Part 2 of the 30 sketches I started yesterday. Â Again, the ones in this group seem to all have something in common (namely symmetrical hand placement).
I don’t know where most of these ideas originated. Â Except the bottom left one — that I remember: Â while I was sketching, iTunes landed on “The Girl From Ipanema.”
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Homework time: a continuation of the Goodfellas storyboard from the other day. Â If you want to follow along:Â kid appears before judge; mob lawyer flashes judge a look; kid walks free; De Niro slips kid some cash for a job well done in not ratting out the others; De Niro and kid exit courtroom into welcoming arms of mob boss Paul Sorvino and his cadre of ne’er-do-wells. Â (Followed by the next establishing shot of the Idlewild [later JFK] airport.)
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We went to test drive a Honda Accord Crosstour today. Â That V6 sure is nice, with 100+ more horses than I’m used to. Â And the sweeping (albeit polarizing) body styling and larger wheels are good too — but unfortunately they combine to sabotage the rear storage compartment (which is pretty disappointing for a car of that size). Â And there, folks, is my first printed car review, clocking in at a powerfully informative three sentences. Â Take that, Edmunds.com! Â I shall soon be crowned king of online automotive advice!
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Heard a fascinating first-person story today from a man who ran out of fuel in his small plane over Alaska, and had to find a dirt road to put it down on, while operating with no engine. Â That’s a presence of mind that’s difficult to imagine. Â Of course, the story was stuck in my mind when sketch time rolled around.
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My friend from yesterday’s sketch was actually admitted to the hospital for surgery. Thankfully it went well, but since he was drugged up with a dead arm, I went by the hospital and picked up his car for him. For better or worse, it’s the absolute opposite of what I’m used to driving.
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As I was heading in to work today, I rounded a corner and suddenly met a yappy little dog making a bee-line for my front wheel. Â It’s lucky it wasn’t a cat, or I might not have been motivated to be quite so responsive with the brakes. Â (Kidding! Â Sort of!)
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My mind was stuck in a different era today, after Fish Hunter Phil sent me a link to this fascinating story from a century ago.  Seriously, if you have a little time, go listen to that story — it’s quite a piece of work.
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So this was just based on a random photo I found on Flickr. Â Had a bit of trouble with the figure in this drawing. Â I kept erasing bits, modifying the proportions and so on, but it kept not working right. Â Eventually, I realized I had to erase her completely and start again from scratch. Â How appropriate, it then seemed, that she should be standing in front of an Edsel…
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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. Â Here, the orbiter comes back to Earth, to drop off a sample of material collected on Mars. Â Of course, the drawing is nothing special, but the accomplishment it represents sure would be something.
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After two great weeks abroad (and one long travel day today), we’re back in California. Â A quick scribble before bed.
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