Catan-A-Thon T-Shirt

Catan-A-Thon T-Shirt

Mike’s New Catan-A-Thon T-Shirt Design It’s no secret that we love the board game Settlers of Catan, and for the last several years it has taken our family gatherings by storm. So this year we decided to commemorate the addictive nature of this game by...

Mike’s Latest Artwork

Here are some of my newest pieces of artwork for y’all: Autographed rapper artwork. Represent. Photoshop-designed digital flames. Hot stuff. A crazy collage of manic seagulls. Hide your sandwich. A futuristic digital circuit-board. Plug in. A good-natured dig on...

Mike’s latest artistic stuff

Hello again my beauties!!! Hopefully by now you’re expecting some fresh new artwork, and sure enough, I have been busily doodling away in these past few months! Time is short today, so I will skip my usual introductory ramblings and get right to it! Welcome once...

Fresh New Artwork from Mike

Whew! This has been a busy season for both of us! Not only was Jen blessed with a wonderful new job, but Mike had been super-busy with school these days. Not only have his classes been a lot of work but he (and all of his crazy counseling cohorts) have officially...

More from Jen

This is my Christmas gift for Grandmom.  Shhh… don’t tell!  She asked me to make her a set of handmade stationery.  I put together 20 cards for her & chose the theme for the stationery as being “Purple flowers” (iris, lilac, thistle,...

More of Mike’s Recent Artwork

Ok, so some of you must be wondering by now, “More digital artwork? Does Mike even study at all these days?” Thankfully, the answer to both of those questions is yes; I am indeed studying, but I’ve also had some wonderful opportunities to do a little...

Mike’s Recent Artwork

Howdy folks, Long time no blog, eh? This week is Reading Week at RTS –which means I have no classes this week!!! Yup, I get to stay at home and read, read read–whoohooo!!! Acually, I desperately needed this week, both for school stuff–I’ve got...

Old & New Testament “Wordles”

Have you ever wondered what the Bible would look like if the most common 150 words were ranked, made into different sizes, and arranged together in a huge ‘word cloud’? Well, I hadn’t either until my sister Lisa introduced me to Wordle.net. If you...

Mike’s Fall Classes At RTS

Those of you who have been following this blog for a while know that I (Mike) am an artist at heart, and that over the last several years I’ve been growing in both my artistic sensitivity and technical ability. (And I cite Bring It On Down To The Downtown as...

Life at RTS–So Far, So Good!

It’s been a very full month for me (Mike), but yesterday was officially my last day of summer classes at RTS this semester!!! Whoohooo!!! I still have some schoolwork that I have to do (rather a lot, actually), but it still feels good to be “done”...

Lessons on Art and Artists from Miyazaki

As many of you know, I (Mike) am a huge fan of the movies of animator Miyazaki Hayao. In fact, although I first came to develop an interest in Japanese culture through Japanese animation ( anime ), the only anime I now have any interest in are the movies of Miyazaki...