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Okay dudes. I pretty much have no excuse for not updating in a hella long time. But I haven't. So...that's that I guess. In my defense, I have been loaded down with final exams and projects. Also, I've been sick like a mofo, and dealt with it by taking copious amounts of naps whenever possible. That being said, I guess it sort of goes without saying that I haven't been drawing much either. So if I HAD updated...there wouldn't be much for material.
Enough with the complaining, already! I have a couple of homework assignments that desperately need to be posted. First up is from a couple weeks ago, when he had to depict a couple lines of song lyrics. I chose Maria's Little Elbows because it'sss amazing (although my drawing skills are not):
The following week, we had to draw something that we would not want to happen while driving. I made a comic. I'm really sad that I let myself color it, but damn, I was bored at work, and it seemed like a good idea at the time but it WASN'T!
Hmm..what else? I have this picture that I drew while was watching a show about kids at fat camp:
And! While I was moving around my shit today, scrambling to pack up some stuff for winter break, I found a picture I drew during a class, way back at the beginning of the semester. It's derived, I suppose, from when Niloc just pointed at me one day with the same exclamation. Except he said it with a voice that wasn't his. And he's known me for years.
I remember getting a lot of criticism for the amount of hair I put on the legs. I thought it was appropriate considering the lack of genitals. Give a little, gain a little...or something like that.
I mentioned work a little earlier. That would imply I have a job. And I do. My job is to sit in an empty room and stare at this button (excuse my crappy cell phone photo)while trying not to push it:
In my mind, I totally just told the truth. But my boss might tell you differently.
November break ended today, and I am happily back in my dorm. I noticed...I skip through the halls instead of walking. How interesting. Don't let me fool you, though. I did have a good break. Spent lots of time with Matt, as he got over being sick, and got to see some other friends. It was a good time. But all-in-all, I'm glad to be here.
I have a couple homework assignments I need to post! I realized that I forgot to post last weeks, while I was getting ready to do this weeks. Eee!
Last week I decided the assignment was to draw in the dark. It proved quite interesting. Marc's ended up pretty good. Mine, however...bleh. Notice, when I wrote "orange juice" the first time I spelled it "geuce". Huh...
(Don't forget to click to enlarge all these!)
This week, Marc had us draw a holiday-themed picture with a quote from a movie of our choosing. I of course had to go for a quote from Tideland. I think I did the picture in a little bit of a rush, because I think that the quote has more potential than I allowed, and I intend to re-do it...once I get by all this...term paper...hoo-hah. Yes.
And now for the regular old stuff.
I was inspired by the presentation of Asylum Man in Marc's last post, and so I decided to subject you to a creation of mine that came to be when I was a small child. His name is Voltar, and he used to have a very messy room in which I would always draw him sitting on top of piles of assorted crap. He was my simple little dude.
Next up is a piece I drew in the car on the way to Matt's family's thanksgiving. I saved the inking for later, for when I was not riding in a car. It is of Matt and I outside of a guitar shop in wintertime.
And as you may or may not know, I heart traditional/Sailor Jerry-type tattoos a lot. I decided I wanted to learn to draw in that style. So here is my first shot, and I plan on lots more to come! So, here is "true until death":
Last, but not least, a hastily-drawn comic inspired by real life. It's colored with the fab little markers Matt gave to me. Yay!
Thanks for reading and possibly voting on my silly polls!
I appreciate it, andddd as always I'll leave you with the words of that great R. Crumb:
Don't forget to wipe your ass, kids!
Thanksgiving break has commenced, and I am now unhappily at home. It's whatever I guess, I've been seeing people from school such as Maryah, Marc (here currently), and Niloc. Also: I've been spending lots of time with horribly sick Matt. I was going to go to a Streetlight Manifesto show in Albany with some kids from school, and I was all excited. But I decided I was too poor, and reluctantly I told them I couldn't meet them to go. I ended up spending the night watching movies with Matt, and it was a good time.
I've been doing the drawing thing, so I suppose I'll post some of that, since that's the point of the blog and all. Oh man. I visited my family on Friday and we did a Thanksgiving-ish thing with my uncle Scott, since he's in town and is leaving to go back to Cali today. I foolishly brought my sketchbook in order to have something to do. I got unwillingly raped, as the sketchbook was pried from my hands and its contents were exposed. When I attempted to explain that this was not an exhibition and I was not pleased, I got yelled at and called selfish. Ok.
I suppose I really only give the URL to people I want to see it. And whoever stumbles upon it is fine. My family...enh...I don't want them oogling the sick contents of my brain-type organ.
So, huff and ugg. Here are the photos...
This is one that has been completed for a while, but I guess I forgot to post it. It's a group project by Marc and I, advertising these sick light-up pencil-sharpeners we have. I know the small writing is difficult to read (don't forget to click to enlarge, you guys!) but there's not a whole lot I'm going to do about it. So there.
This is one I drew in the dining hall. Nate came by, and I pointed to the picture and said it was him. And so, this is a little alien named Nate. And his dog, Not-Nate.
On Monday night, when Zach and I were returning from a show in Burlington we stumbled upon a horse just walking around in the road at midnight. Stupid horse that ran away. This is what I imagine he looks like in horse-world:
This is one that Marc and I thought up while watching a strange movie. I had to draw it immediately. I did the inking during class, not realizing how strange it truely seemed. Sorry, for the photo, the flash kind of wrecked the black at the bottom. Also: I didn't feel like drawing feet because they are hard to draw. So are hands. A box of chocolates and a kitty fix everything!
This is the picture I made that time when my family raped my sketchbook. It's a tad more autobiographical than I'm willing to admit. We'll leave it at that.
And, since I haven't shown my (rad) face in a while...this is me looking anguished over the memories that occured while creating this.
That's it!!
Don't forget to wipe your ass, kids!!
Busy weekend. Still, I managed to get some drawing done, so I'm stoked. Oh man, tonight I head up to Burlington with Zach to see Broken Social Scene, then tomorrow, spending the day in B-ton and seeing Zox in the evening. It's going to be funtimes. Also: I'm starting to plan my trip to Montreal to see Alyssa & co in January. Way past fun.
So yes, onto the pictures!(Again with the clicking for larger sizes)
Here's a fine specimen I drew a few days ago. It's Marc sporting his fab red lipstick the night we went to Rocky Horror. I realize there is a lot wrong with this picture. The lack of chin, for example, or the huge hat. Consider it abstract...
This one I drew between the hours of 2:00 and 3:00 AM while listening to Dane Cook describe his first blowjob. It's called "Strange Little Man".
And finally, one of my favorites ever! It's inspired by a conversation I had with Zach the other day. Something about him going out and jumping on Samco...so here is "The Piggyback" featuring Samco and Zach (yes, I realize it looks nothing like either of them). There's parts of it I still dislike, so I am highly considering re-drawing this one. I still love it as is, though.
Oh man! I nearly forgot...today is Monday, so I should post the homework from last week. (I totally could have gotten away without saying that I almost forgot...but now you know...I was about to wrap up the post, and remembered I neglected one!). Here is the re-doing other people's art homework:
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Thanks for reading! And don't forget to wipe your ass!!! I mean....comment.
It's too early, and I realize this. I certainly dislike the morning. But I'll get over it, I suppose. Another thing I'll have to get over: soup. I. Can't. Carry. Soup. The dining hall must hate me. It always ends up all over my tray, on the floor, on my clothes, you name it. Yesterday I managed to get a small bowl of cream-of-tomato to spill down my jacket, over my bag, and on my sketchbook. All these things will now smell amazing in time.
I did manage to get some drawing done yesterday. I completed and colored one piece, but I am hesitant to show it off. Everyone who saw it found it to be very phallic, which was not my intention at all. Here's that:
(text courtesy of Nate!)
Apparently, his fat little tummy looks like a scrote, and his head looks like a whole mess of junk.
As I said before...not my intention! Maybe it's my subconscious telling me I need to get some. Or something. Frankly, I think it's possible I'm going crazy. Fair warning.
Here is a cat.
Ethan thinks that it resembles Sagwa. I tend to agree, but also, not my intention. Maybe this is a sign...that I am destined to be oblivious to the connotations of my work for eternity until someone points it out.
Damn these people.
I am addicted to this sketchbook. How I love it so.
Today is Monday, and that means it's time for a new assignment. (If I haven't mentioned the assignments yet, Marc and I alternate assigning weekly things that must be drawn.) I suppose that means as well that I should post the one from last week.
I decided that we should draw an awkward moment from our lives. This one happened last weekend sometime, when Niloc came over drunk and I took care of him. I had gone and taken a shower, and when I was in the middle of getting dressed behind the door of my wardrobe he got sick. Being me, I was convinced of two things: 1.) He was going to die, and 2.) he was incoherent. As it turns out, neither was the case, and I was just standing in front of my friend wearing just underwears. It was pretty awkward. Not a skeevy sort of thing, because I know him well and trust him not to be a bastard, but awkward nonetheless. I documented it as follows:
This week's assignment is to draw our version of an actual piece of art. I do believe that this will be interesting for sure.
Yesterday, I attempted my first picture drawn from a photo. Of course I chose to draw myself, being an arrogant bastard. I don't think it came out too poorly, but could have been better. I hope it at least looks familiar?
I don't think I'll bother with inking it or anything. I'll regret this decision when it becomes smudged into oblivion, and never heard from again.
While I was down at UMass I managed to get some sketching done. I managed to squeeze out a piece that I finished and inked, and some sketches of a disembodied eyeball. Neither are particularly noteworthy, but I uploaded that first one.
Also: it was my guinea pig for figuring out how to color things in with Sketchbook Pro. It did not go well. At all. I did it with the airbrush tool because it's the only thing I can stand coloring shit in with at the moment. It's also pretty terrible because I haven't figured out how to make the background of my lines transparent yet. That would help A LOT.
I plan on taking some more time to figure things out. Once I get the hang of it, I think I will like using Sketchbook Pro to do color. I am typically of the belief that while color does tend to sometimes enhance drawing, I am quite bad at coloring, and almost always end up wishing that I had left it black and white.
So thats that.
I've had the blog for a few days now. I suppose it's time I get around to doing something with it. Today is a good day for it, I'd imagine. I got new headphones which I adore, engaged in a 3 hour zen-ified drive, and Halloween happened. Also: two of my classes were canceled.I decided I'm tired now. I just realized its three in the morning.For your amusement, you may have a look at the first thing I ever drew with Alias Sketchbook Pro (my new favorite program ever. Expect a ton more).
