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Some 2 minute birds for you, first.

30 second figure drawings with my tablet.

2 minute poses

11 minute figure drawing

Old Man Ink drawing

Smokey Moths Digital Painting

So! Heh… It’s been a while, hasn’t it??

I’ve been a little busy, but not too much. Let me share some things that have occupied my time.

As a side project I’ve been painting dogs that are currently adoptable through my city’s Alternative Humane Society! It’s a no-shelter no-kill dog rescue. All the dogs I’m painting are dogs that actually exist, and are looking for homes. I want to make some prints of these so I can give the profits of selling prints to the Humane Society.

… But people have to buy them first. I’m still figuring out a way to advertise these. I’ve only shown them off on small websites I frequent.

Enough talk! Here are the dogs.

Buddy:

Louie:

And Alvin! I just painted him today. I painted in the actual backdrop color, this one just has a photoshopped green.

Well thanks for taking a look. I’ll be uploading more, later. Until then. GOOOOD NIGHT.

I drew some pictures!

After finding Pixel Lovely’s Gesture Drawing Tool I went a little crazy.

Here are my results! I took 2 minutes for every figure.

First, some humans!

A close-up on the legs of the Ninja. I just really liked how they turned out.

And now some birdies.

A close up of the parrot.
Look at that sassy thing!

She looks quite sassy.

Also, I made the chicken in the center look…very very serious.

With that kind of face it should just be a cockatrice.

Saw the folks at the Tumblr Blog, Drawed Goods draw themselves as things they ate and I thought it looked like fun!

I am a mini-cake!

Also, a drawing from my sketchy-book.

My first attempt at Water-Soluble Graphite! the little flower was fun.

FIRST: The sketches from the older pages of this sketchbook!

Lots of brush pen practice/goofing off. I was drawing the Koala, forgot how, and then suddenly remembered again.
And now the new ones!

And some of you may remember this guy… somewhat… THIS IS FOR YOU, NEILJHOWARD~!

Aaaahhhh I miss him. He’ll be making a comeback! I promise!

I drew the portrait of a fellow student at the TaeKwonDo school I attend. He says he apparently needs to pay me money now. I do not object to this.

I should color these guys…

In fact, here you go.

I gotta keep the higher resolution scans… I’m gonna re-scan and re-color this later.

Also, NEW TWITTER AVATAR.

Ain’t it pretty?

I really have been drawing! I just… never show ANY of you ANY of it! I guess I should, huh?

Here are some older, but still from this year, sketchbooky things~! I think I’ll post one drawing that’s old followed by a new one.

Some dogs I doodled with my nib-pens. I like ink…

And a reeeally bad phone-picture of my character from Fallout New Vegas… I am SO bad at that game but it is SO FUN.

ALSO Hooooolygeeeeeeze look at what Nick and I are putting together!

I am no computer-knowledgeable-know-how person, but the way Nick described this computer and what we’re gonna do with it makes me SO EXCITED FOR IT. I could buy a cintiq and not have it kill photoshop, because my little laptop is so whimpy…

Later, folks!

So, I drew a little guest comic for my good friend, Maddie, ’cause her arm is hurt. :’C

Take a look-see!

For the first round over at Alphabeastiary the creature is the Angha! Here be mine.

I quote from the first post:

The Angha is a Persian monster also known as the Simurgh (and other variations of this spelling)

The Angha is said to have the front head and body of a dog, the wings and tail of a peacock and the claws of a lion. This monstrous mesh is often said to be gigantic enough to fly off with an elephant or a whale clasped in its talons.
Showing up in Iranian art and literature, the huge dog-bird is a dangerous beast with a varied history. Benevolent in nature the Angha always lives near water, and one of the most famous myths surrounded a particular Angha (a female) claiming it as a protector of the tree of life. It protects the tree from people looking to steal it’s wisdom without first earning it.

This was fun!

A long while ago I read a journal post that my fellow artist friend, Tracy Williams, wrote that inspired me write one, myself.  It was about setting goals for yourself, creating an appropriate timeline in which to complete them, and then giving yourself a reward! I’m all over that!

It’s been a few…months since I first read that post, and I think I have finally begun to think of some for my own! She had also mentioned it’s a good idea to post these goals on a blog, if you have one.

My first immediate goal is a fairly new one, because I just discovered the website, and thought it’d be the most reasonable. I discovered a new blog in development called Alphabeastiary through Pokemonathon. It’s only just started, so try out!! The “A” beast is still up, and due October 30th, so there’s still time.

My goal for this is just that. I’m going to go along with the challenge, even if my piece doesn’t get shown. I’ll be finishing these before they are due on the website, be them digital paintings, ink drawings, black and white, anything! My reward for completing this project will be …THE OKAMI ART BOOK. I want it…super badly.

Here’s a quick preview of my beastie. Idn’t he just the cutest?? His pose may look a little off, but there’s a lot I haven’t drawn in, yet. Like what’s under his paw, or in his mouth.

My second goal is really because I want to learn to capture moments, emotions and places and be able to relay it to others in a coherent way. To do this I’ll start with a little journal comic that I will draw every day. I won’t need to post it, but I do want that to be an option. They’ll start off little, silly, and probably about nonsensical things. I want to use these as a way to experiment with what I think drawing comics can mean for me. When I get up to five or seven comics I’ll start choosing which ones I’d like to post. My reward for creating one every day up until I can I save up enough will be to buy … a Cintiq. I’ve been wanting one for years. And since I seem to be going mainly digital I think it’d be a smart move on my part. I can decide on size later.

… this post will be updated the more I think of goals and rewards. I’m still thinking of many, but I am tired, and it is late. Niiighty night you crazy kids.