I had to take individual photos of the drawings to use as place holders in my video edit while my Girlfriend, Arlyn, colors them... So much work... so many bad drawings.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Bad Drawing Update!
I've been crazy busy trying to get this wedding invite done, and will soon update with some more bad drawings, but for now, here is a nice little preview of what's to come...
I had to take individual photos of the drawings to use as place holders in my video edit while my Girlfriend, Arlyn, colors them... So much work... so many bad drawings.
I had to take individual photos of the drawings to use as place holders in my video edit while my Girlfriend, Arlyn, colors them... So much work... so many bad drawings.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Cabin in the Woods contest results....
Well I gave it a shot... I entered Bad Drawing #98 "Creepy Octo-kid" in the www.aintitcoolnews.com Cabin in the Woods contest (see here for blog entry)
At least I got a runner up!... (I'm the 4th drawing down...)
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55453
From "Quint" (the guy running the contest):
"Now here are some runner-ups that I like:
....Ellery Van Dooyeweert’s creepy tentacled-footed kid with a bowlcut. There was a lack of children-related horror coming out of those elevators, now that I think of it."
Can't argue the winners... The Indian guy looks pretty damn good.
At least I got a runner up!... (I'm the 4th drawing down...)
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55453
From "Quint" (the guy running the contest):
"Now here are some runner-ups that I like:
....Ellery Van Dooyeweert’s creepy tentacled-footed kid with a bowlcut. There was a lack of children-related horror coming out of those elevators, now that I think of it."
Can't argue the winners... The Indian guy looks pretty damn good.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
I GOT MAIL!
Yup, today I got my book order from Amazon.ca. I ordered the book "Drawing Words and Writing Pictures - by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden", on the recommendation of Bryan Lee O'Malley...
an even newer classic, this book blew me away. It’s essentially a college course in a book and contains many great ways to think about writing, drawing and everything in between. I was already an established pro when I got this book, but I still learned a lot from it. Jess and Matt are great teachers. They also have a sequel (like an advanced, second-year college course) coming out very soon and I’m excited!!!!
-Bryan Lee O'Malley
I have this weird dream that I'm gonna try and do a comic one day, and I figured this book may get me going in the right direction.
The point of this blog has always been to get me to draw more. Whenever I see really early work from a lot of my favorite comic artists, it's always amazing to me how much they've improved from the first drawn panel of their first comic, to the last panel of the most recent comic. I guess I feel maybe I should have my first panel of a first comic...
Anyway, whenever I get this wedding invite work done, I can start focusing on that venture... but there's a lot to do...
Yup, today I got my book order from Amazon.ca. I ordered the book "Drawing Words and Writing Pictures - by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden", on the recommendation of Bryan Lee O'Malley...
an even newer classic, this book blew me away. It’s essentially a college course in a book and contains many great ways to think about writing, drawing and everything in between. I was already an established pro when I got this book, but I still learned a lot from it. Jess and Matt are great teachers. They also have a sequel (like an advanced, second-year college course) coming out very soon and I’m excited!!!!
-Bryan Lee O'Malley
I have this weird dream that I'm gonna try and do a comic one day, and I figured this book may get me going in the right direction.
The point of this blog has always been to get me to draw more. Whenever I see really early work from a lot of my favorite comic artists, it's always amazing to me how much they've improved from the first drawn panel of their first comic, to the last panel of the most recent comic. I guess I feel maybe I should have my first panel of a first comic...
Anyway, whenever I get this wedding invite work done, I can start focusing on that venture... but there's a lot to do...
Page 1 of the script I'm drawing out... gah.
More drawings from said wedding project on the way... and as soon as I can post the finished, I shall.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Creepy Octo-Kid - Bad Drawing #98
www.Aintitcool.com is having a little "Cabin in the Woods" contest for a "visual companion" book... Not sure exactly what that is, but it has all kinds of background on the movie... design... script... anyway I WANT IT.
I want it because I loved the movie, and I love Joss...
Anyway, the idea of the competition is as follows:
"Now, for you arty folks, I want to see an illustration (a quick sketch or a rough doodle will suffice) of a monster of your own design in the Cabin in the Woods universe. I know that’s a tall order given the film, but I have faith in you."
Sounds like another MILLION BAD DRAWINGS contest to me!
This is what I sent in:
You know, as I step back from the drawing and see a photo of it, some of the problems are a little more clear... HOWEVER, I still like it. It's rare I like something I draw, but I do like this. Fuck ups and all. (By fuck ups I mostly mean the tentacles... they bug the shit out of me, but I had no idea how to draw them... this is where you use reference kids!)
Anyway, I needed a monster, something that I would hate to see come at me in the cabin. Well I find creepy kids terrifying... I also find bowl cuts terrifying. Kids with bowl cuts are the worst... so I figured give it a blank stare and tentacles and I would shit my camping shorts should I run across it at a cabin.
Drawing #98... Octo-kid.
I want it because I loved the movie, and I love Joss...
Anyway, the idea of the competition is as follows:
"Now, for you arty folks, I want to see an illustration (a quick sketch or a rough doodle will suffice) of a monster of your own design in the Cabin in the Woods universe. I know that’s a tall order given the film, but I have faith in you."
Sounds like another MILLION BAD DRAWINGS contest to me!
This is what I sent in:
You know, as I step back from the drawing and see a photo of it, some of the problems are a little more clear... HOWEVER, I still like it. It's rare I like something I draw, but I do like this. Fuck ups and all. (By fuck ups I mostly mean the tentacles... they bug the shit out of me, but I had no idea how to draw them... this is where you use reference kids!)
Anyway, I needed a monster, something that I would hate to see come at me in the cabin. Well I find creepy kids terrifying... I also find bowl cuts terrifying. Kids with bowl cuts are the worst... so I figured give it a blank stare and tentacles and I would shit my camping shorts should I run across it at a cabin.
Drawing #98... Octo-kid.
Monday, April 23, 2012
CARDED at the Gallery Gachet!
So "A Million Bad Drawings" has finally broken into the art world. Last Saturday night at the "Gallery Gachet", Lot-O-Bots made it's way around a crowd, being traded for what I can only assume were broken dreams, wads of cash, or "You take this crap robot one, and I'll let you punch me in the cock".
Wow... Made it into print! it's like a real blog now.So as you walk into the gallery all the cards are displayed, front and back, in clip frames along the walls. You can use these pieces as a guide to what cards are available for trade. It's also good to check out competition, or if you didn't get in, to say "WTF? THIS got in and I didn't?!?"
If you follow the giant pink arrow, you will find a furry pink box that you can jam your fist into and pull out a pack of cards.... and only for 5 dollars. That's a pretty good deal considering the part of town this show is in - most of the other furry box's you can reach into for 5 bucks will just get you AIDS.
Don't be shy! Get your whole arm in there buddy!
Vancouver's artsy crowd...
My parents came out to the show to check out my piece. I pretty much guilted them into it. They spent all that cash on my art classes when I was a kid, they should get some pay off.
Mika doing some trading...
So my card wasn't the ONLY piece of brilliance that night... I had a few friends who were at the show as well, being awesome artists, as usual.
Jenn Brisson and Indy Astete piece! (I have TONS of Jenn Art around the apartment...)
Megz Majewski! (As well as Megz art...)
Peter Ricq! (We have two originals of this guy's stuff on our walls)
I don't know this guy... but I like the art...
And so the first ever art show "A Million Bad Drawings" took place in, happened. Now back to sketching. I still haven't hit the first 100 bad drawings after all...
look at those arty hands... like I never worked a hard day of manual labour in my life.
-EL
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Drunken Proclamation Rough... Bad Drawing #97!
Ugh... this didn't work at all.
Continuing on with the wedding project, I needed a drawing of me at a window drunkenly proclaiming my plan to win the heart of some girl... This did not work out (the drawing... not the plan... though the plan only half worked.)
Okay... a lot wrong here on my first go. First off, I don't look drunk really. That is not drunk face.
Second, it is WAY too busy and shitty in the background. intersecting lines... crooked tables. It pretty much all around sucks.
The plan now is to redraw it and leave almost everything out of the BG except for the shitty drawing of Kev and the couch he is sitting on.
Also, what the fuck is going on with the hand holding the sill?!?!?... the fingers to right to the wrist.
The triumphant arm in the air I'm pretty sure connects to NOTHING if you followed the lines down to the shoulder area. Maybe I should try some structure.
These were SUPPOSED to be doodles though... really rough like. I get too wrapped up in having it make sense, and therefor it starts to make no sense at all.
ah well... REDRAW!
Bad Drawing #97!!!
Continuing on with the wedding project, I needed a drawing of me at a window drunkenly proclaiming my plan to win the heart of some girl... This did not work out (the drawing... not the plan... though the plan only half worked.)
Okay... a lot wrong here on my first go. First off, I don't look drunk really. That is not drunk face.
Second, it is WAY too busy and shitty in the background. intersecting lines... crooked tables. It pretty much all around sucks.
The plan now is to redraw it and leave almost everything out of the BG except for the shitty drawing of Kev and the couch he is sitting on.
Also, what the fuck is going on with the hand holding the sill?!?!?... the fingers to right to the wrist.
The triumphant arm in the air I'm pretty sure connects to NOTHING if you followed the lines down to the shoulder area. Maybe I should try some structure.
These were SUPPOSED to be doodles though... really rough like. I get too wrapped up in having it make sense, and therefor it starts to make no sense at all.
ah well... REDRAW!
Bad Drawing #97!!!
Friday, April 13, 2012
An honest to goodness Artist?!?! LOT-O-BOTS! Bad Drawing #96
So there's there's this art show in town called "Carded" where artists submit their work and, if chosen, their work is turned into a cool little trading card. The idea is that you go to the show - whatever night it is - and buy a pack of random cards for 5 bucks. You then walk around the show and trade cards with people... collecting the ones you want.
The people who put this show on do a similar show called "Hot One Inch Action" which is the same idea as "Carded" but with little 1 inch buttons. When Arlyn, Mika and I checked out the button show a few months ago, I thought it was a pretty good time and figured I would attempt to put art in on the next show.
Well the next show turned out to be this "Carded" show. I knew about it a month before the deadline, but I didn't actually sit down and draw anything until the last day (I'm lazy like that). The day before it was due I was sitting in a meeting, remembered the deadline, and I just started doodling in my sketchbook. I liked the doodle enough that I took a pic and sent it in. I actually tried to get Arlyn to color it for me, but she thought it looked fine black and white.
Well success! 150 people submitted, but "Lot-O-Bots" was one of the 50 to get in!
Take that you THREADLESS jerks.
Anyway, My ego is now through the roof, and will probably remain that way until the night of the show when I hear people walking around asking "Will you trade ANYTHING for this stupid robot shit card?"
My first official art show drawing outside of Highschool... "LOT-O-BOTS! - Bad Drawing #96
Check out http://hotartcard.com/ for more info on show night!
The people who put this show on do a similar show called "Hot One Inch Action" which is the same idea as "Carded" but with little 1 inch buttons. When Arlyn, Mika and I checked out the button show a few months ago, I thought it was a pretty good time and figured I would attempt to put art in on the next show.
Well the next show turned out to be this "Carded" show. I knew about it a month before the deadline, but I didn't actually sit down and draw anything until the last day (I'm lazy like that). The day before it was due I was sitting in a meeting, remembered the deadline, and I just started doodling in my sketchbook. I liked the doodle enough that I took a pic and sent it in. I actually tried to get Arlyn to color it for me, but she thought it looked fine black and white.
Well success! 150 people submitted, but "Lot-O-Bots" was one of the 50 to get in!
Take that you THREADLESS jerks.
Anyway, My ego is now through the roof, and will probably remain that way until the night of the show when I hear people walking around asking "Will you trade ANYTHING for this stupid robot shit card?"
My first official art show drawing outside of Highschool... "LOT-O-BOTS! - Bad Drawing #96
Check out http://hotartcard.com/ for more info on show night!
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