The good news is, I'm updating LiveJournal a little more frequently these days. Of course, the bad news is, as you've already noticed, I haven't gotten any better about updating this site! However, for the moment, here's what's new:

First, I'm doing enough club-flier art these days that I figured it ought to have its own section. That section is now called, appropriately enough, "Club Art," and you can find it linked off of the gallery page...Included in this section is the artwork for the Byte pass which I couldn't get to work back in March...(Hey, it only took me about a year, right?)

Finally, speaking of club-flier art, I've done another Contempt pass or two. One (which ended up being for naught, due to a lost party location back in November) has been tucked straight into the club art area. The other one you'll find in higher resolution over there, but I'm putting it up here while it's current:

So as ever, if you're around New York at the right time, stop by and have a drink (and of course, print off the image for a discount at the door)!

--Archas

With grad school (and teaching!) heating up, I find less and less time to draw. Thanks to everyone who stops by the LiveJournal and leaves input; it's not much of a web presence, but it's something...!

I've done another Contempt pass, so I figured I'd at least throw that up here, so that you know I'm doing something with that art degree! The pass is over in the passess section. I also did some art for another local party, Byte, a few months ago, but I can't seem to make that image work at the moment. In the meantime, they have the pass image over on their site. The only change you'll notice when I get my original art up is the lack of a shovel; the implement in question was added by the guy who put the pass together (not my idea).

I have been keeping a sketchbook, so if and when I get some time (e.g., at the end of the spring semester, when my final grades have been handed in!), look for a (slightly) larger update with brand new sharpie sketches...In the meantime, come on over to the LiveJournal and say hello...!

A mostly-quiet update, but it's a little something new. Two little sketches, one of them from an open model session at the Society of Illustrators. The Society hosts an open model session for three hours every Tuesday (and another once a month on a Thursday), and the price isn't half bad either. So for those in New York looking for ways of keeping their skills sharp, I can't recommend it enough!

The other new bit is another pinup-style illustration for a Contempt pass. It's a lot of fun getting to design a pass every couple of months; and while I'm not totally satisfied with the way this one came out, it seems to at least do the trick:

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So once again, if you're in the neighborhood on August 19, do stop by and say hello!

Let's look at the bright side: I beat the two year mark, didn't I?

Yes, one year, ten months after the last update, I'm back. While a major overhaul here at Archas.net may be brewing in the background, nothing too terribly major has happened just yet. Graduate school (now in New York City) is the major driving concern, so art work has been mostly limited to keeping a sketchbook. Rather than overload the Sketches page with a lot of silly little doodles, I have added seven of my more recent little doodles, just to give you an idea of what I'm doing these days. You'll see them; the top two rows of thumbails on the Sketches page.

Meanwhile, there's one new Pin-up illustration; this one done for a promotional pass for Contempt, a monthy goth/industrial/etc. party here in New York that I've been helping organize and run. The party's a lot of fun, so if you're in the neighborhood, come on out and say hello. Then look for the March '06 pass, with my art on it.

The last change involves the Salon section; instead of lengthy papers of dubious interest and untested philosophical merit, I have decided to go with something a little more in keeping with the rest of the Archas.net spirit. Therefore, the "Philosophy" section of the salon has been relocated to LiveJournal, where I can post my thoughts in a philosophy notebook of sorts, the same way I post art here; in a spirit of sharing, with a focus on process. Feel free to head over there, read anything that grabs your attention, and leave me your comments!

My endless thanks to anyone who still stops by here, and your patience with the rather slow pace of updates. And my gratitude to those of you who have been writing me, saying, "Hey; why don't you go update your site?!"

A little mini-update; I got the lettered versions of the most recent sequential pages today, and have put them up. They are directly beneath their wordless counterparts on the Inks page. I wish I had more for you, but I'm waist-deep in term papers at the moment...!

Baby steps. It's all about baby steps, folks. Life is still a whirlwind here; is it ever not? Finishing up a master's degree, getting ready to leave Boston, and--finally--sneaking a little update onto the site...Your patience is appreciated! Things are done for good around here at the end of May, so with any luck you'll see more happening then.

Meantime, what have I got for you? Well, my first honest-to-gosh project in almost two years, a sampler of sorts, done for my friend Mike. Five pages sampled from his autobiographical script. If and when I can get a lettered version, I'll throw that up online as well. In the meantime, the (wordless) pages can be seen in the Inks section. Also, at long last there is some content going up in the Salon section. A very little content, but content, all the same. So check it out, and send me your thoughts.

Finally, when you've had your fill of mini updates around here, there's an updated Links page to take you elsewhere...So show some of these folks some love. And that's it for this update. Like I said: baby steps...

So, the obvious question: what in the world is going on that it has taken 1 year, 5 months, and 1 day for this site to be updated?! And first and foremost, an apology; there has been content ready for uploading since just a few days after the last update. At that point, it was technological difficulties that delayed things. Access to computers, ftp programs, etc. But, more importantly, just a few weeks later, a far more overriding concern got in the way:

Graduate school.

I have been mired in academia, and while this is not a full excuse, I hope that there are those who can understand the way life just seems to...sneak up on a person. One minute you're getting your bearings in the shift from art school to the humanities, the next you are only a few months shy of facing comprehensive examinations and the prospect of moving on to yet ANOTHER program...

...But enough about me, what about the update?

Fresh for you here at Archas.net, the much-promised, long-not-delivered greeting cards. Read 'em, and then drop us a line with your thoughts. Second, a handful of new sketches. And finally, a few new cartoons. While experience has now shown me that I ought not make promises about when new content is going up, let it be known that there is also some work just waiting to be dropped into a format suitable for the Salon section. As that develops I'll keep you posted here. In the meantime, enjoy the new content, and feel free to let me know what you think!

Okay, I know. Almost two weeks since the last update. Well, there is some soon-to-come artwork, which for now seems to still be MIA...most notably the much-promised greeting cards. What I do finally have for you are some colored pages. They're lettered as well, actually, so for the first time to date here on archas.net, you can read a little mini story! Enjoy.

Thanks once more to those of you who have checked out the site and emailed me with feedback. It's nice to see the word spreading! More to come soon, I promise!

Thanks to those of you who have already gotten back to me about the site! I appreciate your criticism and support; keep it coming!

As of this update, the Illustration section is up and running, though as of yet still no greeting card portfolio; sorry! I'll have those up soon, I promise. Also, the Links section is updated and fixed, so now all tickets out of here work correctly...

We're coming up on the weekend, so in theory I should have a lot more going up in the next few days. I have to tell you, it's nice in the early stages of a website, when everything expands so quickly!

Hello, and welcome to Archas Studios Online! Please pardon the dust, as I continue to settle in around here. As of the launch, the Gallery section is online, though you should expect to see much more art going up within the next few weeks. The Contact and Links sections are also up in their earliest incarnations; you'll see them evolve rather quickly, I'd expect. The Salon section isn't up yet, though the link works. Expect to see content there as early as late summer, early fall at the latest.

For those of you who have never heard of me, take a look around. I'd love to hear your questions, comments, and concerns. And the rest of you, old friends who have patiently waited for this launch, I hope it was worth the wait. Let me know what you think, too.