March 16, 2012: Happy Belated Birthday, Elise!

Elise is the niece I've never met, but I'm wishing her a happy birthday, nonetheless! (And hello to Snowy!) Approx. 3 hours.

March 11, 2012: Clown Fish

I requested from another artist-type a picture of a koi fish. He obliged.
I followed it up with a second request, this time for a clown fish. He resisted.
I then set out to make it my business to make a cool clown fish inspired drawlingk, which became a watercolor.

March 6, 2012: Zombieaster-er

Now working on composition for the same zombie/bunny piece. (Still rough sketches.)

Unrelated, in the past month, I had two different people tell me that I'm not a real artist. That's honestly a very discouraging thing for anyone to hear, especially when they're making an effort. It only makes me want to encourage others to embrace their creativity and nurture it. And by "others", I (spitefully) exclude the two aforementioned individuals. Shame on you.

March 4, 2012: Zombieaster

Preliminary sketches to get a feel for what my buddy wants for an art piece.

February 29, 2012: Hipline Colored

... Add four or five hours of watercoloring (and maybe a stroke or two of crayon).

February 26, 2012: Hipline

Amongst the wizards, old men, samurais, and blah superhero guys I've been drawing lately, I needed to do something fun for myself. Some artists like drawing mechas, buildings, guns, flowers... I prefer drawing sexy ladies. I was inspired by LMFAO's music videos (and color schemes). I intend to color this.

February 2012: JD

I had jury duty! (Eek!)
Day one sucked 'cause I had a graveyard shift the night before and basically went 24 hours without sleep. Good thing I found out long ago that drawing helps keep me awake! (The things you learn in school!)

I kept nodding off that first day, and that meant my pencil would scrape along the paper, leaving.. admittedly the straightest line on the page, unwanted as it was.

When we had to stand by the door, I looked for one portrait on the wall (which, by the way, had the thickest matting I've ever seen, like 3/8" or 1/2" thick, and beveled!) that I didn't necessarily find handsome, but looked recognizable. I found this guy and scraped him out with a cheapo Bic pen.
I also brought my watercolors along, and found myself working on a concept for that side superhero project. I was thinking about a homemade outfit: dishwashing gloves, running pants, belt ('cause every superhero has a belt!), maybe a go-kart racing hood, and the all-important superhero logo. (He's "Super Guy". Super creative, Super Guy.)

... Yeeaahh, by day 5, I wasn't feeling it anymore. Blah wizard, blah cat. Maybe I was distracted by the court recorder's cute high heels, styled minimalist short hair, lovely thick mascara, and impeccable plum-fuscia lipstick. Man, I should've drawn her instead.