The toucan is one crazy-looking bird. Â Of course, that’s what makes it interesting to draw. Â This is kind of a little test sketch for a possible series of children’s book illustrations (similar to those from back in Sketch #262).
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I didn’t really know what to sketch this evening, so I just figured I’d try and do something that would work visually within the blog stream. Â I guess I’ll see if it worked as soon as I post this…
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I started to write, “No real story behind this one — just a little drawing of half a girl’s face.” Â But then I remembered: I don’t recall what I was looking at, but somewhere online today I saw a photo of a cigar box design with a girl’s head framed like this. Â I promptly forgot it, but then I guess started doing something similar when it came time for today’s sketch. Â (For the sketch, I used two different reference images, one for eyes, one for hair.)
So then, after having remembered the cigar box origin, could I go back and find a version of that art I saw in passing?  Turns out yes — a Google image search brings up the logo in question.  Actually, on seeing it, I’m kind of surprised at how similar a lot of the aspects of my drawing are.  The fine line between inspiration and accidental plagiarism?
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So yeah, looks like it’s gonna be a girl — fun times ahead!
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At last, our long national nightmare is over!  It has been over two months of acute mental anguish following the crushing news of December 13th.  But now a glorious new dawn breaks!  Sing sweetly, oh songbirds of love (and multinational brand posturing)!
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Pretty great Sunday morning — Kelly and I went for a walk to get some breakfast, then just kinda kept walking. Â By the time we got home, six hours had gone by. Â Not bad for a pregnant woman!
(Also, I sure hope this visual reference makes sense to people, because if it doesn’t, this must look like a mighty weird drawing!)
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Watched a documentary this evening about sumo wrestling, among other things. Â So when it came time for the sketch, I figured I’d go with a subject that’s rich in unique visuals. Â You’re welcome.
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Sketch is based on this great Flickr photo.
I didn’t know what to draw this evening, so my helpful wife made a suggestion: Â why not do something related to our delicious dinner?
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It seems like forever since I’ve done any live figure drawing. This was done in class this evening, based on one of my Art Center classmates. Â An interesting guy, as you can no doubt tell.
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Okay, so back to classwork, and the final installment of the Siegfried story.  After Part 1 and Part 2, the dragon is dead.  Then, as the story goes, the hero bathes in the dragon’s blood to make himself invincible.  That seemed a little much for me, so I went with a somewhat more reserved face-painting.
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