Some of you may have noticed that my latest comic venture has been updating fairly frequently as of late, but at the expense of any pinup or concept artwork. Truth be told, I'd like to say that I've been devoting all my energy to the comic and that this is the reason I haven't done more art jams or paid attention to my other ideas, but it's not. The simple truth is that everything, I mean EVERYTHING I've drawn in my sketchbook on the side for the last month or so has been unacceptable crap, either abandoned halfway or totally erased.

I guess part of the problem is that a lot of the time I'm only giving a half-hearted effort on my own characters and projects, or that I'm embarking on these side projects without a clear image of what it is I want to do. It's times like these where I want to reach out and ask: Does anyone want to trade?

If anyone wants to do a character pinup exchange I'm willing to give it a go, or perhaps there's a character of mine that you want to see more of. However, as a furry fan and as a person deeply obsessed with my own character creations I can pretty well guess which you folks will choose, but let me know. I'll weigh my options and make a choice.

How will I make a choice? I'll level with ya- it's about artistic skill, innovation, and passion and if I share at least some of that about your character, you've got a good shot. I'd love to be the kind of person who would cordially accept a stick figure that took a lot of painstaking effort to make, but realistically every time I accept a trade from someone with lots of passion but a woeful lack of expertise I feel a bit shorted. It's shallow, it's damnable... but it's me.

In the end, though, it may simply come down to responses. If only one person responds to this with an agreement to trade, well, I'll still give it a go.