Long time.

The last few months have flown by in a sort of whirlwind.

First and foremost, my daughter - Beatrice Pearl Mohler - was born on July 15th at 11:44am. She was 9lbs 1oz and 22in long.

Since, she's gained several inches, several pounds, and the complete infatuation of her mother and father. I cannot count the number of diapers we've changed or the number of hours she's kept us up at night. But, what amazes me the most is how quickly she has insinuated herself into our lives - to the point where I can hardly fathom life without her now. You hear people say stuff like that and it's easy to pass it off as complete silliness - at least until you are in a similar situation.

The new quarter at the Art Institutes International Kansas City started and I've been teaching two Fundamentals of Drawing classes. So far, it's been a great deal of fun and most of the students are genuinely interested in being there and working. Plus, it's been good for me as well - I've been out of school long enough now that it seems so much of the fundamental stuff that I learned in school has sort of faded and become more intuitive. So, I've had to go back and do a variety of research and really think about how to explain things. You might think that would be easy - it's not. I've had successful moments and, as my students can probably verify, some unsuccessful moments. Either way, I'll keep pushing it and trying to do my best.

Next quarter, it looks like I might also get a Storyboarding class. I can't wait.

Among all this, I've had a pretty involved project fall into my lap which I will be managing and contributing some artwork too. I am really optimistic about this and I'm really quite excited about it. It's a very cool project and I'm looking forward to getting to talk about it at length down the line a bit.

Emily and I are also working on a project of our own - it's something we created together, she's writing and I'm doing the layouts, color, and letters. We've contracted an artist to handle the pencils/inks and so far, it's looking quite good. I'm looking forward to showing it off and talking a little more about it soon.

Then there is always Baeg Tobar and Outland Entertainment. A lot is happening behind the scenes right now with both. I will be talking more about this in the next few months.

Ah yes - and Star Craft 2: Wings of Liberty came out.

So, everything is pretty busy at the moment. I'm going to be working on posting more regularly from here on out - I've still got a bundle of artwork to put up that I'd like to share, so expect some more artwork this week.

Jer