12:55 am - Air trip
An attempt to organise my life and state some proactive goals
Right, so I'm flying to Malaysia in precisely 24 hours, and:
( These holidays have been spent with my feeling curiously displaced )
In other news, my mother and brother unexpectedly splurged and bought me the complete 120 set of Prismacolors as well as some holdfast (non-fade) pencils...and tree-free hemp paper. ZOMG. My mother and I may not see eye-to-eye but her concerns about the content and the time-consuming nature of my hobbies aside, I have realised (and mentioned to the effect) that she actually likes the fact that I draw (since she drew alot herself too). Still, this tickles me pink in some respects (and, sadly, makes me feel horrid in others). More pragmatically speaking, this does for me something I've been unwilling to spend the cash on: good pencils so that I can improve and branch out my drawing more aggressively. Because I do love to draw, and I do hate not being able to draw certain things because I'm simply not good enough.
Speaking of art, as testament to my inability to stay on task:
WARNING: NAKED BUNNY
Product of yesterday! New character, actually, not entirely new, but he's this guy. As you can see (CLICKY THE LINKY THINGY the thumbnail looks TERRIBLE) I've changed the skull alot- when I first attempted drawing rabbits, I made the amateurish mistake of attempting to let the ears do the work. The styles clashed as I was trying to do...like...a realistic version of Cream (from Sonic et al.) and, like...no. So this guy's my second attempt- or second and third, since the second consisted of an essentially human head with altered muzzle and of course the ears (some hen- I mean manga influences evidently). I suppose this approach was in part successful but I totally freaked![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
strawcat out with those glassy, soulless eyes. Having accomplished this feat in my next quick sketch (quick save for the bloody head, that is, oh boy I struggled) I decided that yes, this approach was definitely not working (another friend called them "killer zombie eyes" to which I had to agree...I will eeeeat your soooouuuullll...) and whacked on an actual rabbit head, slightly modified.
Bingo. We have, for all intents and purposes, an anthropomorphic rabbit, in keeping with my insistence on relatively realistic anatomy. By the way, he needs a name!!! I started out with Dent, or maybe Jack, but neither of those fly. Neither did Felt. Bill I stuck with for a bit but it was indeed a total joke, as was Charlie. Fleet is too corny, but Fleck and Flisk are just way off. It pretty much needs to be monosyllabic, relatively uncommon, but also preferably denoting no meaning except by phonetic connotation. And I majorly suck at giving names.
You'll note that he's the strongest built yet (I decided to make him an exotic dancer for the hell of it, huzzah), and you might even note that I've been drawing more muscular characters as time wears on (Rael was pretty thin, though that is very different now...Morgan was spindly but has broad shoulders, Orlestat is pretty damn ripped.) No, I am *not* developing a muscle-fur fetish! Honest. Though I do have to address the fact that my habits in terms of subject matter are rather narrow in scope. I need to exorcise some demons and draw a larger range of characters. Ah yes, that's a good idea. While I'm thinking about broadening the palette, I also need to start looking at more diverse architecture, hierarchical (religious) themes, more complex drapery and non-flattering, candid poses- all of which I tend to shy away from for a variety of psychologically-based reasons. Which reminds me- costuming tips would also be much appreciated. I wanted to have this sleeve-thingy, but it doesn't seem to go so well with a loin-cloth, and I suck at costuming anyway.
Now, I should finish up what I'm doing and head to bed. Perhaps the reason I'm still feeling so marvellously displaced is because I'm still high on MSG. Also, I may be online whilst in Malaysia, but not a whole lot (and time zone changes, obviously: GMT+0800). After that, I'll be in Sydney until about the 10th (Feb).
So. Later!
Right, so I'm flying to Malaysia in precisely 24 hours, and:
- My room is still a mess.
- I have a very important letter and an informal CV to write and send (at least I've done the other submission thingy...that one was particularly urgent).
- I still have a list of requests that I am going through too slowly.
- We're missing Malaysia-Australia adaptors.
- My net died in the middle of some rather delicate conversations as my brother and mother were calling through from the US...
( These holidays have been spent with my feeling curiously displaced )
In other news, my mother and brother unexpectedly splurged and bought me the complete 120 set of Prismacolors as well as some holdfast (non-fade) pencils...and tree-free hemp paper. ZOMG. My mother and I may not see eye-to-eye but her concerns about the content and the time-consuming nature of my hobbies aside, I have realised (and mentioned to the effect) that she actually likes the fact that I draw (since she drew alot herself too). Still, this tickles me pink in some respects (and, sadly, makes me feel horrid in others). More pragmatically speaking, this does for me something I've been unwilling to spend the cash on: good pencils so that I can improve and branch out my drawing more aggressively. Because I do love to draw, and I do hate not being able to draw certain things because I'm simply not good enough.
Speaking of art, as testament to my inability to stay on task:
WARNING: NAKED BUNNY
Product of yesterday! New character, actually, not entirely new, but he's this guy. As you can see (CLICKY THE LINKY THINGY the thumbnail looks TERRIBLE) I've changed the skull alot- when I first attempted drawing rabbits, I made the amateurish mistake of attempting to let the ears do the work. The styles clashed as I was trying to do...like...a realistic version of Cream (from Sonic et al.) and, like...no. So this guy's my second attempt- or second and third, since the second consisted of an essentially human head with altered muzzle and of course the ears (some hen- I mean manga influences evidently). I suppose this approach was in part successful but I totally freaked
strawcat out with those glassy, soulless eyes. Having accomplished this feat in my next quick sketch (quick save for the bloody head, that is, oh boy I struggled) I decided that yes, this approach was definitely not working (another friend called them "killer zombie eyes" to which I had to agree...I will eeeeat your soooouuuullll...) and whacked on an actual rabbit head, slightly modified. Bingo. We have, for all intents and purposes, an anthropomorphic rabbit, in keeping with my insistence on relatively realistic anatomy. By the way, he needs a name!!! I started out with Dent, or maybe Jack, but neither of those fly. Neither did Felt. Bill I stuck with for a bit but it was indeed a total joke, as was Charlie. Fleet is too corny, but Fleck and Flisk are just way off. It pretty much needs to be monosyllabic, relatively uncommon, but also preferably denoting no meaning except by phonetic connotation. And I majorly suck at giving names.
You'll note that he's the strongest built yet (I decided to make him an exotic dancer for the hell of it, huzzah), and you might even note that I've been drawing more muscular characters as time wears on (Rael was pretty thin, though that is very different now...Morgan was spindly but has broad shoulders, Orlestat is pretty damn ripped.) No, I am *not* developing a muscle-fur fetish! Honest. Though I do have to address the fact that my habits in terms of subject matter are rather narrow in scope. I need to exorcise some demons and draw a larger range of characters. Ah yes, that's a good idea. While I'm thinking about broadening the palette, I also need to start looking at more diverse architecture, hierarchical (religious) themes, more complex drapery and non-flattering, candid poses- all of which I tend to shy away from for a variety of psychologically-based reasons. Which reminds me- costuming tips would also be much appreciated. I wanted to have this sleeve-thingy, but it doesn't seem to go so well with a loin-cloth, and I suck at costuming anyway.
Now, I should finish up what I'm doing and head to bed. Perhaps the reason I'm still feeling so marvellously displaced is because I'm still high on MSG. Also, I may be online whilst in Malaysia, but not a whole lot (and time zone changes, obviously: GMT+0800). After that, I'll be in Sydney until about the 10th (Feb).
So. Later!