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March 20, 2014

(almost) three pages inked out of six. Just two panels left on the third page to go and then I can say three without the (almost). 

Once again Matt's taking on coloring duties for me, since I don't have as much time to work on this one as normal. We're gunna go on a weekend trip? Which we never do? 

So that means I've only got Friday to finish inking three pages, and I've been passing off each page to him as I finish. The second page is actually colored too, but he hasn't sent ...

Public Post for March 19, 2014

I'm so proud of this panel, I wanna share it with everyone, even if you're not a patron. :D :D :D

March 19, 2014

Had a baller drawing day. 

Like, I've really been bummed out about my drawing lately. But today? Today I like what I drew. Maybe it's because it was mostly enormous undersea clams and it's kind of literally impossible to not have fun drawing enormous undersea clams. 

Still gotta ink the Masturbateer Little Erika is talking to and then it's just five more pages to go! I can... I can get that done by Friday, right? :|

March 14-18, 2014

Friday - Monday I did miscellaneous stuff: shipping orders, prepping pages for the book, scripting & laying out this week's comic. Oh! And Friday was my pole dance recital! I think I did ok? But I won't get to see the video for another two weeks so WHO REALLY KNOWS. Like, what's your husband gunna say? "Yeah, on a scale of one to ten, you were a FartNoise.wav, honey" No. Regardless of the truth, you tell your spouse they were amazing. That's the law. That's what you promise when you exchange...

Mix Tape by Erika Greco

http://www.ohjoysextoy.com/erikagreco 

I’m super honored Erika Greco shared her beautiful, personal story on Oh Joy, Sex Toy today. It’s impossible for me to read it without getting misty and I feel pretty lucky I get to call such a talented, strong, caring person a friend. 

You can see more of her work at http://tinyshinykey.tumbl...

March 13, 2014

Today I focused on *just* finishing the inks for the Bonus Book Comic. It's the conclusion strip, to wrap up all the comics before it. 

Tomorrow I'll start penciling the second Bonus Book Comic-- a silly little autobio story that may not actually be all that relevant to the rest of the book but, y'know what? That's the fun of publishing your own book, you can put whatever the hell you want in there. Who's gunna stop me, the editor? OH THAT'S RIGHT, I *AM* THE EDITOR MUAHAHAHAHA. 

March 12, 2014

I was working all day, but didn't get nearly as much inking done on the bonus just-for-the-book comic as I had expected I would, so I feel pretty down about that. 

Haroo. 

I have two outstanding illustration projects I owe to two people who did me mega favors (outstanding meaning they're overdue). I took a serious bite out of one of them this morning, so that's good? But I feel guilty I didn't use that time on the comic? But at the same time that project needs to get done too??...

March 9 - 11, 2014

Over the weekend Matthew and I came up with the first phase of our Book / Kickstarter Christmas Attack Zone, because I've been fretting and not knowing how to make stuff happen or even if I did just having the time to do it. 

We decided we're gunna run a guest strip next week, so I can spend this week making the bonus content for the book. That's what you can see in the preview, my four page wrap-up comic. There's gunna be another autobio comic, an illustrated FAQ, and a character bio pag...

Cock Rings

http://ohjoysextoy.com/cockrings 

This week my husband Matthew reviews some cock rings!

 He also colored the full strip for me, since I had to go out of town to give a talk. HE'S MY FAVSIES.

March 7 - 8, 2014

Yesterday Parker and I headed out to Astoria for our reading at the library! It was a small audience but they brought a lot of energy and had a TON of questions for us. It's been so long since I finished Bucko, it was nice reminiscing with Parker about our creative process and the in-jokes we slipped in throughout the book. Fridays are my shipping days, but since we were on the road I couldn't get orders sent out-- gotta take care of that on Monday :| 

Matt's been coloring this...

March 6, 2014

Got up extra early to get into the studio extra early so I could have a bit of extra time to finish inking the comic, since tonight I had both pole practice and then an art show opening at Sequential Art Gallery* and tomorrow I'm leaving for Astoria to do that talk*. Matt's gunna color this comic for me this week, since I'm gunna be on the road so much. It's always fun to see what he does, see how differently he visualizes completing my work than I would. Feel so lucky to have such a talented pa...

March 5, 2014

Only roughed out two more pages of Matt's four page cock ring review because I had to leave kinda early. Gunna try and get in to the studio early tomorrow and haul ass on these pages, since Thursday is gunna be another short day (pole practice) and then Friday I'm leaving to give a talk with Jeff Parker about our book Bucko in Astoria. Haroo there's no time. 

Accomplished a couple other things that I can't talk about publicly because, you know, #SECRETS. Gotta keep my mysterious allure up...

March 4, 2014

Inked page one out of four of Matt's cock ring review. 

Every time I draw Matt (or, you know, ANYone) I always give them my posture because that's how I stand so that's how I assume everyone must stand. 

And then my studiomate Jeff Parker* sees the latest update and he comes over and tells me, Damnit Erika, Matt looks like he's singing All The Single Ladies.
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http://parkerspace.com
*Ron Chan 2014-03-05 03:15:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Ask a Porn Star: Jiz Lee

http://ohjoysextoy.com/jizlee Genderqueer porn star Jiz Lee answers questions about planning an orgy, picking out a strap-on, and more! Secret Joke: I drew a Moen brand faucet model in the comic because HOW COULD I NOT.

February's Pay Out

Alright, so I've been SUPER CURIOUS how much money people actually paid through Patreon, after people have had a chance to cancel their payment before getting charged and how much of a percent gets taken up by processing fees. 

And now I have stats for my first month! I'm not sure if my graphic will still be legible in this post, so I'm making the full size version an attachment, if you wanna get a closer look. 

(Mind you, math is not my strong point, I may have fucked up my pe...

March 3, 2014

Yesterday I got some more progress shots from Allyson Haller (http://www.allysonhaller.com) as she works away on laying out the OJST book. Realized that I'd sent her some files where I forgot to remove my placement marks that help guide me line up all my pages when I turn them into the single web-size image. WOOPS. So I gotta fix those some time soon. 

After spending the weekend out of town, I stayed home so I could spe...

March 1, 2014

Finished coloring this in a coffee shop with my friends sitting on either side of me on this, my Girls' Weekend out of town. 

Much happier with the inking on this one, now that my brush tools are more responsive. 

Also, dat orgy.

February 28, 2014

ORGY SCENE. 

I finished inking this 8 minutes before I had to catch my bus to go on my Girls' Weekend, then I colored this on the bus. I was that creep. That sweaty weirdo coloring porn on the bus. That's me.

February 27, 2014

I didn't finish the orgy yet :O 

But I'm close. 

(that's what she said) 

I've got tomorrow morning and just-after-lunch to finish up all the inking, and then at 3 I'm catching a bus to go out of town to visit some friends for the weekend. I haven't taken a non-work-related trip since early 2012. I mean, I'll still be doing work while I'm there, but I'm not traveling *for* work, which is a very crucial difference. 

This whole "Just Say No" thing is really h...

Tenga Flip Hole

www.ohjoysextoy.com/fliphole 

Matthew reviews Tenga's Flip Hole masturbator sleeve!

February 26, 2014

It took until 9:45pm, but I just finished inking the fourth page! That just leaves the giant orgy scene for tomorrow. 

You guys, Real Talk. I love drawing Jiz Lee. That panel where they're explaining strap-ons? I'm so happy with how it turned out! I had the pleasure of creating their holiday card last year and I'm still really happy with the end result: http://www.erikamoen.com/artwork/jiz-lee-2 

February 25, 2014

Operation: Make It Through the Day Without Curling Into a Ball on the Couch and Sobbing for No Reason was officially declared a failure at 9:30am, at which point Matt made me go back to bed again since I'd only gotten five hours of sleep-- which is about double from what I got yesterday night, so that's some steady improvement right there! 

Once again, I got a super late start getting into the studio and getting started on my work. HOWEVER, I totally roughed out all five pages of my inter...

February 24, 2014

This was a rough day for Erikas. Thank god I had already done the majority of layout work on this comic last week, because this was basically a lost day comic-wise. I mean, I took care of a couple illustrations that I've owed some people for a while and I gave the interns my lecture on Conventions and Self-Promotion*, so I was productive in some regards. 

But most of the day was pulled out from under me when I woke up from anxiety at 2:30am and then Just Stayed Awake having a mild panic a...

February 23, 2014

Book Designer Allyson Haller showed me her first proposal for laying out the pages of the OJST book!! Ahhhhhhh it's happeninnnnnngggggggggg It's bookifying!!!! 

I imagine this is 100% how a pregnant person feels when they see the first sonogram of their fetus. Exactly. Completely. Perfect analogy. I'm lookin' at my future book's developing baby genitals and I couldn't feel more full of love. 

Matt and I both had busywork to do for OJST today, stuff that's too boring to recount ...

February 22, 2014

Things I accomplished today: 

-Slept in (Till, like, 8:30am. THAT'S THE LATEST I'VE SLEPT IN FOR A WHILE, IT TOTALLY COUNTS AS SLEEPING IN)
-Biked with my husband to our favorite coffee shop
-Matt and I barged into Bill Mudron's unlocked house right as he and Anne Moloney just finished recording their Boy Howdy podcast (http://boyhowdypodcast.com). Bill, friend, you gotta lock your doors. Any ol' creep can just wal...

February 21, 2014

It's 6:32pm and I'm done with work! Oh my gosh, I don't think I've left the studio before 7pm for... well, at least this entire week. 

Yesss!! 

Fridays are my shipping days, so I started the morning shipping out packages for orders from both my store and Periscope's. People in the studio will each take on tasks to help maintain our workplace's daily operations and I took on shipping out our Etsy shop's orders ( 2014-02-22 02:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post

February 20, 2014

Man, I was in a bad mood today. 

But I finished inking the comic! So that part's done. I mean, I should have been coloring today, but at least I can get that done tomorrow and I won't have to do it over the weekend. 

Oh, and I dropped off 11 original paintings at Sequential Art Gallery (http://sequentialartgallery.com) for a group show I'm going to be in with the other Periscope Studio members who featured...

February 19, 2014

Yesterday's update, delivered... TODAY! I shoulda been able to knock out the four pages that needed inking, but I didn't get started on them till late in the afternoon/early evening, so I'm shamefully only got 1 and 3/4 pages inked. Harroo! The morning and afternoon were taken up with: 

-A Very Official Business Lunch (which means having my monthly tax-deductible lunch with my good friend, Tracy, who is is also the owner of Glad Rags and an OJST affiliate. Here's the comic I did about her...

February 18, 2014

Oh dang, I'm on fire! It's only Tuesday and I've already got one whole page inked! I mean, it's the page that only had two drawings on it. BUT STILL. Out of five pages, one is done! That means I'll only have four pages to ink tomorrow :D Here's a thing: Basically every dick I've drawn in OJST, I've had in mind that they were intact and just had their foreskin pulled back. You know, Ready For Business Mode. I mean, of course there's been, like, a FEW that I intentionally drew as circumcised. But ...

Stronic Eins

http://www.ohjoysextoy.com/stronic 

This week at Oh Joy, Sex Toy: The Stronic Eins! 

It's a dildo driven by a pulsator motor to make it actually THRUST itself back and forth, in theory letting you fuck yourself *hands free* 

It didn't quite work out that way for me, but on the upside I DID get to draw one being shot out of a vagina like an air cannon. #THOOMP