With the currently progressing update to the Dra Studio and some recent client projects, I have been trying to find a decent WordPress theme or framework that I could start from and build each future project on. After trying out quite a few nice and fully-featured ones, including Thematic, Hybrid, Starkers, The Buffet Framework, and Emptiness, I found myself more encumbered than enabled ... having to match up with their structure and layouts, working within ...

You may have seen a couple of them already, but the last few of weeks, I have been spending my free minutes making my own tee shirts. I'm basically using the typical stencil method, but until recently I didn't know about using Spray Mount to get the stencils sticking to the shirt and I use acrylic paint rolled on with a sponge brush and not spray. I have also been printing on clear transparency sheets ...

I am thinking I may go ahead and let go of the Paper the City project … I have really enjoyed drawing for it, but am currently lacking the dough needed to renew the domain.If you have enjoyed any of the goodness and fun it has provided during this past year, feel free to donate the $10 needed to keep the project alive.

Have you been missing me? I know I have. Things have been pretty busy for me lately, but I have missed drawing, so I plan to make plenty of wonderful updates today and later on as well.In the way of a conciliatory gift, I offer you my new project, Paper the City. Enjoy and see you soon.

New Illustrative – Site (uploaded by DRA Studio)I just spend the last couple of hours finishing up my CodeIgniter PHP work to get the new Illustrative launched. Have a visit and let me know what you think.Check it out here: Get Illustrative.com

Future Mapping (uploaded by DRA Studio)Just a snap of some planning I was doing for changes to Dra Studio, Sketch Blog … and another secret project. :D