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I’ve finished setting up my web store! I got the idea to do this on my own site after I finally got the JASGP’s web store set up and running successfully. I can accept credit cards through PayPal, and it’s a really easy online store to use. Currently, only Chickens of the World matted prints are available, but I will be making 100 Famous Views of Philadelphia available soon, too.

After the big ice storm the other day, everything here is covered in about an inch of ice. That means I get to slip and slide on my way to work. It’s actually been quite a fun walk, and has given me a lot more energy than I normally have. For one, the ice makes everything brighter, which is always nice in the winter time. Beyond that, the Aldi parking lot is practically a frozen lake; it flooded before it froze, so I can slide across the entire thing. I feel like Mario on the ice boards walking to and from work.

As promised, here is the latest chicken I did: The Gamer. He was a birthday present for my friend Ryan, so it’s more geared towards him; the chicken is a wizard because Ryan usually plays wizards, the motto on the wall was chosen by Ryan, he is eating Ryan’s normal D&D fare — bean burritos — and the sword is one that one of Ryan’s wizard characters found in a D&D game many, many years ago. Anyway, here it is:

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a month now. During the fall I became so busy that I didn’t have time for a lot, including doing any work whatsoever on my website, or even much art. I bit off a bit more than I could chew, I guess, with my hours at the JASGP increasing to pick up the slack after Greta left, taking on multiple website jobs after hours, plus doing Children of Eden, the illustration for Children of Eden, a commissioned chicken painting, and then immediately after Children of Eden another play, and my JET Application… As you can see, I’ve finally had the time to make a few changes to the site, both in design and functionality (as you can see I’ve got a web store area that I’m now setting up) and write a nice long update.
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