Cartwheelin'

Character development for Hank's companion for an animated short I'll get around to doing, when I stop slacking off. Oy.

I'm Baaaackkkk

Okay, so I realize that it has been some time since I have blogged. A by 'some time' I mean months.
Shame. But I have a valid excuse. Maybe. I have a new 'big girl' job. It's kept me kind of busy. That and my scanner is on the top shelf of my closet so actually scanning my doodles has become incredibly inconvenient. I'm a lazy animator, whaddya want? It also explains why Hank is sideways. (lazy)

But, Here's a lil nugget to entertain you whilst I travel back in blog time to post older doodles.

This and That

I thought I'd visit Hank today. Not every Sasquatch monster can pull of a fez like he can. When he's not out poking at things, he's a pretty sophisticated sasquatch. Note the pipe. Sophistication at its finest.

Heat

So this sketch kind of deviates from the whole things you see in Maine. Because frankly, I didn't want to draw anything like that today. I was actually in a wedding today, on the coast, so my drawing time was limited. It being overcast, I never thought to put on sun block. Well, my poor, pasty animator flesh had a horrible reaction to being in the hazy sunshine for less than 2 hours and now my shoulders feel like they're on fire. But, it's a nice kind of simmering burn. I think over my art school career, I've become sun deprived, so this little binge will do me good. Or give me cancer. Let's hope for the former. Also, Hank.

Happy Little Trees

Like humans are made of 70% water, Maine is made of 70% trees. The other 30% is composed of beer and black flies. These sketches are actually for background ideas for Hank's world, but since he lives in a forest, and Maine is basically one giant great outdoors, I thought these went with the whole drawing things in Maine theme.

Getting to Know You

I like Hank. I think he's swell. In fact, I think that I like his character so much, that an idea is a brewing. A good one. Well, maybe. But it's something! You'll be seeing more of Hank in the future. Maybe even tomorrow. I'm not sure. But today, my hands had a hankering to draw Hank.

Hank likes birds, and flowers, and other things that I can't think of yet. He's still in the works. But here are more sketches of Hank, and what makes Hank, Hank. Tomorrow I promise I'll draw something different. Maybe.

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to a little experiment of mine. In order to keep my artistic gears from getting gummed up, and to shamelessly use alliteration, I've decided that to create a blog dedicated to my not so finished work! It's so easy to get stuck in the doldrums of summer, especially after graduation.

I recently graduated from Mass College of Art, where I was always poke, prodded, and pressed to make art. This is not a bad thing. (Brace yourself for a minor artistic rant) But there comes a time in most art students' lives during school, where they say, "I can't wait to be out of school and just make art for me." Of course I would make assignments fun for me, no matter what they were, but in the back of my mind, I always wanted to create for fun, without the aid of an assignment to spur my creation into life. Fast forward one month after graduation and me staring blankly at my computer screen, lost in the thousands of millions of tubes that make the internet. On my desktop, I would always see the icons of Flash and Photoshop, looking pathetically at me, begging me to use them, for the love of god, at least edit a photo or something! But nay, the mindless joys of the internet were calling, and who was I to resist? (End of rant)

And so, after being lost in the internet for a month, I find myself stumbling dazed into this blog, filled with a new found determination to create dammit. I like goals, and checking things off lists, and long walks on the beach. So, to rein in my potentially potent power to produce art, and to keep my creative juices flowing, I am about to make a vow.

I solemnly swear to doodle/draw/create/whatever, a something, every day. From a happy little tree to a manic depressive cactus. I will also post said creation on this blog, every day. I can't say when during the day, but it will be posted, maybe when you least expect it, and I hope it brightens your day.

I also promise that each blurb won't be a novel like this one.

And so, to start things off, here's my very first doodle of this year long project. His name is Hank, please be kind to him, he's a gentle soul.