Halloween coming -

- which this movie looks entirely appropriate for. (Sadly, *it* is not coming out for Halloween..)

WIP Wednesday - Studio Swap, continued...

I've been working so hard (painting walls vs. my painting Christmas mailer which I want to be working on)that I wasn't even on the computer yesterday to post the WIP!

Old Studio (which shall now be known as the new Guest Room) has been painted shiny 'wedding white' and has had its carpets cleaned (industrial fan roaring away attempting to dry even as I type).

Now it needs to have the closet put back together, and then be furnished. Ikea run tomorrow.

Endless studio unpacking continues (see all those emptied and flattened boxes there on the right? Many of them filled more than once). Still trying to sort and figure out what to do with the *rest* of this stuff...

Aaaand - my ginormous desk. Right now, I need a stepladder and a pillow on my chair to be tall enough for it. Need a better setup for climbing up.  On the plus side, the desktop is large enough for the cat bed - so Max is sleeping up here in the corner keeping me company.  

I'm giving myself one more week - and then all this house stuff should be sorted!

Music Monday - the Dead are Dancing....

Sorry about the boring visual, but this is one of my favorite seasonal, atmospheric songs..

Sunday Sketching...

From the last couple of weeks...

...in the teensy purse Moleskine upon my knee....

Figure Friday -

 1-minute gestures..

 Left - 20 minutes, right - 40 minutes.

About 40 minutes - conte on smooth newsprint.

Steamcon - Part Last

And just some miscellany to wrap up -

(am not entirely sure what pink bunny-headed girl reading the Steamcon Gazette was about...)

Connish folk mixing a bit with startled 'mundanes' in the hotel atrium...

This gal did the Most Amazing live, free-hand silhouette cuttings I have ever seen!

Fabulous day. Fabulous convention. Can't wait to go again next year!

Steamcon - Part VI

And then there was all the cool steampunked *stuff* -

(whiskey barrel submersible - with moving parts)

A day full of wondrous eye-candy for sure...

Steamcon - Part V

Group shots! I loved seeing the couples who dressed up and attended together, as well as multiple people who went as a group -

(the men of the waxed mustaches.)

Accouterments of Unusual Size!

And teeny-boppers who travel in packs.

(Loved this guy's hat. And Converse tennies.
And cane which shoots sparks.)

Happy happy steampunkers. Hurrah!

Steamcon - Part IV

It's fun seeing everyone's faces, but the backs of so many of these costumes are also full of awesome -

(See? Not all Steampunk is brown.
This must be the Victorian version of Katy Perry...)

(Steampunkers at the eatery - love the clash of worlds...)