Happy Holidays. I wish you the very best this holiday season, no matter where or how you celebrate the season. All the best for you and your family, friends, and those close to you.
I know I haven't been posting as much here in these pages lately. That is not because I'm losing interest, or moving away from my involvement with Eve Online or anything like that. In fact, quite the opposite. I've been hard at work on several projects that have kept me away from writing. I've released a bunch of new content over on my YouTube channel recently and that effort will remain a focus of mine going forward. I'm having a great time creating these documentary shorts on various subjects that I find interesting from Eve's history and lore. As well as more music videos, behind the scenes looks, and other content. If you haven't yet, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss anything.
I've got a new video in the works I am excited about, a look at the development of the War For New Eden board game main packaging illustration. Speaking of which, if you haven't seen it yet, Titan Forge just released a new update and it is a big one. So be sure to check that out, you can even download and preview the game manuals and all the cards used in the game! And look at some of the 200% models that are being made. It's an exciting update, so be sure to check it out.
Speaking of the board game, I've also been busy with some last minute work with Titan Forge. My main work with the project wrapped up in August, but as these projects move into final production - sometimes there are some missing pieces that pop up. Or new things that we couldn't predict. Like the inside pages of the game manuals - so I created some new illustrations for each of the manuals for the inside covers. You can see most of those in the preview images you can download. (The manuals are not 100% finished yet, so some are less completed than others.) In addition we discovered a packaging insert that we didn't want to leave blank, as some of you might want to keep it as a poster. So I created a new variation of the cover to be printed on this insert - something to make it extra special for you.
Since the project ended I've also been busy trying to figure out what to do next. I'm technically unemployed and I've been busy looking for my next opportunity. So that has been eating up a lot of time and effort. Getting back in touch with my professional network and having meetings, jumping on podcasts (non-Eve versions), and sending out resumes. I even created a new series of weekly comic strips that I use over on LinkedIn, which I've been doing for the past nine weeks. If you are interested you can see them all collected over on my portfolio site here.
Plus I recently finished a new illustration of the Triglavian Ikitursa which is now for sale over at the Rixx Store. Why not consider giving the gift of some Rixx Art to your favorite Eve Online player?
And, of course, I continue to actually play Eve Online every single day. December is always a challenging month to find time to play and to keep the momentum going, but I've been able to keep the Saturday fleets going. And I'm currently 15 kills short of hitting at least 100 kills for the 27th consecutive month. So I only have eight more days to find those and keep the streak alive.
So yeah, whew. Been busy. Oh and I've finished three new Alliance logos in the last month alone. Almost forgot about those.
Again, thank you for reading. And I hope you have a wonderful holiday.