sketch dump and other mishmash

2009-07-21T02:25:00.000-07:00

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,
And in short, I was afraid.

-T.S. Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," ll. 84-86

hey, where's that girl you love!

2009-02-11T19:45:00.001-08:00

This has been sitting around in my hard drive for rather some time, and in a hardworking flurry while procrastinating for something more important, I finished it! I'm not sure how I did with likenesses, but oh well

Also screw color theory and painting (again!), how I hate both so.

No sleeping tonight again, guys...

2009-02-03T01:31:00.000-08:00

so I lent my tablet to a friend at the moment so I did this picture with my laptop touchpad and I feel the need to congratulate myself for this feat
also there is this guy next door that keeps playing his effing guitar at 4 IN THE MORNING ALMOST EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WILL SHUT HIM UP AND EVERY NIGHT I GET WOKEN UP AND LIE SEETHING AND LIVID IN BED FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR

NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH I WANT TO THROTTLE THIS GUY INTO HIS NEXT LIFE

redblue

2009-01-25T15:06:00.000-08:00

blamblamblam

2009-01-25T00:07:00.000-08:00

2009-01-16T04:03:00.000-08:00

2009-01-08T07:24:00.001-08:00

I used to have conviction

2008-10-02T21:44:00.000-07:00

and Sandra Oh! <3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/ovolon/Conceptart/toasterfinal-1.jpg">
who are you reading this blog anyways? The fact that someone remotely cares about what I make or my affairs maybe, it encourages me, thank-you

scribbler

2008-08-31T01:28:00.000-07:00

www.zefrank.com/scribbler/ for some doodley fun

2008-08-22T03:54:00.000-07:00

purple palette again

2008-08-22T03:01:00.001-07:00

Augh there are so many things that I could fix but if I spend another minute on this I will go batsheisse insane

Sooooo I need to get faster at this

2008-08-19T16:48:00.001-07:00

Ugh I spent way too long on this, anyhoo trying out a new palette? : S

2008-08-14T02:13:00.001-07:00

2008-08-13T01:19:00.000-07:00

back to black and white for now I guess

2008-06-05T16:48:00.000-07:00

Frank Stockton has some truly phenomenal illustrations, I'm really digging his style!

His website is here:

http://frankstockton.com/

2008-06-05T01:11:00.000-07:00

happy yellow taxis

2008-06-04T02:12:00.001-07:00

Haha just for fun... though the color was a lot of blind guesswork : [ the red shadows in her face are a bit too saturated though and it doesn't really make sense, my bad

Also, the Internet on my laptop went haywire all of a sudden yesterday, and I still haven't got it to work...

2008-06-02T17:10:00.000-07:00

Painting of the day!

I'm quite happy with this one, I hope that I managed to capture the general feel and palette of things, though I accidentally broke the tangent rule or whatever and it looks like the umbrella is growing out of the guy's head, haha.

I'm really itching to go to the beach these days, it's so nice out!

2008-06-01T23:31:00.000-07:00

Whoops I screwed up on the perspective with this because I wasn't really paying attention to the horizon in the beginning... oh well

2008-06-01T02:38:00.001-07:00

I think environments, besides being in natural light and least complicated with least interfering sources/color temperature and such will probably be a good place for me to start off color studies, plus I sort of, well kinda get to work on perspective as well...

Hmm, yeah, so I haven't been able to work on drawing much lately but I really need to work on some color crunching, I think it is my weakest point... I don't think I'd feel comfortable coloring something without a reference at this point because I'm rather struggling with color in relation to light/shadow, especially with shadow influence from reflected colors AJKDKDLJKDIESDKC

I'm going to conquer this pesky thing!

2008-05-27T21:42:00.000-07:00

Color makes me all confused

2008-04-28T22:46:00.000-07:00

Well there was a bunch of random old stuff of random things sitting in my computer, some portfolio stuff too, but I just wanted to flush it all out, here it is!

And here is a flock of grazing American Wigeons for your viewing pleasure

These were part of a seven sins YEAH I KNOW CLICHE RIGHT series assignment where I chose forks as my theme, Minolta X-300, all B&W film 400 ASA, 8” x 10” prints on pearl paper, I was proud of these because I've never done manual photography/developing before! : )

so long for a little while, ovolon version 2.0 coming in June 2008!

2008-04-19T12:16:00.001-07:00

!
BANANA

Also it is really retarded how I keep getting spam comments on my entries leading to bogus websites? : [ Er... I bet LJ doesn't have these sort of problems...

2008-04-17T23:13:00.001-07:00

2007-12-18T00:47:00.000-08:00

started listening to funk again, it's a nice contrast to this dismal weather

2007-12-15T18:14:00.000-08:00

Yesterday going home it struck me again how incredibly fucking grateful and lucky I am for having the people I call my friends. Again and again and again and again and again -- I can't imagine what a pathetic mess I would be without them.

2007-11-26T04:30:00.001-08:00

Haha something I drew back in September 2005.

I drew these in Summer '06 -- they're of some people I met in an ECIAD art program... Looking back, I don't think I've drastically improved since last year unlike the other years where I really could tell a difference... ahhh well damn studies, I don't have as much time to draw as I used to...

2007-11-26T03:03:00.001-08:00

Okay now I have a rather unhealthy obsession...

2007-11-25T15:50:00.000-08:00

I did this a while ago but here it is anyways

http://www.nicolewillis.com/video_ifthisaint.html
Nicole Willis is a goddess!

2007-11-24T18:10:00.000-08:00

I wasn't really satisfied with this speedpaint of Pharrell

oh well

2007-11-12T17:11:00.000-08:00

WHAT DO I HATE DRAWING MOST?

PERSPECTIVE
BACKGROUNDS!
LANDSCAPE
BUILDINGS!
STILL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
robots
machines! CARS
weird angles of heads (3/4 down and 3/4 up, 3/4 from the back)
FEET

HOKAY I'M GOING TO DRAW THEM

2007-11-12T15:57:00.000-08:00

ever I since I watched this for the first time a couple weeks ago, I still haven't got it out of my system

I don't think I've ever watched a film whose images disturbed and haunted me so profoundly... so I tried, pages and pages and I still couldn't get it right

I could go on and on about the absolutely immaculate lighting and cinematography... that Ikea scene in the apartment, the shot of Marla standing still as the cars sped in opposite directions around her

I went to go pick up the book a few days afterwards and read it in one sitting

2007-10-30T18:54:00.000-07:00

"Mais elle? La sienne, de vie -- qui va s'en occuper?"

2007-10-24T17:47:00.000-07:00

I would have made it even longer but I ran out of space on the page...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-uGN19ZRSjQ

"...a travel, a story of emotions in color, the musical tale of a life made of meetings"

-Richard Galliano

2007-10-18T22:27:00.000-07:00

Tired and it's still off...

2007-10-17T20:49:00.000-07:00

When I heard people snickering over pronounciation studying for a German midterm this afternoon it reminded me of someone who embodied the color green in 35 different ways

I don't take German anymore

2007-10-17T17:17:00.001-07:00

ever tried drawing with a laptop touchpad

2007-10-16T18:17:00.000-07:00

uhm, Heroes fanart

2007-10-11T17:42:00.001-07:00

rejection! yeahhh...

2007-10-10T19:09:00.000-07:00

wake up to count down to disappointment

2007-10-08T21:25:00.000-07:00

play me a picture

2007-10-07T23:38:00.000-07:00

ink stains in the carpet

and yeah, sometimes it's lonely

2007-10-04T16:28:00.000-07:00

SOS

And to make it even better, I got my headphones stolen today.

2007-10-03T17:06:00.000-07:00

Cleaning out my computer of random pieces lying around in my folders... I should do more anyways...

garret club

barbarabatiri

2007-10-01T23:10:00.001-07:00

How to look attractive even when people are looking up your nose

2007-10-01T04:48:00.000-07:00

CRAP SHOOT ME

2007-09-30T23:43:00.000-07:00

2007-09-28T23:28:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYZGDshfO3U

The people over at Gabba know what it's ABOUT! Yeah!

2007-09-27T23:50:00.001-07:00

2007-09-27T14:32:00.001-07:00

DAMMIT STOP CONFUSING ME

2007-09-26T20:37:00.000-07:00

it wouldn't if I didn't care about

I don't know how to be indifferent, can you teach me

2007-09-26T19:07:00.000-07:00

I actually used toothpaste in this picture, and painted with a toothbrush.

2007-09-24T23:59:00.000-07:00

2007-09-20T23:24:00.000-07:00

suddenly it's overwhelmingly wearying and is it too much to ask to be selfish, a little, have someone ask about me first

2007-09-19T21:29:00.000-07:00

-- so sometimes you're having a thoroughly miserable day, right?

2007-09-16T17:40:00.001-07:00

I don't really have to time to draw people on the bus anymore because I find myself frantically doing readings instead

"Would you mind -- keep talking with me for a while? I always thought it was possible to talk through my sleep."

2007-09-15T23:40:00.000-07:00

cut and paste almost

2007-09-05T17:38:00.001-07:00

the most awesome dork ever

2007-09-03T15:08:00.000-07:00

Nino Quincampoix!

Needless to say, this portrait turned out with a totally different feel than when I first started, but I like it!

I'm going to do Amelie soon too, I think I'm going to work more on color studies in the next while...

2007-09-02T21:56:00.001-07:00

no one does awesome like DJ Lance!

2007-09-01T20:18:00.000-07:00

Do it! Do it! Alright!

Go! Go! Go! Team!

watch out!

2007-08-31T13:38:00.000-07:00

two hundred sixty-seven and counting

2007-08-29T13:32:00.001-07:00

I can't keep up with these roller coaster emotions

finally dreams fantastic in color

2007-08-29T13:11:00.000-07:00

I've always been drawn to the grand melodrama of black-and-white film

poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown/

the forties, the forties

2007-08-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I think I come across as apathetic or insensitive because I struggle to articulate what I am really thinking

2007-08-27T18:46:00.000-07:00

when will people start to realize that everyone is lonely but too proud to admit it

2007-08-18T20:39:00.000-07:00

isn't ashamed to share everything he is

2007-08-17T18:29:00.001-07:00

nervous

2007-08-16T14:22:00.000-07:00

Shame and anger
do you know them

How come I don't know how to get up whenever I fall

2007-08-07T00:52:00.000-07:00

I don't know where I would be if I had never met this beautiful group of people

They make my life that much more worth living for

2007-08-07T00:12:00.000-07:00

I'll keep you warm in winter/

Anyways I'm going to be going away for a couple days so I won't be posting till umm, Thursday.

2007-08-05T22:34:00.001-07:00

2007-08-04T16:46:00.001-07:00

2007-08-02T23:17:00.000-07:00

Dwayne always makes me smile

2007-08-01T18:25:00.000-07:00

2007-07-18T16:39:00.000-07:00

10:09 and it feels so awful

2007-07-17T13:14:00.000-07:00

I don't feel so bad anymore

2007-07-13T17:03:00.000-07:00

I am so frustrated like AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH give me a paper bag

2007-07-13T03:27:00.000-07:00

Anywaysss random doodle in the kitchen on my sister's notes from YD... When I realize that there are 99800897 people who are younger than me who can totally pummel me over in art it's like wow I've got to get going! Mmm I really need to brush up on my color theory and break out my acrylics... I haven't touched those in ages, I've only been buddies with ink and pencil lately...

Oh watch out I'm near you drawing you

2007-07-12T19:58:00.001-07:00

I was supposed to watch Transformers for the second time today but I didn't get to. But I still had an urge to draw a large robot resembling a Transformer. Transformer-poseur.

2007-07-11T12:57:00.001-07:00

I'm sorry did I embarrass you did I do something wrong

but wait

I don't need to apologize I was just being myself

People change

I change too

Other people move on

I need to get a move on

But I always hate losing people anyways

who doesn't

2007-07-11T12:41:00.000-07:00

Radcliffe just for kicks since it's Potter's summer this year.

2007-07-09T16:25:00.000-07:00

come on tell me what you miss about