Latest scratchings on the drawing board:
I saw an image like this come by on Twitter with some pulp magazine or comics covers, I forget which. I liked the movement and energy in it, and even though I had only seen it in passing, I thought I'd try to re-create it.
I am pretty satisfied with it - and Coco said that she really felt the space, and the movement of the bodies, and the tilt of the deck.
So, maybe moving the needle an inch forward...
Practice pages from one of my workbooks the other night:
So lifeless... no energy. Not sure how to break through this.
That's the name of the sketch, not when I did it.
I have a couple a books of art exercises, a one-a-day kind of thing. I am relatively consistent with them, but I am often not sure of the point. Here's today's:
I mean, it's fun and all, and I guess it inspires creativity in a general way, but it's not really practicing technique... and that's what I need (want?) most. (Check this out, towards the end.)
Even though the office Postcard Project is over, I decided to continue with some folks who weren't on the original list.
Monday 10.18 a pinky swear to Jackie and Jeff
In my continuing efforts to draw every day and break though the inner critic so I can improve, here's another quick non-judgemental sketch to keep the juice flowing.
So, the initial phase of the Postcard Project is completed - all those who sent me their snail mail addresses when I asked have received a card and all the cards have been posted here. There's still several postcards left in the pack and I still have a few postcard stamps, so there will likely be a few one-offs in the future. We shall see.
In the meantime, I am continuing to try to Do Art more regularly. Here's today's effort - I was inspired to try to recreate the point of view I so often had ten or fifteen years ago when I was blogging regularly.
As I went sketching merrily along, I tried to experiment with some perspective and with controlling the line weight using my Copic 110 marker brush. Not terribly happy with either.
So recently I sent a mass text out to peeps asking them to update their snail mail address. When the results came rolling in, I decided to launch a project that had been sitting idle for some time:
Perhaps during a phone call... inspired by a bit on the old Dinah Shore show with guest Jules Feiffer. Srsly.
Five minute exercise playing with my new WSD Sketch Up 5.6mm Mechanical Pencil Mechanical Clutch with Built-in Sharpener:
Inspiration:
