Blowing My Load

The title says it all, I'm uploading everything that remains in my scans folder. I'm not sure if I have previously uploaded any of these but it's starting to get confusing and I wanna upload my new work. All this stuff I've been uploading is mostly a year old or more and I think I've gotten a lot better. Anyway, I'm gonna upload all the pics I have on my computer and then after my basic drawing class I'll return with some new and awesome stuff. Btw, I've never taken art classes before and this summer has been magical. I've never felt this excited to go to class.

I'm a Jedi and here's the words Star Wars

Guess what everyone, I'm a Jedi. Well, I'm not really a Jedi but I have the costume. I got into a program in which each month I get a free costume as long as I review it. Another piece of info you need to know is that my parents have been trying to sell my grandmother's apartment ever since she passed away six months ago. The third piece of info is that I had my real estate license for a few years. So now that you have the facts let me string them together.

Six months ago my parents ignored all the advice I gave them on how to quickly sell my grandmother's apartment. In turn, I made a wager with them. If they didn't sell the apartment in six months they would pay for my trip to comic con. As anyone that has read previous posts is well aware I have been sick for a long time. As a result, I have never been to comic con. Fast forward to a month or two ago. I was making some nerdy comments on facebook and was asked to copy pasta my comments onto a certain company's official sites because my comments are awesome. It was mentioned that I could review costumes. I jumped at the chance because I figured I could get some cool stuff and maybe dress up for comic con.

So I looked over the costume selection and was upset to learn that I couldn't get the Chewbacca costume but Jedis are just as cool. I'm a big fan of the star wars universe, even The Clone Wars tv show so I opted for an Obi-Wan Kenobi costume. Here's a picture of me wearing it.

(Yes, I'm barefoot.)

I know, I know, so fucking sexy. When I saw the costume on the website I assumed it'd be a one piece. I'm happy to report I was wrong. It's a top with pants. Nothing is worse than wearing a costume that's hard to quickly pee in. I guess if the force were with you it wouldn't really matter but I'm no Jedi. The leggings have built in foot coverings which is why it takes more than a cursory glance to tell that I'm barefoot in this picture. I don't know anything about stitching but I will say it seemed sturdy enough and it seems to be made of a fabric that's lightweight and cool. As you can tell from the picture I'm a little chubby. I'm also 5'10". The costume is an extra large and I fit in it comfortably. As compared to other clothing it seems a generous fit as it is stretchable. Overall, good costume. I think next month I'll get a lightsaber to go with it. Then I just need a little Yoda-like mentor. If you want this costume or enjoy Star Wars I put some links at the bottom for you to click.

     http://www.wholesalestarwarscostumes.com/ 

www.WholesaleStarWarsCostumes.com

http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/StarWars/start.htm

Wonderfully Busy

As you can tell by the sporadic nature in which I've been updating this blog I have been spectacularly busy. I love being busy. When I started this blog I was very sick and couldn't even imagine that I'd be this swamped with work. Now, I'm so busy I haven't even had time to do anything in my sketchbook! This past month or two I've been taking my first art class, 2D Design. It's kept me busy with lots of work. Oh, and as an aside, I sold my first piece of artwork. Anyway, here's the artwork. I just want to say that my sketchbook size has gotten larger (11x14) and my scanner isn't that large. My full page pieces will need to be photographed and then I only have my iPhone to take pics with so just bear with me until I get a higher quality way of uploading my work.

Rocket Engine (classwork)

Texture Study (classwork)

Boxers

Cowboy Artist

Fisherman

Thirsty

Stance

Summer School

As I sit here typing this I have one last final to take until I'm out for summer. Awesome, right? Well, my posting pace has been slowed a lot by school so maybe now I'll post more, right? Wrong. While I will rededicate myself to posting I'm afraid I signed up for classes during the summer semester. My first two art classes and the only comp sci class they offer that I need. I guess that means my personal art will take a back seat to art school assignments. However, I will try to post those assignments so this blog doesn't hit another dry spell. Here's some of the digital art in my final project for my Multimedia Design 2 class. They're both recent and look, I now have a signature. The first is the Pokemon Parasect from the original 150 and the second is a vulture. Anyways, thanks for reading about my brainsplosion.

Parasect

Vulture

School! DUM DUM DUM!

First off, the title is supposed to be that sound that they play to indicate a startling revelation. Second, it's been a freaking month! January is always a busy time for me. Lots of family birthdays including my own and school has started.I'll upload the rest of the pics that I have scanned as penance. I haven't done too many new pretty drawings but I did just finish a sketchbook that has about a half dozen upload-able images. Anyway, sorry for the delay, here's the art. Thank you for reading about my brainsplosion.

Mindflayer

Egyptian Streets

Bulbasaur

Diglett

Koffing

Kakuna

Busy busy busy

Sorry for the absence but the holidays can be a busy time for me. Probably for everyone else too. Christmas was good. I've been eating fish for the past week. It's a tradition that we have lots of fish on Christmas and afterward I'm so sick of it all I just want to eat beef. So I helped my friend move back home a day ago. He's going back to school to pursue something he's passionate about. Something I can definitely relate to. We took a break for lunch and I demanded we get a burger. I just needed that influx of red meat after a week of fish. The new Modern Warfare has kept me from sketching for a few days. I'm back into my daily routine though. There is only so much time I can spend playing video games before I want to spoon my eyes out. Here's four sketches to make up for my absence. They're all magic cards. Look for a future post where I inked and colored Krosan Colossus. Thanks for reading about my brainsplosion.

Vengevine

Bloodbraid Elf

Krosan Colossus

Phyrexian Plaguelord

Christmas Time Rant

Christmas is quickly approaching. I love Christmas but I hate Christmas time. Everything is busy. I go to my local B&N to sketch and read magazines to which I don't subscribe. I usually stop at a Starbucks on the way even though they have a cafe with Starbucks coffee. Their cafe isn't the best. Anyway, it's now ten times harder to find a table and it's so noisy. I have to lock my crappy-ass car if there is even a trace of something I care about. The lines are much longer if I wanna buy something. Not to mention the roads are filled with crazies that never drive. When it starts snowing everything is worse. I'm a humbug. That was my rant. Here's some digital art as I'm gonna rescan this last sketchbook. They all turned out terribly. The first is from Alien obviously. The second is from the internet I think. The last one is a magic card called Time Warp except that I never drew the wizard. I couldn't get him right and decided to omit him. Thanks for reading about my brainsplosion.

Alien

Beast

Time Warp Wave

Nothing To Do Here

Alrighty I'm back. My knee is still killing me and my d-bag brain keeps playing the embarrassing scene of dislocating my knee in front of an entire bar in my head over and over again. I don't have much to say tonight so I'll leave it at that and get to the uploading of the arts. The first is a picture I found online and the rest are from magic cards. Thank you for reading about my brainsplosion.

Automaton

Nicol Bolas

Simic Guildmage

Steel Overseer

Volcanic Strength

Just FYI

Sorry for not posting. I hurt my knee recently. Popped it out and then into my socket. I've done it before and ever since then I do it once a year. Unfortunately I'll be unable and it would be unwise for me to walk. My computer with my scans and digital art on it is downstairs so it's in an inaccessible zone of the house. I'll be posting again in the near future. If I can extrapolate how much I improved these last two days I'd say it'll only be a week at most. Maybe only a day or two before I'm heading downstairs. Thanks for understanding.

Original Works Ahead

I was recently informed that December is Pokemon profile picture month on Facebook. Obviously unofficial and completely nerdy. I pledged to draw one each day. This pledge led to a breakthrough in my art. After months and months of drawing copies of pictures I find online or in magazines I finally decided to set out to create an image based on reference photos. I gathered up some pictures of mushrooms and crabs and drew my very own version of Parasect. I'll post it later, maybe all 30 days as a single post. From this moment on I'll be trying to create more of these originals. Now on to the sketches. The first is a bug warrior I found online. I think it was a figurine. The second is a Magic card Orzhov Guildmage. What the hell, here's a digital sketch of a shipwreck that I did based off an online pic.Thank you for reading about my brainsplosion.

Bug Warrior

Orzhov Guildmage

Shipwreck

Did Someone Divide by Zero?

Incredible. My day was incredible. I went to my college campus to see if I could pick up my classes where I left off when I left for health problems and so far it's looking good. Looks like I won't have to retake or repay for them. Then, to top it all off, some incredibly cute girl strikes up a conversation with me and I get her number. I guess life still has some good days to offer me.The first sketch is from Guild Wars 2 concept art. It was in a magazine. The second is the magic card Howl From Beyond. I drew it around Halloween. Thank you for reading about my brainsplosion.

Bark Elemental

Howl From Beyond

Skill vs Talent

Thanksgiving is over and I have one thing to ask all of my readers about. Do you see a difference between being called skilled and talented and which would you rather be called? This is from a little debate a few of us had at the dinner table. Someone said I was talented and I said that I'm not talented, I'm skilled. The difference to me is that talent is effortless while skill requires constant practice. I felt that being called talented takes away the acknowledgement of how much I practice. I've finished a sketchbook every other month for the past year and a half. I consider that a lot of practice when you consider all the time I've spent sick in the hospital unable to draw. Anyway, where do you all weigh in? Alright, on to the sketches. The first two are just some practice sheets. They're from early July when I was getting a little better at drawing faces. The third is a recent sketch of a picture I found on the internet. Thank you for reading about my brainsplosion.

Facial Progression

 Gladiator/Team Action Guy

 Wonderful World

Slacking and MoMA

I know, I know, I've been slacking. BIG TIME slacking. It's been a week since my last post. I have been sketching and working with my tablet so I'm keeping myself busy. I still sketch in my sketchbook as I like the tactile sensation of it. Also, I can't take my tablet with me to the local cafe. Those trips are practically the only time I get out of the house during the week. The weekend is the only time I spend more than a handful of hours out of the house. This past weekend I went to MoMA. Nothing inspires me more than looking at another artist's work. They had The Starry Night there. They had a Pollock. A huge, room-spanning Monet (Monet is one of my favorites). They had an entire room of Picasso. They had Rothko (another one of my favorites) and Hopper. By the end of the day my feet were killing me. I wore my converse, worst decision ever. My toes are angry with me. Anyway. I'm on my desktop posting this and my latest sketchbook sketches are on my laptop. I guess I'll just have to upload something digital. Thank you for reading about my brainsplosion.

Ultalisk

Long Time No Post

So I fell a little behind on posting. It's been about 5 days since I last posted and, well, I have an excuse. I think its a rather good excuse too. I got my computer fixed and my Wacom hooked up. I've spent the past few days getting used to the Wacom and let me tell you. It's soooo much fun. It's been a while since I've used Photoshop so it's been taking some getting used to. Each time I draw something I learn something. I can't wait to post some of my work. Anyway, here are two more ink drawings from Magic cards.

Troll

Cliffrunner Behemoth