Bedtime for Bonzos

My adventures this evening (and every evening) after coming home from a late day at work.

This first one is titled "Everyday Goal," captioned, "I will draw something excellent so super-fast (insert list of the other 10 things I additionally thought I could squeeze in) and then go to sleep at 9:30 so I can wake up early to work out and get to work early!!"
Look at that naive hope glittering in my disembodied cartoon eyes:

As the evening goes on, my every attempt is met with being out of practice and being too impatient to count stupid scribbles (attempted figure drawings) as decent practice.

And thus my Spirit Animal turns into a mean babushka and refuses to give in so easily, pushing other "unimportant" things like sleep and food aside so it can achieve perfection and reach Drawing Nirvana, NO MATTER THE COST!!

After several more failed attempts at doing things as simple as copying an animation character sketch, my babushka Spirit Animal dies another day (did you see what I did there?) and the rest of me caves and realizes how funny it was that I thought I could go to bed at 9:30 and make loverly drawings.

Ah, well...

Try, try again tomorrow.

Still At Work

I survived the end of last semester (a miracle-- really), but got a little out of the habit of posting. But don't worry! I still draw and make things. :)

I unfortunately forgot to take pictures of the Coptic book I made for my friend's wedding gift, but I'm sure I'm going to make another book soon this summer.

So here are a few sketches, though some are rather old.

Hope I get to post something a little more finished soon. Have a lovely Sunday!

HP foreverrrr. Even though JK describes them as stocky, 

I can't stop imagining the Weasley twins as long and thin.

Hermione, giving one of those scowls she often gave to Ron that says

"That's a terrible thing to say, but also just a little bit funny."

This is the not-finished state, which sadly looks better than it does now.

Practice for something I'm working on. Drew this today in church.

Same story as above.

Old sketch-- I think I was thinking of Alice in Wonderland.

I accidentally gave her a scary hand and even scarier legs.

Old sketch of a frilled shark I recently colored up quickly.

Wif a li'l bi' o' luck!

SO! I found a rather great Sherlock model! It just so happened to be the guy who came to model for my painting class, in a bizarre turn of events. So not only did I get to take some pictures of him, but I got to paint him for 12 hours of class time!

And here it is! Now, try to reserve judgment, I did my best, and these are just pictures I took with my phone-- the first picture is a bit truer to the actual colors.

I still need to finish the shirt and fix up the background. My oil painting skills are still not where I'd like them to be, but I feel like I've improved tremendously since I last tried. Or at the very least I enjoy it a LOT more. It could have something to do with listening to Harry Potter 7 while painting...

Also, even if I haven't been producing any new pieces for the Sherlock show, I sketch him ev-er-y-where! In my notes for other classes, on the church programs, and of course in my sketchbook. I feel like I'm getting to know him rather well, even though he varies slightly from sketch to sketch.

Refreshing Sherlock

Alright. I have a very long discourse about why I really dislike the versions of Sherlock characters that are upright jerks, even though they're generally entertaining to watch.
But dang.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman? Please, sir, I want some more!

Over the past couple of years, I've really been dissatisfied by most TV shows. So thank you, BBC's SHERLOCK. Yes, we've had the script you're using for over a century, but the craft and method used to portray it is stunning.
Even though Sherlock is still a jerk. And I'm probably going to use this show as evidence for my BFA show that nobody these days [or ever, really] seems to want to pay attention to Doyle's portrayal of Sherlock's heart, as shown in the stories by his high level of courtesy.

But anyway, the point is I wanted to share how I got a little carried away with my simple sketch while listening to scriptures the other night...

Pay no attention to the list in the corner....

So it's a bit off-- aha! I caught myself. I'm not going to tell you what I think is wrong with it.

You figure it out, Sherlock. ;)