A few more concepts, this time sticking closer to my long-term habit of using my 3 initials. (Ignore the bad fills in the ropes; I was too lazy to do it right until I commit.)

Previous versions for reference

Some further explorations. Thanks for the comments (hint-hint!) The previous versions are here.

I added an About page.

As a part of that, I’ve been doing some thinking of personal branding. Visually, I have had a lot of ideas and sketches for ‘macblaze’ over the years but nothing for me personally. I am currently toying with the idea of incorporating unraveling/raveling strands and rope (which those of you who know me I find infinitely fascinating). Nothing that I find overly innovative yet but…

Some quick ideas…

Comments welcome…

This started out as a typical b&w line drawing of the Whirlpool Pine, the oldest tree in Alberta found out Nordegg way. After I finished it I decided to play Witt the colour options in Brushes, something I usually largely ignore. Anyway, this is the result. Go ahead and judge…

In Kananaskis, cause I needed to do something with my hands. Not exactly bad but it could be better…

Loverly day with some time for art… Barely…

The first traditionally drawn in 2002 with pen and ink.
The second done on the iPad with Brushes

Seems like nature is easier to draw with curves… Who’d a thought…

The brushes program for my iPad has a movie export feature so I thought I would try posting the process. This is by no means how I usually sketch, but since I thought I would try and do something deliberately instead of off the cuff I used three layers to get the final result. In the end it’s not quite satisfying because by trying to accomplish ‘something’, I generally make it a bit lopsided instead of organic… oh well…

The final product:

The movie:

Penne Arriabiete and Chateau Neuf de Pape and a quiet night of lying on the couch result in…

Somebody’s going stark raving bonkers…