I have to admit you all aren’t going to get anything new from me this week as I deal with some real life stuff. So instead I thought I’d introduce you to something awesome one of my friends is doing.

My buddy Jamie Noguchi has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for his first plush toy, Puppy Cow. Now you’ve probably heard me plug Jamie before when he was the artist for Erfworld: Book 1 or when he started his new comic Yellow Peril (he is also one of the guys behind SuperArtFight). The way Kickstarter works is a creator sets a monetary goal to reach in a certain amount of time and consumers, like you, pledge at certain levels with various bonuses provided by the creator. If the goal isn’t reached there is NO Charge. Nada. You only get charged if the drive is successful. I could try to explain more but really if you went to the site it would probably make more sense and give you more detail.

So if you would consider checking out Jamie’s Puppy Cow Plush project I would appreciate it. And as you will see on the site, under backers or updates, I’ve put my money where my mouth is.

So here it is, my final day on HWC. I’d love to tell you I have something profound planned to take its place but that is just not the case. Do I have plans? Sure… but I’ve watched (and had) too many plans fall through to start announcing them now.

What I will say is that I have talked to some other creators and have some collaborations in the works. Both in comics and book illustration. What will come of them we will have to see. And who knows, maybe I’ll be pitched the next big thing tomorrow and I have no idea yet.

But for now, a little vacation.

And this sketch blog. I can’t NOT work AT ALL.

Seriously, c’mon now. It’s like you don’t even know me.

In news not related to the sketch above at all: dern announced my two weeks notice over at HWC last night. As of June 4th I will no longer be the artist of Hello with Cheese. (More on that later.)

Today’s sketch is a colored version of an illustration for the guy’s at Ravencon (where I’ll be this weekend). So if you happen to be in Richmond, VA swing by and say, “Hi.”

A quick bonus Tuesday post for you today. A few months back my buddy Ross from The System comic asked me to collaborate with him on a t-shirt… well… that be it. If you are so inclined you can head over to his site and pre-order it if you’d like. Go on, you know you want to.

Ok, so your first though was probably, “wow, Bryan’s getting lazy.” And my only response is, “what do you mean getting?”

But seriously, what you see above is the very rough concept sketch of dern’s and my first submission in the woot.com t-shirt derby. Subject: Flight. If you have a woot account feel free to head on over and give us some voting love (if you like it, of course). Otherwise, just head on over to woot to check out the final illustration.

Once again I have designed the ABC Basset Rescue shirt for this year’s Fall Picnic.
If you like, you should buy. Support Basset Rescue!