Inktober 2020 Recap
Just a few months late with this one. I intended to do the annual Inktober recap right after I wrapped up, which was a week or so into November. But, life sidetracked me between October and November, and the crunch of getting the Xmas cards done (which probably still haven't all been received yet) and trying at least to hit my 2020 goal of six new shirt designs all threw me off my game completely. If you want to know a bit more about that, or anything else from Toby's Brain in 2020, you can read my year-in-review post from
2020 Year in Review
Well, here we are. 2021. Time to take a look back at the year that was to gain a little perspective while planning for the year that is. I could take this post in so many different directions, and despite having a little outline of things I want to remember to cover, I'm still not sure what I'm going to write. Should I stick strictly to what goals I started 2020 with and which ones I accomplished? Should I get into some of the personal "stuff", since that impacts and is reflected in art? Should I go by project,
Lee’s Dragons: Arctic Dragon
It's that time of year again! My wife had a birthday, so she got another dragon illustration! This year's dragon for my wife's birthday: the Arctic (or Polar) Dragon. This clocked in at about 56 hours and 4 minutes, give or take. It's a slight departure from the previous entries in that it's (digital) pen and ink, rather than a fully rendered digital painting. It was my wife's request, she prefers my ink work I guess.I studied some images of polar bears to get an appropriate gesture as well as looked up some arctic scenery. I wanted it
PMD Fandom
Does two people count as a fandom? Let's pretend it does. Okay, I do realize that between other friends and family, there are more than just two PMD fans, but these two stand out. The daughter of one of my best friends from high school is apparently a PMD fan. This is her version of the xmas ornament I made and sent out a few years back and I love it. The xmas ornament I made in 2016: One of my best friends from my college days and super talented artist, Cat, made this fan art
One Last Thank You
(I wrote this post over a month ago at this point, but I have held off on posting until I received my print, assessed it's quality, and then sent prints to my parents and my siblings. Those prints are finally in their hands, so I can make this post without spoiling anything). I’ll get to the title of this post in a bit. Be forewarned, this is going to be long, and perhaps emotional. On June 8, 2020, my last remaining grandparent, my memere, passed away, two weeks to the day after her 99th birthday. I knew it was
What Time Is It?
It's Plunger Monkey Dynamo Time! (That's the answer to the question/title of this post...in case you didn't read the title) Did you happen to notice? I posted a new IPMDT strip for the first time in, like, a year. Literally. I had said a week or so ago that I was aiming to start working on the strip again this past Monday (which happened to be June 1. Now, I view dates as random in general, but sometimes certain things happen on certain dates and the coincidence makes my Brain happy. First IPMDT panel in a year on the
Please let me know what you think, it makes my brain happy.