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Big Fat Miscellaneous

Mr. Dark from "Something Wicked This Way Comes", a scene from the film "Dummy and Boomer & Friend from "Battlestar Galactica".

These big fat personal sketch cards measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.

You can watch a recording of me coloring these cards on my Ustream channel HERE.

-Otis

Big Fat Odd Balls

Thing Vs Hulk, Oddly Normal and Doctors Strange & Fate Vs Cthulhu.

These big fat personal sketch cards measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.

-Otis

Big Fat Lucas

Stormtroopers from "Star Wars: A New Hope", Indy from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and McQuarrie's Luke & Vader.

These big fat personal sketch cards measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.

-Otis

Big Fat Firefly

Kaylee, Simon, Wash, Zoe, Mal, Inara, River and Jayne from "Firefly".

These big fat personal sketch cards measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.

You can watch a recording of me coloring these cards on my Ustream channel HERE.

-Otis

Mac Trouble - Update

Thank you all so much for taking the time to repsond to me about my Mac troubles here on my blog and on Twitter, Facebook and DeviantART. After reading all of your possible solutions, I've come to the conclusion that the problem lies with one of two areas: the graphics card or the RAM.

To find out which of the two it is, my wife and I have removed the 6 GB of third party (non-Apple) RAM that we installed on the machine earlier this year. That was two nights ago and since then I have not experienced a freeze-up, despite trying to re-create the conditions for one, such as using Photoshop or leaving Photoshop running and turning on the screen saver.

If I do have another freeze-up in the next few days then I will be convinced that it is the graphics card and take the necessary steps to replace it.

Thanks again for all of your help!

-Otis

Big Fat Boys And Their Toys

Groucho Marx, Mr. Fantastic, Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Doctors Who.

These big fat personal sketch cards measure 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches and were drawn on Strathmore cold press 100lb paper with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers.

You can watch a recording of me coloring these cards on my Ustream channel HERE.

-Otis

7-7-Sundays Week 33

Classic Nite Owl from "Watchmen", Teela from "Masters of the Universe", Ape-Man from Marvel Comics, Blue Falcon, Nien Nunb from "Return of the Jedi", Batgirl and Princess Leia from "Return of the Jedi".

Go HERE to watch a recording of me drawing all 7 commissions!

Go HERE to learn all about "7-7-Sundays!"

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to grab a commission and watch me draw.  I hope to see everyone back again next Sunday!

-Otis

Mac Trouble - Please Help!

Okay, I'm at the end of my rope with computer problems and I'm calling out to all of my intertweeps to help me out.  Here's the story . . .

Ever since the first week in December, just after moving into my new house, my Mac Pro began having problems. Prior to that, I'd never really had anything major go wrong with my computer (it is a Mac, after all). There's a first time for everything, I guess. 

Anyway, this particular problem came in the form of a frozen computer & screen (although the mouse pointer could still be moved around), and a strange green gridded pattern.  Here is a photo of one of the freeze-ups:

I am running a dual monitor set-up on a 2.8GHz Mac Pro with 10 GB of RAM, using a ATI Radeon HD 2600 graphics card.  I have the most current version of Snow Leopard installed.  The Mac monitor is on the left and a Wacom Cintiq is on the right (serving as the primary monitor). What you see above is the frozen screen saver, but the freeze up has also happened when I am running Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Bridge and also when I am streaming my desktop to Ustream.

My wife and I have been doing research and troubleshooting this problem since it started happening. We think it is a failing graphics card, but we're still not 100% positive.  We have opened up the computer, reseated the graphics card and RAM, cleaned it out and the problem continues to plague my beautiful machine.

So . . .

Has anyone out there had a similar problem and if so, what did you do to fix the problem?  Is this a failing graphics card, a problem with the Snow Leopard OS, or is it something different (and more expensive) that will make me wish I'd never asked?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

-Otis

7-7-Sunday Newbie Nights in 2010!

As my webcast audience grows, it's getting harder and harder for people to get a commission from me on 7-7-Sundays.  Last month's 7-7-Sunday "Newbie Night" turned out to be a great success and people have requested more of them. So in an effort to allow for more people to get a commission drawn live, I'm making the first Sunday of every month Newbie Night!

On each Newbie Night only people who have never before won a commission are eligible to get on that night's list.  I hope that this new rule will allow for more people to participate in the fun of 7-7-Sundays!

See you on the webcast!

-Otis

7-7-Sundays Week 32

Mace Windu from the "Star Wars" Prequels, George Baily from "It's A Wonderful Life", Gambit from "X-Men", Pilot from "Farscape", Rick Hunter from "Robotech", Han Solo in carbonite from "The Empire Strikes Back" and Quick Kick from "SuperPro".

Go HERE to watch a recording of me drawing all 7 commissions!

Go HERE to learn all about "7-7-Sundays!"

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to grab a commission and watch me draw.  I hope to see everyone back again next Sunday!

-Otis