Painfully Hopeful

Sometimes

I came up with this two panel comic the other day. I wasn’t feeling particularly snarky 1, but I think the two panels pretty much define the ethos of the day. The world seems to be losing it’s collective mind, and sometimes an act of pure and childish gleeful defiance is our last bastion of…

Potential Third Novel – “The Parallel”

I believe I’ve mentioned one of my Christmas presents being an Apple Pencil. I’m actually surprised by how much I enjoy the device, and have been playing around with it to compose composite images in Pixelmator. My favorite of these has two separate images as a base. First is the silhouette of several friends…

Fun with Adobe Capture CC

For the past two years I’ve enjoyed using the Adobe Creative Cloud photography plan. As a rule I tend to hate software subscriptions, but the photography plan hits a sweet spot between value and features 1. Part of the benefits of the photography plan is full access to Adobe’s set of iOS Creative Cloud apps….

Unpacking Privy Counsel

This week’s scene was a bit darker than what we’ve encountered previously in Penny Gnomes, but for some good reasons 1. Let’s unpack. Officer Gibbles Gibbles is one gnome with serious issues. As he said, he fought two tours of duty fighting off the Copyright Horde around Boarsblemish. During his second tour he was wounded…

Fiction Tuesday – Privy Counsel

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes “Kid, wake up. We’re here.” Will felt a not-so-gentle boot nudge his side as he fought himself back to consciousness. “Let’s go kid, it’s not nice to keep the cops waiting.” As if to reiterate Bug’s statement a voice squeaked from…

Down To The River

New Year’s Eve was a lot of fun. We had some neighbors over and pretty much laughed 2016 into retirement 1. My head finally hit the pillow sometime around 1:30 AM. Saying up to such a late/early hour, however, comes with consequences. While my body got out of bed around 8 AM to get ready…