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First Month Down

January 31st, 2005

a crummy farmhouse sketch

That’s one New Year’s resolution finished. To elaborate, it’s been so many years with so few updates, I wanted to give myself a kick in the ass, creatively, so I decided to post a sketch, drawing, or painting every day this month. I can’t compete with A Painting a Day, at least not yet, but it’s better than letting things languish.

So the lesson is, one crappy farmhouse sketch posted is better than a hundred vague ideas. And a hundred crappy farmhouse sketches is better than one precisely rendered one.

I’m going to try to post a few things a week for the rest of the year, including the last few parts of Unrevolution and the start of the new story.

Oh, and happy birthday, Mom. I love you lots.

Sketches

Another Unsuspecting Model

January 30th, 2005

man at computer sans all technology

People engaged in low-movement activities are perfect for sketching. Guys reading the paper at the coffee shop, people in airports and train stations, bus riders, sun bathers, all are good for keeping in practice at life drawing. Plus, once an image is in the sketchbook, it’s fodder for future work, sometimes.

This one depicts my favorite model at the computer, only I chose not to draw any technology. Freakshow.

Sketches

Sock It to Me?

January 29th, 2005

stockinged feet in an ambient blue glow

The light from television is good for something: dramatic contrast.

Sketches

Perchance to Dream

January 28th, 2005

sleeping soundly

Sleepers make some of the best models.

Sketches

O’Shea Rocks Out

January 27th, 2005

O'Shea plays air guitar

My old pal hasn’t shown himself much for quite a while, so I thought it was high time to do a candid pose. Do horse-headed aliens from the future play much air guitar?

Sketches

On the Phone

January 26th, 2005

back of a guy at a payphone

“Yeah, I got them, but they only had the red ones, not the green.”

“I asked the guy, but he didn’t have any.”

“No, I didn’t make him go back and check. What’s wrong with you?”

“Okay, sorry, sorry. Sorry.”

“I said sorry. No I don’t think it’s funny.”

“I got the candle, too. Listen, you really like the vanilla-scented?”

“Sometimes. It reminds me of incense.”

“I don’t know, just incense. It’s all the same.”

“Okay, whatever.”

“Well, I was thinking about stopping off at Kevin’s house for a minute.”

“He is not!”

“I’m not yelling, it’s just.”

“He’s not, I’m telling you.”

“Just for a minute.”

“I’ll just be a second. He’s my friend, God.”

“No, I already filled the tank.”

“I know you are.”

“I know you do.”

“Me too. Bye.”

“What?”

“No, but the book says we can use cyanide as a substitute.”

“No, I already prepared that sample. It’s in the freezer.”

“So it wouldn’t leak all over and stink up the place.”

“Because it’d congeal, and then it wouldn’t work.”

“Look, if I have to go get a fresh batch, I don’t think I’m up for it.”

“It’s just, I don’t know, we’ve been doing it an awful lot. Maybe we should stop after this one.”

“No. No, I’m not.”

“If I was, then I wouldn’t have been able to go through with it the first time.”

“Well it got the thing opened, didn’t it?”

“So? I cleaned it up and nobody heard a thing.”

“I know, I thought it’d be quiet, too.”

“Yeah, there was so much of it, all over.”

“I’m all right, I’m just tired.”

“Okay, one more and then they can all go to hell.”

“Heh, yeah, it is ironic.”

“Okay. Bye.”

Fiction, Sketches

Elixir of Life

January 25th, 2005

hands holding a large coffee

Just because they’re endlessy fascinating, here’s another set of hands. Only this time they’re those of my other half. He doesn’t usually drink the brand depicted, but sometimes caffeine is a harsh mistress.

Sketches

Putting the Foot In

January 24th, 2005

right foot crossed over left leg

All right, enough with the hands for a minute.

Sketches

Lending a Hand 4

January 23rd, 2005

hand about to make the 'hook 'em horns' symbol

This one is obvious. I’m about to make the Jenna-Bush-inspired satanic metal, dude ASL for “I love you.”

Sketches

Lending a Hand 3

January 22nd, 2005

hand holding a pen

This is an unusual drawing exercise: draw your drawing hand with the instrument as you work.

Sketches