Testing somethin'

Oh blogger video, why you gotta be like that?

Also, does anyone out there know how to get these things to loop properly?  I messed around with it forever but couldn't figure it out.

EDIT:

Oh hey, there we go!  But now you have to click on it to see it I guess.  I wonder if there is a way to do it so you don't have to...?

Outfit 04

Needed a quick doodle break.  

Feeling kinda bland and blah lately.  Gotta try to shake it off!

I am really honing my ability to substitute backgrounds and atmosphere with vague shapes and blobs of color.  Go me.

Outfit 03

Gorgeous gorgeous weather here today!

So I've noticed that I still haven't seemed to settle on any one particular "style" of drawing digitally.  I don't know why I feel like it's so hard for me to really get comfortable with any one particular way of going about it.  Like, drawing digitally for me in and of itself is really rather challenging, not to mention trying to figure out all the technical nit-picky things like settings and stuff.  It feels awfully limiting as far as range of motion is concerned.  I'm a pretty, well, energetic drawer I guess?  I like to put a lot of my body into it and really get my arms moving from the shoulder and not just the elbow or wrist.  You know what I mean?  That's why I prefer large sketch pads by far over sketch books and other small formats.  It's also why I really prefer softer media like charcoal or conté that can be manipulated more directly and quickly than pencil (for me anyway).  But I guess that in a way that's also just me being biased and a little stubborn.  I'm going to keep trying to get used to all sorts of different mediums and be more well-rounded in that regard.

Huh.  And that ends my totally unintentional rant thing.  Sorry about that!

Well spring break for me was sort of like the calm before the storm.  Things are going to get real busy real fast around here so my posts are going to become much less frequent.  

Good luck to everyone as the semester begins to wrap up, let's all keep working hard and finish strong!

ps.  I got my hair cut!

Waiting. Aching.

I posted this last night but then I un-posted it for some reason.  Embarrassment?  I don't know.

Either way, I'm postin' it now!

Mei's House

My Thanks

Hm.  There are some things I really like about this and some things I don't.

But ohmygosh WHY CAN'T I GET AWAY FROM THESE COLORS??

I want to take a second to really thank those of you who have dropped a comment on my blog or even taken a moment of your time to browse through.  Words of wisdom and encouragement mean the world to me so thank you.  Thank you thank you thank you!

Home Sweet Home

I think this picture kind of says it all.

Sorry for the long-ish gap in posting.  I would have posted something sooner but I have (obviously) been feeling kind of lazy, and also our house has been having internet issues.

Still playing around with different brush settings and ways that I enjoy sketching digitally.  I don't know why but it's really difficult for me sometimes.  I like this brush though!  

Mei is so funny.  It was fun drawing her in one of her many goofy positions.  She actually sleeps like that.