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  Is it a hand? A crown? A UFO?Aug 31, 2022 7:50 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:
 
^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign! : D Biiiig ol' thanks to everyone supporting the comic, YOU make A* happen!
 
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
 
 
 
 
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  Ready 2 PaintAug 30, 2022 10:25 PM PDT | url
 
Pencils for the next A* page are done, painting tomorrow!
 
 
 
 
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  Second faceAug 29, 2022 10:08 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:Painting a new face wet on wet, whee! ^ _^
 
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  Ready for a close-upAug 26, 2022 9:35 PM PDT | url
 

 
^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. : ) Huge thanks to everyone supporting the comic! : D
 
Pencils for the next A* page are done! Painting Monday!
 
 
 
 
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  Hurry!Aug 25, 2022 9:48 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:Page done! Whoosh!
 
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
 
 
 
 
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  /standing around and sketchingAug 24, 2022 8:33 PM PDT | url
 

 
^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. : ) Thanks to everyone supporting the comic!! : D
 
Pencils for the next A* page are done—painting tommorrow!
 
 
 
 
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  Hurrying around pagesAug 23, 2022 9:51 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:Lots of scene changes tend to make me nervous, we'll see if I can manage to chill out a bit during this sequence. = o
 
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
 
 
 
 
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  Webb catches Jupiter's auroras & diffractionAug 22, 2022 8:21 PM PDT | url
 

image by NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Ricardo Hueso (UPV/EHU) and Judy Schmidt
 
NASA posted a couple composite, false-color photos of Jupiter taken by their new Webb infrared space telescope; its infrared resolving power easily captures fine detail of the gas giant's auroras, as well as, in this wider shot, several moons (the white pinpoints left of Jupiter's equator), and the planet's faint rings.
 
In fact, the telescope is so powerful that even light diffracting from the various bright features in this—by Webb's cosmic standards—short range view is picked up, creating glowing noise in the image.
 
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Pencils for the next A* page are done—painting tomorrow!
 
 
 
 
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  Court clerks have those cute typing machines*Aug 19, 2022 8:55 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:
 
^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. Thanks everyone for your support!! = D
 
(* Oh man stenotype machine shorthand is really weird. :o )
 
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
 
 
 
 
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  Pencils pushedAug 18, 2022 9:13 PM PDT | url
 
Graphite has been rubbed hard into the next page of paper. Tomorrow I'll see if I can get it out. ^_ ^
 
 
 
 
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  Underpants leak almost drowned astronautAug 17, 2022 9:47 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:Today's AP News included "Russian spacewalk cut short by bad battery in cosmonaut suit," but the fun bit in the article is this anecdote about an earlier ISS incident:
 
"In March, water seeped into a German spacewalker's helmet. It was not nearly as much leakage as occurred in 2013 when an Italian astronaut almost drowned, but still posed a safety concern. In the earlier case, the water originated from the cooling system in the suit's undergarments."
 
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
 
 
 
 
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  There are lots of mysteriesAug 16, 2022 8:33 PM PDT | url
 

 
^ Ink sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. : ) Thanks to everyone supporting the comic! : D
 
Pencils for the next A* page are down on paper, tomorrow some painting must happen!
 
 
 
 
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  Opplopolis now on Bohemian DriveAug 15, 2022 10:16 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:I've mentioned the webcomic "Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life" before, a really cool sci-fi story; it wrapped up some years ago but recently its web site, bohemiandrive.com, got retrofitted with the comic in a bigger and fancier format. Even more recently, co-author and illustrator Kit Roebuck's more recent webcomic, "Opplopolis," has taken up residence there as well, and is currently going up in regular fresh updates and similarly large format.
 
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  Imperious and stuffAug 12, 2022 9:11 PM PDT | url
 

 
^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. Massive thanks to all A* supporters! : D
 
Pencils for the next comic page are done, let's see how they come out with paint on them on Monday. :P
 
 
 
 
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  Let's fight the blobbiesAug 11, 2022 8:42 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:I got it done. Tryin' to keep things sharp/
 
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  Black and white blocksAug 10, 2022 8:32 PM PDT | url
 

 
^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. : ) Thanks to everyone helping me with the comic!!
 
Pencils for the next A* page are done! Painting tomorrow.
 
 
 
 
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  PAint paint everywhereAug 09, 2022 8:54 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:Can always add more paint, kinda. ; )
 
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
 
 
 
 
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  Pencils and swanning it upAug 08, 2022 8:45 PM PDT | url
 

 
^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. HUGE thanks to everyone supporting the comic, YOU make A* possible!!
 
And more pencils are ready for the next A* page, just gotta replace 'em with watercolors tomorrow in the ol' sleight of hand and hope it works out. ^ _^
 
 
 
 
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  Big big helmetsAug 05, 2022 10:00 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:
 
^ Pencil sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. : )
 
Huge thanks to everyone supporting the comic! : D
 
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
 
 
 
 
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  Pencils and inkAug 05, 2022 1:52 AM PDT | url
 

 
^ Ink sketch for a reader supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign. : ) Thanks to everyone supporting the comic!!
 
Pencils for the next page are done I think I hope which will mean painting tomorrow. = )
 
 
 
 
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  Another page is here okay good blogAug 04, 2022 1:30 AM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:Dither dither dither oh it's done whew!
 
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
 
 
 
 
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  Pencils readyAug 02, 2022 9:11 PM PDT | url
 
Pencils for the next page are down, paint goes on tomorrow!
 
 
 
 
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  All kinds of stuff on my tumblr =PAug 01, 2022 11:29 PM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:I've been posting all kinds of stuff on my tumblr (smbhax.tumblr.com) lately: other cool sci-fi or game or whatever art I come across, other game stuff, '80s Saturday morning cartoon theme songs—all kinds of silly things. And A* art, of course! : D Anyway if any of that sounds interesting, give my tumblr a rumble.
 
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