Jun 12 2010

#90 – Cocktail napkin cocktail

Cocktail napkin cocktailFirst ball-point pen drawing, and first napkin drawing!  Drawn at an awesome 50’s/60’s martini party, while dressed like a classic NASA nerd.

[Comments and critique always welcome]


Jun 10 2010

#88 – Now in glorious High Definition!

Panasonic HDX900Just another slice of what my day was like.  I spent most of the morning behind one of these Panasonic HD cameras, for a live broadcast we were doing at work.  Fun fact: just one of these things costs significantly more than any car I’ve ever owned.

As a side note: I was really uninspired to draw this evening, and even filled a sketchbook page with drawings I ended up hating.  They were quick pen drawings done while looking in the mirror (like yesterday’s), but of different facial expressions.  I was really bored and frustrated with them.  Then I sat down and got out different paper and some Copic markers (which I hadn’t used in about three weeks).  Switching up the style and tools made a huge difference.  Even though I made some frustrating mistakes on this one, I was ultimately much happier with it than the others, and had way more fun doing it.

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Jun 6 2010

#84 – We gonna rock down to

Electrical partsAnother very quick end-of-day doodle.  Just a little visual recap of some of the things I was working on today.

Oh, wait; I guess I already did better versions of a couple of these.

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Jun 2 2010

#80 – Not-so-alarming clock

Alarm clockYou used to be cool, Clock.  You used to, you know, work.  But now, it’s like you’re stuck in the past, man.  Like it’s 3:23 p.m. all over again.

What’s that you say?  Dead battery?  Lame, bro.  The clock I remember wouldn’t let a little thing like “a lack of any kind of functional power source” get in the way of our relationship.

Oh, who am I kidding?  I can’t stay mad at you, lil’ buddy!  New battery comin’ right up!

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May 25 2010

#72 – Exceptional merchandise at greatly reduced prices!

Sears catalog items

From the 1908 Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog — a fascinating book, an old reprint of which we found at a weird little bookstore a couple years ago.

Illustrated here are just four of literally tens of thousands of items shown inside.  The full catalog features countless more things you can hurt yourself with.

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May 17 2010

#64 – Vintage sword/steering wheel/trampoline

N64 controllerNow available in Hyrule Market for only 1000 rupees!

(Couldn’t resist this one after Sketch #62.)

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May 16 2010

#63 – It slices! It dices! Well, it slices anyway.

Bread knifeFinished a long day of work without much energy left for drawing, so I just grabbed a bread knife for a simple sketch.  I definitely overdid it on the serrations though; this thing looks like it could cut bone.

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May 15 2010

#62 – A Link to the Past

SNES controllerThis thing is 20 years old this year!

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May 13 2010

#60 – We Bring Odd Things to Life.

Electric chord organ

A great thrift store find from several years back.  This fan-driven wonder emits an unholy honk with every key (after a split-second delay, of course).  Or if you listen to the manufacturers:

“Everyone wants a turn when you have a GE Electric Chord Organ in the house! Color-coded music book comes with it. It’ll have you playing chords and melodies in no time at all! Pleasant start to a musical education…for everyone!”

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May 12 2010

#59 – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Hunting

…and as an adult with a continuing habit.

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