Woodless

I want to put all of my readers at ease and say that my surgery Monday was a complete success. Woohoo! I got a hernia repaired but I want to share with you all some of the weirder risks they told me about. Death, perforation of the bowel and/or organs, infection, and other such things are all negligible and routine in my book. Almost all surgical procedures carry those risks and these surgeons do this all day every day so they know what they're doing. However, my surgeon told me about 2 risks that I've never heard before. The first was nerve damage and just required pain medication for an extended period of time as it would not be permanent. The second was more exotic though, the loss of the use of a testicle. I didn't think that would be too bad but then the surgeon went on to say things like, "I'm obsessed with testicles." It's not everyday you hear a respected surgeon who is consummately straight say something like that so stifling my chuckle wasn't possible. Anyway, I've got the usual two treats here.

Loathing and Fear

Crocodile

The first is my attempt at recreating the poster I had in my room for the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. As I type that I realize how typical that is, to have a fear and loathing poster. Let me assure you, my love for Hunter goes deeper. I remember doing this one very quickly with a woodless 8B pencil. Use an 8B or 9B sometime, it's like drawing with butter and is usually a new experience for pencil artists when compared to there 2Bs or HBs. I used a little bit of crayon on some of the lines to give a hint of color to it. The entire piece only took a few minutes and I think that's why it looks so chaotic and the lines so confident. The second piece is a sketch of a Crocodile. I felt like labeling it and simply writing "crocodile" didn't seem right. This was just pencil of varying hardnesses on my Strathmore 400 Series pad and is part of my attempt to draw lots of animals. I'll be posting again soon so keep your eyes peeled. I'm thinking about including a new type of post but we'll see. Thanks for reading about my brainsplosion.

Getting Into The Groove

I have two more pieces for all my readers out there just as promised. I've been determined to stay away from updating every day as I'm afraid my huge backlog will disappear and then I won't be able to keep up with the demands of this blog. I'm right on schedule with this post even though I was in the throws of medication side effects for the passed couple of days. I won't go into details but even though I've discontinued its use I'm still feeling its effects. Anyway, here are the two pieces I've promised.

Catch Yourself

Iguana

The first piece is a mixed media piece. I used pencil to sketch the hand and sharpie markers to color the blocks. This was around the same time I did Brainsplosion and a lot of the other pieces I'll be uploading. The second is a sketch of an iguana from a picture I found on the internet. This and the previous brown-headed skink sketch are from a series of animals I drew to try to get the hang of real animals in an attempt to bolster my own creature design. That's it for this post. I'll keep you all updated and hopefully no more medications or medical disasters will keep me down. Thanks for reading about my Brainsplosion.

Something Old and Something New

I've got a considerably large backlog of sketches. I've filled several sketchbooks and continue to do so. My plan is to share with you at least one old sketch and one new sketch each post. So here they are. First is something old, then something new.

Brainsplosion

Brown-headed Skink

The first piece, "Brainsplosion," was a pencil drawing that I colored with sharpie markers. I have quite a wide array of sharpie marker colors and a lot of my early color work is done with them. The second piece is a sketch of a brown-headed skink. It was from a picture I saw in an over sized book on reptiles from the clearance section of my local Borders. It's probably one of my favorite places to sketch. Thanks for reading about my Brainsplosion.