Regarding some recent motivation to design something other than characters, I have been sketching a good deal of environments and props, you can see the spoils in a couple of collages here and here.

Also, I made a collection of character stuff from my sketchbook that Ive been digging for a while, I'm pretty proud of the sea snake looking dud on the top left :3

Not much else, but adding variety to the site is always a good thing!