I’m on my way out of town this morning, so not too much to update. I had to disable the polls because I got some strange influx of traffic on the site yesterday. I average around 75 or less hits per day on this site, yesterday I got 16,000. Probably all bots… nothing seems to be affected, and the stats have dropped back down today, but I’m holding off on re-enabling the polls until I get back.

Heading out to the desert for 3 days, so no updates until Monday, I’ve updated the commissions list, so if you’re waiting on something you can take a peak.

The image to the left was a card I did, that had some real potential, but turned out terrible. I’m only posting the section I liked. I have piles and piles of artwork that didn’t turn out right. See you guys next week!

Hey all… crazy week so far, and not nearly over yet! We were up in L.A. looking for a place yesterday, and after a spending a few hours, and seeing several apartments, we finally found one! Cross your fingers and hope we get it, because I have a really good feeling about it. It’s in an incredible area, with a really nice landlord and a very reasonable price. Can’t wait to get it secured!

Still having a few problems with the site, I had to disable the poll temporarily because it was getting a little wonky.

Not much art to show today because I can’t post it until it’s approved, so I thought I’d feature another artist. Randy Siplon was one of the very first sketch card artists I found that completely blew me away. His work (including the Gandalf sketch card pictured) is absolutely unique and breathtaking. He’s an extremely nice guy, and helped me out quite a bit when I first started on these cards. I own a couple of his pieces and have to say that they look even better in person… such detail! Check out his website and his work, you’ll probably dig it too!

Happy February everyone! Sorry the site was down yesterday… my server admin, and great friend Scott, told me that it got hacked! He fixed it for me and we changed some things so hopefully all is well. I finished my Marvel cards this weekend and sent them off this morning! Hurray! Now I’m getting ready to head into some commission work full force!

Speaking of which, there is now a progress section at the bottom of the commissions page. Nothing fancy, just a list of what’s coming and how far along it is.

Unfortunately my week won’t be as free as I’d like it… going up to LA tomorrow to look at places for rent, then on Thursday morning I will be heading out to the desert for a few days. I’ll try to keep the site updated throughout the week, but forgive me if I miss a couple days. Next update will be on Wednesday! Keep inspired!

My very last Galaxy 5 return. Man I had fun with these cards. I hope I get the opportunity to do another Star Wars set in the future, such an incredible franchise.
Well it’s the weekend! Hope everyone has super fun plans. Mine are as follows: Final touches on all of the Marvel 70th cards, sketch out some layouts for my 2 commissioned Spider-Man APs, create the list of current commissions and progress to post by Monday. That’s about it. What about you?

Here is another Galaxy 5 return! This one is one of my favorites, I really enjoyed this scene in Return of the Jedi, and I was really happy with the way this card came out. It’s such a great scene to watch and to depict. Hope you guys like it! I only have 1 left to show… then it’s onwards to new and exciting things!

I’m eager to start this list of commissions I have growing, some really great requests, I’ll be posting the list of progress ASAP and we can all look at it together! Hurray!

The last 2 of my returns for the Topps Series 1 product have been posted in the store. Take a look by clicking the image of Ichiro. I’m working on finishing up my last few cards for Marvel 70th, then I plan on adding a commission status area to the website so that if you’re waiting on a commission you have an idea of what place you are in. I’m putting up a new poll also, the last one was pretty popular, which made me wonder: do you guys want to see the results of the polls after they’re over? I didn’t think it was a big deal cause you can usually see them as they are going on. Well let me know if you feel strongly either way. See you tomorrow!

Another Galaxy 5 return card has been revealed. This one is Princess Leia, check it out in the store. Also, yesterday I opened up commissions and I’d like to thank everyone for their responses. Slots are filling up fast so if you’re interested please shoot me an e-mail ASAP! The price list can be seen here.

I’m finishing up the Marvel 70th set and I’m on pace to be completely done by the end of the week, I’m very excited to show off these cards!

Hope everyone has a happy Tuesday!

Another return from the Topps Series 1 set. Also I’ve listed the returns I’ve shown so far in the store, just click the pic to go there. These cards are very near and dear to me, and I put a lot of time and effort into each and every one, the price reflects that.

The bonus for anyone who is interested is that I only created 1 sketch card of each player listed, so if you buy this Manny Ramirez card you will truley own a 1/1 sketch card by me, and the only Manny Ramirez sketch card I did for 2010 Topps. Stay tuned to see the rest!

It hailed last night and this morning, that doesn’t happen often around here, pretty cool.

My first Star Wars Galaxy 5 return is up! Check it out in the store by clicking the image to the left! I will slowly unveil all 6 of the returns as time goes on! They will all be priced to sell so take a gander if you’re interested, and drop me a line at Ethrendil@aol.com

I posted all of my pack inserted cards over at Scoundrel, and I’ll post them here tomorrow. Thanks for checking them out!