{"id":47589,"date":"2026-05-06T11:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=47589"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:13:38","slug":"back-in-the-saddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/05\/06\/back-in-the-saddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the Saddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\"\"…or at least trying to get there.
\n<\/p>\n

Fiddling around with vintage Macs<\/a> in order to secure my creative future has taken a lot<\/strong> more time than I expected. I\u2019ve been wrestling with components that aren\u2019t quite up to snuff and doing the unfortunate dance I call the R.M.A. Tango<\/strong> (Return Merchandise Authorization).<\/p>\n

The problems aren\u2019t insurmountable, but they eat up time. What I thought would be a quick Halloween project has now stretched toward Summer \u2014 and that\u2019s kept me away from the drawing board longer than I\u2019d like.<\/p>\n

Assembling computers and drawing use different parts of my brain, and switching gears has proven harder than anticipated. Still, I\u2019ve been forcing the lever into \u201cDRAW\u201d mode and managed some doodling. My beloved Sailor Fude<\/strong> pens had gotten crusty and needed a thorough cleaning, but I\u2019m happy to say I\u2019m back in business with them.<\/p>\n

My notebooks are also calling for attention so I can pick up the thread of my Teenage Beast<\/em> story. I never quite nailed a proper ending before, but I think I\u2019m finally onto something.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

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…or at least trying to get there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,49,16],"tags":[158,6329,6332,6114,907,6076,6330,6333,76,6331,6334,6274,5920,25,6018,5937,480,6298],"class_list":["post-47589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-illustration","category-it-came-from-the-sketchbook","category-sketch","tag-analog","tag-analog-art","tag-comic-art","tag-creative-process","tag-drawing","tag-fountain-pens","tag-getting-back-to-drawing","tag-heavy-metal-art","tag-horror","tag-independent-creator","tag-personal-update","tag-retro-computing","tag-sailor-fude","tag-sketchbook","tag-sketching","tag-teenage-beast","tag-usa","tag-vintage-mac"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Heavy-Metal-Teenage-Beast-e1777577250522.jpg?fit=639%2C758&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-cnz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46763,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/12\/31\/the-last-of-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":47589,"position":0},"title":"The Last of 2025","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"December 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I figured I would wind up the year with another drawing of the Teenage Beast. 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