Downton Abbey sketches Lady Mary
8-bit fun in old town portland
Final floor
In goes the floor
Interior progress
Making a little progress on the interior while I wait for the electrical inspection and permitting to wrap up.
Let there be light
Morning fog on the Steel Bridge
Shed at sunset
Rouge River, Bend and Home
The road from Mt. Shasta and snowfall at Crater Lake
A leaky window
One of the downsides of buying old windows is that they can leak, as was the case of the upper window in the studio. Water was getting under the sill guard and then spilling inside. Since we've had a lot of rain in the last week, this had been a major problem.
So, today I stripped off the trim and pulled the window out. The wood of the rough opening was in good shape. I took a roll of flashing, cut it to size and ran
It around the frame. The window is going to fail, my idea was to make a place for the water to go when it did get in.
I placed another strip around the opening to be sure I was covered, then placed the window back into the opening. I drilled holes in the bottom of the frame so the water could leak out onto the flashing and down the roof.
Once the window was in place, I ran a pieced of L flashing up against the inside of the frame so water couldn't get inside.
Hopefully this will do the trick. The next big rains will show. If the window keeps leaking I'll probably rip it out and put in a new window.
New "Brainstorm" touch interactive at OMSI
If you happen by OMSI for the Bodyworld exhibit, check out the Brainstorm kiosk in the lobby. This Portland Magazine / OMSI joint presents interesting conversations with Portland luminaries like Joe Sacco.
More over on the portfolio site: http://goo.gl/vhzAv
From California to Crater Lake
Digging a hole
The first step in starting a new comic
After the story is roughed out in thumbnails, I spend a lot of time figuring out what size I want to make the final book. There are a lot of factors that figure into this; how does it feel, what will the grid look like, how will it be printed, what will the price point be...
Since this new project will be for a few books, I wanted a size that would be manageable to produce and fairly quick to draw in.
Dusting off the tools, it's comics time.
2 walls complete
Rain on Saturday prevented me from finishing the siding this weekend, maybe next weekend?
Light on the Steel Bridge, fog underneath
Taken at Steel Bridge
Morning fog
