It’s not art at all, but a picture snapped from my new cellphone. I’ve tested it on some sketches, too, and the stuff comes out halfway decent!

So I’m setting up a Flickr account or something — I’m going to start posting cartoons and drawings sans direct internet access.

(A few minutes later...)

The Flickr account makes it easy to upload, but I’m thinking I’d rather not add another external RSS feed. I need to find a way to post the pictures directly to the site.

UPDATE: We got the free proof copy in the mail, and it looks great! But there are a lot of fixes needed--it didn’t come out perfect, like our last one. So it will probably be a while before this one’s ready for sale. Sigh.

Have to thank Kai for the help. I know nothing about the necessary gear, so he drew in the saddle and other details for me. He also supplied me with the original conception, and some reference photos.

I think I’ve got a the blurb ready, too. Kai will edit it for final use, of course:

Easy money--or a quick death!

Joshua Love--the crazy kid with a dark secret--had seen the likes of Chewy Bill Roberts, before. Rustling cattle was easy money--until they got caught. And he was sure Chewy Bill would wind up just like the others, with terror in his eyes and a hole in his head.

Robbing stagecoaches turns out to be even more deadly; when the blood starts flowing, Josh and Bill are branded as outlaws, forever, members of the Amarillas, a ruthless gang of cold-blooded killers.

Josh has other things to worry about: a gunfight over a scheming girl named Jenny, the price tag of a banjo--and a wanted poster with his face on it!

But if the law wants Josh, they’re gonna have to get him before the Amarillas, who now want him dead.

That seems like just enough information, to me.

Doing the little bits in the background, warming up for the foreground main event.

I’ve been needing more excuses to break out of the Elf Life style, anyway. But I’m going to have to finish this up fast, tomorrow. We’re going to shoot for finished color, but will resort to a sepia tone if we run out of time. The material has to be uploaded by Monday.

I’m helping on writing a blurb, too, after writing a blurb for his first one. Kai hasn’t even seen this, yet, but here’s what I’ve got so far:

Easy money--or a quick death!

Joshua Love--the crazy kid outlaw with a dark secret--had seen the likes of Chewy Bill Roberts, before. Rustling cattle was easy money--unless they got caught. And he knew Chewy Bill would wind up just like the others, with terror in his eyes and a hole in his head.

But it was Josh who caught the buckshot, and Chewy Bill would learn that Josh’s wound goes deeper than anyone could ever imagine.

Eh. Working on it.