Bish-a-Day Project

27.

2010-12-05T13:38:00.001-05:00

I got lazy. Not gonna lie. Gonna start scanning and posting some shit soon.

2010-07-22T09:40:00.001-04:00

Some scribbles from work. Rargh. I really need to do a real drawing someday.

another one

2010-07-08T21:17:00.001-04:00

I'm realizing more and more that I draw myself looking quite evil.

10 minute quickie

2010-07-08T20:47:00.003-04:00

I keep getting stuck on one of my projects. I don't know what it is, but doing eyes digitally always drives me crazy. Doing some quick pencil sketches is a good way to cleanse the palate.

Teeny, tiny grayscale sliver...

2010-07-08T15:09:00.003-04:00

Teeny, tiny grayscale sliver of a prog-shot of something I hope will turn into a digital painting. Just gotta get that sketch right. Ever so slowing I'm working out the kinks of the original pencil sketch. Digital paint job to follow soon.

I just downloaded the freeware Paint Tool Sai and I am loving the bizness outta it.

What's the most convenient "life drawing" one can do?

2010-07-08T14:20:00.001-04:00

Like people really want to see this.

But life drawin' is always a good thing!

Drawin' up a storm lately. Maybe I'll finish something real soon.

life drawing

2010-07-07T17:23:00.003-04:00

I'm really rusty, so I've been sitting in front of the full-length mirror and doodling.

Full size here

2010-06-30T22:11:00.001-04:00

Chicken scratches.

2010-06-29T22:57:00.002-04:00

An oldie I found whilst cleaning...

The new computer is great, btw.

2010-06-27T13:37:00.002-04:00

Oekaki. As done as it'll ever be...

With some contrast and color bal. changes

Bleh. At least I'm oekaki-ing again. :/

2010-06-26T22:24:00.001-04:00

A really weird in-prog oekaki I'm working on. It's gonna change a lot.

2010-06-14T22:22:00.002-04:00

The small, no-background CG I sent into Neopets. *shame*

But! At least it's a finished CG. Inked/colored entirely in PS. I don't care if it sucks - it's something. Rar.

#42-ish? I may stop with the numbering...

2010-06-03T21:52:00.000-04:00

A quick Unico and a Vale (an old char. of mine). Rar rar rar.

REALLY OVERDUE I KNOW

2010-06-02T18:40:00.002-04:00

Some register scribbles. A couple of characters I've been sketching for yeeears now. The one on the bottom is a dude.

But here's the good news: My new computer is a-comin'! Then I won't have no excuse to NOT update!!!

NEW STUFF COMING

2010-05-24T16:18:00.001-04:00

I have a good excuse, I have a good excuse!!!

My computer went to crap. But I'm getting a new one. I'm gonna scan a bajillion things in a minute...

#40 - April 11, 2010

2010-04-11T23:30:00.000-04:00

I really need a new computer. I can't even look at my images without getting lines of green spots/dots across them. Oy.

#39 - April 2, 2010

2010-04-02T23:45:00.000-04:00

Went to a "Life Drawing for Anime Artists" panel at Anime Boston today and scribbled this up...

#38 - March 31, 2010

2010-03-31T21:32:00.001-04:00

Drawn at the register while looking at a copy of Shonen Jump.

#37 - March 27, 2010

2010-03-27T17:55:00.002-04:00

Before there was Twilight, before there was Vampire Diaries, oh fuck it - before we actually had the need for a sub-section in bookstores devoted entirely to "YA Vampire Drama Series," I had my own vampire comic idea.

In my defense, I was sixteen at the time.

Lately, I've been drawing one of them (in various styles)...So here she is.

#36 - March 26, 2010

2010-03-26T18:35:00.000-04:00

As my computer dies a slow, painful death, I present the blog with these:

This is the mirror-reverse...Drew this at work

A WIP ink sketch

'Til I get my new comp...

#35 - March 9, 2010

2010-03-09T23:33:00.002-05:00

#34 - March 6, 2010

2010-03-06T17:59:00.003-05:00

I realize I flaked for a couple of weeks there. I'm gonna try to be better about updating this daily again.

The key is that I'm drawing constantly - though I do have my dry spells. Those're just gonna happen.

I think I scribbled this during my 9 A.M. register shift. Haven't done an elf in a while. I guess you could kinda consider this a "Jo Chen elf," too. I really love that bitch's style.

#33 - March 4, 2010

2010-03-04T19:59:00.012-05:00

I don't really want to explain this one. I did this when I was angry a couple days/weeks ago.

Raargh

2010-02-23T09:11:00.001-05:00

I have at least a week of updates I need to upload.

It's-a-coming. Stupid lazy procrastinating me.

#32 - February 16, 2010

2010-02-16T23:22:00.001-05:00

#31 - February 13, 2010

2010-02-13T23:21:00.000-05:00

#30 - February 12, 2010

2010-02-12T23:50:00.002-05:00

#29 - February 11, 2010

2010-02-11T23:59:00.000-05:00

Once I get rid of this artist's block, I'm gonna do something other than silly pen sketches. xP

#28 - February 10, 2010

2010-02-10T23:31:00.004-05:00

This was last night's update. A bit late. Intarwebs was acting up.

Interesting note about this one: Unfinished because someone decided to take her "15" at the same time as me, even though she knows I'm this close to getting her written up for harassment.

I mean, really, why take your optional break (and yes, it's optional) at the same time that you know I'm down there taking mine?

Meh, I still don't like it either way.

#27 - February 9, 2010

2010-02-09T23:22:00.001-05:00

I'm still teh angry. More angry hands.

Also: New category called "angrysketch." Expect quite a few in the upcoming days.

#26 - February 8, 2010

2010-02-08T18:17:00.002-05:00

Angrygirl is ANGRY.

I heavily edited the text part. Grarhhh...I'm too angry to draw right now.

#25 - February 6, 2010

2010-02-06T23:52:00.001-05:00

A sketch and then some messing around in Photoshop:

Both bishes, of course. xD

Bleh, I struggled like a mother over those chins (still am, actually - debating whether or not to even move on with the second sketch). I know this is anime style, but sometimes I get to the point where the anatomy just looks too weird for me to even go on.

#24 - February 5, 2010

2010-02-05T23:13:00.002-05:00

Reeeeally sketchy fairy-type thang.

#23 - February 4, 2010

2010-02-04T21:43:00.003-05:00

I didn't post yesterday because I was sick. I think I have teh anemias because I suffered a horrible reaction from taking - of all things - an OTC pill for PMS. xP

So, I don't like this, but I wanted to attempt something. Thankfully, today was my day off so I've been resting and just trying to breathe normally all day.

#22 - February 2, 2010

2010-02-02T23:56:00.002-05:00

Rushed grayscale FTL.

#21 - February 1, 2010

2010-02-01T23:27:00.000-05:00

Scribbled this either during my lunch break or my "15." Meh.

#20 - January 31, 2010

2010-01-31T11:59:00.001-05:00

I futzed around with this a little today. That counts. xD

Not done, obvs.

#19 - January 30, 2010

2010-01-30T11:59:00.001-05:00

Not a bish. Not evAr.

Dewshine from Elfquest.

Random bish.

All random scribbles from work today.

Here's to going out and having absolutely NO Snookie moments!!!

#18 - January 29, 2010

2010-01-29T18:20:00.003-05:00

James from Pokemon. Who else?

And now to bed, to nap whatev. I'm too tired for life right now.

#17 - January 28, 2010

2010-01-29T01:08:00.004-05:00

And one more. This one is a bit randy, though, so just click.

#16 - January 27, 2010

2010-01-28T05:15:00.003-05:00

So it was slightly unrealistic of me to think that I could update this blog once a day every day.

However - it wasn't unrealistic of me to think that I could draw at least once a day every day. Which I've been doing.

I was gonna post the junk I've scribbled since Saturday but I really lost them. Really.

Who cares though. Here's to less Snookie moments in the future.

MISSED

2010-01-25T00:17:00.002-05:00

Dammit.

I missed two days.

I will remedy this tomorrow. Me and my damn Snookie moments.

#15 - January 23, 2010

2010-01-22T23:59:00.001-05:00

Everything I scribbled sucked today and PS is acting up for some reason on me, so here's an in-prog shot of that Betty CG.

She has such a weird design to me, I think that's why I'm taking my sweet time on this.

#14 - January 21, 2010

2010-01-21T23:18:00.000-05:00

Drew this while watching Jersey Shore. I know, I know...

I'll do something real and finished soon, dammit! xD

#13 - January 20, 2010

2010-01-20T23:52:00.000-05:00

Feh sums it up pretty well.

I really want to finish that Betty Boop CG...

#12 - January 19, 2010

2010-01-19T23:27:00.001-05:00

Sort of a pseudo-self portrait. Hahaha.

#11 - January 18, 2010

2010-01-18T23:11:00.002-05:00

Grar. Labored over a few sketches today; hated them. Drew this in frustration.

#10 - January 17, 2010

2010-01-17T22:50:00.004-05:00

I re-drew that girl from yesterday. Other scribbles.

Hate that arm and hand. Rrraarrgh...

Well, ten days straight and still going. We'll see how I fare when I go back to work tomorrow (better, probably, since I'm always drawing while I'm there).

#09 - January 16, 2010

2010-01-16T22:06:00.004-05:00

#08 - January 15, 2010

2010-01-15T22:49:00.007-05:00

Another scribbly sketchie. If you haven't figured it out by now, this particular fellow is a wrestler (Oh, god why'd I make his nipples so HUGE and crotch so HIGH?! lol).

One thing I intend on getting better at this year is backgrounds. I just hate doing them. I feel like I have to re-relearn perspective every time I attempt a BG - no matter what it is. Thankfully, I've got at least three wonderful books on the subject in my arsenal (somewhere...).

P.S.
I'm going away to my Dad's for the next couple of days, so the next two updates are more than likely going to be digital scribbles (no scanner there). As much as I don't want to, I just might have to smuggle the 'ol Wacom tablet over there if I want what's posted to be semi-decent.

To quote one of my all-time favorite internet celebrities: "Drawing with a mouse is like drawing with a brick." - Randy Constan, the real Peter Pan.

'Til tomorrow.

#07 - January 14, 2010

2010-01-14T23:43:00.007-05:00

Augh, I lost my Betty Boop CG today (or, at least, a crapload of work I did on it)! I was about to save the thing and Photoshop fucking crashed on me! Thankfully, it was a departure from my usual style so I wasn't that attached to it, but still - that was a lot of work down the drain...Oy fucking vey.

Since I've gotta keep my "deadline," here are three - count 'em three - crap pieces I did at the mall today:

Betty Boop, appropriately enough (her skirt ain't short enough).

Jessie tries to get James drunk so she can bone him. Too bad he likes the cock (This is fucked-up Pokemon fanart, btw)...

A sketch of a scene from one of my ongoing comic ideas. Alien girl sees "daddy" burning her village to the ground. Or was it him?!

I really hate losing CG's. Photoshop crashes on me almost never. D: Go 'effin fig. *waaahhh*

#06 - January 13, 2010

2010-01-13T18:46:00.009-05:00

Aughhhh...

I really, really hate this one.

My frustration stems mainly from the fact that I drew and re-drew the thing like six frillion times today.

Here are a couple of the earlier sketches:

sketch #1 // sketch #2

Admittedly, it's an awkward as fuck pose to begin with (and why'd I put him on a bed? WTF). I don't know why I thought that if I kept re-drawing it, somehow, all the inherent problems with it would just work themselves out.

Well, at least I sorta like the face. 'Til tomorrow.

#05 - January 12, 2010

2010-01-12T22:56:00.007-05:00

I drew on the wrong side of the scrap. xD;; This is a character named Luki, from one of my many comics I'm working on.

(I just noticed that it looks like he has totally long fingernails in this - that wasn't intentional, just part of the "sketchiness." xD Not that there's anything wrong with long fingernails on a dude, he's just not meant to have them in this pic.)

'Til tomorrow!

ETA: Ok, so a few things about this doodle were bugging me so much I had to fix them for my own sanity (his neck and the nails, prettymuch).

#04 - January 11, 2010

2010-01-11T19:16:00.009-05:00

Another girl. Oh, well.

I actually quite like this one. This sketch is actually a reinterpretation of an older sketch I did at work a couple months back. What I like about this one, however, is that it captures the character I was trying to draw much better than the original did.

Oh, Artograph LightTracer Light Box - I heart you so (and if lightboxes are good enough for Jo Chen, they're good enough for meeee)!

#03 - January 10, 2010

2010-01-10T17:57:00.006-05:00

That number in the corner? Heh. As is the case with most of what I draw these days, I did this on a piece of scrap paper from work. I work in retail, and we get a metric crapton of printed-out coupons that either end up on the floor or in the trash.

One day I started tearing up the things into scrap paper and "hold slips" (for books/DVD's we put on "hold") and soon after I realized that these "scraps" were becoming one of my favorite drawing surfaces. I still don't know why.

Back to the scribble. Oy, his arm bugs me. But other than that I'm sorta digging on what I've been doing with this character. If I ever get the motivation, I have a really lame idea for a comic involving this guy.

'Til tomorrow. :)

#02 - January 9, 2010

2010-01-09T17:27:00.004-05:00

It's a girl, OMG!

I'm still futzing with this, so there may be another version of this added later.

As is usually the case with me, I'm not too hot on this, but the point of this blog is to produce, scan, and upload (whether it's good, bad, or ugly in my eyes is besides the point) DAILY.

As long as I'm drawing it's a good thing. :)

#01 - January 8, 2010

2010-01-08T23:27:00.002-05:00

It's fitting I start off with something I hate. With t-minus 30 minutes until January 9, I had to post what I'd been working on. This was a throw-away sketch I'd done on scrap paper that I'd scanned and was messing with in Photoshop.

And so it begins...

2010-01-08T20:17:00.003-05:00

I started this blog in an attempt to get myself motivated and drawing again. The task I've set out for myself is a simple one: To draw. Draw, draw, draw.

I had dreams of being in the art field when I grew up - this goes back as far as I can remember. Then I graduated, chickened out of art school, got a degree in something else and somehow ended up aimless (and goalless) at a thankless retail job I'm in no hurry to quit.

So the task is one drawing a day. The drawing can be anything: A doodle, a sketch, an oekaki, a nice polished piece - It doesn't matter. Even if I don't like it, it'll go up. Even if it's not "done," it'll go up. One drawing a day for the next 365 days.

I'll admit that I got this idea from the film Julie & Julia. I'm a creature of habitual procrastination who works best when I set goals for myself or give myself minor restrictions in which to live. Otherwise, well...I'll just never get around to doing it.

So why call it "Bish-a-Day"? Well, more often than not the simplest thing for me to draw - basically what's always practically rolling off of my pen - is a pretty boy/man. In horrible American-otaku terms this is what is termed as a "bishounen." More affectionately a bishounen is called a "bish."

Does this mean everything I draw will be a "bish"? Hell, no. But, like I already said, most of what I tend to draw fits that criteria. Plus it's a funny title (to me, anyway). xD

So, welcome to my blog. Here we go!