As September marches to a close, I’m excited about my growth as an artist. With each of Ramas’s stories written and line art created, his character gets more fleshed out. There are two aspects of this exciting new character that define him. The first is Ramas’s staff, that he conjures whenever he needs a weapon or an aide. The other is his mode of transportation, an earthen palanquin. Over the last two weeks, my patrons and watchers were presented with an image of Ramas using his palanquin. Outside of the watcher only images of Ramas, I’m excited to share Sea Monster 001 and Seeping Blue Magic...

After stumbling upon the Dwarves, the leader, Ferrek Ironhelm, is brought to inside to speak with Jarvis. Jarvis breaks the ice by asking questions about the monsters roaming the world. When Jarvis grows tired of asking about the state of the world, he excuses himself to grab a copy of Tarian’s logs...

My favorite landscapes are forests. I absolutely love staring at forests, but those fantastic sights are nothing compared to waking up and seeing snow carpeting the world. Despite growing up and praying for snow to get out of school, that isn’t the reason I’m passionate about the world when it’s covered with snow. Truthfully, I still love waking up to find snow blanketing the world. However, there is one thing that I don’t like about the snow shoveling the snow out of my driveway...

As the work week was rolling to a close, I got an email from NYC Midnight about my submission from July 11th. I immediately opened the letter and followed the link to the results. While my stomach churned, I took a few deep breaths and reminded myself that only the top fifteen stories would be listed. After calming my nerves, I found the entry for my group and clicked into it. Scrolling through the list, I found my name and smiled. While it’s impressive to place in this competition, I was a little disappointed that I didn’t place higher...

With Wayne entrenched as the new leader of the Western Region, Marcus and Talia frantically prepare for their journey home. With the final reports written, the couple prepare for their return trip home, to embrace their lives on their land. Unfortunately, the only thing giving Marcus pause is the trio still loyal to Kethra...

When I pulled the prompts for this month’s Micro Fiction, I licked my lips. Some of my greatest memories in my youth center on campfires. Every time I went on a camp-out with my troop, the first thing we did besides pitching our tents was collecting the wood we required for our campfires. Once the flames started dancing, we’d sit around and enjoy the dancing flames, enjoying each other’s company...

When I created my first cartoon of Ramas Caldwell, I was excited. It was the first time that I’d captured one of my characters. As I continued to capture this powerful yet mysterious individual, each success caused my beaming smile to widen. After capturing this manipulator of the world seven times, I took my first crack at my mad tinkerer, Harrison. The resulting piece of line art was another feather in my cap. And I delivered it to my patrons and my watchers on DeviantArt will be getting their chance to see it this week. Out of the remaining artwork I posted last week, Mountain King and Tree Sunset 001 are the highlights...

Despite Quinn promising to send Issac into deep space, those who influenced Olyver sought to keep him from that honor. Every time Issac’s departure neared, those shadowy people yanked the rug out from under him. And with each disappointment, the pilot grows more depressed. He also starts drinking to ease his frustration. However, after fighting for his friend, the vice-chairman sends a message to Issac. Unfortunately, Issac ignores the message and heads to his favorite establishment...

When I created Darren Gilbert, I didn’t think his world would expand. However, one of my original pieces of Micro Fiction was a fantasy. Initially, I didn’t know the best way to ground the tale, but after giving it some thought, it made sense to reach into the distant past of Darren’s new school. Unfortunately, life got in the way and that brief duel got lost in my sea of stories. After languishing for almost a year, I stumbled onto the micro-tale while filling my writing journal...

Despite my rash of line art for Ramas Caldwell, he wasn’t the first character that I wanted to bring out of my work. That honor belongs to Harrison, one of the main characters from Harrison & Sylvia: Crossroads. While I’m constantly striving to become a better realistic artist, my friendly mad alchemist kept knocking on my mental door. That piece of cartoon line art will come to my patrons and DeviantArt watchers soon. However, in the meantime, enjoy the work that I’ve posted to my various galleries, including Underwater Shell and Spinning Top...

Despite all the demands on Darren’s time, he refuses to skip the private classes with his teachers. However, Arlen knows the load Darren is voluntarily taking upon himself, and she is hesitant to burnout such a promising student. As a result, she pulls back on the individual sessions. Unfortunately, Darren isn’t willing to accept the loss of this aspect of his education. After the fifth canceled session, Darren waits until the other students leave, and he seeks to continue his extracurricular studies...

After Darvin explored the first ship that Rylan and his father-in-law provided, he completed the selection of the pilots for the reconnaissance mission. Over the next couple of weeks, he used various intermediaries to transfer the ships and the equipment to the best sites for inconspicuous launches. Once Darvin prepared each of the improvised locations, he sent a message to the three people he shielded from Liam’s forced relocation...

Fresh from writing Guilty Mind and Anchor, I focused my mind on August’s last story for my patrons, a mystery. Back in July, I completed the first challenge for this year’s Flash Fiction competition, Seeking Justice, another mystery. With flash fiction’s word limitation, developing a mystery can be difficult. However, the inspiration for my entry proved to be a wonderful way to explore a crime...

Yesterday I received an email from NYC Midnight about the upcoming Micro Flash Fiction challenge. Instantly, my mind tugged at the memory of the initial Micro Fiction challenge. While I enjoy writing Flash Fiction, I was a little skeptical about limiting a story to 250 words. Eventually, I pulled a prompt from the list and I wound up with a comedy. Fortunately, I wound up writing Apartment’s Tree. It was a campy little comedy and that gave me a taste to write more comedies. It also proved how foolish I was to dismiss this type of writing...

Despite the hectic nature of the last couple weeks, I’m thankfully getting myself back on track with these artwork roundup posts. Hopefully, I’ll be able to replicate this with the rest of my writing. Out of all the images I published to my DeviantArt galleries, I am excited about the watcher and patron exclusive of Ramas Caldwell and a pair of digital paintings that were born from liquifying some lines...