Shameful self promotion …

Not actual size, except for the pencil.

… as opposed to shameless. I have no problem creating self promos. The shame is not quite knowing what to do with them, and who I can make sick and tired just hearing about me. I'm not sure why I created this (a while back, pre-contacts) or who I was trying to nauseate.

Speaking of which, my site, www.shawnturner.com, has new blog and facebook buttons. Should you ever stray from the blog (and why would you, really?) redemption is just a click away. Even if you wanted a change of pace and looked at my facebook Fan Page, you can always find your way back to these self-referential ruminations.

As good a place as any

This is where I'll post new work and work in progress (visit the rest of my stuff at www.shawnturner.com, thanks to Matt Keogh and the stalwart folks at PageWeavers) … doodle a comment on this day or that … dredge up old work on occasion, for the benefit of you who haven't bailed out already … and fawn over illustrators and other creative types.

In other words, it's all about me, me, me, and occasionally other people.

This sketch sums me up: I confess to a Mittyesque view of my place in the world, and as a wannabe long-distance swimmer, I picture myself as the sleek guy on the right when I suit up for open water races. Then someone inevitably has to ruin my reverie by taking a photo. I'm still sleek, in the way sea elephants must seem sleek to one another.

This blog and I are works in progress.