Echo Dextive

 Welcome to the New Home of Dextive's Blog! Introduction Greetings! My name is Echo Dextive! I am a cartoonist. Which means I am an illustrator, a storyteller, and all those other hats that cartoonists wear. I am the creator of the webcomic Our Home; Eternal, with one chapter out, but on hiatus due to current life circumstances. If you haven't heard of me before, then welcome! About this Blog This blog is meant to be an evolution of my previous blog Dextive Blog. For the people who knew me from there, it will remain up as an archive and a dumping ground for anything I wish to write about, but wouldn't fit here. However, I decided to start this blog for a few reasons: I'm no longer in the same place in life as I was while writing Dextive Blog I wanted to make a blog that is a little more focused than Dextive Blog ended up being So, I narrowed this blog down to a few things. They are all related to art, rather than branching out to my various hobbies and passions: Reviews...

Loop Switch 2 - A Review from an Artist's Perspective  My hometown was off the tour circuit for many musicians and performers. While this did change recently, the nearest concerts to me were typically two hours away, and I had a family who were not willing to take me that far for...any reason at all. So, being on the tour circuit and finally getting access to concerts was one of the many things that I looked forward to when moving to Minneapolis. After all, experiences are the kind of thing that I value, far more than objects. Well, in anticipation of seeing a metal band where the timing lined up just right under a very busy schedule, I knew that I was coming into a genre that is known to be especially loud at live events. So, I got some Loop Earplugs. Specifically, the Switch2 model. I soon found out that they are viral on the internet and influencers are pushing this brand. So, I may as well be a little shrewd and write about them. So, here are my unbiased, non-sponsored thoughts...