My lovely little tuber tree is growing up!

About 4 months ago my good friend Dr. Wall and I decided that we would start a book club with a twist. Since we’re both comic geeks, and we both have numerous art projects going on at one time, we thought we’d start a Graphic Novel/Show-and-Tell book club. So once a month we’ve been getting together, discussing a pre-chosen graphic novel, and then critiquing any on-going art projects of our choosing. So far, even though there are only two of us that attend (sometimes 3 if Brian is feeling up to it), it’s been a blast every time. Every month we get introduced to a new comic, and every month we get updates on each other’s projects, help critique and solve problems (like storyline holes), and just have some plain ol’ geeky fun. Thus, Otaku Ink was formed.

So, as a prequel to what I’ll be showing in the line of projects at this month’s meeting, I’d like to display a piece of vector art that I’ve been working on. So far I really like the feel of it, and I can’t wait to finish the whole thing… but that will have to wait till after the meeting. Nick, eat your heart out.

If you’d like to find out more about Otaku Ink you can go to our Facebook page:Otaku Ink . Yeah… kinda lame, I know, but I haven’t had time to set up a website so it’ll have to do for now. 

This weekend we took a walk up to the plant store at the corner to see what kind of floral life was abound and among the beautiful flowers, the pitcher plants, the cactus, and bonzai trees I found this little fellow…

… and I fell in love with it.

I’ve always liked tuber trees - which isn’t really an official tree classification, but more of a description. What I like to call “Tuber Trees” are those types that have thick wide stumps that are large in the middle and then dwindle out to normal tree size when it reaches the branches - most of the time producing tiny sized leaf bunches that look like a bad haircut. Anyway, I saw this little tree, threw down 20 bucks, and named it Stubs.