December the Thirtieth

December the Twenty Ninth

December the Twenty Eighth

Included are some of the sketches I made while out on my bicycle

Maranui Cafe on Lyall Bay

Pier on Lyall Bay

Family on Lyall Bay

December the Twenty Seventh

December the Twenty Sixth

December the Twenty Fifth

December the Twenty Fourth

seriously, those mirrors were nearing their diffraction limits!
(exaggeration for effect)

December the Twenty Third

December the Twenty Second

December the Twenty First

December the Twentieth

December the Nineteenth

December the Eighteenth

December the Seventeenth

December the Sixteenth

December the Fifteenth

December the Fourteenth

December the Thirteenth

December the Twelfth

(I mean, cape cod chairs)

December the Eleventh

When I will draw with clouds

December the Tenth

December the Ninth

Less drawing more writing, less writing more physics. Sorry about that!

December the Eighth

December the Seventh

December the Sixth

December the Fifth

December the Fourth

and the giant cheese scones flew over head...

December the Third

My sister and brother in law are in the snow and the cold! But I hope they are warm, and can look forward to a beautiful British summer
And I'm sorry but I have no idea what the BBC weather forecast actually means..

December the Second

(Click to read the story)

The First of December!

(Please click the image to read the story!)

(The date line: A good place for a date)
(Sorry it's late! Technically it's still the first of December in Hawaii!)

Dusk on Oriental Parade

Aurora

The British Isles & Moon last night

The Moon and the British Isles

My sister and brother in law are in Europe at the moment (whose adventures can be found here), and while it is (almost) the furthest you can travel on this Earth from New Zealand (Spain is our antipode), I keep remembering that it is in not as far as many other places. Our Moon is about 5 times bigger than the British Isles, but the British Isles are 30 times closer to New Zealand. So, the picture above is what the British Isles would look like if they were instead in orbit around the Earth at a distance above New Zealand equal to the distance it is below it...

I had originally become excited that they would appear the same size in the sky through some (very strange) cosmic coincidence, but neglected to remember at the time that area is actually proportional to distance squared (The area of the British Isles is 30 times smaller than the visible two dimensional area of the Moon)

Two Moons, and Fourty Pence

The possible beginnings of a sci-fi adventure? (click for a bigger picture) Alternative history fascinates me, and thinking about how the world and its culture would have diverged if it had grown up with two moons is really interesting. There is a book out there which I haven't found yet that discuses these and other curious questions.

I also must share a beautiful video imagining perspectives from an Earth that has a ring system like that of Saturn.

The making of... The Legend of Korra

Because I had such fun making it, I took photos of the process too!


A collage of the various drawings before I was ready to colour - from the first sketch (far left) to the final ink (far right). But if you look closely, you can see where I modified the ink while I coloured (giving Korra a face for example)


The inking - I made blue prints to ink onto


The inspiration


The process


And the all important desk - which was my sisters and is very lovely.

(You can find the finished piece here!)

101010

Yesterday was the 10th of the 10th 2010, and to celebrate there was a magnificent sunset



(Was it a coincidence fellow space travellers that this day in binary was 42? I ask you)

Today is hailing hail, but luckily I am warm inside. I hope the blackbirds digging around in our garden are not too cold (and those students in poorly insulated flats too)