This has been a very long time coming, I mean years. And I say that not because I’ve spent those years creating some sort of grand artistic work, but because I’m a horrible procrastinator and have zero artistic skills which made me hesitant to approach any artistic endeavour. When I began this blog nearly a decade ago, one of the creative pursuits I had hoped to spend some time exploring is creating video gamed theme artwork or crafts. I can’t really say I delved too far into it, and what I have tinkered with I have either not completed or was unhappy with the result and discarded it.

However, over the last few years I developed an interest in vector illustration which naturally led me down the rabbit hole of laser cutting and engraving. So I went ahead and purchased an entry level laser cutter and began playing with it. One of the first things I made was a set of 5 coasters with the magic signs from the Witcher video game series. These were very easy to make, simple straight vectors and very basic laser cutting settings. I found the simple basswood too boring so I picked up some wood stain and gave them a little panache. Though I see some flaws in them such as the odd bubble and also stain blotches due to my inexperience, I was satisfied enough with them that I felt they were worthy of my Etsy store that had nothing in it. Surprisingly they ended up selling after a while and I hope Ethan is enjoying them! I had made these well over a year or two ago and stepped back from other projects back then, but now I feel motivated and have many more plans that I’m finally going to get around to doing so I felt I can now create this category for my blog and finally start working on more projects!