Fun Weekend

Sorry all for the radio silence. It's been busy and pretty fun weekend for me. I had gotten my ascites drained on Thursday and went from around 210 to 172 in one day. It was a little more than a day until my innards settled but once they did I went out and had as much fun as possible. When my ascites build up I feel very sick, when it's drained I feel pretty normal. Needless to say I took advantage of it. So without further ado, here are the two drawings for this post.

Surfer 2

Shark

The first drawing is called Surfer 2 and is, surprise surprise, the second surfer drawing I did with crayons. As with the previous surfer drawing it's concept art for a game I designed awhile back. The second drawing, Shark, was another animal sketch I did in order to up the ante on my creature design. I find that drawing various animals in different orientations is extremely helpful when creating one of my own. Shark was done on my favorite paper, Strathmore 400 Series Drawing. Check out my review of the paper in my previous post. Anyway, that's all for today. I'm hungry and going to get a snack. Thanks for reading about my brainsplosion.

Two More & Maybe Some Changes

So here are the two sketches I should have posted yesterday. I was feeling under the weather at that time. It happens when you're chronically ill but I've learned to just move passed it and accept that it will happen sometimes. On the bright side I'm going to get an outpatient procedure done that should make my life a little more comfortable. Anyway, you don't come here for my personal life, you come for the art! (or at least I hope you do.)

 

Surfer 1

Cactus Jack

The first is an old drawing I did when I was researching surfing for a game I had designed. I bought a box of crayola crayons because they're cheap, fun, and can add lots of color. Surfer 1 is a drawing based on a picture from either the internet or a magazine. I can't really remember as it was at least a year ago I drew that one. So I sketched a very basic under drawing and went over it with my new crayons. The white is the paper as a white crayon is mostly ineffective. The second drawing was also done while researching for a game I had designed and is also done from an image I found on the internet. I used pencils of various hardnesses. I think the range was 2H to 6B. I did this about 3 months ago so all I remember clearly is how much graphite was on my hands.

Keep checking back because I might start supplementing my usual posts with some that contain book or product reviews. I may throw in a new piece or even maybe some random pages from my sketchbooks that aren't really meant to be stand alone pieces. I feel like most people see finished pieces and think, "Oh wow, they're talented." I want to show you how much I practice so you can see it's not a matter of talent but a matter of dedication. Also, you'll be able to see that not every time I set out to draw the final product is something I'm proud of. In short, I screw up too. Thanks for reading about my brainsplosion.