Stopped by the always-reliable Panda Inn tonight with a bunch of friends.  We went easy on the endangered mammals, and stuck with lighter fare.  Next time though, we’re stopping here.
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I know someone who’s going to be huge in brain resarch. And I’ll always be able to say, “I knew her when…”
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I was just messing around this evening and did this quick page of icon ideas. I think I like the bottom two elements best, as well as the far right one. Of course, I realize now that I should have done one of these to go with it.
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Tonight was the closest I came to missing a day of sketching. Â Somehow it had just slipped my mind. Â Every light in the house was off, and I was headed to bed when it struck me. Â So I went back to the desk for a quick sketch, and here’s what I ended up with. Â I have to say, it’s certainly unique among the sketches so far…
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So this is the outcome of the last couple of sketches. Â This idea sort of came from all the squirrels I always see on our street. Â They’re always leaping around in the trees, running along telephone lines, and pretty much having the run of the place. Â I guess I got to thinking how they’d do out in the country among actual predators. Â Somewhat less well, I imagine.
I guess the companion drawing to this would be the “country squirrel” wandering goggle-eyed into the street as a taxi bears down on him. Â But I think one impending-rodent-doom illustration is quite sufficient.
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This is an expansion of yesterday’s sketch, prepping for the same digital illustration perspective assignment. Â I like the angle, but I was thinking of making it more visually interesting by putting it in that leather-helmets era of 1920s-ish college football. Â Could make for a good color palette and design aesthetic in the final piece. Â Also, I like the idea of having an unexpectedly female quarterback who’s about to make the big, game-winning play. Â I forgot to fix the proportions before doing this fleshed-out version, but I figured that could be fixed later in Illustrator.
Then I realized something: there’s no actual action taking place here. Â There’s anticipation of action, but that’s it. Â So the inset sketch is a new idea that would integrate action directly between the foreground and background elements. Â Of course, it also trades female empowerment for imminent demise of small, furry creatures. Â Hope that doesn’t reveal something about the artist…
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Went down south to spend some three-day-weekend time with extended family — and (by further extension) their two labradors, Starsky & Hutch. Â This is the first time I’ve ever sat and drawn any animals from observation.
I figured sleeping dogs would stay still long enough to draw, but that wasn’t really the case (hence the various different angles). Â Actually, come to think of it, most models you’d have to pay to have them generate this many poses for you…
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