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Week In Photos

Sprout Revisited

I took some time this week to sketch my alter ego from the Sprout comic strip, I was thinking of publishing it again in the new year but slightly more finished looking than it was previously. It was initially very doodley looking and it kind of drives me nuts to not push things a little further. I haven't done Sprout in a couple of years and really miss it.

Harry At The Wheel

Just working away on Maddy Kettle over here and doing a part time job at a Christmas festival for a couple of weeks.

There are still a good number of originals left in my art sale here:   www.orchardchristmas.blogspot.ca/ but hurry, it's only up for another week and half. 

Maddy's Flying Boat

Here's a panel detail from Maddy Kettle.I'm finishing up another 3 pages and then I have to do a commission.

The Christmas art sale is going really, really well! Thanks so much for your support! Pieces are selling so if you want a piece let me know soon! The sale is right here: http://orchardchristmas.blogspot.ca/

Annual Christmas Art Sale

I've just put up a temporary blog to sell original art for christmas. The prices have been reduced and I'll be adding new pieces as I select them. If you have any questions please contact me at eric.orchard@gmail.com

Link is here: http://orchardchristmas.blogspot.ca/

Thank you! 

Christmas Sale

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I'm starting a Christmas art sale tomorrow, all originals and all at reduced prices. This will go for about 2 weeks depending on sales. I'll launch a temporary blog in the morning with the pieces and the prices and a Paypal button for easy purchasing.

If you've seen any pieces on my blog that you'd like to have let me know in the comments or email me.

Thanks!!

A Yelling Splike

A bit of a Maddy panel, here's a very upset Splike the scarecrow. I'm off to work at the Christmas fair again today. Feeling sore, I'm not used to so much physical work! But this is the kind of thing you've got to do sometimes when you work in a creative field. And it's probably good for me!

Cacti

Suddenly a bit busy. I took some shifts helping out at a Christmas fair in town so every day I get Henry ready for school and drop him off, go to work and come home and work on Maddy. So if I skip a post or two that's why.

Above is a detail of a Maddy panel, some cacti.

Week In Photos

Having become more or less addicted to Instagram and iPhone photos in general I'm building a real collection of pictures of daily life. I thnk it's a fun extension of my drawing and painting.

Méto The Snowboy By Paul Fricke

My friend Paul Fricke has a really cool new project I wanted to share. This is a great, all ages comic with great art and a really fun read. I'll let Paul explain:

"This first tale depicts the initial meeting of Méto the Snowboy and the little Nepali boy, Jyoti. It’s about friendship, family, and how we are all so much shaped by our environment. Jyoti, his family, and the orphaned baby yeti are sustained by and must cope with the wonders and dangers of their rural village in Nepal near the Himalayas. It’s the first comic I’ve created and executed digitally, even when I never thought I’d leave my drawing board - a complete surprise to me. Méto is intended to be a seven-chapter, 100+ page color graphic novel. The handmade comic of chapter one, Pick-Up Sticks, in black & white can be had online, and I’ll even do a customised sketch in the book!"
Get your copy here.