Ellie Connelly http://www.ellieconnelly.com/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:18:54 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ancient Watch Found in Chinese Tomb Archaeologists in China claim to have found a miniature replica Swiss wristwatch in a 400-year old tomb this week. A small metal ring in the likeness of a ladies' wristwatch with hands pointing at 10 and 2 was found encrusted in the soil around a tomb being excavated for a documentary. It's difficult to tell from the photo or the article if the miniature watch is solid metal, or if it in fact contains any clockworks. The article also says that the ring has the word 'Swiss' etched across the back, if there were any doubt as to the origins of the watch. Is anyone else reminded of that Star Trek: TNG episode where they found Data's head in that mine under San Francisco from 500 years in the past? Yeah, it's that kind of weird.]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/12/ancient_watch_found_in_chinese.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/12/ancient_watch_found_in_chinese.php Oddities Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:18:54 -0800 "TEN CENT TALES" Group Show in Portland Featuring new artwork by: Kirk Alexander • Melissa Armstrong • Benja Barker • Todd Brabander Jereed Breeden • Matthew Clark • Elizabeth Conley • Sarah Cosman Paul Guinan • Garret Izumi • Tim Janchar • Indigo Kelleigh Josiane Keller • Randall Kirby • BT Livermore • Rich Mackin Tony Morgan • Shinichi Moriyama • Bruce Morrison • Neal Skorpen Mona Superhero • Nubby Twiglet • Brenna Zedan • Lee Zeman As usual, there will be a First Thursday reception from 6-10pm. But you are invited to the Artists' Reception the night before: Wednesday, Dec. 3rd, from 7 to 9pm. There will be refreshments & many of the artists in attendance. And I'd like to thank each of the artists for all the time, effort, and imagination they've put into this show. It'll be well worth your while to check it out. Hope to see you.]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/12/ten_cent_tales_group_show_in_p.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/12/ten_cent_tales_group_show_in_p.php Miscellaneous News Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:11:20 -0800 Progress report, November 2008 Les, for example, works with a pretty short buffer, but his updates are steady and frequent. If I could manage to put more steady hours in each week I might be able to get back to a regular schedule without more than a page or two of buffer. As always, we'll see how it goes. Also, I'm starting to plan my convention appearance schedule for 2009, with Emerald City Comicon and Stumptown Comics Fest already on my schedule for April. Any other conventions I should know about or try to make it to? Tell me about it in the forums and I'll see what I can do!]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/11/progress_report_november_2008.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/11/progress_report_november_2008.php Progress Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:53:08 -0800 Made of Gears Made Of Gears - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever I just finished working up my second ever Threadless submission. It's pending approval at the moment, but I wanted to post it here as well, just cause. I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with a good not-too-, but-still-steampunky t-shirt design, and I really like this one. I've got another design idea that I'll work up later this week. Even if this doesn't get approved or selected for printing at Threadless I would like to make a run of these myself at some point. Click the thumbnail to see the full design! And if it gets approved, do me a favor and go vote for it!

Update

Now you can show some steampunky love to your computer with this new desktop wallpaper image! Click the image below for a 2560x1600 pixel image which you can crop and scale to your whim. Enjoy!

UPDATE #2

The design was just approved at Threadless, so please go vote for it! Also, help spread the word! The more people vote, the more likely we'll all be able to wear one of these shirts by 2009!]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/11/made_of_gears.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/11/made_of_gears.php Miscellaneous Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:34:30 -0800 Election season ads Defend Oregon, a group that seems to agree with me politically, which I suppose is pretty lucky for me. Just to be safe, though, I'm going to disable those archive ads until after election day. Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with some actual new art or something! We can only hope. For Change!]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/11/election_season_ads.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/11/election_season_ads.php News Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:39:48 -0800 Ellieconnelly.com Nomitated for Award! frumph.net's WebComic Readers Choice awards, in the Design category. I appreciate the nomination, and everyone who voted for me! That means a lot! My only complaint is that people seem to think I'm a girl. It comes, I'm sure, from having chosen a name that's also a color, and having a female protagonist in my comic. Oh, and not having a bio/picture up on my site. hm. Okay, I can fix part of that... Anyway, the winners will be announced tonight on a live podcast starting at 7:pm Pacific, 10:pm Eastern. Give it a listen! Update! Hey, check that out! I actually won the award for Design! I want to say a quick 'Thanks' to the judges and everyone who voted. Looking at the other nominees, I still can't figure why I won, my site certainly isn't any better than theirs...]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellieconnellycom_nomitated_for.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellieconnellycom_nomitated_for.php News Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:15:42 -0800 Taking a Break Let me know what you think!]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/taking_a_break.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/taking_a_break.php Progress Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:46:04 -0800 Ellie Connelly and the Curse of the Moon's Eye, episode 38 ]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_36.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_36.php Chapter 1 Comics Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800 The Bat-Meme! Explanation and inspiration from my friend Calamity Jon Morris...]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/the_batmeme.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/the_batmeme.php Miscellaneous Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:55:08 -0800 Ellie Connelly and the Curse of the Moon's Eye, episode 37 ]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_35.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_35.php Chapter 1 Comics Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Ellie Connelly and the Curse of the Moon's Eye, episode 36 ]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_34.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_34.php Chapter 1 Comics Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Ellie Connelly and the Curse of the Moon's Eye, episode 35 ]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_33.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_33.php Chapter 1 Comics Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Ellie Connelly and the Curse of the Moon's Eye, episode 34 ]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_32.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_32.php Chapter 1 Comics Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Irish UFOs, with video? UFO Society of Ireland, which, according to a Carl Nally, co-founder of UFO and Paranormal Research Ireland, is "the most amazing and spectacular I have ever seen". I'm very curious to see this footage myself, so if anyone has a link to the video, please share it over in the forums. Read the Article...]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/irish_ufos_with_video.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/irish_ufos_with_video.php Oddities Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:31:16 -0800 Ellie Connelly and the Curse of the Moon's Eye, episode 33 ]]> http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_31.php http://www.ellieconnelly.com/2008/10/ellie_connelly_and_the_curse_o_31.php Chapter 1 Comics Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0800