Bean squeezer

I suppose there is a certain irony to flavouring roasted, ground bean juice with pressed bean juice... hmm...

Thanks to Brain Power Studio, I'm going to be at Wizard Con this weekend in Toronto! So, you will notice a delay of comics for a few days. I won't have a table, but will be circulating around. Hopefully I'll see YOU! I'll be the girl that looks like my comic-persona... and I will have a fuzzy ex-Saskatchewan guy with me.

I'm looking forward to getting all creatively reinvigorated with the comics everywhere and also catching up with the creators of Angora Napkin: Troy Little and Nick Cross! Get out to the Con and check out their stuff.

Cheers!
Suzanne.

inky fingers

The irony is not lost on me that as I upload this image, the ink bottle is sitting open on the table, along with the ink wash jar. Duh!

Cheers
Suzanne.

One down one to go

Well, I finished off my cute lil' Moleskine notebook yesterday. This morning I got to crack open my new, bigger Moleskine notebook. It is fun drawing bigger'n with more space to move my elbow and less hand-cramping action. Nice!
I cooked all weekend, and moved between pots, pans, broiler racks, cookie sheets, freezer bags and the like. My kitchen is ridiculously messy now. Which is annoying to me. So I'm ignoring it-- I'll probably venture back in there later today.

I'm well on my way to my 1,000 Themes project, which is a lot of fun. I finished page 5 Saturday evening. I'm not going to call it the 1,000 panel project, because my strip template can have from 1-3 panels on it. It's also taking me far longer to do this than a panel would normally take. I'm probably mad I suppose.

I'll be posting the panels on Deviantart soon and you can go and check 'em out.
I'm very open to suggestions and things like that; so if you have some swanky/cool ideas for the direction of the 1,000 Themes throw them my way. Who knows YOU could find your suggestion on page 162! Or even.. page 680! Or I might just ignore your suggestion ^__^

Cheers
Suzanne.

Stranger than fiction

Weeiiird!
I actually called my Mom to confirm her absence(?) I was absolutely sure she'd come into the house while I was showering: but of course, she replied that she hadn't! I can only guess that perhaps the strong outside winds had banged the screen door and that I'd conjured the voices myself, thanks to an overly fertile imagination and the muffling sounds of the shower.

OR PERHAPS IT WAS SOMETHIN' ELSE?!

"We may never know the answers to these questions, but our bullshit recreation team thinks it might've gone something like this..."

eyeball

Live and learn I guess!
Eye is much better today ^__^

Cheers
Suzanne.

demo

Yes, I've somehow worked in animation since 1990 and don't have a demo reel. I worked on the technical side of things (from '90 - '96 or so), I've written scripts, outlines and developed world ideas... (from '99 - present) sketched thousands of characters, designed, done boards...

In school ('97 - '99) it was the same thing. I'm a burning creative... and I think my old first year "anijam" was the only example of actual animation. Yeesh... it's probably on a DAT disc somewhere!

Saturday chores

What is more fun than sanding a broken cupboard door? Nothin'!
For those interested, the recipe for the 'Super-nutritious muffins' can be found below!

Cheers!
Suzanne.

Super Nutritious Muffins

These muffins are very tasty, and full of GOOD things for you. They tend to go stale fairly quickly, so wrap them individually & freeze them. Then pop them out when you've got a hankerin' for muffins!

Dry Ingredients:
1 1/4 c whole wheat flour
1 cup wheat bran
3/4 cup ground flax seed
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/4 cup chopped dark chocolate or mini chocolate chips (I have also used carob)
2 Tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder

Wet Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
(You can also "sour" reg. milk with a tsp. or so of lemon juice or vinegar! Do this before you begin the recipe and it should be soured enough to use by the time you get to this section...)
1 egg
1 jar of (4.5oz) baby food strained prunes
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with paper cups liners
2. In a large bowl, using a fork or wire whisk, mix together all dry ingredients.
3. In a medium bowl, beat together all wet ingredients.
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until combined.
5. Scoop into muffin cups

Bake for 20 -25 min or until done.
Makes 12 servings

Note: This recipe makes very generous sized muffins so be sure to use extra large muffin cups. They don't rise as high as regular muffins because of the high fibre content, so the cups need to be full before baking. The 2 Tbsp of cinnamon is not a misprint - cinnamon is high on the anti oxidant-rich list of spices and adds lots of flavour.

Enjoy!

fun with eggs

Well, here it is, another fresh comic journal for you!
(Ok, I know it isn't clear, but by 'Feb '01' of course I meant Feb 1st. The stuff was not 10 years old..really! And for kicks, you can check out the recipe I found here.

Adios!

Comics! Comics!

Last Friday not only did I find some delightful Pump House Blueberry ale in Westboro, but I also grabbed a few slim Moleskine notebooks. A potent combination of the two has lead to me making comic like things...after a long hiatus.
I think I also have St. Brygid to thank for the renewed excitement and creativity (the old Celtic Goddess of fire and creativity).

Speaking of St. Brygid and Imbolc.. February 1st was Hourly Comic Day. I actually managed to remember and do the durned things this year. I have my Hourly Comics posted on my Deviantart page. Please feel free to go and check them out.

I've been working on a comic journal and I'll be doing uploads HERE on a regular basis! Yes, now that I remembered this blog's password, that should prove a bit easier.

Anyway, we'll start at the start and so on.
Cheers!
Suzanne.