tiny sketch book scans

Scans from the little sketch book I am using for the life drawing homework assignment from Illustration I. It fits nicely in my palm as I draw all that is around me. Posted in reverse chronological order (first is on the bottom).

Pen, graphite, and ink.

fancy pizza only

Today:

Got up and got right to it. Set up a queue of movies and TV and sketched and painted. 3 episodes of Arrested Development, Pulp Fiction, and half of Frost/Nixon later I had completed my piece for Illustration. It is dominantly a shade of turquoise with slight changes in the bottom and on the underwear. I had fun doing the white lace details. It took a while but I got it done and I am pretty happy with it.

Then I moved on to thumbnailing my comic. All the panels will be some variation of 3x2 so that I can get them to fit together. So I will do it in waves. Thumbnail a chunk. Sketch a chunk. Draw a chunk. Repeat. Not as much as I should have gotten done but I HAVE started.

Now I am eating a nice penne dinner. Mmmm penne and garlic pasta sauce.

Yesterday:

Got up bright an early for a full day of drawing and mini golf under black lights. First up was meeting Jen and people at the library for Illustration Drawing Club. Jen and I talked about Watchmen while waiting for Daniel to show. Robin was lagging behind but we set out anyway. We set out to a coffee shop four blocks away. We talked about travels and thesis and Dave McKean while drawing the scene. Robin showed up and joined us and got a good sketch in. Jen has such neat lines. Daniel had a nice bush pen on hand. I fell back on my usual colored pens.

I wish that I had my life drawing system down when I went to Amsterdam and Brussels.

We did that for about an hour and a half and then we parted. Jen treated Robin and I to Taken at Pioneer Place. It was freeeeeezing cold. We not so much freezing as I had dressed light. The mall was nice and warm. Taken was still awesome even in the PG-13 cut. Just a couple more violent scenes were changed or removed. Nothing too bad. It was still brutal and awesome with Liam Neeson kicking butt all over the place.

Jen left for Borders and Robin and I went back to the Goose to work. She walked a brisk pace and I huffed and puffed to keep up with her. I am just not a walker at all.

For the next couple hours I kicked back and did not much of anything.

Then 5:30 rolled around and it was time for Black Light Mini Golf, courtesy of PNCA Student Housing! Whooo!! It was a place under the Hilton. It was pirate/spooky themed. The black light added a lot of depth. Robin, Jaymee, and two others whose name escapes me formed one group and Amanda, Robert, Karen and I formed the other. I actually did farely well and was under parr for two holes (and one I got in 2 and it was a Parr 4!). It wasn't the largest of courses but it was still pretty fun. Robert won with a very impressive 7. Diana showed up about one fourth of the way in and joined our crew. After mini golf we all had Pizza Schmiza. Not the best of pizzas but free pizza is awesome pizza. Robin pouted when we wanted not exciting pizza. One cheese and one fancy kind was ordered. She is a self admitting food snob.

We split into two groups on the way back. Amanda, Robin and Diana walked back. The rest of us took the max. There was one scooting by about 4 blocks away and Robert bolted. We didn't see if he caught it but a later message from him proved that he did. That boy can run. I did a jig to keep from freezing. I hung out with Gabe and watched Fight Club and stayed up late watching Fight Club again with commentary by Palahniuk and the screenwriter with Gabe and Katie (I don't quite know why but I had no ambition to do anything else right then). It was a late night so I made my exit by scooting slowly on my stomach backwards into my room. And went to bed without typing a word up of my exploits.

buppy

Illustration Drawing Club had its first meeting. Robin and Karen met at my place and we all walked to the Union Station together. It was a sunny and beautiful day in Portland. A little chilly but not so bad. We were about 15 minutes late but only Jen was there and she was already drawing. We all migrated into the station and Jen went off somewhere to draw the ticketing area while the three of us took up a chunk of the bench. I drew this little boy with a blue Popsicle smear for a mouth and gradually worked up to drawing all his surroundings. I switched colors and was generally really happy with how the thing as a whole turned out. A hour whizzed by. We moved outside for a bit. I treated myself to a hot dog. Daniel showed up and had cookies to share with us. Samoa's. That's right. It's Girl Scout Cookie time people. I love me some thin mints.

Tired of drawing the train station, we migrated to The Pearl Bakery for lunch. I just had a soda and Jen went to get a burrito. She didn't return. Karen, Robin, and Daniel all had sandwiches. Robin's cousin Abby showed up. I bet her before. I remember that I made a big ice cream mess of myself last time we went, she didn't.

We went to the Museum of Craft or Contemporary Craft Museum or whatever it is called. They had this massive installation of crochet and beading. It was a massive structure. There were stars and owls and a giant pelican constructed out of the material. Very labor intensive and beautiful. Upstairs were some drawings done with thread on fabric. Very nice. The museum was very careful about having lots of DO NOT TOUCH signs and a lady that kept a careful eye on Karen's proximity to the sculpture.

At around 2 we split ways. Abby and Robin hit the town, Daniel went to work, Karen and I walked back to the Goose. I worked on cleaning the apartment, more laundry, more cleaning.

Katie's friend Amanda is in town. I think that was her name. There is an A in it. We met and visited. It was groovy.

The day creeped by. Now it is time to get ready and head to Union Station once again.

VOLUME FIVE!!!

Math! Venn diagrams! I totally get them. Yeah. The teacher is really good at explaining stuff in artists terms. We also did tree examples for finding probabilities. Not quite as fun but I got it. I told my two math jokes when there was a lull in his lecture. The class was silent and then there was laughter at just how bad they were. The teacher was rather stunned.

After class I ate the remnants of a burrito and sat with Karen.

Illustration Drawing Club had its first meeting! It is something that J is starting. We are going out into the urban landscape and drawing from life. We decided on meeting schedules and where we could potentially go. Daniel, J, Karen, Diana, August, and Amanda showed up and one of the lowest level Illustration students, Ebony, joined it. It was real awesome. We ate pizza. I didn't eat that much because the burrito left me very full.

There was more chilling in the library. I did the first page and a third of my math homework. It is a three page printout. It wasn't fun to work on it for two hours straight on Monday night so I'm getting a jump on it.

Digital Tools was filled with a discussion of our ideas for digital assignments. Then we practiced colouring in old lineart. Our assignment is to do whatever we want! I think I will do some Illustrations of Jez and Mark from Peep Show.

We got out early and with some pouting, I convinced Karen to join me in a journey to Floating World Comics. We overshot it a little but we arrived before the main rush. I GOT SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 5!! It was the release party of sorts. The guy who does it is in New York but this was the Oni comics (the people who publish it) party. I got a great deal on a teeshirt and I got the comic and my other comics. Whoo!! I love my shop. So many great things there. Karen even found a comic that she enjoyed.

We rode the Max home and a nice man helped me hoist my bike up into a secure position. They have bike hooks but I am really weak so it is hard for me to do.

I curled up with a blanket and read Scott Pilgrim in one sitting. OH MY GOD! AMAZING! INTENSE! WHY DO I HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR FOR ANOTHER VOLUME??? I love this series. It is so silly but the characters are good and the art is consistent.

Robin came over to discuss apartment agreements but Katie had gone to let in her friend Tom. Instead we ended up going through photo albums and year books and looked at young photos of us and giggling. It was a nice little time. Tom and Katie went out to Karaoke and Robin left and I went up to Karen's to trade Scott Pilgrim (and loan Adam the volumes) for the comic she got. We ate cupcakes and talked and had a good time.

Tomorrow a few of us are planning to see Coraline. Whoo! I think I'll reread that tomorrow afternoon.