I am not good at remembering to blog anymore. However, it is clear based on looking back on twitter and instagram that while summer happened , I did work on projects, albeit not in the traditional sense. With the doom and gloom about recession constantly playing out in business media, I've pushed back against the... Continue Reading →

April marks two years lost to Covid and my sense of time has been warped irreparably. I feel like we are stuck in that endless Groundhog day where all I can do is create projects while navigating the world trying to move on from COVID (while at the same time not realizing we're still in... Continue Reading →

When it comes to drawing, I haven't been the most productive or consistent producer this past few months. However, March was about rebellion against the adage that I am a creator who only draws for the consumption by others. Yes, there was an attempt to do an illustration for March 14 (White Day), but other... Continue Reading →

By all accounts this was a non productive month whereby I went fairly invisible on Twitter. I'm tired of screaming into the void and just decided to not tweet (just to tweet). Also not making art if I don't have anything unique to contribute.So decided instead to make 25+ animated emojis for a small Valentine's... Continue Reading →

What a long , long month. The post-Endwalker time period feels very non-productive for me as I've largely slowed down on making art. I did not have a proper winter holiday this year and I think that and the release of Endwalker (and the post-story depression after it) has made it really difficult to want... Continue Reading →

Moving forward I'd like to capture or institutionalize various conversations on social media platforms that I believe are helpful for others to have as their own reference.Here's the first such merchandise related conversation, now linked as a page on this site.Meanwhile, please note I updated my merchandise catalog as well for Fall items xD https://swannlodge.com/gettingstarted/

They still haunt me. A video blog plus a picture of some highlighted ones in my collection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5rU5TZfNj8

The day job has kept me pretty busy as of late alongside some personal matters. It has been pretty difficult to find energy to finish projects that I had thought about completing much earlier in the summer. Of course, summer is a weird time for anything related to merchandise. As fan conventions came back online... Continue Reading →

One of my deepest sins while in the artist alley was forging a relationship with Artscow and getting lots of random product made with various designs. While the ideas were cute and I loved everything I made, the sad truth was back in the late 2000s I could not sell most of my stock xD.... Continue Reading →