there’s nothing like

Watched the movie Notorious tonight. Sketches from the brief moments I managed to draw quickly enough.

There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh.

I better get back to real work, I suppose.

mental panda

 

He's just a mental panda.

 

 

call me or

 

Call me or I'll frame you.

 

 

i’ll give you

I'll give you guys per diem for two days tomorrow.

would you buy

Would you buy from a chandelier store if you had to duck your head?

the downside

The downside of having your head explode is you don't get to see it.

Drawn

I’ve recently gotten a book called “Drawn to Life” by Walt Stanchfield, a Disney animator who worked on Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, Peter Pan and more.  He taught a weekly class at Disney for over twenty years and some of his students were Brad Bird, John Lasseter, and Don Bluth just to name a few.

This book goes through a vast collection of his lectures that range from topics about drawing, composition, tips on keeping up a good mental and physical state and thoughts about life, tennis and Zen.

To put it (very, very) lightly, I’ve become inspired.

My haphazard sketching isn’t gonna work anymore; I need to do a lot more and be enthusiastic about it.  Hence, I will be drawing as much as I can, whenever I can.

This should mean more drawings on the blog.  I’ll have one post a day from now on (the best sketch from that day).

This is my contract.

Clemente and the bird

Work weekend!

Did you know that birds actually sleep with one eye open? That way, they can see if predators are around.

Workshoppin’

I’ve been frustrated lately.  With a lot of things.

But currently, it’s mostly been the fact that I’ve been in a funk and can’t draw. That feeling is putting a halt on my storyboards as well as making me pretty pessimistic about how Observadores will finally turn out.

But, I digress.

To try to get out of my funk, I tried a drawing workshop on Monday. I certainly struggled and felt my drawings were not up to par overall (save a few).  But, I really do need to draw more if I am to ever get better.  Probably not back at the workshop though; $15 is pretty costly and would add up quickly. I think I’ll just stick to other means.

 

Margarita’s Shack

Storm approaches