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  1. Sketch-a-Day #32

    February 10, 2011 by Collin

    Sketch #032

    This is the first sketch where I tossed aside my “no eraser” rule since establishing it. Don’t look so affronted. You were warned this would probably happen. I had a good reason though. I went into this sketch with no plan whatsoever. It started as a stick figure that I added mass to. The arms still ended up stupid thin, but that’s how it goes.

    The eraser moment came about after deciding that the “ninja’ needed something to be attacking. That something turned out the be a piñata. So I had a ninja attacking a piñata. But the ninja needed a blindfold. That meant erasing the face I had drawn. So I did. I don’t regret it. I’ll do it again if I have to. Don’t worry though. I won’t erase on a whim. My next several sketches will make that quite obvious.

    As a bit of a teaser, I really like how #36 turned out. So be sure to stop by and check it out.

    I’ve also made it a little easier to leave a comment *hint*hint* by eliminating the requirement for a name or email address. I figure that spam is the Akismet plugin’s problem to deal with.

    I’m tired of seeing “none comments” and can’t be arsed (I like that word, “arsed”. It really tells just how little you want to deal with something) to find where in the website code that bit of grammar failure resides and fix it.


  2. Sketch-a-Day #31

    February 9, 2011 by Collin

    Sketch #031

    I seem to have a deep seated urge to turn non-human things into zombies. It’s just… fun.

    This also marks the last sketch drawn in January. One month down, 11 to go.


  3. Sketch-a-Day #30

    February 8, 2011 by Collin

    Sketch #030

    I decided I needed a bit of practice drawing hands. Now that I’ve done it, I realize I need even more practice, but I won’t bother you all with that.


  4. Sketch-a-Day #29

    February 7, 2011 by Collin

    Sketch #029

    As bad as I am at drawing gorillas from my imagination, I’m worse at bees. The nose was on purpose though. By the time I got there, I figured, “Fuck it.”


  5. Oops 2: Electric Boogleoops.

    February 7, 2011 by Collin

    I didn’t have time on Sunday to set up a queue of posts to post, and I completely forgot to do it today. I’ll follow this up with #29 for today, and then get the rest set up tomorrow night. Sorry about that.


  6. Sketch-a-Day #28

    February 5, 2011 by Collin

    Sketch 028

    I must be rushing things, but that’s kinda understandable. I don’t have a crap-ton of spare time, and I’m unwilling to spend all of what I do have on sketching. Nonetheless…

    It started out fine. It ended up looking nothing like what I planned when I began. That’s happening so often that I really have to consider why it’s happening. All I can think of is that I get an idea, but it’s only partly formed, and when I start marking the paper the idea oozes away, like JELL-O that’s been nailed to a wall. And I’m left with the sketch equivalent of a nail stuck in a stained wall.


  7. Oops…

    February 4, 2011 by Collin

    Looks like I screwed up in scheduling the posts, so two sketches posted today. So much for my weekend buffer. It’s likely that I won’t have a post on Sunday so that I’ll have time to get the scanning and scheduling done.


  8. Sketch-a-Day #27

    February 4, 2011 by Collin

    Sketch 027

    Have you ever tried to draw Batman without looking at Batman before drawing him? I did. I may try to draw other iconic figures without looking at them for later sketches. Not the prophet Muhammad though. That’s trouble I don’t need.


  9. Sketch-a-Day #26

    February 4, 2011 by Collin

    Sketch 26

    It’s a troll. A naked, shameless troll. He’s going out clubbing.


  10. Sketch-a-Day #25

    February 3, 2011 by Collin

    Sketch 25

    For Heather’s birthday we went and saw “Tangled.” Wonderful movie, highly recommended. When we got home I decided I wanted to draw Rapunzel. So that’s what I did. Sort of. Once again, it didn’t turn out the way I’d planned, and holy crap those eyes. Still. It’s a sketch.