Yeah, there's a nice title for my first post here.

I need a place for illustrations that don't belong on my comic strip site. I don't feel like coding up a brand new web page. So here I am. I confess I'm new to this whole automated-journal-bloggy-communityish business, so forgive me if I stumble around the dance floor awhile. (At present I'm still processing that this site software doesn't like GIFs. Um, okay..?)

For those who don't know, I've got a webcomic named Gordian Algebra at GordianAlgebra.com. Bop on over and kill a few minutes. If you like it, RSS it and I'll be your friend forever.

Meanwhile I've uploaded a couple of old pen-and-ink doodles from the late 90's. Would you believe I once thought I could make money drawing characters for furry fans? I'd put it down to youthful naivete, except I was like thirty at the time. So let's just call it idiocy.

Anyway the drawings give you the flavor of what I was doing back then. Time was my weapon of choice was a Rapidograph technical pen and I did my damage with dozens of tiny little scratches. (The drawings I just uploaded might have been done with Microns - I'd need archeologists to uncover the originals and see - but you get the idea.)