New stuff!

So I should know better than to think I would do anything every day besides eat, sleep and work. I quit drawing every day, but I did complete several projects in the past couple weeks. I hand-beaded a wedding veil for my friend Kasey, I made an amigurumi squid for my fiance, and I made a skirt for myself. Photos, you say? Why, yes.
I used tiny seed beads and went all the way around the border of the tulle, which has glitter sprinkled liberally on it.
I hope Kasey likes it!

Here's my skirt:
I made it out of a pillowcase and some purple fabric for a lining that I had leftover from a quilt I made my cousin for Christmas. I broke a needle and learned how to replace it on a sewing machine. It was a lesson I could have done without, as I had a moment thinking I was going to have to have a professional repair person look at it, and God knows where one finds that in Southern Illinois. I really like this skirt, but I have a sneaking suspicion I may be the only one.


This is Dan's squid. He almost didn't let me attach the tentacles to it, because without them, this little guy bore a strong resemblance to a slime, a character from Dragon Quest.


The cat seems to enjoy it, anyway.

Super post

My apologies for sucking at this "a drawing every day" thing. I probably do draw something or another every day, but they're all mixed in with my work notes, which are at work.
Here's a lady from a mascara magazine ad. And for some reason, all my scans today are showing the stuff behind them, which is just effing awesome.

Here is someone from a show I enjoy. If you can't tell who it is, I have failed terribly. I will give you one hint: "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica."
This person is a rather famous celeb, but drawn terribly.
And this is another character from a show I like. I kind of like this drawing a lot. It's not great, but I think I caught the spirit of the character.

I'm bad at blogging

So I just got netflix. It is literally the best thing ever. My fiance and I are in the midst of watching The Office. We can watch all of it, anytime we want. And so my past few evenings have been spent laughing uproariously rather than drawing. I promise I will get back to posting within a few days, as we're in season four. Only two seasons to catch up on after this one.

Saturday night's all right

Here's some pencil sketches. It seems like drawing with a certain kind of pencil makes me draw like I did when I used that pencil last. Using mechanical pencil was like, oh, let me draw like I did when I was trying to start a web comic with my pal Brent.
This guy bears no small amount of resemblance to the main character of the web comic-that-never-was.
This vampy lady looks like every thing I've drawn since I started drawing in middle school.

I like this girl. She kind of looks like that "Tik Tok" girl.. Kesha. I refuse to put the dollar sign in her name.

Dan

Is much more attractive than the sketch I am about to show you. But Dan is my fiance, and my most patient subject, so he modeled for me (actually he was reading). This sketch has lots of problems, but he moved a lot. And well, I think it goes without saying, but I suck at drawing.

Ew

Is what I think this guy is thinking.

January 27 post

Last night I got a little tipsy, so I forewent the posting. I actually had drawn something and had it all ready too. For shame. Anyway, here's a sketch page - the person on the right is a cartoon approximation of me, and the person on the left is no one in particular.
The splotches at the bottom are where I was testing shades for flesh tones.
I might post again tonight if I get around to it, if not, well. I have something more essay-ish floating around the back of my head, about facebook and song lyrics and the oral tradition. If I don't forget, I might post that here as well.
Buenos nachos, mijos.