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It is my unfortunate displeasure to announce the second death of the Doorless Chambers website. Due to the lack of time and money on my part, and the lack of interest of the public, I am forced to close it once again.

Now, that’s not to say it’s spirit won’t live on. I’ll continue to design and release the Young Frankenstein Posable Figures every Halloween. And, the Disney Experience will continue to create annual treats.

Doorless Chambers will close in early August, 2015.

For my birthday, I bought myself an M-51 engineers field bag. At first, I was both overwhelm and undecided about what to put in it. After a few days, I discovered that I was adding more art supplies than anything else. So, I decided to turn it into an artist’s go bag for long trips where I typically wouldn’t be able to do much art.

For simplicity, I focused mainly on both drawing/sketching and watercolor painting. Simplicity. Yeah, right!

I started with the basic materials. Then, I started anticipating different scenarios; the bag got heavy. I had to do an audit to get the weight down and to make room for the essentials. Then, I could start adding in fluff. Here’s what I’ve got so far:

It took some savvy Internet sleuthing (thanks, Google!), but I was finally able to find that the Coca-Cola® polar bear papercrafts that I designed have been released to the public. The papercraft is part of Dollar General‘s 2012 Coca-Cola®-sponsored seasonal Web page. I was hired by the good folks at Triad Retail Media who were tasked with putting the entire Web page together.

Lately, I’ve been turned on to Dropbox, a cloud-based storage service for photos, music, videos, and any other computer file that that you can throw at it.

It’s pretty convenient; I used it the other week when I paid a surprise Mother’s Day visit to my mom. I spent several days there, and I was able to continue working on client work even though I was away from my work computer. Awesome!

Back in 2007, I worked on some mock-up package designs to help pitch an idea to the Disney Parks. I did have to use photos found online, but since I do not remember where I got them, I cannot credit anyone.

Imagine putting together your very own HO scale plastic model of the Mad Tea Party attraction or Sleeping Beauty Castle, complete with surrounding foliage. Sounds pretty sweet, huh? Granted, not everyone enjoys or even has the patience to assemble and paint a plastic model. But, boy, wouldn’t it be neat to start building your own Disneyland or Magic Kingdom right at home? And, that’s only one version of the model kits.

Oh, what big changes! Where do I start? How ’bout the obvious . . .

What good is art if you can’t share it? For the first time ever, I am releasing select works of art (paintings, drawings, etc.) to the general public. More pieces will be released in the coming months.

It may seem like I’ve been pushing the store a lot lately . . . and that would be true. I’ve been working on a lot of exciting things, and I just can’t wait to share them. The new bookplate debut is just the tip of the iceberg. Other designs are coming, and there are some mystery items that will coordinate with those designs.

There are also new social buttons on Nava Designs, which I’ve been upgrading as well. I’ve included the most obvious buttons, but if there are others that you think I should include, contact me.