With my latest picture, my The Order of Odd-Fish series of paper cut pictures has concluded. James Kennedy, the author, is very pleased with what I have done and it all will be shown at the gallery/signing/Dome of Doom party that should take place in Chicago, April (exact date is yet to be established). Good luck finding it when that time comes.

In fact, here's the gallery of all my art right here on his website: [link]

It's been a real pleasure doing this, and to see it end is rewarding yet a downer. So gather around and let me tell you the tale of how it began: Late August, when I submitted and sent the first picture in the series ( [link] ) to James, he was so pleased with what I had done he asked me to make more: one per chapter. I, not expecting for one of my favorite authors to ask me to do art for his book and not the other way around, was, naturally, excited and delightfully surprised. Day by day I worked around the clock until all 28 pieces were assembled and a new force in the universe was created, being the balanced creative union between the pen and the brush.

Meanwhile, on a relatively undeservingly deserted page, ~ClassyFat created this papercut/mixed media picture of Colonel Korsakov: [link] . Personally, I think James should have bestowed her, instead of me, a lowly peasant, the title of The Chosen One and made the series. That picture of Korsakov is so well done and cleverly assembled that it makes my series cower in shame and then explode into fire. Although I'm proud of what I did, if all 28 chapters were done by her I think the results would look much better and less amateurish than what I've done. But I've already done what I've done.

Anyway, deadline for the art gallery is March 1st. Anyone is free to join, here are the rules, info, and what have you:[link]