Ever since the cards arrived yesterday, armed bandits have been trying to break into my house to pillage them, so get them while you can.  All the info you’ll ever want is right here.  I’d much rather you have a Merry Christmas than some gun-toting goon.

The Santa cards hit the printers on Monday, so now I’m just sitting by the door waiting.  As soon as I get them they’ll be available on the main site, but here’s the picture for now (Click it to see it bigger):

Here’s the finished pencil for the non-denominational “Man in Red” cards:

Click the picture since BIGGER IS BETTER. The actual piece is about a foot by a foot-n-a-half. Normally I’d shade the drawing more, but time’s a tickin’ and I want to get this sucker painted. Good to see that the sixty-one meticulously drawn chimneys translate into giganto black dots when the picture is shrunk down this small. They’re pretty, I sweah.

Last night I drew sixty-one chimneys, and the biggest one was 2 cm tall. Here it is:

If I didn’t love Mary Poppins so freaking much I might have gone crazy. The preliminary drawing for the Santa piece is almost done, so check back in the next day or two to see it before I start slopping paint all over it. MAN I love that Poppins.

Last year around this time I started working on an illustration to use for Christmas cards. I’m setting up a new one right now. This year has Santa riding a bucking Rudolph on a cliff overlooking a sea of rooftops and chimneys, ready for some serious biznass. I got the idea when I wanted to combine my love of Santa with my semi-liking of cowboys. These bad boys should hopefully be available for purchase on the main site at some point in the next month and a half, so check back if you want to inject some Wild Wild West into your December.

Here’s the image I used last year:

Also, sorry for that giant chasm of time where nothing was posted on here.