Scraps from the past

In preparation for the summer Minnesota trip, I'm transferring all the photos from my digital camera's card to my computer, to have a clean slate. Here are just a couple from the past year I thought were neat.

 

Lemon meringue pie, with lemons from our tree.

Galveston.

Once I leave, a week from today, I'll have internet access only at the public library. But unlike past years, I'll try to keep this place updated not too infrequently. And the coloring book continues apace. 

There should be lots more photos once I get up north!

Some non-saint coloring pages

I was commissioned to do two coloring pages for an elementary Art class to learn light-source-based shading with, one girl-directed and one boy-directed, though of course they could choose either one.

So for the girls, I guess they like princesses, but I don't like Disney, so time for good old Nintendo! For the boys, I figured the kids always seem to like Superman, Batman, and Spiderman, and of course I like Blue Beetle, so there you go!

Saint Rita coloring page

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Happy Mothers' Day! Saint Rita persuaded her sons not to join in a murderous vendetta. That's good parenting.

English Martyrs coloring page

This is one of the pages in the May set for the Liturgical Calendar Coloring Book. There are two days in the year for English Martyrs, (at least on the Ordinariate calendar) and this one is for the lesser-known group of 85 martyrs beatified by Bl. John Paul II.

The ones I included are:
Back row: Bl. Nicholas Horner, who lost a leg to infection in prison; Bl. Robert Bickerdike, whose capital crime was giving a cup of ale to a Catholic priest; Bl. William Gibson, a Scottish nobleman; and Bl. Robert Nutter, who holds a scavenger's daughter, an instrument he was tortured with.
Front row: Bl. William Carter, a printer; Bl. Thomas Bullaker, a priest; and Bl. Henry Heath, a Franciscan priest.

The names of all 85 martyrs are here.

When you color it, be sure to give William Gibson this tartan! :D

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Beyond

My fancomic plans have extended, and now include a Batman Beyond story. The design process for this was interesting. For one thing, I want it still to be a Gothic Lolita setting, but as years pass, we start getting away from straight Victorian-influenced fashion, and adding more of the punk and other Japanese alt fashion styles. And then figuring out the mechanics of the suit: the wing structure gives it a slight steampunk vibe, and the visibility of the jetpack boots is necessary for a planned plot point and also has some design influence from the long fall boots in Portal. I think it looks pretty cool.

Vicar girl

A character of mine; the Rev'd Bettina Caretree, Anglican clergywoman and superhero senshi! I have an idea of doing a comic someday combining the story ideas of English country vicar and Japanese magical girl. Very silly and fun.

Oh and here's a link to a nice article about Clare's Costly Cookie by the author, Julie Kelly.

May pages! and Visitation coloring page

I just sent out the May coloring pages! Man oh man this set was intense. A lot of emotion, a lot of mystic ecstasies, a lot of theology. Included:

Saint Joseph the Worker
Saint Athanasius
Saints Philip and James
English Martyrs (the 85 Blesseds, but alas I couldn't draw them all)
Saint Damien of Molokai
Saint Pancras
Our Lady of Fatima
Saint Matthias
Saint Isidore the Farmer
Saint John I
Saints Dunstan, Ethelwold, and Oswald (tormenting the Devil; this is a fun one!)
Saint Bernardine of Siena
Saint Cristobal Magallanes and companions (Mexican martyrs; St. Cristobal was played by Peter O'Toole in For Greater Glory)
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Bede
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Augustine of Canterbury
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (above)
Ascension of the Lord
Pentecost
Holy Trinity

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