<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997</id><updated>2012-02-02T10:54:36.936-05:00</updated><category term='OPelaez ocelot new york comic convention yarn school products yarns laminaria knitty etsy shop name change'/><category term='cold hands comic drawing color snow'/><category term='dumbledore knitting socks harry potter'/><category term='fingerless mitts toasty robots new york comic con contest podcast verbal mosh'/><category term='princess zelda ganondorf skyward sword link harp puzzles'/><category term='cold hands comic drawing color baking cake'/><category term='kntting blocking pins needles painting watercolor comic prints cat sticky weather humid art paper yarn cotton peaches creme'/><category term='fudge cold hands comic vanilla extract'/><category term='comic cold hands drawing couple'/><category term='severus snape lily evans potter deathly hallows part 2 mittens buttons fanart'/><category term='soul daddy karius scarf america&apos;s next great restaurant knitting review'/><category term='tommy taylor unwritten mike carey peter gross comic book magic boy wizard wand doorknob fanart'/><category term='comic cold hands knitting drawing painting art tablet desk'/><title type='text'>OPelaez Art</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>117</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3997827288677946354</id><published>2012-02-02T10:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T10:54:36.943-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tommy taylor unwritten mike carey peter gross comic book magic boy wizard wand doorknob fanart'/><title type='text'>Boy Wizard</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YZ3gq9qPdjc/TyqucoGmOEI/AAAAAAAAAhk/2_HRrQF6uD8/s1600/tommy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YZ3gq9qPdjc/TyqucoGmOEI/AAAAAAAAAhk/2_HRrQF6uD8/s320/tommy.jpg" width="251" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I took a small break from comics and my commissions to paint this. I love "The Unwritten."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Tommy Taylor is a boy wizard from the comic book, The Unwritten, written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Peter Gross.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theverbalmosh.com/2012/01/trade-central-station-unwritten-vol-4.html"&gt;Here's&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;a review I wrote for Volume 4 of the collected trade paperback.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Now, I'm off to work on more comics :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="goog_1787464997"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_1787464998"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3997827288677946354?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3997827288677946354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3997827288677946354' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3997827288677946354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3997827288677946354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2012/02/boy-wizard.html' title='Boy Wizard'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YZ3gq9qPdjc/TyqucoGmOEI/AAAAAAAAAhk/2_HRrQF6uD8/s72-c/tommy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-962805959777126804</id><published>2011-12-31T19:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T18:19:01.825-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='princess zelda ganondorf skyward sword link harp puzzles'/><title type='text'>Princess Zelda</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bf-Y3mD3gBM/Tv-pfT7ncjI/AAAAAAAAAhc/sAV3Tes2Gw8/s1600/zelda_new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bf-Y3mD3gBM/Tv-pfT7ncjI/AAAAAAAAAhc/sAV3Tes2Gw8/s320/zelda_new.jpg" width="216" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zelda looks slightly evil but I think it suits her since she keeps getting possessed/manipulated in order to resurrect Ganondorf, or as he's named in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Demise. I haven't finished the game yet, but when I do, I'll have a review for it up on &lt;a href="http://www.theverbalmosh.com/"&gt;The Verbal Mosh's site&lt;/a&gt;. I'm taking a break before I attempt fighting Demise. I know it's gonna take me several attempts to beat him. SEVERAL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With many breaks in between. Unless, of course, I get lucky. When I played Twilight Princess, I remember feeling like it was easier to beat Ganondorf compared to the guy trying to resurrect him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes the simplest puzzles get me stumped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E.T.A. I beat Demise on my second try. What?!!!! :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, Happy almost New Year, everyone :)&lt;br /&gt;-O.Pelaez&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-962805959777126804?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/962805959777126804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=962805959777126804' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/962805959777126804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/962805959777126804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/12/princess-zelda.html' title='Princess Zelda'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bf-Y3mD3gBM/Tv-pfT7ncjI/AAAAAAAAAhc/sAV3Tes2Gw8/s72-c/zelda_new.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6250866491976483648</id><published>2011-12-15T17:10:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T17:10:32.990-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='severus snape lily evans potter deathly hallows part 2 mittens buttons fanart'/><title type='text'>Severus</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Sx4B3Jw3SY/TupuebQ4P-I/AAAAAAAAAhI/bIRChMkd4Ms/s1600/sev_lily.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Sx4B3Jw3SY/TupuebQ4P-I/AAAAAAAAAhI/bIRChMkd4Ms/s320/sev_lily.jpg" width="223" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was watching Deathly Hallows Part 2 again, the other day. I just had to draw this moment as I LOVE this scene in the movie. It's so heartbreaking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9iszdNb8B_A/TupvJnZzHZI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/JH5dd6wCDtI/s1600/mitt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="192" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9iszdNb8B_A/TupvJnZzHZI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/JH5dd6wCDtI/s320/mitt2.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And look! I finished my mittens with the buttons I bought :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Holidays!&lt;br /&gt;-O.Pelaez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Severus and Lily (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;br /&gt;The above fanart and photo (c) O.Pelaez&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6250866491976483648?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6250866491976483648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6250866491976483648' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6250866491976483648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6250866491976483648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/12/severus.html' title='Severus'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Sx4B3Jw3SY/TupuebQ4P-I/AAAAAAAAAhI/bIRChMkd4Ms/s72-c/sev_lily.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-4053892515343725743</id><published>2011-12-12T08:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-12T08:47:26.652-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So Cold</title><content type='html'>The other day, I was walking outside with no coat, just a sweater for additional warmth. By the time I got home, my hands were balled up with my sleeves pulled over them and my ears were freezing. Not good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest issue of &lt;a href="http://www.knitty.com/"&gt;Knitty&lt;/a&gt; is up. I just love "Borough." This has been the first time I ever saw a project, queued it and cast on so quickly. I had been thinking about knitting myself mittens for a while now, and after the events described above, it only cemented how much I needed them. They're just about done too. I need to find buttons. I really want to check out the store, Tender Buttons, but I'm afraid it's a little out of my way right now. I may just plan a visit though, once I've started my new cardigan. I've got all the yarn for it. I need to start swatching and charting my pattern.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I paint a lot of pet portraits. Occasionally, I get asked if I paint people's portraits too. I do. I just love painting animals a lot more, so I don't have as many examples but here's my latest self-portrait. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tWSTqQjNNRE/TuYAsNl7dhI/AAAAAAAAAhA/-UjPiK9t-gU/s1600/long_hair2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tWSTqQjNNRE/TuYAsNl7dhI/AAAAAAAAAhA/-UjPiK9t-gU/s320/long_hair2.jpg" width="228" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-4053892515343725743?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/4053892515343725743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=4053892515343725743' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4053892515343725743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4053892515343725743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/12/so-cold.html' title='So Cold'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tWSTqQjNNRE/TuYAsNl7dhI/AAAAAAAAAhA/-UjPiK9t-gU/s72-c/long_hair2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7571721911430153797</id><published>2011-11-25T14:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-25T14:39:25.982-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Black Friday</title><content type='html'>Yesterday was exhausting as I spent the whole day cooking food for Thanksgiving. My favorite dish I made was my Mac &amp;amp; Cheese. I had gotten the recipe off of Martha Stewart's &lt;a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; a while ago. Every time I make it, it comes out so good, cheesy and crunchy. Sometimes I'll top it with roasted tomatoes, sometimes with bacon or like yesterday, I made it plain. Mmm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I haven't done a whole lot of painting and drawing outside of commissioned work so I don't have a lot to show right now. I did make a new, cute booklet/card that you can see in my &lt;a href="http://OPelaez.etsy.com/"&gt;etsy shop&lt;/a&gt;. From now until Monday on midnight (EST) you can get 15% off everything in my shop by using the coupon code: FESTIVE15 at checkout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm organizing my desk space and trying to clear it of the yarn clutter that currently occupies it. I had gotten rid of my previous pin cushion to use the yarn for another project. So, my pins were just laying about. I just couldn't find any other pin cushion designs appealing to make. Then, I realized I had the perfect pin cushion all along. Alfie! My elephant. The pins on him make an adorable headdress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ST9yQ8dMrc/Ts_ugbZlc1I/AAAAAAAAAg4/y38PaFhqJGs/s1600/ellie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ST9yQ8dMrc/Ts_ugbZlc1I/AAAAAAAAAg4/y38PaFhqJGs/s320/ellie.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7571721911430153797?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7571721911430153797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7571721911430153797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7571721911430153797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7571721911430153797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/11/black-friday.html' title='Black Friday'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ST9yQ8dMrc/Ts_ugbZlc1I/AAAAAAAAAg4/y38PaFhqJGs/s72-c/ellie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-8179520375794717362</id><published>2011-10-21T10:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-25T07:33:28.524-04:00</updated><title type='text'>100 Heart Giveaway *EDIT* Winner announced</title><content type='html'>Hi, guys and gals ^^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To celebrate 100 hearts on my &lt;a href="http://OPelaez.etsy.com/"&gt;Etsy shop&lt;/a&gt;, I'm having this giveaway/contest.&lt;br /&gt;In order to enter, all you need to do is leave a comment on &lt;b&gt;this&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;blog post. You'll have until Monday (Oct. 24, 11:59 p.m. EST) to enter. I'll be randomly drawing two winners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first prize is an original ACEO* watercolor painting from me of Princess Zelda (because I'm so excited for Skyward Sword to come out.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M0EYW9MdKVk/TqF8GhxB5mI/AAAAAAAAAfE/RK9wJq3bdaA/s1600/zelda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M0EYW9MdKVk/TqF8GhxB5mI/AAAAAAAAAfE/RK9wJq3bdaA/s320/zelda.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="227" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;The second prize drawing is for a 4"x6" print of my watercolor ocelot painting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Qru_IOBADQ/TqF8UU0321I/AAAAAAAAAfM/udPaSvax7qc/s1600/ocelot3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Qru_IOBADQ/TqF8UU0321I/AAAAAAAAAfM/udPaSvax7qc/s320/ocelot3.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Good luck to everyone!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;:)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;-O.Pelaez&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;*ACEO stands for Art, Cards, Editions and Originals. They are 2.5"x3.5" in size.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Edit*&lt;br /&gt;Using a random number generator, the two winners are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the Zelda painting:&lt;br /&gt;Comment 4.&lt;br /&gt;CraftyMoose Crafts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the Ocelot Print:&lt;br /&gt;Comment 2.&lt;br /&gt;badwolf&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONGRATULATIONS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winners, please get in touch with me so I can mail your prizes out to you. You can find out how to do so via my About Me tab at the top of my blog or at my profile link on the right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:) Thank you, again, to everyone who entered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-8179520375794717362?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/8179520375794717362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=8179520375794717362' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8179520375794717362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8179520375794717362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/10/100-heart-giveaway.html' title='100 Heart Giveaway *EDIT* Winner announced'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M0EYW9MdKVk/TqF8GhxB5mI/AAAAAAAAAfE/RK9wJq3bdaA/s72-c/zelda.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-8992842087995079193</id><published>2011-10-18T15:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T07:30:34.417-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OPelaez ocelot new york comic convention yarn school products yarns laminaria knitty etsy shop name change'/><title type='text'>O.Pelaez</title><content type='html'>This past weekend, I went to New York Comic Con. I had a really great time. For a fuller review, you can visit my &lt;a href="http://www.theverbalmosh.com/2011/10/new-york-comic-con-2011.html"&gt;podcast's website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*drum roll, please*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is finally the day I get to change my Etsy shop name. Previously, I had been using a username for the shop that I use on a bunch of art sites. I thought that was a really good idea for maybe two minutes (okay, I'm exaggerating a bit) but the point is I didn't like it after a while. It was a name that I threw together from something I heard on t.v. It wasn't me. It wasn't my brand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After waiting patiently all morning for the Etsy admins to give everyone the green light, it's now changed. I decided to make a new banner, too, to mark the occasion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://OPelaez.etsy.com/"&gt;O.Pelaez&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O96vblISm-g/Tp3T5oXsieI/AAAAAAAAAdU/o_NCyToJFFw/s1600/shop_new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="121" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O96vblISm-g/Tp3T5oXsieI/AAAAAAAAAdU/o_NCyToJFFw/s400/shop_new.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think the cat better represents my shop compared to the knitting needles. There's still an element of knitting in the banner, though. I don't think I could ever get rid of it. The background is an abstraction of a knit one, purl one ribbing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I went to New York for comic con, I also stopped by one of my favorite yarn shops: &lt;a href="http://www.schoolproductsyarns.com/"&gt;School Products&lt;/a&gt;. I bought three skeins of their beautiful lace weight merino yarn. I'm finishing up a lace shawl, a Laminaria from knitty.com, and after that, I plan to knit a cardigan with my new yarn. Gosh, I love getting new yarn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have two new comic projects lined up to work on and a couple of projects being sent to publishers.&lt;br /&gt;I have 98 hearts on my Etsy shop. When I reach 100, I'm going to be throwing another giveaway. I'll pick two winners this time. The first will win an original ACEO and the second will win a print of my "Ocelot" painting that you can find for sale in my shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here is a detail of my ocelot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N1vsHGmQA2w/Tp3Yt4gHwpI/AAAAAAAAAdc/-03-AHuN_tI/s1600/ocelot3_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="153" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N1vsHGmQA2w/Tp3Yt4gHwpI/AAAAAAAAAdc/-03-AHuN_tI/s320/ocelot3_1.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here is my clue as to what the original ACEO painting will be: she is a princess&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-O.Pelaez&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-8992842087995079193?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/8992842087995079193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=8992842087995079193' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8992842087995079193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8992842087995079193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/10/opelaez.html' title='O.Pelaez'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O96vblISm-g/Tp3T5oXsieI/AAAAAAAAAdU/o_NCyToJFFw/s72-c/shop_new.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2181697443412147134</id><published>2011-09-30T09:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-30T09:37:28.143-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kevin and the Kitchen Witch</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iwpUbZOFDuQ/ToXAkV2UZRI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/JzcDhoa_0fE/s1600/coverfix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iwpUbZOFDuQ/ToXAkV2UZRI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/JzcDhoa_0fE/s320/coverfix.jpg" width="206" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been a while since my last post. Here is the cover to a comic I recently worked on. This is my first time working with a colorist. I enjoy collaborations and this was a fun project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Kevin and the Kitchen Witch"&lt;br /&gt;Written by &lt;a href="http://www.thesteveorlando.com/"&gt;Steve Orlando&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pencils and inks by O.Pelaez&lt;br /&gt;Colors by &lt;a href="http://angieness.deviantart.com/"&gt;Heather Breckel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Currently, I'm working on another commissioned comic and I have another comic lined up after that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Comic Con is only a couple of days away. It's always such fun. Hands down, one of the best conventions I attend. Last year was even more awesome because the convention dates lined up with the NYC Yarn Crawl. Unfortunately, that's not the case this year. I still may pop into the LYS if my mood deems it so. I really want to make myself a new cardigan, but I might hold off until next year to do that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2181697443412147134?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2181697443412147134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2181697443412147134' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2181697443412147134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2181697443412147134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/09/kevin-and-kitchen-witch.html' title='Kevin and the Kitchen Witch'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iwpUbZOFDuQ/ToXAkV2UZRI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/JzcDhoa_0fE/s72-c/coverfix.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5118432806469113996</id><published>2011-08-29T15:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T15:36:21.964-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Molasses</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qRp2eof9YVs/TlvnWXxRErI/AAAAAAAAAdE/zap6bqq38Tg/s1600/molassses_fudge_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qRp2eof9YVs/TlvnWXxRErI/AAAAAAAAAdE/zap6bqq38Tg/s320/molassses_fudge_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646360929362842290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I finally did it!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In preparation for the big storm over this past weekend, I decided to make some molasses flavored fudge and, lucky me, it didn't turn out a terrible mess. I still have some by my desk which is perfuming my work area with it's lovely aroma. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As usual, I'm working on new art that isn't set for public viewing yet: a couple of different comic projects. I've designed a cute new pair of fingerless mitts that I need to write up the pattern for and get test knit. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's something I will show, a Scottish Terrier I painted not too long ago:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rUM15CNaM2U/TlvpLxnggcI/AAAAAAAAAdM/IOWF4buUCY0/s1600/barney_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rUM15CNaM2U/TlvpLxnggcI/AAAAAAAAAdM/IOWF4buUCY0/s320/barney_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646362946345927106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;:)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5118432806469113996?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5118432806469113996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5118432806469113996' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5118432806469113996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5118432806469113996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/08/molasses.html' title='Molasses'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qRp2eof9YVs/TlvnWXxRErI/AAAAAAAAAdE/zap6bqq38Tg/s72-c/molassses_fudge_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-1368232140845300577</id><published>2011-08-18T15:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T15:20:00.154-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cold hands comic drawing color baking cake'/><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg32</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hgKKzEzvub8/Tk1k_x82f6I/AAAAAAAAAc8/9q2qzDv5SLo/s1600/ch32.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hgKKzEzvub8/Tk1k_x82f6I/AAAAAAAAAc8/9q2qzDv5SLo/s320/ch32.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642276955068202914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Coincidentally, I've been thinking about baking a cake these past couple of days but I haven't done so. Too busy drawing comics :D&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-1368232140845300577?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/1368232140845300577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=1368232140845300577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1368232140845300577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1368232140845300577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/08/cold-hands-pg32.html' title='Cold Hands pg32'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hgKKzEzvub8/Tk1k_x82f6I/AAAAAAAAAc8/9q2qzDv5SLo/s72-c/ch32.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3439237773804718784</id><published>2011-08-13T15:30:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-17T16:18:01.661-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fingerless mitts toasty robots new york comic con contest podcast verbal mosh'/><title type='text'>Bits</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5mIgcP5oKg/TkbRVe_s1fI/AAAAAAAAAc0/q74DA0IyQnM/s1600/robo_prev.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5mIgcP5oKg/TkbRVe_s1fI/AAAAAAAAAc0/q74DA0IyQnM/s320/robo_prev.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640425750355826162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is a preview of a painting I finished for a book about robots. The book is grey-scaled so it won't have all the nice nuances of color that are in the original but I like it like that. It makes the original all the more special.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QpN_-bc9xU0/TkbRDJO5UyI/AAAAAAAAAcs/s1NTgSRt7aU/s1600/toasty2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QpN_-bc9xU0/TkbRDJO5UyI/AAAAAAAAAcs/s1NTgSRt7aU/s320/toasty2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640425435276333858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And here are my most recent pair of fingerless mitts I've knit. I LOVE this pattern. It's so simple which is why I love it. It will mix in well with the rest of my wardrobe. The pattern is called "Toasty" and can be found on the blog: &lt;a href="http://a-friend-to-knit-with.blogspot.com/2008/09/toasttoasty.html"&gt;A Friend to Knit With&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;:)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I want to let people know that my comics podcast is hosting a contest giving away a 3-day pass to New York Comic-Con this October to two lucky winners. It's really simple to enter and the prize is so cool. You can go &lt;a href="http://www.theverbalmosh.com/2011/08/verbal-mosh-nycc-contest.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to find out how to enter. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3439237773804718784?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3439237773804718784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3439237773804718784' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3439237773804718784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3439237773804718784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/08/bits.html' title='Bits'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5mIgcP5oKg/TkbRVe_s1fI/AAAAAAAAAc0/q74DA0IyQnM/s72-c/robo_prev.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-4426703634836219604</id><published>2011-08-01T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T17:22:22.485-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg31</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4L1OPRC1eI/TjcY7KqrAKI/AAAAAAAAAck/mKv446xE3Hg/s1600/ch31.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4L1OPRC1eI/TjcY7KqrAKI/AAAAAAAAAck/mKv446xE3Hg/s320/ch31.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636000863432147106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dancing!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-4426703634836219604?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/4426703634836219604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=4426703634836219604' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4426703634836219604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4426703634836219604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/08/cold-hands-pg31.html' title='Cold Hands pg31'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4L1OPRC1eI/TjcY7KqrAKI/AAAAAAAAAck/mKv446xE3Hg/s72-c/ch31.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-1005808306587609479</id><published>2011-07-31T15:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T16:15:43.893-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fudge cold hands comic vanilla extract'/><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg30</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W-3yZFMRVKM/TjW13QZroRI/AAAAAAAAAbY/0PWtjJl6kH4/s1600/ch30.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W-3yZFMRVKM/TjW13QZroRI/AAAAAAAAAbY/0PWtjJl6kH4/s320/ch30.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635610469624160530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I use vanilla extract to make the best treat ever: FUDGE. Now, I don't have a candy thermometer so I just "eye-ball" it. That works most of the time except when I tried to make molasses flavored fudge. My stove is really hot and it took no time at all for it to turn into a lump of rock hard candy, not chewy, creamy fudge. I do want to try making it again though. I still don't plan on buying a thermometer, but hopefully second time will be a charm.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"With my fist!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(My guy and I keep quoting that line from &lt;i&gt;Regular Show&lt;/i&gt;. It's too funny.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-1005808306587609479?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/1005808306587609479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=1005808306587609479' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1005808306587609479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1005808306587609479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/07/cold-hands-pg30.html' title='Cold Hands pg30'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W-3yZFMRVKM/TjW13QZroRI/AAAAAAAAAbY/0PWtjJl6kH4/s72-c/ch30.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5245471567496152963</id><published>2011-07-30T22:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T22:38:43.003-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cold hands comic drawing color snow'/><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg29</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kLqKs5GblxE/TjS_1jbO-dI/AAAAAAAAAbI/ElY4tQjJBOY/s1600/ch29.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kLqKs5GblxE/TjS_1jbO-dI/AAAAAAAAAbI/ElY4tQjJBOY/s320/ch29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635339960510773714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5245471567496152963?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5245471567496152963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5245471567496152963' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5245471567496152963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5245471567496152963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/07/cold-hands-pg29.html' title='Cold Hands pg29'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kLqKs5GblxE/TjS_1jbO-dI/AAAAAAAAAbI/ElY4tQjJBOY/s72-c/ch29.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-8320534136660564793</id><published>2011-07-30T21:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T21:29:13.052-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comic cold hands drawing couple'/><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg28</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S8hsjnjpAII/TjSuvqjo_uI/AAAAAAAAAbA/KcctqcgXPwA/s1600/ch28.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S8hsjnjpAII/TjSuvqjo_uI/AAAAAAAAAbA/KcctqcgXPwA/s320/ch28.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635321167648194274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Page 28! In case you need to refresh yourself in what is going on, here is &lt;a href="http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/07/colds-hands-pg27-and-cold-feet.html"&gt;page 27.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I, also, wrote a review of my trip to San Diego Comic-Con this year. Find that &lt;a href="http://www.theverbalmosh.com/2011/07/san-diego-comic-con-international-2011.html"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-8320534136660564793?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/8320534136660564793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=8320534136660564793' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8320534136660564793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8320534136660564793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/07/cold-hands-pg28.html' title='Cold Hands pg28'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S8hsjnjpAII/TjSuvqjo_uI/AAAAAAAAAbA/KcctqcgXPwA/s72-c/ch28.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-9174728989054285412</id><published>2011-07-19T11:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T11:56:24.796-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Chopped Up</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;It will be three weeks with no new update for "Cold Hands. " I've been so busy working on new projects/commissions. Comic-Con is right around the corner, too and I've been prepping for that. I wanted to share a little preview (the image below) of the latest comic I completed for a Victorian themed anthology. I finished inking it last night. Still, I have to go back and add all the dialogue and SFX, something I enjoyed doing while in college but not so much anymore. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In other news, I found out recently that the web-comic I contributed to few months ago, The Gutters, is nominated for five &lt;a href="http://www.harveyawards.org/"&gt;Harvey Awards&lt;/a&gt; including Best Writer, Best New Series, Special Award for Humor in Comics, etc. Finding that out made my day. &lt;a href="http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-morning-01.html"&gt;Here's&lt;/a&gt; my original post where I talk about the web-comic. You'll have to scroll down as it's at the bottom of the page. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can't wait to go to Comic-Con and get out of this oppressive heat-wave. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cESCiq1UHRs/TiWkUrUddvI/AAAAAAAAAa4/xsKufSPpN0M/s1600/chopped.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cESCiq1UHRs/TiWkUrUddvI/AAAAAAAAAa4/xsKufSPpN0M/s320/chopped.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631087584229553906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-9174728989054285412?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/9174728989054285412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=9174728989054285412' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/9174728989054285412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/9174728989054285412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/07/chopped-up.html' title='Chopped Up'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cESCiq1UHRs/TiWkUrUddvI/AAAAAAAAAa4/xsKufSPpN0M/s72-c/chopped.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5922147382481322972</id><published>2011-07-07T09:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-07T10:13:11.951-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kntting blocking pins needles painting watercolor comic prints cat sticky weather humid art paper yarn cotton peaches creme'/><title type='text'>Sticky Weather</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VqvMO_7brPI/ThW109BJw9I/AAAAAAAAAao/cKYiTQxNk_Q/s1600/knits4_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 102px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VqvMO_7brPI/ThW109BJw9I/AAAAAAAAAao/cKYiTQxNk_Q/s400/knits4_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626603230806524882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;I have been busy working on new paintings/prints/commissions. I have one comic thumbnailed out and another one that needs to get started. Yesterday was spent organizing my paper. I'm going to watercolor the first comic (something I haven't done since Sophomore year of college.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LFDyHGBvA5M/ThW1e0nK6sI/AAAAAAAAAaY/8jtL0_m89oU/s1600/knits4_3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LFDyHGBvA5M/ThW1e0nK6sI/AAAAAAAAAaY/8jtL0_m89oU/s320/knits4_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626602850592942786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/77000004/with-pins-and-needles-4x6-watercolor"&gt;Print: "With Pins and Needles"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I finished knitting a new scarf that needs to get blocked. I still have a little bit, maybe 25-50 grams left, of my ball of Peaches &amp;amp; Creme worsted cotton yarn. I thought I would make a matching pair of mitts to go with my scarf, but I really dislike bulk on my hands. The fingerless mitts I've already made are generally dk weight or thinner. I think I could make a chunky bracelet, which would be cute. There's, also, the standard knit for this yarn: coaster/washcloth.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DP4M7JVxNNc/ThW2J0XZzeI/AAAAAAAAAaw/QDiJpSYMAik/s1600/Taz_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DP4M7JVxNNc/ThW2J0XZzeI/AAAAAAAAAaw/QDiJpSYMAik/s320/Taz_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626603589261184482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/deeterhi"&gt;More from my Shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I could use a coaster... I just don't want to make any yet. Or do I?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The weather hasn't been good either. It's really humid/sticky.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5922147382481322972?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5922147382481322972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5922147382481322972' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5922147382481322972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5922147382481322972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/07/sticky-weather.html' title='Sticky Weather'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VqvMO_7brPI/ThW109BJw9I/AAAAAAAAAao/cKYiTQxNk_Q/s72-c/knits4_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-8502293496079693372</id><published>2011-07-03T09:50:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-03T10:00:06.750-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Colds Hands pg27 and cold feet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VToY_pqjNcY/ThB0HOFgb1I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/AiFVsjD_9Mc/s1600/ch27.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VToY_pqjNcY/ThB0HOFgb1I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/AiFVsjD_9Mc/s320/ch27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625123601974849362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yesterday, my latest socks I'd made finished blocking. They are super cute. Very low knit, they slip inside my flats with minimal exposure. It's really lovely considering these are the shoes that constantly cut my foot at the back of my heel. Now, I will be able to wear them more often and not have awkward, long socks sticking out. I definitely need to make more of these socks in multiple colors :) I'm thinking black, blue, grey, ... maybe a pretty, bright green...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fM87DY6VjLU/ThBz_Zsx-wI/AAAAAAAAAaI/tmZwfxUtSIU/s1600/heart_3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fM87DY6VjLU/ThBz_Zsx-wI/AAAAAAAAAaI/tmZwfxUtSIU/s320/heart_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625123467653413634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-8502293496079693372?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/8502293496079693372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=8502293496079693372' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8502293496079693372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8502293496079693372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/07/colds-hands-pg27-and-cold-feet.html' title='Colds Hands pg27 and cold feet'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VToY_pqjNcY/ThB0HOFgb1I/AAAAAAAAAaQ/AiFVsjD_9Mc/s72-c/ch27.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6579738214244185677</id><published>2011-06-27T17:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-27T18:03:53.629-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comic cold hands knitting drawing painting art tablet desk'/><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg26</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jaREo2H1Ulk/Tgj91KMhg5I/AAAAAAAAAaA/FiH-48H9UEQ/s1600/ch26.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jaREo2H1Ulk/Tgj91KMhg5I/AAAAAAAAAaA/FiH-48H9UEQ/s320/ch26.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623023224483840914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6579738214244185677?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6579738214244185677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6579738214244185677' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6579738214244185677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6579738214244185677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/06/cold-hands-pg26.html' title='Cold Hands pg26'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jaREo2H1Ulk/Tgj91KMhg5I/AAAAAAAAAaA/FiH-48H9UEQ/s72-c/ch26.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-1942992884481386895</id><published>2011-06-19T07:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-19T08:00:47.796-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg25</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3dTdIVUP6pI/Tf3kSyzgPjI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/jWzwah2qpyo/s1600/ch25.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3dTdIVUP6pI/Tf3kSyzgPjI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/jWzwah2qpyo/s320/ch25.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619898921554820658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The plot thickens!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-1942992884481386895?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/1942992884481386895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=1942992884481386895' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1942992884481386895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1942992884481386895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/06/cold-hands-pg25.html' title='Cold Hands pg25'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3dTdIVUP6pI/Tf3kSyzgPjI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/jWzwah2qpyo/s72-c/ch25.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-8988100029327301098</id><published>2011-06-12T07:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T08:13:45.638-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg24</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4GuEK7nASEo/TfSppuWrUWI/AAAAAAAAAZw/lVmKGUC20kY/s1600/ch24.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4GuEK7nASEo/TfSppuWrUWI/AAAAAAAAAZw/lVmKGUC20kY/s320/ch24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617301169520726370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm working on some new watercolor paintings and I love the way they are coming out. They are going to be a part of a submission into this juried art fair, of sorts. I've got a W.I.P. shot of one of the paintings on my &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/OPelaezArt"&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;. I'm really curious about the whole endeavor as I've never done a show like this. I hear good things and bad about people selling their art in such circumstances and the way an artist fares depends on a lot of factors falling in to the right place. If it turns out well, I may sign up to do more of these shows. If not... at least I can say I tried. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-8988100029327301098?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/8988100029327301098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=8988100029327301098' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8988100029327301098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8988100029327301098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/06/cold-hands-pg24.html' title='Cold Hands pg24'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4GuEK7nASEo/TfSppuWrUWI/AAAAAAAAAZw/lVmKGUC20kY/s72-c/ch24.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-1903822793833907500</id><published>2011-06-06T12:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T12:41:35.432-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soul daddy karius scarf america&apos;s next great restaurant knitting review'/><title type='text'>Cold Hands pgs 21-23</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_lTEo8SXmk/Tez9D95rDQI/AAAAAAAAAZg/aIynFW8TCho/s1600/ch21.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_lTEo8SXmk/Tez9D95rDQI/AAAAAAAAAZg/aIynFW8TCho/s320/ch21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615141080022060290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mER4S85p70I/Tez89ruWglI/AAAAAAAAAZY/ZPx22y3lTWM/s1600/ch22.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mER4S85p70I/Tez89ruWglI/AAAAAAAAAZY/ZPx22y3lTWM/s320/ch22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615140972063523410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yEADE2mZzLI/Tez89Wdr1qI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/QVc6OMI7ojg/s1600/ch23.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yEADE2mZzLI/Tez89Wdr1qI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/QVc6OMI7ojg/s320/ch23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615140966356473506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   So, the interlude is finished. I wanted to get it out of the way and get back to the main story-line. I've been a bit busy these last couple of weekends, such that my postings haven't come out on time. You can see, &lt;a href="http://www.theverbalmosh.com/2011/06/x-men-first-class-review.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, one of the reasons why. I wrote a little review of the X-Men: First Class movie that I saw on Sunday with my guy. Be warned, there are spoilers in it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   Afterwards, we went to check out Soul Daddy down by the South Street Seaport. We were fans of the show, America's Next Great Restaurant, but after reading such mixed reviews online, I was a little hesitant to check out the food. By far, that cornbread waffle was my favorite part of the meal and mostly because of that delicious butter they gave on the side. I had the pulled pork sandwich which was okay. The corn was really good, too. There was a little bit of business in there. It wasn't packed. One man put together my order and the woman who was supposed to ring me up, walked away so that I stood there and had to wait for the man to finish up my guy's order, take off his food gloves and then ring us up. Luckily, there was no one ordering after us, but that sure was weird of her to just walk off. What counts is the food was good (better than what I was expecting). I wouldn't eat there every day or even once a week, but once in a blue moon if I ever feel like taking that long Subway ride just to get there... It is so out of the way. It was hilarious to step out of the Subway and see the giant Chipotle sign, and then get to Soul Daddy, with it's tiny banners, tucked down a side street.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   I finally took some pictures of my new cotton scarf I knit that I talked about in &lt;a href="http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/06/cold-hands-pgs-18-20.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; previous post. I love it. It's so soft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7fYzyXni1E/Tez8i4GblrI/AAAAAAAAAZI/Rx1P4754SCs/s1600/blackwhitescarf.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 122px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7fYzyXni1E/Tez8i4GblrI/AAAAAAAAAZI/Rx1P4754SCs/s320/blackwhitescarf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615140511529277106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-1903822793833907500?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/1903822793833907500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=1903822793833907500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1903822793833907500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1903822793833907500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/06/cold-hands-pgs-21-23.html' title='Cold Hands pgs 21-23'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_lTEo8SXmk/Tez9D95rDQI/AAAAAAAAAZg/aIynFW8TCho/s72-c/ch21.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2740322940813076700</id><published>2011-06-01T09:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T09:43:52.861-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pgs 18-20</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DakU4mTOPtI/TeY_x-Y3eEI/AAAAAAAAAY8/Pd9dMExKwB8/s1600/ch18.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DakU4mTOPtI/TeY_x-Y3eEI/AAAAAAAAAY8/Pd9dMExKwB8/s320/ch18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613244113357338690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HFzRc3Tru5U/TeY_t21xsSI/AAAAAAAAAY0/tmHYckBZaZs/s1600/ch19.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HFzRc3Tru5U/TeY_t21xsSI/AAAAAAAAAY0/tmHYckBZaZs/s320/ch19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613244042611634466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KVMyhftNGe8/TeY_qNulJ9I/AAAAAAAAAYs/l__Ih0aaZzo/s1600/ch20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KVMyhftNGe8/TeY_qNulJ9I/AAAAAAAAAYs/l__Ih0aaZzo/s320/ch20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613243980035991506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I'm finishing up with my Karius scarf. It's being blocked right now. I made it out of cotton, so it's nice and light enough to wear during chilly summer nights. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'll see about posting some finished pictures of it when it has dried. :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2740322940813076700?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2740322940813076700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2740322940813076700' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2740322940813076700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2740322940813076700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/06/cold-hands-pgs-18-20.html' title='Cold Hands pgs 18-20'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DakU4mTOPtI/TeY_x-Y3eEI/AAAAAAAAAY8/Pd9dMExKwB8/s72-c/ch18.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2371248207794387732</id><published>2011-05-27T11:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T12:42:09.242-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dumbledore knitting socks harry potter'/><title type='text'>Socks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlSjyAwsbx0/Td-9CFpzQEI/AAAAAAAAAYk/EUqrGlIpSbI/s1600/headmaster.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlSjyAwsbx0/Td-9CFpzQEI/AAAAAAAAAYk/EUqrGlIpSbI/s320/headmaster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611411504301817922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have knitting on my mind. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;... as usual.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The last time I drew Dumbledore was about three years ago. As seen &lt;a href="http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2008/11/headmaster.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I love the way my art has progressed. Immediately after art school, I felt a bit in a rut. I think doing actual knitting and crochet work has helped my art as well because I'm allowing my creativity to take on all different kinds of shapes. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is approx. 4.5"x6.75"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Professor Dumbledore (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;div&gt;Dumbledore Fanart (c) O.Pelaez &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2371248207794387732?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2371248207794387732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2371248207794387732' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2371248207794387732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2371248207794387732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/05/socks.html' title='Socks'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlSjyAwsbx0/Td-9CFpzQEI/AAAAAAAAAYk/EUqrGlIpSbI/s72-c/headmaster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-4686578132737567092</id><published>2011-05-24T16:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-24T17:14:26.129-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg17</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTfu-CVtNrc/TdwbdzRzHTI/AAAAAAAAAYc/frxU-U4OR-U/s1600/ch17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTfu-CVtNrc/TdwbdzRzHTI/AAAAAAAAAYc/frxU-U4OR-U/s320/ch17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610389434591812914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This story is not designed to be a web-comic, if you recall from the very first page of it. As seen &lt;a href="http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekly-comic.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. So, the pacing is slower than I normally like. I might decide to print out a few copies to sell in my Etsy store so that if people are interested, they can read the story as intended: Without the gaps of time in between each page posting and the accompanying notes that a lot of times have nothing to do with the story. I say this, mostly though, because I think the next post I put up may have more than one page in it as the narrative/sequencing breaks down due to the intermission being told in splash pages. Hm. Well, you'll just have to wait and see what I do. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Summer time keeps drawing closer. There are two things I am really looking forward to: 1.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and 2.) San Diego Comic Con.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;:D&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-4686578132737567092?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/4686578132737567092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=4686578132737567092' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4686578132737567092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4686578132737567092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/05/cold-hands-pg17.html' title='Cold Hands pg17'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTfu-CVtNrc/TdwbdzRzHTI/AAAAAAAAAYc/frxU-U4OR-U/s72-c/ch17.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-4678443546039145426</id><published>2011-05-08T09:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T07:53:45.341-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg16</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xGS663JtRf0/TcaUCBsC3sI/AAAAAAAAAYU/wHjh05GPmEs/s1600/ch16.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xGS663JtRf0/TcaUCBsC3sI/AAAAAAAAAYU/wHjh05GPmEs/s320/ch16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604329548842983106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So, I did an interview with the very cool artist Palle Schmidt, whom I met at this year's MoCCA Fest. Please check out his website, where you can read all about it. &lt;a href="http://www.palleschmidt.com/2011/05/interviewed-olivia-pelaez.html"&gt;The interview.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And now, on to a little rant I have.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Parents need to teach their kids not to sexually harass women on the street. If you don't correct that behavior, they will never learn. They will grow up to become perverts and deviants. It's not funny. It's not cute. It shouldn't be tolerated at any age. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;End of rant.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I frogged that gray sweater from two posts ago. I've turned it into a shawl. I was having issues with the quality of the yarn, Lion Brand Wool-Ease. I don't plan on buying that brand again any time soon. Maybe for toys or smaller items, but definitely not a sweater.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-4678443546039145426?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/4678443546039145426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=4678443546039145426' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4678443546039145426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4678443546039145426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/05/cold-hands-pg16.html' title='Cold Hands pg16'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xGS663JtRf0/TcaUCBsC3sI/AAAAAAAAAYU/wHjh05GPmEs/s72-c/ch16.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3887145020323749492</id><published>2011-05-01T08:38:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T09:02:44.922-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg15</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_HPUmDDTJNw/Tb1UXQZT25I/AAAAAAAAAYM/bYSXqBK5jQ8/s1600/ch15.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_HPUmDDTJNw/Tb1UXQZT25I/AAAAAAAAAYM/bYSXqBK5jQ8/s320/ch15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601726270033615762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I've been listening to An Horse's new album, "Walls." I think it's fantastic. This past Tuesday, I saw them live for the first time. I've been to other shows, but it's always been to see bands my guy likes. And I like most of the music my guy likes, not all, but most. Anyways, it's funny how I first came across this band. Funny because there's a Harry Potter connection. I was in the process of discovering Wizard Rock when I found the artist, The Hermione Crookshanks Experience. The girl of that name, Kristine Tuna, as a part of non-Harry Potter songs she recorded, made a cover of an An Horse song. And that was that. Loves An Horse.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3887145020323749492?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3887145020323749492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3887145020323749492' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3887145020323749492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3887145020323749492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/05/cold-hands-pg15.html' title='Cold Hands pg15'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_HPUmDDTJNw/Tb1UXQZT25I/AAAAAAAAAYM/bYSXqBK5jQ8/s72-c/ch15.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3231446405050055250</id><published>2011-04-25T09:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T10:09:46.913-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg14</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vpLrbmKoe4Y/TbV-R6zJn1I/AAAAAAAAAXY/IlK_G3e9OYs/s1600/ch14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vpLrbmKoe4Y/TbV-R6zJn1I/AAAAAAAAAXY/IlK_G3e9OYs/s320/ch14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599520558011752274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's very exciting to be making my first pullover. My first large project since learning to knit was a cardigan I made for my guy. He wore it a lot during the fall/winter. Now, it's my own turn to sport some fine hand-knits, if I do say so myself. The pattern is based off of the "$5 in Paris" pattern by Anna Peck-Maliszewski which you can find &lt;a href="http://knitting-up-a-storm.blogspot.com/2007/04/5-in-paris.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I'll have project notes on my Ravelry page. I love the way this sweater is turning out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zLXbNpjP9UU/TbV-b5r19uI/AAAAAAAAAXg/u_FdaTWo47U/s1600/hermsweater.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zLXbNpjP9UU/TbV-b5r19uI/AAAAAAAAAXg/u_FdaTWo47U/s320/hermsweater.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599520729511360226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X8w_U8tj9v8/TbV93RvflVI/AAAAAAAAAXI/8hFrCxd4obc/s1600/ch14.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3231446405050055250?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3231446405050055250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3231446405050055250' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3231446405050055250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3231446405050055250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/04/cold-hands-pg14.html' title='Cold Hands pg14'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vpLrbmKoe4Y/TbV-R6zJn1I/AAAAAAAAAXY/IlK_G3e9OYs/s72-c/ch14.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5533210855892551093</id><published>2011-04-17T11:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-17T11:21:39.719-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg13</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GXyNVEo0bJY/TasDZSmoJAI/AAAAAAAAAXA/9peiqyN9jEI/s1600/ch13.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GXyNVEo0bJY/TasDZSmoJAI/AAAAAAAAAXA/9peiqyN9jEI/s400/ch13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596570694963438594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bird.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It always cracks me up, on the Prisoner of Azkaban special features dvd, where Gary Oldman is talking like a "bird."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A couple of posts ago, I was talking about what to do with this grey yarn that I have. I still haven't decided what I want to make out of it. I know I want some kind of cardigan. Either a "Luna Lovegood" cardi or I might pick up additional colors and make a fair-isle cardi. I'm so indecisive! One of the reasons why no one likes shopping with me :P&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5533210855892551093?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5533210855892551093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5533210855892551093' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5533210855892551093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5533210855892551093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/04/cold-hands-pg13.html' title='Cold Hands pg13'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GXyNVEo0bJY/TasDZSmoJAI/AAAAAAAAAXA/9peiqyN9jEI/s72-c/ch13.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3846642867882243003</id><published>2011-04-11T10:04:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T10:48:05.863-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg12</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MIBDCNMxFwA/TaMK0fo2e3I/AAAAAAAAAW4/mJ7-K2ihn94/s1600/ch12.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MIBDCNMxFwA/TaMK0fo2e3I/AAAAAAAAAW4/mJ7-K2ihn94/s400/ch12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594327059086605170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; So, the weekend has come and gone, along with it this year's 2011 MoCCA Art Festival. It is always such a great experience and this time was no exception. I met a lot of great people and sold a lot of my work. My mini-comic, "Jack," completely sold-out. I'm so happy because I love the way that book came out. I worry about my stories sometimes appealing to a large audience (basically, anyone other than myself) because it's different. My work is dramatic/serious and it means a lot that other people are enjoying the work that I do. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, enough about me. Like I said, I met a lot of cool people. Alec Lewellyn, whom I know from college, gave me a copy of his most recent mini-comics: "Big Title" #2 and "Pancakes!" I've read them and I think they are really awesome. His stories revolve around his wrestling characters, the main one being a guy named William Downs. I find his work to be humorous and entertaining. Me and my guy used to watch a bit of Friday Night Smackdown before it switched channels so I get the whole theatrics of putting on a wrestling show. It is all a show. Big Title #2 pokes fun of that to a certain degree but it also revels in it like a real wrestling match. So, I find. Pancakes! is a great issue, too. Personally, I'm more of a waffles gal but that's splitting hairs. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Find more Alec Lewellyn work here: aleclewellyn.blogspot.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another really cool group I met was Accent UK. They are an independant comic producer, mostly from the UK who put together a yearly anthology, along with their own regular titles. They gave me their most recent copy of their anthology, which I have yet to crack open. I did start to read the other comic they gave me entitled "Whatever Happened to the World's Fastest Man." I'd say I'm about half-way through the book, and I'm really liking it so far. The premise involves a man who can stop time, and is using this gift/curse to help other people, though it winds up taking a personal toll on him. The artwork is lovely. There's a cool distinction between the way regular time and "Bobby time" (Bobby being the main character) is illustrated. The shading and the tonal values make the world around Bobby such a somber place. It helps the reader connect with the isolation the main character is feeling. I look forward to finishing the story up. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Find more info about Accent UK here: www.accentukcomics.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are some other books that I have and haven't read yet, and some other artists I'll be sure to get around to talking about. I'll have more talk about the overall experience of the convention on this week's episode of &lt;a href="http://www.theverbalmosh.com"&gt;The Verbal Mosh&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was one crazy good weekend and I look forward to next year's MoCCA Fest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3846642867882243003?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3846642867882243003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3846642867882243003' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3846642867882243003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3846642867882243003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/04/cold-hands-pg12.html' title='Cold Hands pg12'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MIBDCNMxFwA/TaMK0fo2e3I/AAAAAAAAAW4/mJ7-K2ihn94/s72-c/ch12.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3329428768430478916</id><published>2011-04-03T09:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-03T09:24:34.512-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg11</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H_yqCzh93gg/TZhwkWQHL0I/AAAAAAAAAWw/xKJtq4xoo6s/s1600/ch11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H_yqCzh93gg/TZhwkWQHL0I/AAAAAAAAAWw/xKJtq4xoo6s/s400/ch11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591342707131232066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's that time of the year... MoCCA time! The MoCCA Arts Festival is next weekend, April 9-10, held at the Lexington Avenue Armory in NYC. Doors open at 11a.m. I'll be sharing a table. I plan on bringing my "Black Morning" series with me, along with a new mini-comic (if I ever start it) and a couple of other things. You gotta come by if you want to see. It's a cool convention with a lot of great indy comics and artists. I hope the weather will be nice. The event is indoors but it's the icing on the cake to have a beautiful spring day. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anywho, if you want to find out more about the art festival, check out their &lt;a href="http://www.moccany.com/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3329428768430478916?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3329428768430478916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3329428768430478916' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3329428768430478916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3329428768430478916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/04/cold-hands-pg11.html' title='Cold Hands pg11'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H_yqCzh93gg/TZhwkWQHL0I/AAAAAAAAAWw/xKJtq4xoo6s/s72-c/ch11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-857509519337096870</id><published>2011-03-27T10:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-27T10:57:06.012-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg10</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RVSm6mDuql0/TY9GdxwzG8I/AAAAAAAAAWo/rKAkXBP4qaM/s1600/ch10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RVSm6mDuql0/TY9GdxwzG8I/AAAAAAAAAWo/rKAkXBP4qaM/s400/ch10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588763139978238914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I'm collecting yarn for a new cardigan/vest/thing. A couple of years ago, I had bought like six or seven skeins of worsted, grey yarn that I had intended on crocheting in to a throw for my guy. Once I found out that he thought the yarn was too itchy to use, I wrapped the yarn up in a bag and left it in my closet. I'd been taking out a skein or two, here and there, for myself to make in to bags, hats and mitts. It had never occurred to me to make a sweater of sorts out of it. Mind you, when I first purchased it, I only knew how to crochet (and only ever attempted accessories and pillows.) Any kind of large article of clothing was beyond my comprehension. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now is a different story. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's almost a year and a half since I first taught myself how to knit. It's been so enjoyable. There is such a hassle shopping for clothing in department stores. Clothes are always so big and long. Tailoring everything is such boring work. Plus, items in the petite section are never as cute as the "normal" people clothing. Knitting and crocheting my own clothes, I can get a perfect custom fit and make really adorable items. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, I'm collecting my grey yarn, frogging the hats and bags I'd made. I haven't decided if I want to knit a vest or crochet a cropped cardigan. Crochet will always be a bit more fun for me, seeing as I'm a lot faster at it. The cardigan that is on my &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/OPelaezArt"&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt; took me a day to make and another day to weave in the ends and block. I have another vest that I knit that took me a good deal longer to make. I worked on it on and off so I can't remember exactly how long that took. I think I put it down in my Ravelry page but I don't feel like bothering to look. Yesterday, I started work on a new pair of fingerless gloves. These are the kind with partial fingers attached, rather than one thumb and one opening for the rest of your fingers. I feel like the partial fingered mitts will keep my hands just a tad bit warmer. I have yet to test them outdoors so I could be wrong. My right glove is knit, today the left side will get tackled. Here's hoping that this one will get knit faster now that I've got my measurements down. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-857509519337096870?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/857509519337096870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=857509519337096870' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/857509519337096870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/857509519337096870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/03/cold-hands-pg10.html' title='Cold Hands pg10'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RVSm6mDuql0/TY9GdxwzG8I/AAAAAAAAAWo/rKAkXBP4qaM/s72-c/ch10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2546148833317159168</id><published>2011-03-22T15:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T16:53:21.401-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg9</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt; Sorry for the late post this week. Normally, I'm coloring another "Cold Hands" page first thing on Sundays, but this past weekend, I was out of the country for the Toronto Comic-Con.  I've been to Toronto once before (last year) and the city was so great, my guy and I had to go again. More of what that particular convention is like will be discussed on episode 106 of our &lt;a href="http://www.theverbalmosh.com"&gt;podcast&lt;/a&gt;, later on this evening. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As to the rest of our trip, Toronto has some really great restaurants. One of our absolute favorites is &lt;a href="http://www.cafecrepe.com/"&gt;Cafe Crepe&lt;/a&gt;. The Toffee Coffee was delicious and didn't agitate my stomach the way many other coffees can and their Parisian Hot dog was like no hot dog I've ever had before. We had eaten dinner at the Burger Bar. My meal, the Cowboy Supper rice bowl, was tasty. I wanted something without too much fat and grease (and flavor) because I wasn't feeling so good (Partly from our stiff bed and the cold weather). The burger my guy had, on the other hand... well... considering it's a burger joint, you would think their burgers would be the best thing they had to offer. The waitress got his order wrong. He asked for cheddar cheese and he got bleu. He asked for fries and she completely forgot them when she brought the rest of our meal. When she did bring them, they were soggy and the sauce was inedible. So, we went back to the Cafe Crepe which is where we had a sort of second dinner and brings my tale 'round about. Even though I was full after having my rice bowl, and finishing half of my hot dog, I ate it all and my coffee because it was just that good. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another good place to eat at is the BeerBistro. I'm not particular to beers but I heard the food was good and my guy likes to drink beer. On recommendation from the bartender, I did have one glass of beer and I'm a little upset because I didn't quite catch the name of it and it was the best beer I've ever had. So of course, the one beer I like, I probably won't be able to find again. It was peach flavored and that's all that I can remember. Ah, well. We sat right next to the kitchen, over-looking the chef, which was a cool experience. The overall atmosphere was really nice. The best item we tried had to be the Spicy Kobe Beef Tacos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's funny. If we weren't at the convention or the comic book store, The Silver Snail, we were some place, eating. I had thought about visiting the LYS, The Lettuce Knit, but I didn't really want to buy anything, just browse. If I did browse, I would've bought something. I figure it's best this way. I'm not that fond of browsing stores because I'm indecisive at times and take forever to pick something I like. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All in all, Toronto is a great place to visit, but I would never live there. Too dang cold. People on the street were talking about how nice the weather was and how it felt like Spring. It was too dang cold.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pKQoNUuAcks/TYkAzOHRMYI/AAAAAAAAAWg/VbZbaU0hBcQ/s1600/ch9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pKQoNUuAcks/TYkAzOHRMYI/AAAAAAAAAWg/VbZbaU0hBcQ/s400/ch9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586997692691722626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Page 9 is based on the rough sketch that turned in to &lt;a href="http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/12/things-i-like-02.html"&gt;this illustration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;:)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2546148833317159168?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2546148833317159168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2546148833317159168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2546148833317159168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2546148833317159168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/03/cold-hands-pg9.html' title='Cold Hands pg9'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pKQoNUuAcks/TYkAzOHRMYI/AAAAAAAAAWg/VbZbaU0hBcQ/s72-c/ch9.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2225111524073731847</id><published>2011-03-15T09:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T10:00:43.925-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wild-Eyed Vixen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4qNLDuPjn6Q/TX9rdwA4J9I/AAAAAAAAAWY/znegekr-6Yg/s1600/blackcombo1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 187px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4qNLDuPjn6Q/TX9rdwA4J9I/AAAAAAAAAWY/znegekr-6Yg/s400/blackcombo1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584300221811664850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A few samples from my "Black Morning" series. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The depiction of women in old movies can sometimes be a bit over-the-top. I can't recall the name of the movie I was watching, it was some time ago and I don't believe I saw it from the beginning. I came across it flipping through the channels. Anyways, the lead female character was jumping up and down in hysterics over a man she adored, almost like a child. She kept saying over and over that whatever-his-name-was loved him because he yelled at her. Y'see, his yelling meant that he cared about her, that he would get so worked up over what she was doing. The man, of course, was cool and reserved. He tried to deny that he loved her, but she knew. From that moment on, she wasn't leaving his sight. And, the movie ends with the woman taking it upon herself to move in to the man's home. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sounds psychotic, but in the world of those two individuals, it worked. I wish I knew what the name of that movie was. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm re-reading Harry Potter. Yes, again. I can't wait to see the final film. I made myself a pair of Luna's Dirigible Plum earrings in crochet. Luckily I had a pair of old earrings that were falling apart, so I took them apart even more and used the hooks for the top part that goes in to my ear.  I'll be posting a picture of them on my &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/OPelaezArt"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; page soon :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jVcDTDRXLRo/TX9q_Jgpo2I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/uqfP6-HsP6U/s1600/blackcombo1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2225111524073731847?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2225111524073731847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2225111524073731847' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2225111524073731847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2225111524073731847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/03/wild-eyed-vixen.html' title='Wild-Eyed Vixen'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4qNLDuPjn6Q/TX9rdwA4J9I/AAAAAAAAAWY/znegekr-6Yg/s72-c/blackcombo1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-1923068834121769084</id><published>2011-03-13T09:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-13T10:23:54.669-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg8</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7sKsGG-P_xQ/TXzNq0KS7gI/AAAAAAAAAWI/TCowdgGwTNg/s1600/ch8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7sKsGG-P_xQ/TXzNq0KS7gI/AAAAAAAAAWI/TCowdgGwTNg/s320/ch8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583563773472599554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I write really strange stories. For some odd reason, that dawned on me yesterday as I was drawing up a short three page comic for another anthology. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ever since I bought my new Wacom tablet, I've enjoyed doing more and more digital work. Hmm... enjoyed? Well, I don't enjoy it the same way I enjoy using watercolors but it's been better. I realized why I didn't like painting digitally before was because I was so uncomfortable. Coloring thirty some odd comic pages with a mouse hurt my wrist after a while. With the tablet, my wrist doesn't hurt like it used to. My coloring has sped up. I can't color as many pages as I can pencil or ink, but that will come with more practice. It's nice. It's not even an incredibly big or expensive tablet. Maybe if I was commissioned for more, large digital projects I might consider upgrading. My Bamboo tablet is just fine for me right now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-1923068834121769084?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/1923068834121769084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=1923068834121769084' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1923068834121769084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1923068834121769084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/03/cold-hands-pg8.html' title='Cold Hands pg8'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7sKsGG-P_xQ/TXzNq0KS7gI/AAAAAAAAAWI/TCowdgGwTNg/s72-c/ch8.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-799512191103385743</id><published>2011-03-06T12:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-06T13:13:18.450-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg7</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h9pq6l0dyC4/TXPLkptcQXI/AAAAAAAAAV4/Yh1b-JUUqVw/s1600/ch7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h9pq6l0dyC4/TXPLkptcQXI/AAAAAAAAAV4/Yh1b-JUUqVw/s320/ch7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581028193774354802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sometimes I mean it and sometimes I don't. Cookies aren't exactly my go-to sweet. I really like chocolate and fudge. Yesterday, I made myself some Hazelnut Brittle. The recipe was for one pound of brittle but, I rarely ever follow a full recipe. I was going to cut the recipe down to a quarter of a pound, but there were a lot more hazelnuts that needed to be used up or were never going to get eaten, so I made half a pound instead. I know a lot of the times other people can become a bit hesitant to try new things, so I'll end up eating my "creations" all by myself. I made coleslaw the other day. It was very tasty. Nobody else wanted to try it and I felt like Marge Simpson when she asked Bart, "What's wrong with my sundaes?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-799512191103385743?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/799512191103385743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=799512191103385743' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/799512191103385743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/799512191103385743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/03/cold-hands-pg7.html' title='Cold Hands pg7'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h9pq6l0dyC4/TXPLkptcQXI/AAAAAAAAAV4/Yh1b-JUUqVw/s72-c/ch7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3759519075337648225</id><published>2011-02-27T08:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T08:40:30.463-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg6</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jikg8ZYEo2o/TWpO9j8GqHI/AAAAAAAAAVw/6uidVqT4xdY/s1600/ch6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jikg8ZYEo2o/TWpO9j8GqHI/AAAAAAAAAVw/6uidVqT4xdY/s320/ch6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578357907978102898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Over the holidays, when I had started making this comic, I was doing a lot of baking. It was a nightmare when I was in the middle of a cookie recipe and realized I had, previously, used up all of my vanilla extract. Hands over my head in exasperation, I panicked for one second and then ran out of my house, not properly dressed. Snow was on the ground and I was in socks and my peep toe flats. No scarf. No gloves. Though considering I was running around, that actually kept me just warm enough.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm still doing a lot of baking and cooking. Thanks, in part, to the great gift my older sister gave me: The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook. Man, is there a ton of pie recipes in that book. Some of the meals I've made haven't been too good. Here are some of my favorite recipes:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cheesy Chivy Scrambled Eggs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;English  Farmhouse Scrambled Eggs and Bacon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Custard Tart&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rice Pudding &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Homemade Fudge &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Beef and "Guinness" Stew for Kids (I didn't have any actual Guinness on hand to make the real thing, so the kid's version used soda instead)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kreacher's French Onion Soup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Making my own desserts from scratch has really opened my eyes to just how much sugar goes in to this stuff. I wanted to test out a lot of the recipes in the book right away, but now that I've made a majority of them, I'm content to wait a good while (maybe even months) before I make them again. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3759519075337648225?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3759519075337648225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3759519075337648225' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3759519075337648225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3759519075337648225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/02/cold-hands-pg6.html' title='Cold Hands pg6'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jikg8ZYEo2o/TWpO9j8GqHI/AAAAAAAAAVw/6uidVqT4xdY/s72-c/ch6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5758550572859512965</id><published>2011-02-20T08:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T08:56:52.386-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg5</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g21PynEF1dA/TWERJbkBSfI/AAAAAAAAAVo/JSh-bvxqkBA/s1600/ch5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g21PynEF1dA/TWERJbkBSfI/AAAAAAAAAVo/JSh-bvxqkBA/s320/ch5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575756667376716274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Things are starting to get a little strange. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;One inspiration for me, for this particular page, is the movie Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli. My favorite scenes are when the camera pans around to the inside of the lounge to the laughing audience. There is something very grotesque and unsettling about watching everyone laugh, and even more so in the context of what is happening outside the lounge (the Nazis running rampant). These things stand out most in my mind just like the scene in Citizen Kane, when all the men are gathered and the troop of girls are dancing in honor of Mr. Kane. The camera shows a close-up of Kane's two closest companions alongside the other men, laughing and clapping, and not on Mr. Kane, himself. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5758550572859512965?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5758550572859512965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5758550572859512965' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5758550572859512965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5758550572859512965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/02/cold-hands-pg5.html' title='Cold Hands pg5'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g21PynEF1dA/TWERJbkBSfI/AAAAAAAAAVo/JSh-bvxqkBA/s72-c/ch5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-4639120558301685286</id><published>2011-02-13T08:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T08:32:56.780-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg4</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H3Q5HfSRcsQ/TVfZrhiO_fI/AAAAAAAAAU4/P8gJXjUnUEI/s1600/ch4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H3Q5HfSRcsQ/TVfZrhiO_fI/AAAAAAAAAU4/P8gJXjUnUEI/s320/ch4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573162405653839346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I made a comic a couple of years ago and it, also, had the same idea of this black bird that was watching over me. I'm not fascinated with all birds, just the ones that tend to perch outside and across from my window. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The other day, though it was freezing outside, I felt like Spring had finally come. The snow was melting and, most of all, there were plenty of birds out chirping away. They were in the trees and in the bushes, too. I feel extremely content when I wake up to the sound of these birds. I, also, love listening to crickets chirp at night. There are a lot of people who would be annoyed by some of these sounds but they keep me aware of the world outside of my studio. Plus, I think they are far, far more pleasant than the sounds of traffic. One of the reasons I hate summer is because of the sounds of lawnmowers and that dang ice-cream truck that stays parked adjacent to my building. I really despise that truck. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-4639120558301685286?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/4639120558301685286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=4639120558301685286' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4639120558301685286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4639120558301685286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/02/cold-hands-pg4.html' title='Cold Hands pg4'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H3Q5HfSRcsQ/TVfZrhiO_fI/AAAAAAAAAU4/P8gJXjUnUEI/s72-c/ch4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5660369683370564468</id><published>2011-02-11T09:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T09:56:00.456-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Black Morning 01</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FViDzEPDLK0/TVVKfySOYyI/AAAAAAAAAUw/DNhV2IsCXCo/s1600/black3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FViDzEPDLK0/TVVKfySOYyI/AAAAAAAAAUw/DNhV2IsCXCo/s320/black3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572442023875470114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Black Morning" is a new series of paintings inspired by classic black and white films. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original art for sale &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67901160/black-morning-01"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I do love a man in a suit. A proper, pulled together suit, too. When I was at the train station the other day, looking around, I noticed a lot of guys with:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. No tie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Jackets unbuttoned&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. First few buttons on their shirt collar unbuttoned&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And it was sad.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But public television is great! "Arsenic and Old Lace" came on a good while ago (it's probably been months yet I'm still thinking about it) and that is such a fantastic film. Cary Grant is simply superb. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ignH_-UrrSc/TVVKfs8GnoI/AAAAAAAAAUo/8FTfYnz2PNw/s1600/bm01_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ignH_-UrrSc/TVVKfs8GnoI/AAAAAAAAAUo/8FTfYnz2PNw/s320/bm01_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572442022440509058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I, also, want to mention (if you hadn't already heard): A little while ago, I was hired to illustrate issue #92 of "The Gutters." It's a web-comic that parodies the comic book industry. &lt;a href="http://www.the-gutters.com/comic/92-olivia-pelaez"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is my issue, but I recommend reading it from the beginning as there is some really funny stuff in there. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5660369683370564468?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5660369683370564468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5660369683370564468' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5660369683370564468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5660369683370564468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-morning-01.html' title='Black Morning 01'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FViDzEPDLK0/TVVKfySOYyI/AAAAAAAAAUw/DNhV2IsCXCo/s72-c/black3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-304151110854681987</id><published>2011-02-07T08:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T08:51:30.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TU_2EsCz87I/AAAAAAAAAUg/FpruQ3KZtGw/s1600/ch3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TU_2EsCz87I/AAAAAAAAAUg/FpruQ3KZtGw/s320/ch3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570941824483455922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jiminy Crickets! I had the Superbowl on my mind all yesterday and completely forgot to upload a new page ^^' It was my first time trying to sit through a whole football game and I must say, I didn't make it. I fell asleep. Those games are too long and I'm getting too old. I did wake up in time to see the winners, so there's that. Mostly, I watched the ads, ate wings and cheesesticks. Yum. And of course, slept. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Back to my yarn and more relevant to this week's page, sometimes I find looking at the rolled up skein more beautiful than a finished object. I mean, I can't deny the beauty of an FO, but I think, especially, hand-painted yarns look gorgeous untouched.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-304151110854681987?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/304151110854681987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=304151110854681987' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/304151110854681987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/304151110854681987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/02/cold-hands-pg3.html' title='Cold Hands pg3'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TU_2EsCz87I/AAAAAAAAAUg/FpruQ3KZtGw/s72-c/ch3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-180654005136033327</id><published>2011-01-30T10:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T08:38:45.354-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hands pg2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TU_1emJKxJI/AAAAAAAAAUY/exMyAntMVdY/s1600/ch2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TU_1emJKxJI/AAAAAAAAAUY/exMyAntMVdY/s320/ch2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570941170064475282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adventures at my LYS. The place here is a store I first found when I did the NYC Yarn Crawl in 2010. I still prefer buying yarn online but it's always nice to be able to touch and smell yarn, before deciding whether or not I want to buy it, in order to get a better sense of the quality of it all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-180654005136033327?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/180654005136033327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=180654005136033327' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/180654005136033327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/180654005136033327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/01/cold-hands-pg2.html' title='Cold Hands pg2'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TU_1emJKxJI/AAAAAAAAAUY/exMyAntMVdY/s72-c/ch2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3497626121027997279</id><published>2011-01-23T11:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T11:48:46.137-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekly Comic</title><content type='html'>I had been thinking about doing this for a while now but I could never pull a script together that I liked. I think there is a post way WAY back near the beginning of this blog where I talk about doing this, too. As it happened, I began work on a book for the Sketchbook Project 2011. You can see the actual artwork (not copies) as the project tours across the country. Over 28,000 artists participated in this project. For more info on which cities it will tour at, visit their official &lt;a href="http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, I scanned in all the pages before I mailed off my book. I decided I am going to digitally color the whole thing since the watercolors I put on the originals didn't scan very well and update it here once a week for everyone to see in case you can't make it out to see the real thing OR, better yet, you can follow updates here and go see the book in person, too. The cover of my book features a miniature glove I knit, making the book all the more tactile and hopefully enticing to the people who will peruse through it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I thought about compiling the whole thing into a mini-comic. If I do decide to do that, I was thinking about adding on to the story with some extra tid-bits (art, stories, etc). It's still up in the air for me and depends on how this all schedules out. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Obviously this weekly comic idea won't run forever since it has a set number of pages I created for this particular story, but I'm hoping this gets the ball rolling for me to put up more regular posts to this blog. New page updates for the comic will be posted every Sunday.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And after that big ramble, here is the cover and opening page to my comic: COLD HANDS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TTxZtQ35VrI/AAAAAAAAAUE/2Nj-Y5WDBRo/s1600/chtitle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 173px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TTxZtQ35VrI/AAAAAAAAAUE/2Nj-Y5WDBRo/s320/chtitle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565421873681487538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TTxZteK174I/AAAAAAAAAT8/0pExXpzKrCQ/s1600/ch1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TTxZteK174I/AAAAAAAAAT8/0pExXpzKrCQ/s320/ch1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565421877250617218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Check back next Sunday for the next page!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;:)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3497626121027997279?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3497626121027997279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3497626121027997279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3497626121027997279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3497626121027997279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekly-comic.html' title='Weekly Comic'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TTxZtQ35VrI/AAAAAAAAAUE/2Nj-Y5WDBRo/s72-c/chtitle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-833229386187371157</id><published>2011-01-12T11:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-12T12:16:32.628-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TS3fBarM4ZI/AAAAAAAAAT0/5fPMx4cVf3k/s1600/newmoshcard5%2Bcopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TS3fBarM4ZI/AAAAAAAAAT0/5fPMx4cVf3k/s320/newmoshcard5%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561346330305814930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;First of all. A big congratulations goes out to Inknose, for winning the art raffle I held a couple of posts ago. And, thank you to everyone who commented.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've got New art for the New Year. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I designed this for "The Verbal Mosh," the podcast I co-host. We have a new website for the show. We'll be adding lots of posts, reviews, art, etc. to the page and we hope to be able to add a direct feed of the episodes to it as well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Check out the website &lt;a href="http://www.theverbalmosh.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This painting here is a big step for me. In the past, I've kept all my digital work on my &lt;a href="http://deeterhi.deviantart.com/"&gt;deviantart&lt;/a&gt; page, separate from this blog, but I think it's time to start breaking down these invisible walls I've set up for myself. I'm still extremely hesitant to add any knit/crochet patterns I make to this blog, though. Maybe one day, I'll add those here too. Maybe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-833229386187371157?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/833229386187371157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=833229386187371157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/833229386187371157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/833229386187371157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2011/01/congrats.html' title='Congrats'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TS3fBarM4ZI/AAAAAAAAAT0/5fPMx4cVf3k/s72-c/newmoshcard5%2Bcopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-4394712073753466823</id><published>2010-12-27T12:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T12:14:27.109-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Things I Like 03</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TRjGbqp_-YI/AAAAAAAAATg/5jC4nH-g0d4/s1600/flame.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TRjGbqp_-YI/AAAAAAAAATg/5jC4nH-g0d4/s320/flame.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555408318970722690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Playing video games.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 2.5"x3.5"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now mind you, I never in a million years thought I would like any kind of fighting game. The last fighting game I ever played was Mortal Kombat for the Sega Genesis, and man, was I bad at it. I'm still terrible, which is why I stick to games like MarioKart, Lego Harry Potter or RockBand. But, my fiance recently purchased the SNK Classic Arcade Vol. 1. It's actually been a lot of fun. I think my favorites to play include Metal Slug (a run and shoot game) and King of Fighters '94. NEO Turf Masters has been quite addicting, too. It's certainly no Wii Sports: Golf, but it has it's charm. I love the expressions the characters have when they get below a Par. They are so upset, it's funny. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I must limit my time with these games, though, especially the fighting ones or I'll get the all-dreaded "gamer's thumb." I like my hands too much to get calluses on them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-4394712073753466823?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/4394712073753466823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=4394712073753466823' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4394712073753466823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4394712073753466823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/12/things-i-like-03.html' title='Things I Like 03'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TRjGbqp_-YI/AAAAAAAAATg/5jC4nH-g0d4/s72-c/flame.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5642232096401733314</id><published>2010-12-20T09:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T10:05:11.843-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Things I Like: Free Art Giveaway!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9r3FXmvzI/AAAAAAAAATU/uFKC9M5E_VU/s1600/choco.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9r3FXmvzI/AAAAAAAAATU/uFKC9M5E_VU/s320/choco.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552775459649273650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Eating chocolate.&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 2.5"x3.5"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I just want to say 'Thank You' to everyone who follows my artwork, whether you first came across me through deviantart, elftown, facebook, or the many other places where I have posted art. And so, I will be raffling off this ACEO. To enter this Giveaway, all you have to do is:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1.)Start Following this blog&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2.)Leave a comment on this post including your email address&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have until midnight (Eastern Standard time), December 29 to enter. The following day, I'll put everyone's name in a hat and randomly select a winner. I will contact the winner through email. If I cannot reach that winner, I will select a new winner and so forth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please note: anonymous/private comments will not be counted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9rxI819aI/AAAAAAAAATM/jgZBcth639s/s1600/choco1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9rxI819aI/AAAAAAAAATM/jgZBcth639s/s320/choco1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552775357531551138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions, and Originals." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They are 2.5"x3.5". The size of a standard trading card. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9rqQ1HV_I/AAAAAAAAATE/RNUHU73s-_o/s1600/choco6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9rqQ1HV_I/AAAAAAAAATE/RNUHU73s-_o/s320/choco6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552775239387535346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thank you and good luck!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5642232096401733314?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5642232096401733314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5642232096401733314' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5642232096401733314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5642232096401733314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/12/things-i-like-free-art-giveaway.html' title='Things I Like: Free Art Giveaway!'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9r3FXmvzI/AAAAAAAAATU/uFKC9M5E_VU/s72-c/choco.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3780458867191266788</id><published>2010-12-20T09:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T09:41:32.518-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Things I Like 02</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9qjjS5_MI/AAAAAAAAAS8/ivPViis3GlA/s1600/stab.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9qjjS5_MI/AAAAAAAAAS8/ivPViis3GlA/s320/stab.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552774024573615298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I like pretending to be a wizard. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 2.5"x3.5"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Original painting up for sale at my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/deeterhi"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt; shop.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3780458867191266788?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3780458867191266788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3780458867191266788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3780458867191266788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3780458867191266788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/12/things-i-like-02.html' title='Things I Like 02'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ9qjjS5_MI/AAAAAAAAAS8/ivPViis3GlA/s72-c/stab.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6156601485820135061</id><published>2010-12-19T09:25:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-19T09:28:10.746-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Things I Like 01</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ4V_fJxqGI/AAAAAAAAAS0/B_x7qbB8_4g/s1600/reader.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ4V_fJxqGI/AAAAAAAAAS0/B_x7qbB8_4g/s320/reader.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552399571032844386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Reading comics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 2.5"x3.5"&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Original painting up for sale. Check out my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/deeterhi"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt; shop for details. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6156601485820135061?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6156601485820135061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6156601485820135061' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6156601485820135061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6156601485820135061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/12/things-i-like-01.html' title='Things I Like 01'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQ4V_fJxqGI/AAAAAAAAAS0/B_x7qbB8_4g/s72-c/reader.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2109924742451489832</id><published>2010-12-16T11:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T12:13:06.976-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Cook 02: Baking</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQpFoixhiqI/AAAAAAAAASs/KmWfNAptn1o/s1600/cook2-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQpFoixhiqI/AAAAAAAAASs/KmWfNAptn1o/s320/cook2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551326053519166114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 6"x8"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And speaking of baking...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A while ago I saw this post from the &lt;a href="http://greenlovesyou.blogspot.com/2010/11/adventures-in-pie-pop-making.html"&gt;Magic Bean Buyer&lt;/a&gt; about making pie pops. I thought they were really cute, but wasn't intrigued to make them yet until I found this &lt;a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/apple-pie-pops"&gt;recipe&lt;/a&gt; on the Martha Stewart website. And, so here they are in all their sugar-y glory. I only made four of them as true pie pops with the sticks in them. My baking sheet wasn't nearly large enough for all of the sticks and 16 pies. I, also, didn't have a cookie cutter, so instead, I used a shot glass to cut the dough out. They came out perfectly (they even stayed up on my bamboo skewers which were my lollypop stick replacements), and I plan to make them again :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQpFg2-BR-I/AAAAAAAAASk/awDsGbCDl28/s1600/pie3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQpFg2-BR-I/AAAAAAAAASk/awDsGbCDl28/s320/pie3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551325921501333474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2109924742451489832?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2109924742451489832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2109924742451489832' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2109924742451489832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2109924742451489832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/12/cook-02-baking.html' title='The Cook 02: Baking'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TQpFoixhiqI/AAAAAAAAASs/KmWfNAptn1o/s72-c/cook2-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-4685378813523311338</id><published>2010-11-18T08:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-18T08:41:43.731-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Cook 01 and books</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TOUrLsD1FgI/AAAAAAAAASc/FBuOSQB2shA/s1600/cook1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TOUrLsD1FgI/AAAAAAAAASc/FBuOSQB2shA/s320/cook1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540882396355040770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is approx. 6"x8"&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My book signing is today! Show your support and help spread the word :) For full details, see the previous post :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-4685378813523311338?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/4685378813523311338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=4685378813523311338' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4685378813523311338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4685378813523311338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/11/cook-01-and-books.html' title='The Cook 01 and books'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TOUrLsD1FgI/AAAAAAAAASc/FBuOSQB2shA/s72-c/cook1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5472436961911252154</id><published>2010-11-15T14:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T21:02:54.771-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Baby</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TOGRPZtdbuI/AAAAAAAAASU/ClWTiI7Y9vM/s1600/babypresent.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TOGRPZtdbuI/AAAAAAAAASU/ClWTiI7Y9vM/s320/babypresent.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539868710428045026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A commissioned portrait. &lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 5"x7"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have been very busy recently. Very happy and thankful for that, too. I've been doing a couple of commissioned paintings like the one above. I, also, got some really good news about a graphic novel that I've been working on, and that's what's been keeping me the most busy, by the way. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This Thursday, Nov. 18 from 6p.m. and on, I'll be doing a book signing at Forbidden Planet in NYC, signing copies of Writers of the Future Vol. 26, which I am featured in, along with eleven other great up-and-coming illustrators and twelve writers. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Forbidden Planet is a great comic book shop located near Union Sq. Come by, pick up some comics, hang out with me and get an autograph. We can talk about Harry Potter. I think I'll wear my golden Snitch pin. It's the day before the movie is released. How awesome is that?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5472436961911252154?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5472436961911252154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5472436961911252154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5472436961911252154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5472436961911252154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/11/baby.html' title='Baby'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TOGRPZtdbuI/AAAAAAAAASU/ClWTiI7Y9vM/s72-c/babypresent.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7154141127950595239</id><published>2010-11-06T11:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-06T11:27:06.368-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Creeper</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TNVyR0_jmCI/AAAAAAAAAR8/p31vta0PmQ4/s1600/shadow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TNVyR0_jmCI/AAAAAAAAAR8/p31vta0PmQ4/s320/shadow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536456967530453026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Inspired by my sister's cat. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My intention was to illustrate this idea for another print for my Etsy shop, but I feel like it came out a little too creepy, so I'm hesitant to put it up for sale. Hmm. I'm just gonna sit on the idea for now. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is roughly 6"x8" &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7154141127950595239?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7154141127950595239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7154141127950595239' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7154141127950595239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7154141127950595239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/11/creeper.html' title='Creeper'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TNVyR0_jmCI/AAAAAAAAAR8/p31vta0PmQ4/s72-c/shadow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7471365675395617762</id><published>2010-09-26T08:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T08:16:25.882-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gollum and the Elven rope</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJ85HW2TUSI/AAAAAAAAAR0/Ha0Ye0381Yk/s1600/lilgollum.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJ85HW2TUSI/AAAAAAAAAR0/Ha0Ye0381Yk/s320/lilgollum.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521194466734723362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"'It hurts us, it hurts us," hissed Gollum. 'It freezes, it bites!" J.R.R.Tolkein, pg 603, The Two Towers&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is 6.5"x10.5"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7471365675395617762?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7471365675395617762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7471365675395617762' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7471365675395617762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7471365675395617762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/09/gollum-and-elven-rope.html' title='Gollum and the Elven rope'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJ85HW2TUSI/AAAAAAAAAR0/Ha0Ye0381Yk/s72-c/lilgollum.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-1506486260762555066</id><published>2010-09-23T08:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T08:13:36.292-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shelob's Lair</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJtJNdsv0DI/AAAAAAAAARs/d_L559xZVz4/s1600/frodosamshelob.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 204px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJtJNdsv0DI/AAAAAAAAARs/d_L559xZVz4/s320/frodosamshelob.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520086263932112946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"'The star-glass?' muttered Frodo, as one answering out of sleep, hardly comprehending. 'Why yes! Why had I forgotten it?...'" J.R.R.Tolkein, pg 704, The Two Towers&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is 6.5"x 10.5"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-1506486260762555066?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/1506486260762555066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=1506486260762555066' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1506486260762555066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1506486260762555066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/09/shelobs-lair.html' title='Shelob&apos;s Lair'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJtJNdsv0DI/AAAAAAAAARs/d_L559xZVz4/s72-c/frodosamshelob.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2330405424776310312</id><published>2010-09-22T13:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T14:06:10.261-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spotted</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJpCub1JXsI/AAAAAAAAARk/xDzdzyhcMG8/s1600/opelaez-dryad2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJpCub1JXsI/AAAAAAAAARk/xDzdzyhcMG8/s320/opelaez-dryad2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519797658808049346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJpCtmYCXwI/AAAAAAAAARc/77CEKZKZKkQ/s1600/opelaez-hermajesty2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJpCtmYCXwI/AAAAAAAAARc/77CEKZKZKkQ/s320/opelaez-hermajesty2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519797644458876674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJpCtBkN4fI/AAAAAAAAARU/jDm7BxjxkUY/s1600/opelaez-shipwrecked2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJpCtBkN4fI/AAAAAAAAARU/jDm7BxjxkUY/s320/opelaez-shipwrecked2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519797634577850866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I had been meaning to post these ever since I got back from California. These are the winning illustrations that I created for the L. Ron Hubbard presents The Illustrators of the Future Contest. Photos from the actual 2010 awards ceremony can be seen on the Writers of the Future youtube page: www.youtube.com/writersofthefuture &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Each original illustration's size is 5.5"x8"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2330405424776310312?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2330405424776310312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2330405424776310312' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2330405424776310312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2330405424776310312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/09/spotted.html' title='Spotted'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TJpCub1JXsI/AAAAAAAAARk/xDzdzyhcMG8/s72-c/opelaez-dryad2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5329407813236133274</id><published>2010-08-22T08:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-31T01:51:28.901-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hold Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/THyYAkCDqfI/AAAAAAAAAQc/dvJYggmNe60/s1600/love.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/THyYAkCDqfI/AAAAAAAAAQc/dvJYggmNe60/s320/love.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511447179434371570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Watercolors&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Original size is about 11.5"x7.75"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5329407813236133274?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5329407813236133274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5329407813236133274' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5329407813236133274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5329407813236133274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/08/hold-me.html' title='Hold Me'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/THyYAkCDqfI/AAAAAAAAAQc/dvJYggmNe60/s72-c/love.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6492356167583194766</id><published>2010-08-12T11:57:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-21T06:48:31.407-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"Alone," California, and other news</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TGQaW-RQHtI/AAAAAAAAAQE/3dxa-HaHjrc/s1600/alone.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TGQaW-RQHtI/AAAAAAAAAQE/3dxa-HaHjrc/s320/alone.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504553626528390866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"Alone"&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is about 11.25"x7.75"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finally, I was able to get a painting done for myself. These past few months I was hired to illustrate a graphic novel. The letterer is adding letters now and the colorist is coloring my cover. I'll keep everyone informed as the book gets closer to publication. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Another thing that is keeping me busy is preparations for my trip to California. I will be attending the Writers and Illustrators of the Future workshop and award ceremony at the end of August. I have an illustration in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 26. You can now pre-order the book on Amazon: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Ron-Hubbard-Presents-Writers-Future/dp/1592128475/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1282341458&amp;amp;sr=8-1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm so excited to go to the workshop. I'm looking forward to meeting all the other illustrators and writers that are attending. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6492356167583194766?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6492356167583194766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6492356167583194766' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6492356167583194766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6492356167583194766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/08/alone-california-and-other-news.html' title='&quot;Alone,&quot; California, and other news'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TGQaW-RQHtI/AAAAAAAAAQE/3dxa-HaHjrc/s72-c/alone.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-9157763971725899425</id><published>2010-06-03T07:14:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T06:18:48.586-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Heat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TCCNnOHluSI/AAAAAAAAAP0/kY_B29N2bw8/s1600/fanny.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TCCNnOHluSI/AAAAAAAAAP0/kY_B29N2bw8/s320/fanny.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485540051081607458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Inspired by the warm weather. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is about 6.75"x5"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prints of this painting are now available for purchase: http://www.etsy.com/shop/deeterhi/&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-9157763971725899425?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/9157763971725899425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=9157763971725899425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/9157763971725899425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/9157763971725899425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-heat.html' title='Summer Heat'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/TCCNnOHluSI/AAAAAAAAAP0/kY_B29N2bw8/s72-c/fanny.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7358572258308271938</id><published>2010-05-15T19:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T19:29:27.504-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Flight</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8t8OEMR7I/AAAAAAAAAPk/N5Vm2MYQYvE/s1600/jprintseries4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8t8OEMR7I/AAAAAAAAAPk/N5Vm2MYQYvE/s320/jprintseries4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471642584869521330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jane.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is 11"x7"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prints of this painting are now available for purchase at my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/deeterhi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7358572258308271938?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7358572258308271938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7358572258308271938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7358572258308271938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7358572258308271938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/05/flight.html' title='Flight'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8t8OEMR7I/AAAAAAAAAPk/N5Vm2MYQYvE/s72-c/jprintseries4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-9162674264200222784</id><published>2010-05-15T19:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T19:27:04.204-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Prey</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8s7ET0kjI/AAAAAAAAAPc/AIscHWf1aDM/s1600/jprintseries6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8s7ET0kjI/AAAAAAAAAPc/AIscHWf1aDM/s320/jprintseries6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471641465559224882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After Jane's big fight with James, Jane lies vulnerable to evil demons that hover above her. They love to play games of torture. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is 6"x9"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-9162674264200222784?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/9162674264200222784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=9162674264200222784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/9162674264200222784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/9162674264200222784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/05/prey.html' title='Prey'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8s7ET0kjI/AAAAAAAAAPc/AIscHWf1aDM/s72-c/jprintseries6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3348775587400007144</id><published>2010-05-15T19:20:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T19:22:39.159-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lover's Quarrel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8sdnh7aMI/AAAAAAAAAPU/X_z_EEPr85k/s1600/jprintseries5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8sdnh7aMI/AAAAAAAAAPU/X_z_EEPr85k/s320/jprintseries5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471640959617558722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jane and James having a lover's quarrel in a tavern.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is 6"x9"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3348775587400007144?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3348775587400007144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3348775587400007144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3348775587400007144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3348775587400007144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/05/lovers-quarrel.html' title='Lover&apos;s Quarrel'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8sdnh7aMI/AAAAAAAAAPU/X_z_EEPr85k/s72-c/jprintseries5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3658592553983057162</id><published>2010-05-15T19:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T19:20:28.130-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fairies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8rpHaqYgI/AAAAAAAAAPM/-RRxFWGn6Gk/s1600/jprintseries3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8rpHaqYgI/AAAAAAAAAPM/-RRxFWGn6Gk/s320/jprintseries3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471640057643950594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Franco and Christophe.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is 6"x9"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prints of this painting are now available for purchase at my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/deeterhi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3658592553983057162?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3658592553983057162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3658592553983057162' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3658592553983057162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3658592553983057162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/05/fairies.html' title='Fairies'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8rpHaqYgI/AAAAAAAAAPM/-RRxFWGn6Gk/s72-c/jprintseries3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3119497602691742844</id><published>2010-05-15T19:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T19:16:17.328-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Unexpected kisses</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8qaBjTjTI/AAAAAAAAAPE/rWOf9K9IYOw/s1600/jprintseries2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8qaBjTjTI/AAAAAAAAAPE/rWOf9K9IYOw/s320/jprintseries2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471638698859924786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jane and Franco. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jane is trying to bathe, when sneaky Franco surprises her with not only his appearance, but his complete devotion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is 6"x9"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prints of this painting are available for purchase at my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/deeterhi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3119497602691742844?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3119497602691742844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3119497602691742844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3119497602691742844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3119497602691742844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/05/unexpected-kisses.html' title='Unexpected kisses'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8qaBjTjTI/AAAAAAAAAPE/rWOf9K9IYOw/s72-c/jprintseries2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6739961521508763456</id><published>2010-05-15T19:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-15T19:11:00.972-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lovers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8pg95wPTI/AAAAAAAAAO8/fhEXjLMJK28/s1600/jprintseries1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8pg95wPTI/AAAAAAAAAO8/fhEXjLMJK28/s320/jprintseries1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471637718627794226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is Jane and James. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is 6"x9"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Prints of this painting are available for purchase at my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/deeterhi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6739961521508763456?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6739961521508763456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6739961521508763456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6739961521508763456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6739961521508763456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/05/lovers.html' title='Lovers'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S-8pg95wPTI/AAAAAAAAAO8/fhEXjLMJK28/s72-c/jprintseries1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3222421383473730432</id><published>2010-04-24T20:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T20:50:43.268-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's crazy, man. Crazy.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9OPvfrEV-I/AAAAAAAAAOs/onb9KPYrB8w/s1600/projectvolunteerpg46-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9OPvfrEV-I/AAAAAAAAAOs/onb9KPYrB8w/s320/projectvolunteerpg46-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463868819049306082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9OO_7erAsI/AAAAAAAAAOM/5RlzYnBH4NQ/s1600/projectvolunteerpg47-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9OO_7erAsI/AAAAAAAAAOM/5RlzYnBH4NQ/s320/projectvolunteerpg47-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463868001879786178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9OPAG1R1gI/AAAAAAAAAOU/3j_-tkN3g5M/s1600/projectvolunteerpg48-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9OPAG1R1gI/AAAAAAAAAOU/3j_-tkN3g5M/s320/projectvolunteerpg48-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463868004927395330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9OPAeVQhEI/AAAAAAAAAOc/EmyH4rvAuNw/s1600/projectvolunteerpg49-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9OPAeVQhEI/AAAAAAAAAOc/EmyH4rvAuNw/s320/projectvolunteerpg49-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463868011235542082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9ORvV-fEfI/AAAAAAAAAO0/ZifCQDDxWOs/s1600/projectvolunteerpg50-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9ORvV-fEfI/AAAAAAAAAO0/ZifCQDDxWOs/s320/projectvolunteerpg50-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463871015469650418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Actually, it's like a big comic jam, but the difference here is that the story is passed along from writer to writer and then, afterwards, the art is created and passed along in the same fashion. This is for Torn Comics, pages 46-50. I had fun drawing these characters, especially the main character's father. My section of this story is written by David Disspain.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ink on bristol board. Original size for each page, excluding the border, is about 8.5"x13"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Artwork (c) O.Pelaez&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can find out more about Torn Comics on their Deviantart page: http://torncomics.deviantart.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3222421383473730432?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3222421383473730432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3222421383473730432' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3222421383473730432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3222421383473730432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-crazy-man-crazy.html' title='It&apos;s crazy, man. Crazy.'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S9OPvfrEV-I/AAAAAAAAAOs/onb9KPYrB8w/s72-c/projectvolunteerpg46-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2045106061743271320</id><published>2010-03-19T09:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T09:55:36.231-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Up</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S6OB_E-UdBI/AAAAAAAAAM8/niK92wHgMJU/s1600-h/tree.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S6OB_E-UdBI/AAAAAAAAAM8/niK92wHgMJU/s320/tree.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450342894715302930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S6OB1zp7ccI/AAAAAAAAAM0/RIZlD0wHzzU/s1600-h/fly2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S6OB1zp7ccI/AAAAAAAAAM0/RIZlD0wHzzU/s320/fly2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450342735447552450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ink on Bristol board&lt;div&gt;Original size is 6"x9.75"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2045106061743271320?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2045106061743271320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2045106061743271320' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2045106061743271320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2045106061743271320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/03/up.html' title='Up'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S6OB_E-UdBI/AAAAAAAAAM8/niK92wHgMJU/s72-c/tree.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6179289421245608337</id><published>2010-03-14T09:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T09:40:56.059-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lucy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zm6uM1NMI/AAAAAAAAALk/4xxNtybT6Cg/s1600-h/minibyrd.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zm6uM1NMI/AAAAAAAAALk/4xxNtybT6Cg/s320/minibyrd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448483545720108226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zmy2Tj-GI/AAAAAAAAALc/l7kJG-MewmY/s1600-h/minikit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zmy2Tj-GI/AAAAAAAAALc/l7kJG-MewmY/s320/minikit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448483410456868962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A small sample of my latest mini-comic. You can also find this story in the upcoming "Cat Odes" anthology.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6179289421245608337?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6179289421245608337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6179289421245608337' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6179289421245608337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6179289421245608337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/03/lucy.html' title='Lucy'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zm6uM1NMI/AAAAAAAAALk/4xxNtybT6Cg/s72-c/minibyrd.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7608839316957490299</id><published>2010-03-14T09:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T09:37:23.068-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jas. Hook</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zmOvBLufI/AAAAAAAAALU/f0gepcZ33cY/s1600-h/minihook.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zmOvBLufI/AAAAAAAAALU/f0gepcZ33cY/s320/minihook.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448482790025443826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A scene from "Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is 6"x9"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7608839316957490299?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7608839316957490299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7608839316957490299' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7608839316957490299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7608839316957490299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/03/jas-hook.html' title='Jas. Hook'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zmOvBLufI/AAAAAAAAALU/f0gepcZ33cY/s72-c/minihook.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7230332970970123339</id><published>2010-03-14T09:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T09:35:11.413-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yuuzhan Vong</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zlapZ1aLI/AAAAAAAAALM/R35sNsGGtPc/s1600-h/minivong.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zlapZ1aLI/AAAAAAAAALM/R35sNsGGtPc/s320/minivong.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448481895165028530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A scene from "Star Wars, The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime" by R.A. Salvatore&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ink on bristol. Original size is 6"x9"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7230332970970123339?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7230332970970123339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7230332970970123339' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7230332970970123339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7230332970970123339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2010/03/yuuzhan-vong.html' title='Yuuzhan Vong'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/S5zlapZ1aLI/AAAAAAAAALM/R35sNsGGtPc/s72-c/minivong.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5213642545323972303</id><published>2009-12-28T21:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T22:01:41.271-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Quills</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/Szlwli4i-1I/AAAAAAAAAKk/YgZcH0-n2fA/s1600-h/quill.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/Szlwli4i-1I/AAAAAAAAAKk/YgZcH0-n2fA/s320/quill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420487416838552402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is another mock ad for Obscurus Presse&lt;br /&gt;http://obscuruspresse.free.fr/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sugar-spun quills (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;br /&gt;watercolors and ink. Original size is about 4"x6"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5213642545323972303?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5213642545323972303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5213642545323972303' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5213642545323972303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5213642545323972303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/12/quills.html' title='Quills'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/Szlwli4i-1I/AAAAAAAAAKk/YgZcH0-n2fA/s72-c/quill.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5199081122728033341</id><published>2009-11-24T20:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-24T20:34:42.452-05:00</updated><title type='text'>mas jerky, por favor</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SwyJWD3MS2I/AAAAAAAAAKc/yE1L3vP1R0w/s1600/jerky.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SwyJWD3MS2I/AAAAAAAAAKc/yE1L3vP1R0w/s320/jerky.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407848264652049250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Drawn for a contest&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is roughly 6"x8.5"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5199081122728033341?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5199081122728033341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5199081122728033341' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5199081122728033341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5199081122728033341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/11/mas-jerky-por-favor.html' title='mas jerky, por favor'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SwyJWD3MS2I/AAAAAAAAAKc/yE1L3vP1R0w/s72-c/jerky.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6070120733780679700</id><published>2009-11-23T21:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T21:19:40.639-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Droobles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SwtBv2RtrnI/AAAAAAAAAKU/gSq9YcnY-uA/s1600/droobles+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SwtBv2RtrnI/AAAAAAAAAKU/gSq9YcnY-uA/s320/droobles+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407488067867881074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I made this mock ad for a contest being held by Obscurus Presse: http://obscuruspresse.free.fr/&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;droobles (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors. Original size is roughly 6.75"x9"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6070120733780679700?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6070120733780679700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6070120733780679700' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6070120733780679700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6070120733780679700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/11/droobles.html' title='Droobles'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SwtBv2RtrnI/AAAAAAAAAKU/gSq9YcnY-uA/s72-c/droobles+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6928134209228151783</id><published>2009-11-18T09:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T10:02:13.283-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stories</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SwQL9b5lboI/AAAAAAAAAKM/qyaDD9dI5sg/s1600/family.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SwQL9b5lboI/AAAAAAAAAKM/qyaDD9dI5sg/s320/family.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405458602840649346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For a contest about "Dreams"&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Original size is 7.5"x6"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6928134209228151783?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6928134209228151783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6928134209228151783' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6928134209228151783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6928134209228151783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/11/stories.html' title='Stories'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SwQL9b5lboI/AAAAAAAAAKM/qyaDD9dI5sg/s72-c/family.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5494504762834931062</id><published>2009-09-30T10:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T10:47:04.581-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Out of the Fog...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SsNuSBrGzyI/AAAAAAAAAKE/Ajjmsc0ws5c/s1600-h/barrowdowns.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SsNuSBrGzyI/AAAAAAAAAKE/Ajjmsc0ws5c/s320/barrowdowns.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387270835231182626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and into the sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the scene from Book I Chapter VIII entitled Fog on the Barrow-downs. Old Tom Bombadil has driven away the wicked Barrow-wight. While he goes to fetch the hobbits their things he tells them to run naked in the grass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ink. Original size is 10"x6.5"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord of the Rings (c) J.R.R.Tolkein&lt;br /&gt;This fanart (c) O.Pelaez&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5494504762834931062?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5494504762834931062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5494504762834931062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5494504762834931062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5494504762834931062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/09/out-of-fog.html' title='Out of the Fog...'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SsNuSBrGzyI/AAAAAAAAAKE/Ajjmsc0ws5c/s72-c/barrowdowns.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3948092633153467439</id><published>2009-09-30T10:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T10:48:10.907-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"Hey dol!"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SsNtQ5rRX2I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/dQFJWeQfxxw/s1600-h/tom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SsNtQ5rRX2I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/dQFJWeQfxxw/s320/tom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387269716392894306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"...merry dol! ring a dong dillo!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tom Bombadil from the Fellowship of the Ring. He was always one of my favorite characters and I was crushed when he wasn't in the movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ink. Original size is 5.5"x8"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tom Bombadil and the Lord of the Rings (c) J.R.R.Tolkein&lt;br /&gt;This fanart (c) O.Pelaez&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3948092633153467439?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3948092633153467439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3948092633153467439' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3948092633153467439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3948092633153467439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/09/hey-dol.html' title='&quot;Hey dol!&quot;'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SsNtQ5rRX2I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/dQFJWeQfxxw/s72-c/tom.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2852102227752264470</id><published>2009-09-30T10:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T10:35:56.688-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wicked</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SsNr3N_GI0I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/S8kO0GVMgmU/s1600-h/lost.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 75px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SsNr3N_GI0I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/S8kO0GVMgmU/s320/lost.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387268175656526658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A set of illustrations entered into the second quarter 2009 IOTF contest. This set marked my first time as a finalist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ink. Original size for each illustration is 5.5"x8"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2852102227752264470?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2852102227752264470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2852102227752264470' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2852102227752264470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2852102227752264470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/09/wicked.html' title='Wicked'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SsNr3N_GI0I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/S8kO0GVMgmU/s72-c/lost.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2606737507105078973</id><published>2009-09-07T10:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T10:45:17.410-04:00</updated><title type='text'>sassy little thing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SqUb_9O0agI/AAAAAAAAAJs/kS2HJQ5iVDY/s1600-h/undie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SqUb_9O0agI/AAAAAAAAAJs/kS2HJQ5iVDY/s320/undie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378736115546352130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ink and brush.&lt;br /&gt;Original size is about 4.5"x3"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2606737507105078973?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2606737507105078973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2606737507105078973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2606737507105078973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2606737507105078973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/09/sassy-little-thing.html' title='sassy little thing'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SqUb_9O0agI/AAAAAAAAAJs/kS2HJQ5iVDY/s72-c/undie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5113881099186138332</id><published>2009-08-25T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T13:43:12.813-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Now, hold still...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SpQiGl2ERCI/AAAAAAAAAJk/-9YfoPlPRUI/s1600-h/oly.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SpQiGl2ERCI/AAAAAAAAAJk/-9YfoPlPRUI/s320/oly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373957751993287714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...while I sketch you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something of a self-portrait, though the face isn't quite right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 8.5"x11" but this version is a bit cropped down.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5113881099186138332?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5113881099186138332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5113881099186138332' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5113881099186138332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5113881099186138332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/08/now-hold-still.html' title='Now, hold still...'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SpQiGl2ERCI/AAAAAAAAAJk/-9YfoPlPRUI/s72-c/oly.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-543480784428462073</id><published>2009-08-04T11:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T11:29:50.539-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Professor R.J.Lupin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SnhTCwJgiKI/AAAAAAAAAJc/dVYer_El6bs/s1600-h/remus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SnhTCwJgiKI/AAAAAAAAAJc/dVYer_El6bs/s320/remus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366130262761572514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Chapter 5: The Dementor&lt;br /&gt;Prisoner of Azkaban&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first appearance of Lupin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors. Original size is about 4.5"x5"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lupin (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;br /&gt;This fanart (c) O.Pelaez&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-543480784428462073?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/543480784428462073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=543480784428462073' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/543480784428462073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/543480784428462073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/08/professor-rjlupin.html' title='Professor R.J.Lupin'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SnhTCwJgiKI/AAAAAAAAAJc/dVYer_El6bs/s72-c/remus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-4828353696816190598</id><published>2009-07-24T11:49:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T11:51:45.086-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Red-head</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SmnYHX1cNrI/AAAAAAAAAJU/jheWpsSv4z8/s1600-h/ginny.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SmnYHX1cNrI/AAAAAAAAAJU/jheWpsSv4z8/s320/ginny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362054452530132658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ginny Weasley (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors. Original size is about 4.5"x5.5"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-4828353696816190598?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/4828353696816190598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=4828353696816190598' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4828353696816190598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4828353696816190598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/07/red-head.html' title='Red-head'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SmnYHX1cNrI/AAAAAAAAAJU/jheWpsSv4z8/s72-c/ginny.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-4295982004769006333</id><published>2009-07-12T14:06:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T14:10:31.022-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"Harry- yer a wizard"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SlomRshMM3I/AAAAAAAAAJM/_agdqsEuxnA/s1600-h/harry.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SlomRshMM3I/AAAAAAAAAJM/_agdqsEuxnA/s320/harry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357636792160629618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"I'm a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;what&lt;/span&gt; ?" gasped Harry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pages 50-51 from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone&lt;br /&gt;Written by J. K. Rowling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 4"x4.5"&lt;br /&gt;Artwork created by O. Pelaez&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-4295982004769006333?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/4295982004769006333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=4295982004769006333' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4295982004769006333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/4295982004769006333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/07/harry-yer-wizard.html' title='&quot;Harry- yer a wizard&quot;'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SlomRshMM3I/AAAAAAAAAJM/_agdqsEuxnA/s72-c/harry.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7175981831819395151</id><published>2009-07-08T12:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T13:00:45.022-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dancer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SlTQZ51PpsI/AAAAAAAAAJE/aY1TVZ3ggv0/s1600-h/dance.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SlTQZ51PpsI/AAAAAAAAAJE/aY1TVZ3ggv0/s320/dance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356135000289814210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Commissioned Illustration.&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 5"x7"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7175981831819395151?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7175981831819395151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7175981831819395151' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7175981831819395151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7175981831819395151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/07/dancer.html' title='Dancer'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SlTQZ51PpsI/AAAAAAAAAJE/aY1TVZ3ggv0/s72-c/dance.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5297552224455816891</id><published>2009-06-15T11:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T11:34:43.452-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In the Blue</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SjZpy1bGrbI/AAAAAAAAAI0/AA9XmAXMTiI/s1600-h/mermaid.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SjZpy1bGrbI/AAAAAAAAAI0/AA9XmAXMTiI/s320/mermaid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347577929604181426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 6.5"x9.5"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5297552224455816891?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5297552224455816891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5297552224455816891' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5297552224455816891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5297552224455816891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-blue.html' title='In the Blue'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SjZpy1bGrbI/AAAAAAAAAI0/AA9XmAXMTiI/s72-c/mermaid.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-1672943859575481795</id><published>2009-06-13T09:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T09:58:07.492-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pearls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SjOwMqm987I/AAAAAAAAAIs/euUY3zP2ZgY/s1600-h/pearl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SjOwMqm987I/AAAAAAAAAIs/euUY3zP2ZgY/s320/pearl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346810914261562290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Watercolors and ink&lt;br /&gt;Original size is 7"x9.5"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-1672943859575481795?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/1672943859575481795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=1672943859575481795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1672943859575481795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1672943859575481795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/06/pearls.html' title='Pearls'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SjOwMqm987I/AAAAAAAAAIs/euUY3zP2ZgY/s72-c/pearl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5007996508421625834</id><published>2009-05-21T10:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T10:41:39.484-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ocean Breeze</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/ShVnpJX6udI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GKyFA09WeaM/s1600-h/beach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/ShVnpJX6udI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GKyFA09WeaM/s320/beach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338286889906125266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jane and Franco hanging out at the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love the smell of the ocean.&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 6.5"x8.5"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5007996508421625834?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5007996508421625834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5007996508421625834' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5007996508421625834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5007996508421625834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/05/ocean-breeze.html' title='Ocean Breeze'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/ShVnpJX6udI/AAAAAAAAAIk/GKyFA09WeaM/s72-c/beach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2417959944910565241</id><published>2009-04-13T11:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T11:54:33.100-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kitten</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SeNgDGH0TeI/AAAAAAAAAIM/Pksu-5wiKBE/s1600-h/sillycat2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324204790781332962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 231px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SeNgDGH0TeI/AAAAAAAAAIM/Pksu-5wiKBE/s320/sillycat2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A Gift&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is somewhere around 4"x6"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2417959944910565241?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2417959944910565241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2417959944910565241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2417959944910565241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2417959944910565241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/04/kitten.html' title='Kitten'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SeNgDGH0TeI/AAAAAAAAAIM/Pksu-5wiKBE/s72-c/sillycat2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-3140446773362173195</id><published>2009-04-07T10:57:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T10:58:55.982-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Roses</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/Sdtp7J_dgBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/lKKzrKTD4XM/s1600-h/me.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321963849683664914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/Sdtp7J_dgBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/lKKzrKTD4XM/s320/me.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A self-portrait&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 6"x3.5"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-3140446773362173195?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/3140446773362173195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=3140446773362173195' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3140446773362173195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/3140446773362173195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/04/roses.html' title='Roses'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/Sdtp7J_dgBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/lKKzrKTD4XM/s72-c/me.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6053508047329726861</id><published>2009-03-12T09:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T09:45:53.264-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Golden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SbkREQrW2cI/AAAAAAAAAH8/1UCMAJ5mlhE/s1600-h/coulter.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312296000354179522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SbkREQrW2cI/AAAAAAAAAH8/1UCMAJ5mlhE/s320/coulter.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mrs. Coulter and her daemon as described in Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 4"x7.5"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6053508047329726861?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6053508047329726861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6053508047329726861' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6053508047329726861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6053508047329726861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/03/golden.html' title='Golden'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SbkREQrW2cI/AAAAAAAAAH8/1UCMAJ5mlhE/s72-c/coulter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-6626681448677548279</id><published>2009-02-05T15:47:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T15:50:42.077-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hurm</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SYtQfai0LRI/AAAAAAAAAHs/TZwMQixGpoI/s1600-h/janelog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299417887163034898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 205px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SYtQfai0LRI/AAAAAAAAAHs/TZwMQixGpoI/s320/janelog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; For some reason, I'm very hesitant to make Jane contemporary. I don't know why, but I decided to do it anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jane (c) O.Pelaez&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 5"x8"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-6626681448677548279?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/6626681448677548279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=6626681448677548279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6626681448677548279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/6626681448677548279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/02/hurm.html' title='Hurm'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SYtQfai0LRI/AAAAAAAAAHs/TZwMQixGpoI/s72-c/janelog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7215635849722500811</id><published>2009-01-16T11:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-16T11:03:19.306-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tabby cat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SXCvIXkK4-I/AAAAAAAAAHc/rWPWDGuiZsA/s1600-h/profcat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291922120459871202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SXCvIXkK4-I/AAAAAAAAAHc/rWPWDGuiZsA/s320/profcat.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Professor McGonagall (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This fanart (c) O.Pelaez&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Watercolor and ink. Original size is roughly 4.5"x5.5"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7215635849722500811?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7215635849722500811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7215635849722500811' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7215635849722500811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7215635849722500811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/01/tabby-cat.html' title='Tabby cat'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SXCvIXkK4-I/AAAAAAAAAHc/rWPWDGuiZsA/s72-c/profcat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-8095341896127119469</id><published>2009-01-09T10:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T10:34:39.802-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sisters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SWdtxzDWZNI/AAAAAAAAAHU/trhT_alpqIs/s1600-h/evilsis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289316989655213266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SWdtxzDWZNI/AAAAAAAAAHU/trhT_alpqIs/s320/evilsis.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Original size is 5"x9.5"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-8095341896127119469?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/8095341896127119469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=8095341896127119469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8095341896127119469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8095341896127119469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/01/sisters.html' title='Sisters'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SWdtxzDWZNI/AAAAAAAAAHU/trhT_alpqIs/s72-c/evilsis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2221969741656909698</id><published>2009-01-05T10:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T10:50:14.121-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, Ron</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SWIrhh63XUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/F7LKqqZvF4o/s1600-h/oops.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287836767527329090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SWIrhh63XUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/F7LKqqZvF4o/s320/oops.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 14&lt;br /&gt;Lavender, Ron, Hermione, and Harry (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;br /&gt;This fanart (c) O.Pelaez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watercolor and ink&lt;br /&gt;Original size is 3.5"x4"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2221969741656909698?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2221969741656909698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2221969741656909698' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2221969741656909698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2221969741656909698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/01/oh-ron.html' title='Oh, Ron'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SWIrhh63XUI/AAAAAAAAAHM/F7LKqqZvF4o/s72-c/oops.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-9176935221754067126</id><published>2009-01-02T14:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-02T14:13:58.089-05:00</updated><title type='text'>HP Bookmarks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SV5nEmWDQZI/AAAAAAAAAHE/8Sty1-2pQQ8/s1600-h/hpchar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286776341289714066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SV5nEmWDQZI/AAAAAAAAAHE/8Sty1-2pQQ8/s320/hpchar.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luna Lovegood, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;br /&gt;This fanart (c) O.Pelaez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolor and ink&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Original size is 2"x7"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-9176935221754067126?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/9176935221754067126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=9176935221754067126' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/9176935221754067126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/9176935221754067126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2009/01/hp-bookmarks.html' title='HP Bookmarks'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SV5nEmWDQZI/AAAAAAAAAHE/8Sty1-2pQQ8/s72-c/hpchar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7561735919112478375</id><published>2008-12-26T18:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T18:13:07.720-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Beauty and the Beast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SVVkKX37DnI/AAAAAAAAAG8/Q-mhUdqCdts/s1600-h/beautybeast.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284239867159187058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SVVkKX37DnI/AAAAAAAAAG8/Q-mhUdqCdts/s320/beautybeast.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Inspired by the movie "La Belle et la Bête" directed by Jean Cocteau&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is roughly 3.5"x5"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7561735919112478375?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7561735919112478375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7561735919112478375' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7561735919112478375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7561735919112478375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2008/12/beauty-and-beast.html' title='Beauty and the Beast'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SVVkKX37DnI/AAAAAAAAAG8/Q-mhUdqCdts/s72-c/beautybeast.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-1822585419751872011</id><published>2008-12-15T11:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T11:56:44.032-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FBB</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUaLCnKBp-I/AAAAAAAAAGk/mBr_e-PX4Dk/s1600-h/feast1+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280060490125518818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUaLCnKBp-I/AAAAAAAAAGk/mBr_e-PX4Dk/s320/feast1+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUaLN-WRJII/AAAAAAAAAGs/dm67oYZKVTg/s1600-h/bleed1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280060685329441922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUaLN-WRJII/AAAAAAAAAGs/dm67oYZKVTg/s320/bleed1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUaLhH70VgI/AAAAAAAAAG0/g-Rb_BpxcjE/s1600-h/burn1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280061014320371202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUaLhH70VgI/AAAAAAAAAG0/g-Rb_BpxcjE/s320/burn1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A series of illustrations created a few months ago for a contest.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Watercolors and ink.  Each illustration is orginally 7"x10.5"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-1822585419751872011?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/1822585419751872011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=1822585419751872011' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1822585419751872011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1822585419751872011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2008/12/fbb.html' title='FBB'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUaLCnKBp-I/AAAAAAAAAGk/mBr_e-PX4Dk/s72-c/feast1+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-8820976966697845156</id><published>2008-12-15T10:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T10:14:17.465-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kreacher's Tale</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUZzyYF3XqI/AAAAAAAAAGc/sZ_GrqN41MA/s1600-h/kreachertale.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280034922436189858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 253px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUZzyYF3XqI/AAAAAAAAAGc/sZ_GrqN41MA/s320/kreachertale.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Deathly Hallows, Chapter 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Harry Potter universe (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;br /&gt;This fanart (c) O.Pelaez&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is roughly 6"x5"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-8820976966697845156?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/8820976966697845156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=8820976966697845156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8820976966697845156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/8820976966697845156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2008/12/kreachers-tale.html' title='Kreacher&apos;s Tale'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUZzyYF3XqI/AAAAAAAAAGc/sZ_GrqN41MA/s72-c/kreachertale.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-1743724140986561386</id><published>2008-12-12T09:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T09:39:00.995-05:00</updated><title type='text'>By candlelight</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUJ3CVXH-kI/AAAAAAAAAGU/eITc-4OYycA/s1600-h/janestudy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278912595209222722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUJ3CVXH-kI/AAAAAAAAAGU/eITc-4OYycA/s320/janestudy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; "Franco, what do you want? I'm studying," said Jane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is 4"x2.5"&lt;br /&gt;Jane and Franco (c) O.Pelaez&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-1743724140986561386?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/1743724140986561386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=1743724140986561386' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1743724140986561386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/1743724140986561386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2008/12/by-candlelight.html' title='By candlelight'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SUJ3CVXH-kI/AAAAAAAAAGU/eITc-4OYycA/s72-c/janestudy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-7412556264019726858</id><published>2008-12-05T14:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T14:09:40.465-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweetheart</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STl8FNIaoqI/AAAAAAAAAGM/deiVieLiMRc/s1600-h/newbusiness+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276384867307397794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 183px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STl8FNIaoqI/AAAAAAAAAGM/deiVieLiMRc/s320/newbusiness+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A new business card for myself. My previous card doesn't reflect my current work and style.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watercolor and ink. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-7412556264019726858?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/7412556264019726858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=7412556264019726858' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7412556264019726858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/7412556264019726858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2008/12/sweetheart.html' title='Sweetheart'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STl8FNIaoqI/AAAAAAAAAGM/deiVieLiMRc/s72-c/newbusiness+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-5150112690816334377</id><published>2008-12-03T17:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:22:47.285-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Beauties"</title><content type='html'>Here is a series I just completed, inspired by the beauties of fairytales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First up is Sleeping Beauty/Spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STcMX5KdH6I/AAAAAAAAAFs/i9yE4T932X0/s1600-h/beaut2-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275699093109022626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STcMX5KdH6I/AAAAAAAAAFs/i9yE4T932X0/s320/beaut2-3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then Rapunzel/Summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STcNlSSjCLI/AAAAAAAAAF0/TfC9i4Jz0js/s1600-h/beaut4-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275700422703777970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STcNlSSjCLI/AAAAAAAAAF0/TfC9i4Jz0js/s320/beaut4-3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then Little Red Riding Hood/Autumn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STcOaOcXGFI/AAAAAAAAAF8/1zog278iUeg/s1600-h/beaut1-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275701332204263506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STcOaOcXGFI/AAAAAAAAAF8/1zog278iUeg/s320/beaut1-3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Lastly, Cinderella/Winter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STcPGhKdQrI/AAAAAAAAAGE/05G4M9Kni34/s1600-h/beaut3-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275702093143687858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STcPGhKdQrI/AAAAAAAAAGE/05G4M9Kni34/s320/beaut3-3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-5150112690816334377?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/5150112690816334377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=5150112690816334377' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5150112690816334377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/5150112690816334377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2008/12/beauties.html' title='&quot;Beauties&quot;'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/STcMX5KdH6I/AAAAAAAAAFs/i9yE4T932X0/s72-c/beaut2-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281582352269072997.post-2254483207936372012</id><published>2008-11-20T09:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T09:41:54.403-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Headmaster</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SSV2v9afmVI/AAAAAAAAAFk/2BImiQPgVyc/s1600-h/dumby.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270749505218648402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SSV2v9afmVI/AAAAAAAAAFk/2BImiQPgVyc/s320/dumby.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Dumbledore and Fawkes (c) J.K.Rowling&lt;br /&gt;Watercolors and ink. Original size is roughly 4"x6"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2281582352269072997-2254483207936372012?l=opelaez.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/feeds/2254483207936372012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2281582352269072997&amp;postID=2254483207936372012' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2254483207936372012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2281582352269072997/posts/default/2254483207936372012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opelaez.blogspot.com/2008/11/headmaster.html' title='The Headmaster'/><author><name>O.Pelaez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15953775840900714990</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ER47R9-CMPE/Tp720FO2mBI/AAAAAAAAAeA/gkhFItapqVE/s220/knitbanner_avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5lNP15qxqfU/SSV2v9afmVI/AAAAAAAAAFk/2BImiQPgVyc/s72-c/dumby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
