Sketch a day

The Sketch a Day Project

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So, the 365th day of the Sketch a Day was a pretty freakin’ huge success, if I do say so myself.

My usual page views per day range from somewhere around 20-30. Fifty, on a good day.

But for Sketch 365? I pulled in 448 page views, more than double my previous best day back in April (220 page views that day).

So yeah, I was pretty chuffed about that. Felt good, felt kinda humbling, too, though, ’cause I usually worry that my stuff is pretty half-assed and I constantly second guess myself. To have so many people come and take a look at my stuff and express their enjoyment of it is rather lovely, I think.

The Sketch a Day isn’t going away. I’m enjoying it, and it feels like I’m finally finding a pretty good audience. And honestly, if even a handful of the new visitors stick around, it’ll be nice.

Sketch a Day, Day 365

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Three-hundred and sixty-five.

A year ago, I decided to start drawing regularly again. The original intention was that I’d draw something quickly – from rough sketch to finished product in less than half an hour.

Yeah, that lasted less than a month.

It went from simple sketches to comics, and I started doing things like shading.

It’s been a lot of fun, even if its been challenging to get a drawing done each day.

So yeah, a year. I’m looking forward to the next year, and I hope you’ll join me!

Sketch a Day, Day 364

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My wife makes this dish of mashed turnips and potatoes called rutmush (pronounced “root moose”). It’s a traditional Italian Swedish thing, apparently. I am not fond of it at all. The first Thanksgiving we had together, I thought it was just mashed potatoes. I was…wrong.

Sketch a Day, Day 361

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Someday, my artist will be able to get the second page of the super-secret comic project drawn, and then we can maybe start posting it over at its site. Until then, have a sketch of the main character (who’s also the main character of my novel).