Summer Scribbles

Illustrator.

I saw Little Miss Sunshine on Friday. I highly recommend it.

Nothing else to say really. Nothing else I feel like sharing, anyway.

Textures

Corel Painter Essentials.

No scanner. No pencil sketches for you until I get a hold of one. Just speedy tablet sketches. Paint effects are fun.

He Has No Butt

Col-Erase.

It's true. Sad, but true.

I'm totally sketchdumping. Hope no one minds too much.

No Promises, No Demands

Col-Erase.

Speed sketch of the dress-thing from the video for Love is a Battlefield (circa 1983). Here is a link to the video on YouTube. Oh Pat Benatar. Shimmy your way into our hearts with crazy hair and slouchy boots.

Going out of town tomorrow with Anna for a few days. Moving into the apartment on the 13th. School starts on the 17th.

Wanted

Col-erase. (My scanner hates colors.)

Illustration Friday this week is Capture.

That's a lot of money. So maybe I got carried away with the zeros. It didn't feel right to stop at 7000, or even 70000. We'll just imply that Lacey's been a very bad girl. It's a rather Vogue-esque reward poster. She should be so proud.

Bedhead

Rose & Pink Col-Erase pencils. (Pink seemed like an appropriate color.)

Oh. Don't even pretend like you've never done it.

Post-Yawn

graphite, 01 technical pen, photoshop.

Alphonse Mucha inspired.

Halfway through, I discovered that I really, really don't have the patience for this kind of thing.

Fire versus Water

01 technical pen, Photoshop.

Illustration Friday is Opposites. So I did Fire vs. Water.

Admittedly, I like the water-half better. Even with the silly-looking Orca. Because fire is hard.

Critter Friends

graphite.

It's a gift, you know, when your hand smells of friendship.

Uh Oh Hello

Prismacolor Markers & Pencils, Graphite

Colors are fun.

Number 2 has a sortov blatant reference. Oh that Prada Wonderboy...

Silent Sounds

Graphite

I like this one conceptually, but not how it turned out. I might revisit it later.

I'm also looking for a pair of black patent pumps for under 30 dollars. (For fun, mostly.) So far, all I can find is a 4-inch spike on Zappos. Usually, any higher than 3 or 3.5 inches means I get a little wobbly. Hm. Ideas?

Throwback

graphite, photoshop

It's a purple dress. I got tired of it and didn't actually finish.

Feeling restless lately. Must be the heat.

Things I am listening to:
Gettysburg - Ratatat
Poor Innocent Boys - Cazals
Retreat (Phones Remix) - the Rakes
I Engineer - Animotion
Hip Hop - Dead Prez

Flashback

Graphite, ...Paint Shop.

I told myself to draw something less trashy.

Everybody's gone or busy or not talking to me. Or any combination of the three.

Hand Signals

Graphite, Photoshop

Eh. Whatever.

Rain

Graphite, Photoshop. Quick Sketch.

I enjoyed yesterday evening's downpour immensely.

...I am clearly too lazy to draw clothes, much less attempt to make them look wet. So, underwear it is.

Eat This City

graphite, photoshop.

Just playing around. Illustration Friday this week is Skyline.

I saw a spider on my desk just now, but lost track of it while looking for something to kill it with. So not cool. That's going to make me paranoid for the rest of the night.

...Sticky

Graphite, Prismacolor pencils.

Illustration Friday is sticky. This was my only idea. Sadly.

Blow Dry

Graphite.

Feeling kinda goofy today.

Mildly Unamused

Graphite

Hat + Man Cardigan.

Frankly, Boys, I'll bet you only wish you were this stylin'.

Skintastic

Graphite, Photoshop 5.5.

...I'm working on it. It's been a while since I've done a decent CG color. I keep getting that hand cramp from gripping the Wacom pen too tight. That wears off with practice, doesn't it? I forget.

Yeah. Someday, I'll consider doing something nice and finished. But for now, all you get is blue outlines and bendy-lookin' forearms. Her hair is a little too messy for my tastes, but I'm too lazy to fix it.