If you don’t know about “The Oatmeal“. You should. Audrey and I have signed up to run the Beat the Blerch Half-Marathon next month in Carnation, Washington. It’s going to be a hoot! What is The Blerch? He’s my inner sloth. The demon on my back telling me to eat more pizza. Run tomorrow. I…
Category: Life
Cat t-shirts
Happy Cat, as he is lovingly called now, wants to love and be loved. Today I added 5 new designs to my shop. Enjoy!
Drawing Fish is Fun
Re-drawing some fish from my sketchbook, I’ve updated the header for my website. I’ve also added a black & white pdf of these fun fish to print and color at your heart’s delight. Enjoy! -Tomas
Still Living Tiny
Audrey and I are still loving the tiny house life and have been blogging about it over at Trying on Tiny. Although we’ve had to face a few challenges in the last 19 months of living in 160-square feet, we’ve pulled through all of them while still loving each other more than ever. All my…
SAR Training
After attending the Search and Rescue Conference (SARCon) last year, I made the decision to join the Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue team. So far the training days have been a blast! We built snow shelters at Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood. I got to participate in a mock-rescue on a very wet and…
Sketchbook Challenge – January 2014
Way back on January 1, a couple of artists I follow on Twitter decided to start a sketchbook challenge and had invited other artists to participate. I had been looking to do more drawing so this sounded like fun! Drawing each day for 31 days to fill a 110-sheet 5.5″x8″ sketchbook proved to be extremely…
Old Bike New Life
I’ve had this Trek Singletrack 930 from Craigslist for almost 2 years now but for the last 8 months it’s been sitting around gathering dust after switching all the parts to a Soma Saga. It’s really kind of a mis-mash of new and old parts, color-coordination, and just parts I had handy. It was a great…
Search and Rescue
Over the last few years, I’ve become increasingly interested in volunteering in Search and Rescue. A good friend of mine has been involved in the Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue (PNWSAR) for some years and had been kind enough to introduce me to other members, training exercises, and even admittance to the Search and Rescue…
Joining the BPSA
The Portland chapter of the Baden-Powell Service Association is forming! Welcome to the 55th Cascadia Scouts! I feel so proud to be on the ground work for such an inclusive scouting platform and look forward to helping parents and kids, boys & girls, discover the fun of the outdoors and scouting in general. Yesterday was…
Global Game Jam 2013
I had only recently heard of the “Global Game Jam” on Friday evening but had resigned myself to helping some friends move by bike on Saturday and that I would have to wait until next year to participate. However, after helping some mutual friends move house by bicycle, my fellow team-mate informed me he was…
18 Characters
Just a spread from my 2013 Moleskine sketchbook. 18 characters from no particular genre or reason, just to draw within the rectangular confines I established for each character. Download the PDF version of this drawing so you can print, color it, and post a picture of your colored page. I just ask that you not…
The Pegamüs Shirt
I’ve finally added “The Pegamüs” shirt to my store. There are currently only two options for style and colors, but the shop is very flexible and allows you, the buyer, to select the color of your choice. If there is a shirt style you prefer, please send me an e-mail request and I’ll post it…