http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:cheshyre-drops&section=today deviantART RSS for by:cheshyre-drops en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:55:15 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/27993677/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/27993677/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:47:35 PDT
I submitted a design to Patch Together (a designer toy sort of on demand creation place) earlier, and it was actually selected! What that means is that if it gets enough support and is liked enough, it will be made into an actual designer toy!

Check it out here, because this is how to shamelessly promote crap, [link] .

Even if nothing comes of it, the fact that I got a design accepted is just awesome. Hooray!

]]> ~cheshyre-drops http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/27863426/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/27863426/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:39:31 PDT
Let's see here...Connecticon was an interesting experience (with awesome people!!). Then the rest of the summer happened. And now it's fall! I've got news of course...New Severed Head stuff: Severed Head Presents is now available! It's got a new Monster Girl story (in which more characters are introduced and Elby has to fight some deranged ladies), and 's Sarge starts off awesomely (no joke, this story is kick-ass!). We'll (various Severed Head folks) will be at Boston Comic-con this weekend! So come by and say hello!

Also, there's a nice little intro to Urchin Punch up at [link] the webcomic I've been working on for a while. These pages are just the start, there's much more to come!

Also, this one's totally overdue, but the comic did, DIG UP HER BONES, that has my side story THE WONDROUS MISDEEDS OF THE INFAMOUS ALICE is also out! You can check that out here: [link]

I think that's it...And I'm back. I'll stop vanishing, I promise.

]]> ~cheshyre-drops http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/26119127/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/26119127/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:45:04 PDT
So, after some camera issues (mainly, I didn't have one with me and borrowed one), here be a [link] to some of the commissions I did from Anime Boston along with various other pics we took. Note the awesome lady who's name tag read "YOUR MOM." She walked past us before we realized what that tag said, then flipped out and her husband had her come back so we could take her picture. She kicked major butt, she did.

You may note the "Urchin Punch" titles on that flickr page...Urchin Punch, , is a webcomic I've been working on with my friend Tim for like the last 4 years (on and off). We're close to getting some pages up (once I um...draw them, that is), and it is very much not like my normal Severed Head comics. It's about ninjas, pirates, squids...oh man, it's just silly and WRONG. I'll put more info up when there's more to see on it.

Also! I'm going to be at Connecticon! Hooray! I'm going to be in the Artist Colony at table 8 A&B. As usual, I'll have a full compliment of Severed Head books, prints (including the fancy prints from Anime Boston), pins, and the current t-shirts I've "got in stock." Commissions will be available too! And stickers, stickers with squids! I think we can send them out there, anyway. Yeah, how about that? Stop on by and make noise with the word hole and such! I WILL BE NORMAL I PROMISE.

OH, yes, I am an aunt now too. Which is awesome. My nephew has the same initials as I do (exactly), which makes me think that I'm obviously his favorite already. And he's growing like crazy and is well on his way to being a candidate for Fat Baby. That's right, I want him on Chelsea Lately, suckers.

And lastly, new stuff from Severed Head is on the way...

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So Anime Boston was last weekend...plus some. And it was AWESOME. Many thanks to everyone with kind words, everyone who didn't immediately think my Octobat Standup was Cthulhu, the people who DID thing it was Ctchulhu, the crazy drunk dude who chatted us up, our awesome neighbor who hilariously yelled "YOUR MOM LOST THE GAME" after the million+ times we heard that, our plushie-making friends on either side, the salad place downstairs for being DELICIOUS, and all the people who asked me to draw things for them.

Seriously, that's the coolest thing I've got to do since I've started this whole self-publishing thing...sure, I didn't move many prints or comics, but to think people wanted me to draw their characters for them? That's just such a warm gooey feeling that I'm getting cavities. So to all you commissioning people? A very, very sincere thank you.

So there are pictures of things. To come. In the meantime, life cropped up again really quick, and I'm about to be an aunt. So the pics will come later from Anime Boston...once my family officially has started the next generation of loud, crazy people.

]]> ~cheshyre-drops http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/24746453/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/24746453/ Wed, 13 May 2009 22:39:38 PDT
I'm going to be at Anime Boston Memorial Day weekend people. In the artist alley. Selling things. Yelling at people. Okay, probably not, but imagining that I am. I went to Anime Boston twice before, as a visitor, and dropped more money there than I had any business dropping. So it only makes sense that a few years later with a few actual stories under my belt that I go as an exhibitor, right?

So here's the deal. If you're going to be in Boston, or planning on going to the show anyway, drop by. Chat and stuff. Tell me I draw ladylike gentlemen and that my backgrounds are, at best, lacking. Or be super awesome and buy something, or pretend to be interested in buying something. Or just toss me a "hey, what's up? I see you draw things." I'm not picky.

I'll have the usual compliments of Severed Head Comics, prints (plus some shiny new ones), NEW t-shirts, a possible specialty bag (that one is time permitting), and will be doing some on-site drawery. There may be some additional squid and octo-bat type things available too.

Oh, and I'm listed as...Cara Judd. That's my name and all...although now I'm thinking it would have been really hilarious to register myself under something like "Gertrude of the Almighty Bag-Lunched Squid Brigade" or something. I'm a weirdo, you see.

In review...Anime Boston. May 22-23. The Hynes Convention Center. Come and say hi and I'll trip over words that possibly belong to the english language or something.

Hope to see some of you rapscallions there.

]]> ~cheshyre-drops http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/24455447/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/24455447/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:40:40 PDT
I also should mention my absence on here I guess...especially if a comment was left and POOF, no answer. I am not intentionally an ass all the time, just inadvertently. Like a lot of people, life caught up with me for a while. I work as a graphic designer by day, and 2 out of the 7 people in my department lost their jobs. Now we're crazy busy, and everyone's putting in as many hours as they can so we all look busy and to cover the positions that were "eliminated." I'm grateful I still have a job, but man, I just couldn't keep up with anything else than sleeping, going to work, and sleeping some more. And watching Chuck, as Chuck is my favorite show on TV right now. So yeah...fun stuff.

So in other news, I'll be at Anime Boston this year for the first time, WOOHOOO!! I'll have Severed head stuff, new prints, t-shirts, and all that jazz. I will have a cranky assistant with me too, so that's always fun, especially at an anime-con. Lots to do until then, and LOTS TO DO FOR FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!!!

]]> ~cheshyre-drops http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/22667737/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/22667737/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:28:19 PST
Yeah. I crashed my system attempting to install something I shouldn't have been installing, but thought I knew enough to make it work. The problem is, I have a few friends who do this kind of thing for a living, and I think I know more than I do. The result was the dreaded screen of death and a week of waiting for new OS software to fix it. Oh, right, I did this butchery to a MAC, which I think is kind of awesome. I broke a mac.

Anyway, I'm back up and running (sort of) and attmepting to recover files that got eaten in the process. So I'm thinking that Red Stripe Beer should make another commercial like the "Don't throw eggs!!" one, perhaps a "Don't mess with your computer!!" or something like "Boo, homemade IT services, hooray BEER!".

Okay, we've reached the point where I'm being stupid now, so there's my story. Ta-daaaah!

]]> ~cheshyre-drops http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/22159177/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/22159177/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:30:48 PST
Which means I'm so going to get to my parent's house late for Christmas Eve...The funny thing is the snow comes up to just about my windshield. So it's like my car's looking at me pitifully and making me feel bad about leaving it in it's snowy nest. I'm off to the rescue now.

Have a happy holiday of your choice, friends. And may the animated Grinch bring you loads of opportunities to sing along off key to annoy the crap out of family members!

]]> ~cheshyre-drops http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/21477586/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/21477586/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:12:44 PST
[link]

We'll be there! With all those awesome people!! Which awesome people you ask? LOOK AT THAT LIST OF AWESOME IN THAT LINK.

Seriously, conventions are such a blast. If you're in the area, come and harass us. We love being harassed. If you're lucky, we'll harass you too!

]]> ~cheshyre-drops http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/21225503/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/21225503/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:59:19 PDT
But more importantly, you can see Severed Head in one of our natural habitats, the comic book convention! Now, calm down just a second, that's not the best part. You can check out our work and buy some merch! Like comics, prints, buttons, t-shirts, stickers, souls, and sketches!...Um, maybe not the souls, but we're willing to barter.

So show up at the Back Bay Events Center ([link]). It's a big show, and they have Peter Laird! and Bernie Wrightson! THEY COMMAND YOU!

]]> ~cheshyre-drops http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/20628685/ http://cheshyre-drops.deviantart.com/journal/20628685/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:00:32 PDT
So this here's my journal...I'm going to use it to tell all of ya about this show I'm going to be at with my anthology comic group, Severed Head Comics! If you're going to be in Boston this Sunday (9/28!), come and check us out! You can come and harass me and , and we can pass harassment on to . You can buy comics, t-shirts, stickers, buttons, and posters from us too! Come and give us your money for some fresh comics, it's totally what all the kids are doing these days!

September 28th
Boston Radisson Hotel
200 Stuart St.
Boston, MA

[link]

Come and make fun of my stupid Boston accent! Do it!

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