green evening stories

I found this webcomic called Buttercup Festival through the XKCD blag. Updated every Monday, it's filled with great pen-and-ink art as well as a great sense of whimsy. Sorta reminds me of Calvin and Hobbes, but much more non-sequitur.

Anyway, as I was browsing through the archives and some of his old art, I stumbled upon a sort of spin-off narrative graphic novel-thing that he never finished called Green Evening Stories. If Buttercup Festival had great art, this has Amazing-with-a-capital-A art. Every plate is a beautiful watercolor and ink painting, drawn with amazing attention to the color and composition of every element. Under the pseudonym Elliott G. Garbauskas, David Troupes paints swashes of rolling fields, dense and softly-hued forests, and vividly colored sunrises - all tied under an intriguingly epic narrative.

Check it out.

it's here

Go play it. Now.

ahalcyonblue.blogspot.com

The move is over now.

one hundred eleven

O Glorious Day! O Resplendent Day! It is with great pleasure that I unveil my newest offering to you, unwashed masses of the internet: Post number 111 of Halcyon Blue (formerly known as the fifteen-up). This post represents the passing of an feckless generation and the reception of a new age! An age of knowledge, an epoch of erudite exchanges! Come sheep-like denizens of the 'tubes, let us celebrate this momentous occasion with cheap paper cups filled to the brim with non-alcoholic sparkling cider:

To Progress!

To everything that the Future may have in store!

layout, part two

Things to do:

- Tweak header. I think a thin, black border around the image would be nice (sorta like what blogger already does). Eventually, I want to have the header display a random picture out of a predetermined set every time the page is refreshed. I might need external hosting to do that though.

- Move blog to < halcyonblue.blogger.com >. One of the great things about blogger is that you can change your Blog*Spot address whenever you want to whatever you want. I'll post before I move it.

- Update links.

- Learn CSS/HTML. I haven't started yet, but eventually it would be nice to have an original theme. Gwcloud, or cocoa maybe?

- Start to write more frequently.

- Set up static posts for main, about, links, etc. Not sure if I can do this though.

layout

I think it looks better now.

I finally realized how sick I was of the icky base templates (Like that puketacular yellowish one, or that retina-searing blue one. The silver one wasn't too bad though.), and went on teh intarwebz and started learning CSS and HTML. Gaze upon the effulgent design that I have managed to create with my neophytic skill, and wait with unbridled excitement for the day that I actually know enough code to create an original theme!


...And yes, I know that the header image is off-center.

naa

It's decided. I'm gonna be entering in the Members' Winter Juried Show II at the NAA. Problem is, I'm not too sure what to submit: I've got my ideas, but I'd like to get some input from other people (i.e. you, Dylan). What do you think is my best photo? I'd like to print it 8.5x11, so one of my more recent ones might be better, but that's just a small portion of my work. Take a look at flickr.

Some of the ones I was considering:

de mortuis nil nisi bonum

Say nothing but good of the dead.

learning photoshop/illustrator

I've decided to at least try to learn Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Here are the fruits of my labour so far, up on deviantART.