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I was doodling some random stuff and ended up with a picture of...

Thu, 17 May 2012 03:03:00 -0700

I was doodling some random stuff and ended up with a picture of my friend Fernin’s Lexiabot9000, an IRC bot. Shortname Lexi. I think of it as female. It was only a matter of time before it materialized!

A little thing I drew for my mom for mother’s day. :)

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:46:00 -0700

A little thing I drew for my mom for mother’s day. :)

Update!

Sun, 06 May 2012 23:26:16 -0700

Right. So it seems I’ve forgotten to update this for a while. On my old website format I used to post updates from time to time even during dry spells. Time for one now!

I haven’t been drawing much for the past few months. Health stuff has kinda been going on in the background since last year, and now I finally have more of a real idea about what my problem is. I’ve lived with what I refer to as “my problems” for my whole life. Recently, after blood testing, an EMG, and a muscle biopsy (which was hell to recover from) I was basically diagnosed with something like centronuclear myopathy. I’m still waiting on the last of the test results, but it’s basically in the bag I have a muscle disease. Getting diagnosed has been something I’ve struggled towards for years now. It’s a relief and also a huge bummer. This has been taking up my brain space for quite some time now, as you, dear reader, can probably imagine.

Being so preoccupied with this stuff has contributed to art block and plain old disinterest and lack of drive. However, now that the mystery seems nearly solved… I think I’ll finally be able to relax again and get back to my art. I’m guessing you’ll see a return to a lot of the weird stuff you’ve seen from me in the past with some new stuff for the future. Art has always been a nice outlet for me. Goodness knows I need an outlet now. :P

Oh yeah, and I turn 28 on the 28th of this month. Craziness. TIME SURE FLIES, RIGHT? 27 really was an important year, I’d say. But everyone knows 28 is the perfect number.

Over and out.

Here’s a WIP of a pic for my sister Lori. Using a palette...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:02:00 -0700

Here’s a WIP of a pic for my sister Lori. Using a palette she chose. GIMP!

The first drawing of the year.Man I’ve been through a lot...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:51:25 -0700

The first drawing of the year.

Man I’ve been through a lot this year. Two surgeries in two weeks. Still recovering from the second one.

I drew this while listening to Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) by George Harrison. This is kinda what goes on in my mind when I listen to it. (I love songs that are dreamy/twinkly/floaty like that…)

Here’s the drawing I did for the Christmas card design for...

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:50:17 -0800

Here’s the drawing I did for the Christmas card design for this year. I’m a little rusty. It’d been a few years since the last time I sent out cards. I asked my mom to take on card duty the first year we did these, so my mom is in charge of all the putting it together in her card program stuff on her computer and then she prints them all out and is in charge of finding card stock and stuff.

She’s been having computer issues and then the printer was having issues but she was able to get it working in time to send out the cards this year. I hope everyone who got one was happy! Family got some, and I sent them out to a lot of my friends and my mom sent some out to her friends as well.

I had in mind those old vintage toy style color schemes I saw growing up at my grandma’s house and stuff. I do like weird pom poms and colors and what seems to be scratchy velvet. I listened to a lot of The Nutcracker while I worked on this… one of my Christmas traditions.

Here’s something I drew for my niece a while back. My idea...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:39:00 -0800

Here’s something I drew for my niece a while back. My idea of a phoenix.

Here’s that picture I’ve been working on for the...

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:10:55 -0800

Here’s that picture I’ve been working on for the past few days. Like I said a few posts back about sketchiness, I’ve decided that if it “feels right” to leave parts sketchy, I’m just gonna go with it. Why not, right?

Unfinished pic thought process example 1:Looking through old...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:12:00 -0800

Unfinished pic thought process example 1:
Looking through old pics of mine, I realized that ages ago I had really fallen in love with digital painting. I used to do a ton of different color studies or whatever of faces and stuff like that to see how shadows worked and to play with color and light. I dunno what happened but I fell into an abyss for a while and just forgot about it.

So the other day I decided to pick up the digital painting thing again and try again and see how long it takes me to get back to where I was, or hey maybe see if I’ve improved.

Exercise began, and I found it to be a lot of fun. I like to play with strange colors and see what happens. Only problem is I got a little stuck on the hair/general negative space in this pic. A bit stumped. But when I started this blog I decided I’d power through stuff, and even if something is unfinished or even scrapped, I’ll post it anyway. This narrowly escaped scraps a few times. Tonight I found how the hair should go during a goof off moment, and I’m very happy. Here’s a picture that describes that moment.

Kinda cartoony. I remember having this picture in my head I just...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:44:12 -0800

Kinda cartoony. I remember having this picture in my head I just wanted to quickly get down. I like the idea of being out at night on a sidewalk and seeing the light from a house glowing. I’ve kept returning to this idea over the years. Another from 2007. (lol where have my colored pencils gone?!)

This is one of those simple things I’ve tended to just...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:41:52 -0800

This is one of those simple things I’ve tended to just keep to myself. I rather liked this at the time. I still do. Cute little circle plant stringy guys reaching for the sky. Another from 2007.

A scarf and sticking a tongue out. Well, this is pretty cool...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:39:00 -0800

A scarf and sticking a tongue out. Well, this is pretty cool too. Another one from 2007.

Some fashion design ideas. Another from 2007.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:39:00 -0800

Some fashion design ideas. Another from 2007.

Another page from 2007. I like the guy on the right.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:38:11 -0800

Another page from 2007. I like the guy on the right.

While organizing a lot of old artwork in order to save it all...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:37:00 -0800

While organizing a lot of old artwork in order to save it all onto a disc, I came across some pics I took of a sketchbook in 2007. Here’s one of them. I don’t think I ever ended up posting most of what I’d taken online back then. In fact, I think I only ever posted one of them. (which is buried in my deviantart account somewhere)

A page of some doodles. I like the two expressions so...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:55:00 -0800

A page of some doodles. I like the two expressions so there’s a detail shot. This was really difficult to get a picture of with only two hands.

A loose sketch of a pose I had in mind. Couldn’t find a...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:51:00 -0800

A loose sketch of a pose I had in mind. Couldn’t find a ref anywhere so I just winged it while I was having a conversation with a friend. I think it has potential… but I really want to find a good ref of this pose. heh

Please excuse my thumb. :P

A doodle of myself and a friend of mine. I did this after I...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:50:31 -0800

A doodle of myself and a friend of mine. I did this after I found out how tall he is and I was curious what the difference would look like. :P

Another doodle surrounded by text from my paper journal/doodle...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:44:40 -0800

Another doodle surrounded by text from my paper journal/doodle book.

Something from my paper journal/book I doodle in sometimes.

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:43:00 -0800

Something from my paper journal/book I doodle in sometimes.