Here is the latest painting I’m working on. It’s something quite a bit different than cartoons or comics. I’m really enjoying it. I’m hoping to get it finished and ready to go into a watermedia show. We shall see.

I decided the best way to deal with rejection is to paint. Alright! A healthy way to deal! We celebrate Solstice at my house and I have always loved the Santa legend, so I decided to paint an old world Santa Claus. It was just going to be a quick, flat, yard decoration, but I [...]

Dear Jen Tucker, We regret to inform you that your work will not be included in the inaugural edition of the National Weather Center Biennale. Artists from all 50 states and a number of foreign countries submitted work to the National Weather Center Biennale. We were thrilled, and challenged, by the overall quality of the [...]

December 1st came and went without a word from the Weather Biennale Art Committee. December 1st was the notification date. I checked my e-mail like 100 times that day. Okay, two, but still. I was hopeful. Nothing. I told myself to give them one more day. How on earth could they not pick my work? [...]

Many people are participating in the internet social site tradition (yes, it IS a tradition) of posting every day what they are thankful for this month. I always enjoy this tradition because it makes me happy to see that some of the people that seem soulless and uncaring do have a bit of depth to [...]

It’s November. By far my favorite month of the year. I won’t lie either. It’s my favorite because it’s the month I was born. Most people I know don’t really celebrate their birthdays. They don’t want to talk about them. They don’t really want a party. They treat the day like it’s an average day [...]

I’ve started sketching and work on the Xena Web Comic. I’m determined to do this. Even through all this serious depression I’m facing. Depression sucks, btw. Anyway, I set up a poll over on my Xena Facebook page & asked which hairstyle the fans liked on Gabrielle best. I didn’t get a huge response, only [...]

The hand/wrist is still healing. I can grip a pencil again. I did a bit of drawing & rode the motorcycle to work. Taping it up with athletic tape seems to be helping. Gives it a bit of support. So I was feeling happy about that. Then the allergies struck. I’ve been sneezing my head [...]

Heya Campers! I’m pretty excited about this weekend. Why? Well, lots of reasons. First off is the theatrical release of the latest (and possibly last) Resident Evil flick. I’ve been an RE fan since the very first game came out & a Milla Jovovich fan since…well, Married with Children. Of course her role as Lelu [...]

As much as I wanted to believe that maybe my luck was changing, it looks like it isn’t really. In the post below you read that I went to a old school metal show. A 5 to 6 hour metal show. Well, I love to throw the metal horns while I’m rocking out. And I [...]

Many of you know about my Armadillo story. If you don’t, remind me to tell you some time. The long & short of it is I was short $100.00 for rent & an Armadillo brought it to me. I’m not even kidding. Seriously. We now refer to that particular encounter as the Karmadillo encounter. What [...]

Here’s a couple shots of the newly rearranged bedroom to art room. As you can see, I managed to decide to move everything BEFORE I finished Jem. No excuses now. I also managed to make really good space for the shirt Screen printer. Hopefully I’ll be able to utilize it now. There are a few [...]

Sometimes we do things because that’s they way we learned things are supposed to be. We don’t even realize we are doing things that don’t make a lick of sense. For example, the biggest bedroom in my house is what I was using for sleeping. The Master Bedroom. It always sounds so fancy when you [...]

Look! Jen Elsner’s new book is available for pre-order! Don’t forget. You know you want one. Go here: Amazon Jen E. is very excited about this. She worked long & hard & I really hope it’s a success. The book drops on September 1st! Get some for any of your football loving family for the [...]

My sidekick is on vacation in Ohio. Her family lives there & we rarely have enough money for both of us to fly back. It seems we can never both get the same days off work either. So generally 2 or 3 times a year, I get left alone for a week or so. Well, [...]

(Picture Copyright Jen Tucker) Friday was my Religious Holiday! May 4th! Star Wars Day! This year it was little more special because the wonderful bard I share my life with was defending for her Masters. She became a Master Jedi Bard. How cool is that? It’s no easy accomplishment, but she sure made it look [...]

I do need to clean up the outline just a little, but other than that, it’s done. 

If you want to break into commercial design & start making a name, contests are sometimes a great way to do this. People start associating your style with your name & your name becomes familiar. The more contests you enter, the more people see your name & art & the more likely you are to [...]

I am going to attempt this.  What is it?  Well, it’s lots of different things.  It’s sort of an Artist Convention.  It’s sort of an Art workshop weekend.  It’s sort of an illustration & graphic art expo.  It’s kind of a gathering of weirdos with drawing skills.  I’m pretty excited.  I have hopes.  That’s sort [...]

Hey, I have a Flickr Page that I would LOVE for you guys & gals to go check out if you haven’t yet. Head on over to http://www.flickr.com/artistjentucker Thanks!

If you look over at the top right hand corner of this here blog, you will see that i have added a gallery called Sketches & Misc. Art. This is stuff that has been hidden away in random sketch pads & has never seen the light of day. Some of it was drawn with the [...]

Cool things have happened since my last post.  So many cool things.  I’ve met new people, published an article on Xena for real honest to gods $$$, and just made a deal with a publisher.  Weird.  I don’t know if I’m just more confident about saying yes or if things just keep aligning right. One [...]

Well, Obviously I need to figure out how to set a Spam filter on WordPress. Good lord. Anyone wanna help me out with that? Chris, I’m looking at you.

Nothing new yet.  I know, I know, you can’t wait. Patience, young Jedi.  New things are bound to pop up this weekend. Hey!  Get your minds out of the gutter.  Nothing new really going on here.  I’ve got to tackle finishing that Wonder Woman painting. I’m nervous.  I really don’t want to mess it up. [...]

So far, so good.  The amazing T has helped me get this little site going!  It’s still under construction & I plan to add more to it, but so far I think it rocks!  I took a three day vacation from my “pays the bills” job just to get ‘er up.  It was a great [...]