This is just sad... Doodles? Bad Drawing #39

Still haven't been drawing.

At this rate I'm NEVER going to get all the bad drawings out of me.

However, yesterday, my friend Sam called me at work while I was watching some edits. Without thinking, for the first time in weeks, I started drawing.

Unfortunately it was on my actual edit notes.


Lets break this down...

To the top left appear to be two "renderings" of Tie Fighters.


Those especially suck because, #1, how nerdy am I that when I mindlessly draw, it's a TIE fighter and what looks like a bent wing TIE fighter or Tie andvanced X1 (Vaders TIE)?

And, #2, the TIE fighter is completely wrong. The side wings don't have 8 panels, they have 6. Durrrr. Turn in my nerd badge.

What the hell is this? A strange otherworldly structure? I building from a long forgotten dream? A vision of the cup if Christ?


Stay tuned... if I find this subconscious image in the real world, I will let you know.

Below appears to be another structural absurdity. With numbers. Numbers that appear to be my Thomas the Tank Engine editing notes. I'm pretty sure I could build this and Vancouver Parks Board would put it in the middle of some local greenery as art.


Also there appears to be a frame beside it?

Sam and I got talking about French Bulldogs at some point... I assume that is why the following image exists.


His name is Desmond. I will own him one day.

Finally, I appear to have started doodling a superhero. This happens a lot when I doodle. Maybe it's because I secretly dream of bursting from behind my computer, running out of the studio and flying away to fight crime. But I think mostly it comes from just drawing a stick figure is boring. Masks and capes make everything cooler.


I tried to figure out what was going on in the bottom of the superhero doodle...


Then I realized it's just another superhero... running.


A+

So yeah. While there are quite a few drawings here, I can't give each a credit. It was all done in one session, completely subconsciously. If I were to frame the piece, someone would say "what a crappy drawing", not "What a crappy collection of little drawings".

So there you have it. I clearly need to be drawing more... just gotta get through Christmas.

Ummm... More Bad Drawings Coming?!?! (Also Drawing #15)

The intentions to do more bad drawings exist, but not so much the DRIVE to do them.

Often, at work, I'll walk by my pal Jeff Bailey's desk and see he has a page of little, awesome doodles sitting in front of him. I'll look over them with jealousy. Generally, when I try to doodle, I'll just stare at the page until I get frustrated enough to just say "fuckit" and just start watching TV instead.

Or I get super frustrated and draw out my feelings in sketch form:



Yes... I know... What's up with the hands? I DON'T KNOW!

I can see them in my HEAD, but when I put pencil to paper, THAT happens. I know it's wrong, but still, can't seem to fix it right.

Ah well... one more bad drawing out of my system. I'm really going to have to pick up the pace or I'll never be the artist my Mom thinks I am.

Funny, I just noticed in the background, behind my head, you can see discarded drawings I attempted by failed at, leaving me want to stab myself with a giant pencil in the first place. They are like the "Ghosts of Past Bad Drawings"

Oh yeah... Drawing...

Crap, I've been busy lately.

Actually, that's a lie. I'm just really uninspired.

It's weird being uninspired when your girlfriend is right next to you, crafting away, being all creative.

I just have had absolutely ZERO drive these last couple of weeks to do anything creative.

This is weird cause I'm just SURROUNDED by creativity... lets take a look! (good excuse to post pictures!)

First off, Arlyn is knitting and crafting her ass off.

*I like this Alot. I've been buggging for one for a while. So awesome.

You can see her Etsy site HERE and her Blog in the links or HERE

Then last night I became a "fan" of my friend Patricia Atchison's art page on Facebook. Her oil paintings are insane. We have two Giclee's of her art on our walls at home. We hope to add a few more down the road.

Patricia's site is HERE.

Then I was tooling around the web looking at Robert Valley Art...


You may know him from his "Rock Band" intro that he story boarded.



His site is HERE.

I just finished re-reading Bryan O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim" series...


And am currently reading my favorite web series in a long time "Dr. McNinja"

You can find that brilliant series HERE.

So yeah, I don't really have an excuse for being uninspired. I just am.

More crap coming!

Been insanely busy working these last days, and haven't pulled out a sketchbook to work on anything. I have a script deadline for this Wednesday, and after that, I should be back to churning out crap drawings.

First up, I believe, will be "Ewok Walking Shih-tzu". I have collected some reference already, and am eager to get working on it.

Hopefully it will be a tribute to my Ewok-dog "Indiana".

Maybe I will even try and paint it. GASP!


(this is Indiana making it very difficult for me to work)