Tumbleweeed...
... just drifting through to say hello. Been a little quiet here. Come on, let's see some sketchbook pages or homework assignments or something. I see Alex started a draft-- Alex, come back and finish posting? Kim must be finished her painting for the calendar by now, so I hope she'll post it soon. And the question of the hour is, where the hell are you James? Oh, and I wonder if Miguel has figured out the blog yet...?
Nothing much is new with me, except my hair, which is sky-blue now. I knocked myself unconscious for the first time in my life tonight by tripping over a cat. How unglamourous. We're cat-sitting this week, so there's a few extra ones milling around the apartment, and it was my own stupid fault for opening a can of tuna.
Here's a random doodle. Ten points if you can tell me who it is. Actually, if you can't tell who it is, then I am a terrible cartoonist. I just did it to play with the Wacom. I rarely do any actual drawing or inking with the Wacom, just scan my inks and colour them. This came out alright, but I still could've inked it faster by hand.
Nothing much is new with me, except my hair, which is sky-blue now. I knocked myself unconscious for the first time in my life tonight by tripping over a cat. How unglamourous. We're cat-sitting this week, so there's a few extra ones milling around the apartment, and it was my own stupid fault for opening a can of tuna.
Here's a random doodle. Ten points if you can tell me who it is. Actually, if you can't tell who it is, then I am a terrible cartoonist. I just did it to play with the Wacom. I rarely do any actual drawing or inking with the Wacom, just scan my inks and colour them. This came out alright, but I still could've inked it faster by hand.
posted by LetterGhost at
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
6 Comments:
Oh my gosh, it's John Lennon in his Chicken Hat! Run! Run for the hills!
I agree about it being quiet around here. Too quiet. Normally, I rationalize peoples' absence from the web as perfectly acceptable luddian fear of talking boxes and magic blinkenlights. However, we all know that we're all technically proficient, so what's the hold up? I have a theory.
James borrowed too much money from Mack the Thumb to hedge a "sure thing" bet at those infamous Chicago tracks. The bet fell through due to tampering of the horse by a rival bookie, and James' computer was smashed to send him a message. Miguel spent 72 hours straight searching youtube for old Animaniacs episodes, and suffered a mental break, so he's been out fighting crime as the costumed vigilante "El Huevo." Eldar and Olga have been showered with so much instant fame, fortune, and glory that they just don't have enough time between lunch at the UN and golf with the Pentaverate. Alex was tragically unable to finish the draft of his post because of being promoted to High Lord of Design by the Florida Gators (originators of Gatorade), and is still working on a method of escape from the gridiron (note to me: "Escape from the Gridiron" is a great movie title). Lastly, Kim was caught surfing the web at work and has been forced to organize the Used Pencils bin at the store by color, hardness, and length.
'Course, that's just a theory. Feel free to prove me wrong.
Also, I might be crazy.
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Major Sheep, at 04 October, 2006
Nice illustration! I got the likeness immediately. I also like how the use of only 3 tones + white and the varying line weights pulls everything together. Very cool. Since Nate's evidently been busy hitting the Smack pretty hard, will you be doing any illustrations of the group? It'd be cool to see us in your style as well as his. And I know I've been slacking too, but I should have stuff up next week.
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Ozzie, at 04 October, 2006
Everything Nate says has to be true cos we know he'd never lie to us. In other words, I'll have what he's having.
I agree with the quietness. Don't do this, guys! We need to keep it up or else.
I hate to say I didn't catch the resemblance until after I read Nate's comment, and now it all makes sense to me. I admit, sadly, while I admire the Beatles, I am not much of a huge fan. I love the way you did his hair, though, and the shadow over his face. You should definately do more digital, then! This is simple and really elegant.
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Katya, at 04 October, 2006
Hey thanks guys. By the way, Kat, I never did find out whether or not you were making a Frank Zappa reference with "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" I'm a fan of both Zappa and the Beatles.
I dunno about doing cartoons of you guys... I'd like to, but I tend to draw people uglier. I drew idealized anime-people for years until I got sick of it, and now I really enjoy drawing people with odd features. One thing I've learned in the past few years, is when people say, "Ooh! Draw ME!" what they really mean is, "Draw me looking HOTT!" I still really want to see Nate's cartoons of us though. Nate, when you get around to drawing me, do you think you could give me some kind of bionic arm instead of this stupid weak one I've got?
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LetterGhost, at 05 October, 2006
Haha! Oh yes, I didn't realize you asked, Tamara. Yeah it was a Zappa reference :D Kudos for catching it!!
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Katya, at 05 October, 2006
Shame on me for not being present for a whle, it's not like I've been overly busy or anything. Things did get a little dead for a bit, and I was fairly desperate for human contact. Luff the drawing.
And Nathan's explanation.
My only thing is 'The Egg?" What kind of name is that for a superhero?
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Droemar, at 13 October, 2006
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