"you made a better paper airplane"

model was fun to draw. she was the first tall, lanky woman i had in figure drawing. it was also the first time i couldn't finish drawing in the time alotted. the result is a somewhat unsettling image, but i like that.

i made 2 purchases yesterday: the visual novel Watchmen and Regina Spektor's album Soviet Kitsch.

it's embarrassing to admit that the wide release of the film was the gateway for me getting interested in the original comic but there's a first time for everything. potent storytelling and dialogue with great images. i'm liking it a lot so far.

regina spektor is an exceptional singer, and soviet kitsch has an album cover that i actually like. she has a natural talent she utilizes in a very fulfilling and intellectual way. bittersweet, playful, melancholy, and stranger than fiction.

brain lines

never realized how much i enjoy the act of drawing. starting to get over the timidity and nervousness that comes with producing a picture and just enjoying the process.


the feeling of pressing lead onto paper is immensely satisfying. wonder if i could bring myself to ever pick up the tablet again. i've been doing a lot of stream-of-consciousness drawings lately.







progress on the little mermaid:

report from the blue planet:

more observations

the journey back to earth

sketch dump.

been learning lots from a man named John Ruggeri. i learned more just by watching him draw than any amount of explaining could do. significantly impacted my drawing knowledge and vocabulary. learning to draw things as they are, but trying something new. these places are alive.

progress: "The Little Mermaid" poster

lights

manfred symphony

Manfred Symphony project: finished.

ok

so once upon a time miss elsa and i devised this fail-safe way to get 6 million dollars. this was even her meticulous sketch of how we'd carry out this plan. this is a year later.
... where's our money elsa?!