Slurmy/Lou update

Just a quick post before I head out to a post thanksgiving turkey party (one of the best kinds of parties) and NOT head to a gig that was canceled yesterday (meh).  Here's a bit of what I did today, aside from make stuffing.  Did a bit of painting on the Slurmy project.  I'm happy with Slurmy.  Just not all that happy with Lou at the moment.  Turns out the details I cut into the piece were not exactly how I want it to be painted, so it's going to take some more work.  Which is fine.  No big.  I dig the big goofy grin on this worm.  Gonna paint some segments on him next.  Likely tomorrow while my wife is studying.

Enjoy the weekend, everybody.

Brain Dump

This is going to be largely a post for me to sort out some possible venues for merchandise.  I've gotten a couple leads from surfing the websites of other folks who are doing this stuff, and so I'm posting them here so I don't forget them.  If it's of use to anyone else, that's great.  I'm not endorsing these folks, because I haven't done business with them.  Just collecting data right now.

ModButtons.com    Just what it says.  They do custom buttons and magnets.  Thinking I might do 4 or 5 designs, and sell them in packs.

Brunetto T-Shirts    Custom T-Shirts.  The pricing looks good here.  Ariana Osborne used them to make the T-shirts for Diesel Sweeties.  I have to read Diesel Sweeties again.  I haven't read that in a while.

Also, (and here, I am endorsing) if you haven't been reading Ariana, of late, she's been on about POD, and has some really good thoughts on it.  Even if she is a bit of a meany about it.  But that's okay.  A lot of us need a meany to kick us in our collective buttock and remind us what it means to GET EXCITED AND MAKE THINGS (Thanks, Matt Jones).

New Shipping Design

Last night I did a little work on the shipping design for the Milo Pocket Art.  I think it's pretty nifty, and wanted to share it with you guys.  The bottom of the box, I'll let be a mystery until you get one in the mail.  It's nothing much.  Just a fun bit of copy that I'll likely change up every now and again.  I sent out a box last week, and at the last minute I drew Milo on there all excited that he was going in the mail, and then I thought it might be cool to have that be a ready made label that I could just pop an address into when I got a sale.

So.  There it is.  Learning and changing as we go.  Think next time I'll make copies and print out labels as I go, because the inkjet ink runs with moisture, and thus I had to tape this one up with strapping tape so it doesn't bleed.  Kind of makes it less cool, but I can't redo this one today.  Have to get him in the mail.

Back On the Air

I'm back.  This blog is reactivated.  I decided that I like having the comic separate from the blog, even if I decide to pull in an RSS feed to the comic page.  Just feels better having two separate entities.  Because not all of this is going to be Milo related.

                                                 

So, this is a tiny sculpt I did this weekend, of everyone's favorite migratory secret agent.  I'm doing it for a collaboration with the creator of http://www.flickr.com/photos/zook360/3512851994/sizes/o/in/set-72157617685683269/ Slurmy,  the artist known as Zook.   (Sorry it took me so long to get on the stick, man.)  The scale is pretty tiny to do all that detailed a sculpt of Lou(with my not-so-mad skillz), but it's going to be a cool first crack at it.  It's got my mouth watering for a bigger version that I have planned.  Picture Lou bristling with guns.

For those that are seeing this blog for the first time, please go check out http://www.milothecloud.com .and if you're coming at this from the designer vinyl scene, then check out the Milo Pocket Art in the store: http://www.milothecloud.bigcartel.com