Sketch 365 – by Scott Hulme

A little homage to my good pal “@thelonelypie,” who was our guest this evening.  Always a pleasure, sir.

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So this was just based on a random photo I found on Flickr.  Had a bit of trouble with the figure in this drawing.  I kept erasing bits, modifying the proportions and so on, but it kept not working right.  Eventually, I realized I had to erase her completely and start again from scratch.  How appropriate, it then seemed, that she should be standing in front of an Edsel…

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Went out for sushi at lunch.  Did not make any friends in the piscine community.

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On the Isle on Man, they are bred for one thing and one thing only:  rock.

(Based on a photo by the great Jen Glen.)

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At work, I’ve returned to the animation project I was working on, and have been sketching a few more storyboard frames.  Here, the orbiter comes back to Earth, to drop off a sample of material collected on Mars.  Of course, the drawing is nothing special, but the accomplishment it represents sure would be something.

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Had a discussion with a friend today about the tremendous capacity of the human mind.  When I sat down this evening to sketch something, that’s what I was thinking of.  So I drew this based on a photo online.  But the longer I sat drawing this physical object, the more insufficient it seemed to represent the concept.  It reminded me of this quote from UPenn psych professor Stephen Morse: “Here’s a dirty little secret: We have no idea how the brain enables the mind.”  (More on that notion here.)

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Boy, if yesterday sketch-from-life wasn’t ho-hum enough, this one sure is.   After two weeks of travel, and one of avoidance, I spent much of my day off tending to five loads of laundry.  Thrilling stuff, eh?

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Went in for an eye test today.  Can you tell yet that we’re done with the European travels and back to mundane life?  Anyway, it was off to the optometrist.  I always enjoy donning the evil, all-seeing robot mask.  And no, I don’t find that the sense of ultimate power it grants is in any way compromised by the fact that I need help using it every single time…

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Got my iPhone 4 today.  High readings on the geek excitement meter.

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It wasn’t raining when I rode my bike into work.  Not so at quitting time.

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(P.S. No, I didn’t actually do this.  I left the bike and hopped on the bus.)