wenge. It's my interpretation on a more organic and modern Les Paul design. I feel like I'm in the home stretch, but the

Personal projects are critical to keeping sane for anyone wanting to do creative work (and we all are creative), however I think it is possible to bring that same creativity and passion to the workplace, at least that same positive mindset. If you view your job only as a source of income, you'll most likely grow to