2008

July

• Rush Playing Rush: Rockband

  In which Rush plays themselves on Rockband… the game.

• This is One Long-Overdue Post

  In which I post an entry after, well… not posting some entries.

June

• Into the Wee Hours

  In which I’m barely coherent.

• Switched On Bach

  In which I take a little side-trip in the way-back machine.

• Genre Peak: A Tiny Bit of Press

  In Which I get a little shout-out.

• Travel Sketches: New York

  In which I post… umm… some travel sketches, feeble as they may be.

May

• Cloud:Lift

  In which I post another ambient bass excursion.

• Solo Bass Night 4

  In which I post some photos on Flickr.

• Sketchbook: No Longer Empty

  In which I get around to sketching some.

• More Work in Progress: From Last Weekend

  In which I post an mp3 of some work in progress.

April

• Ambient Bass Practice

  In which I post some evidence…

• It is Near

  In which… it is near.

• Minority Report is Near

  In which I post a video of some very cool touchless-interface technology.

• Nëw Crüe

  In which I did some quick and dirty designs for Mötley Crüe.

• Vintage Maximum Indifference

  In which I participate in some YouTubery.

• Yuri’s Night Bay Area

  In which I post some photos and a few comments about Yuri’s Night.

• Anybody There?

  In which I muse on twittering away the day.

March

• My Poor Empty Sketchbook

  In which my sketchbook remains, well… empty.

February

• The Twitter Challenge.

  In which I am challenged to a solo-bass set by Steve Lawson.

• New Instrumentation

  In which I acquire an NS Design Bass Cello.

January

• Minor Breakthrough

  In which a ray of creativity shine’s through the cloud of procrastination like a beam of golden sunlight.

• Happy 2008 So Far

  In which I have a lot of catching up to do.

2007

December

• Keith “ Ketman” Shirasawa

  In which I learn some sad news.

November

• Divided

  In which the muses of music and art do battle, anhilating each other mercilessly.

• Facebook Found My Ebow

October

• Making Noise

  In which the creative impulse slightly overtakes my laziness.

• Catching Up

  In which I… catch up!

July

• Best Buddies Challenge

  In which we are going to ride 100 miles.

• Dusting Off

  In which one of my basses makes if off the wall.

June

• New Design Reactor Site

  In which the newest version of the Design Reactor Web Site is launched.

May

• New Phonage

April

• Peter Daldry CD Release Party

  In which Peter Daldry finally releases his CD.

• April Studio Activities

  In which I build a new portfolio site, an attract loop animation, and rebuild a previous project.

March

• Enchant at the Avalon

  In which I do some studio tidying up and catch an Enchant show.

• SHM Drawing Session #7

  In which I post yet more life drawings…

• SHM Drawing Session #3

  In which I post another life drawing bit.

• Shrunkenheadman Drawing Session #1

  In which I post a bit of life drawing.

February

• The Botched Blog: One Year Old.

  In which the Botched Blog turns… well… one year old.

• Crow-Quill Re-acquaintance

  In which I’m getting reacquainted with the crow-quill pen.

• Sketchbook Geese

  In Which I post a gaggle, or… at least a couple sketches of geese.

• Superbowl Sketching

  In which I post a few studies sketched during the Super Bowl.

January

• Painted Feet

  In which I post a couple painted feet.

• The Summoning

  In which I’m currently waiting for jury duty.

2006

December

• ‘Twas the Week Before Christmas

  In which I try to make good use of my Christmas vacation.

• New Hosting Company

  In which I switch hosting companies.

November

• Pig Robot Done… and even more Thievery

  In which I finished the pig robot thingy.

• Painting Work in Progress

  In which I post yet another work-in-progress update regarding the pig-robot.

• Pig Robot Progress

  In which I post a mostly-complete graphite rendering.

• 50 Thumbnails

  In which I try to come up with 50 distinct illustration concepts in 25 minutes.

October

• Studio Happenings

  In which the studio sees an upturn in activity.

• Getting back into it

  In which, um… I’m getting back into the swing of things.

• Back from Vacation

  In which I post a few pages from the sketchbook from vacation.

September

• Tom… From Way Back When

  In which I post another sketch… and a lament or two about comment spam.

• Turning It Around: Or, the Pig-Robot

  In which I post a little work-in-progress sketch of a mechanical pig in a suit.

• Today’s Junk.

  In which I post a really junky sketchbook page.

• AVITE

  In which the super-top-secret project is finaly revealed.

• Mucho Crunch Time

  In which I’m working this weekend.

August

• More Mac Appage: Pathfinder

  In which I find a very useful alternative finder tool.

• Long Time No Post, eh?

  In which I make more excuses for not posting.

• Oh Prophetic Product Advertisement

  In which I am struck by extreme topical irony.

July

• Some Early Work

  In which some of my earliest “illustrations” are revealed.

• Duties and Trappings

  The cooling of the studio… and from SAD to ACD.

• Trigger Finger

  Or, bringing mad table-top drumming skills to fruition.

• Writeroom

  In which I extole the virtues of a very cool little writing application.

June

• The Not-So-Good Commute

  In which I was rear-ended on Highway 85.

• Wireless… Five years and?

  Lamenting my “aging?” wirelss nextwork… and other sundries.

• Back Again… Slightly New and Improved.

  The thrilling account of… not much.

May

• A Little Figure Drawing for late May

  Live from Houston… just a bit about the figure drawing workshop on CGTalk.

• Catching One’s Breath… and More Rain?

  Catching up and winding down, or traying to.

• Congratulations Christine!

  Christine competes in her first triathlon.

• All Things Indifferent

  Maximum Indifference plays LMS7… and their many adventures therein.

April

• Pedal Board No. 3

  My latest pedal board creation, or: Upholstery is fun!

• Recording Daldry

  Working with Celtic/traditional artist Peter Daldry… and how I love DP’s Adjust Beats.

• It is Accomplished

  A brief reflection on Easter and the Passion of the Christ.

• Thievery!

  Of thieves, dentists, and what not…

• The Slow Time Machine Sketchbook

  I have a plan. And I have a new sketchbook.

• Weekly, then? May Flowers and Doodles

  Just a quick lament on the rain and a brief mention of a new idea for a painting.

March

• The Tweaks Continue Unabated

  In which I make a few more blog tweaks and recall this weeks installment of American Inventor!

• V for Vernado

  I wanted to do something creative this afternoon. But I didn’t. I dusted the fan.

• David Crowder Band at the Flint Center

  A brief reflection on the DCB concert.

• The Results are In

  In which I relay the EE Shootout Judging Results.

• Ignition: Indifference

  In which I recount this week’s band practice.

• Week One… Knobs and Levers and the Flames of Heaven

  A brief recap of week one here on the Botched Blog… or, just making excuses for not posting more.

February

• It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

  The very first post here on the Botched Blog.