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Trying To Find Inspiration

Farewell Moleskin

I have been so lazy this week. I kept thinking "I updated my blog twice last week, so I don't have to update it this week." Well, anyways, I've been meaning to post this for the past two weeks, so here it is. During the sketccrawl I finished up my moleskin sketchbook, so here is a dump of some of the sketches that I like that I haven't already posted.

Me during my last days at WMS.

Some chick.

What I did for the majority of the time that I was unemployed: sketch, eat, watch cartoons, sleep.

Some character I sketchied.

Some guy looking up.

A space girl character I have been working on.


Also, I forgot to mention last week that this sketch was the last sketch to be drawn in my moleskin. Gabe drew it on the very last page and I was all like "Oh noes! This is the last ever sketch; you drew on the last page!" But secretly I always have a hard time drawing on the last page of my sketchbook and up until about two years ago all of my sketchbooks would be full except the last couple pages. It's really weird, but I have always been afraid to finish them; it's like I don't want them to end. Well, whatever. That's the end of that moleskin. I actually bought a new moleskin despite the fact that I hate paying a lot of money for my sketchbooks. I just liked the last one so much! But, it turns out I bought the wrong kind and the pages are much thinner in my new one. It's not that big of a deal though, I just went to buy new pencils to use in it.

Also, just so you know, I have still been sketching in Sketchy Magee 3 every once in a while and he is almost full. So you have that to look forward to in the next couple weeks.

Space Rock

Sketchcrawl!

Last Saturday I invited some people to come out to Millennium Park to have a sketchcrawl. As you can see we had a pretty decent turnout. We had tons of fun and drew lots of pictures. Below are a couple of sketches I did.

I mostly drew the people in our group because every time I tried to draw someone else they would disappear. Anyways, the above sketch is Gabe and Gari.


Al, Ernst, and some random guy with a mohawk.


Above is a piece of cardboard that everyone took turns drawing on.



And finally, this is the little sketch that Gabe drew in my book.

Linework

I sketched this, then cleaned it up, then inked it. I'm not sure how I wanna color it yet. I just kinda like as is. I will color it though, just not tonight, because I'm tired. And probably not tomorrow because I'll be busy. Also, not Sunday, 'cause I'll be at my parents house. Next week sometime. Okay, bye now!

Cheshire Catbus?

So, after doing the painting in my previous post, I came up with this strange idea to make the Cheshire Cat look like the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro. So I did this little sketch below. I promise this is the last of the Alice in Wonderland fanart and Alice/Totoro fusion art. I have never even seen Alice in Wonderland! I just had this crazy idea; I don't know where it came from. Anyways, the setup is taken from a scene in My Neighbor Totoro where Catbus, Mei, and Satsuki are all sitting in a tree. A screenshot of the scene is pictured below my ridiculous sketch. Also, once again, this picture features me as Alice.



This screenshot and the characters in it belong to Studio Ghibli.

Sweet Dreams

This is me as Alice sleeping on the Cheshire cat. He's so comfy. I think I'll go take a nap now.


Sketch


Inked


Final


The final was done with inks and watercolor with some touch-ups done in Photoshop.

Lastly, here is a little sneak peak into my messy workspace.

Beach!

I can't wait for Chicago to warm up. I wanna go lay on the beach. Here's a little something I did while waiting for spring to turn into summer.


Also, notice that it has my name and the year at the bottom. My mother always told me to write my name and the date on every picture I draw and I almost always forget. I'm gonna try better to remember from now on. I promise, promise.

Anyways, enjoy!

It Started With a Sketch

Original Sketch


Inked version


Messy Photoshop version