Laugh at the Monkey

There's something written on my scanner bed. I don't know what it is, and I don't really care, either, I just want it gone. Anyways, I'm performing again, tonight, so that's been on my mind. I didn't bother thinking up something original. Sue me.

Keep to themselves

This is Aunt Lily, from Pushing Daisies. I used a reference, obviously. You have to watch this show! It's amazing! That's pretty much all for today.

I just realized how absolutely AWFUL friday's image was

This was actually drawn yesterday, I just never got around to uploading it.
My brain's completely fried, right now. It's nice how short daytime naps (when you're incredibly tired) have the capacity to totally fuck your cortex up. You wake up feeling brain dead. Like a zombie chicken.

Half-heartedly

Today's my name day! I'm planning a big party tonight, so I barely had time for sketching. Her face is a little off, and I wasn't planning on including the one on the right, but it looked ok, so I said "why not?"
I'm starting to wonder whether this blog is simply forcing me to accept mediocrity in my work, rather than helping me improve.
Quality updates will resume come next week. Please stay tuned.

Goodbye my love.

I don't like how this turned out. I need to work on my anatomy skills. A LOT!

Fatal Attraction

Not much to say. I wish I hadn't rushed this so much, I love this pose, someday I'm going to do it right.

Emily said four words I didn't know.

Remember when I said Mel bought me a book on Drawing Crime Noir? She gave it to me yesterday, so I decided to give it a try. Expect more along these lines for the next couple of days.
I love the look of hard shadows, but it's hard to pull off correctly.

Don't Look Into the Weaving Room

I've been listening the The Crane Wife by The Decemberists a lot, today, so I guess this isn't what you'd call "unexpected".

Couple of Drinks

I'd been thinking of drawing something in my old, less brush-y, more cell-shaded style for a while, now.
That being said, when I started this, it was just another throwaway sketch for the blog. I was attempting to draw someone sucking in smoke from a cigarette and that went on to become a hand drawing study (many of my "sketch sessions" end up being hand studies). His left one gave me trouble... One thing led to another and I ended up with a fully colored image. I didn't "think" about using my old coloring style, it just... happened. Which was nice, and unexpected.
I took my time with it (something like 3 hours) but it turned out nice :)

The texture on the hat is from Mayang.

Brain farts

I started acting classes (or going to my acting group) again, today. Hadn't realized how much I'd missed it... The first lessons are always the most fun (since we play various improv-style games) and I missed the people there a LOT.
I'm a bit conflicted about how I'm going to fit it into my program, but I think I'll manage, in the end.

A friend also told me she's starting her own studio. Or art space slash workshop or whatever, which is amazing in a universe-conspiring-in-my-favor way. I was thinking that, next year, I should name some place outside home my office (I was actually thinking of Project Athens, until recently), and go there for a couple of hours every day to "work" on art-related projects. Associating a place with "creativity" would really boost my productivity and help me focus, compared to drawing at home where I tend to procrastinate and keep getting sidetracked.

Also, Mel bought me a book on drawing noir comics! How cool is that! I can't wait to read it...