Day 128

Horse paintover.

Day 127

Pretty pretty princess Ivy. Another fun phone painting for my sister. 2 dogs left to go...but maybe I will try a person...

Day 126

One of my sister's dogs, Gotham. Done with infinite painter on my phone. I started to doodle over pictures on my phone because I don't have a lot of energy for anything else, but I feel like I should be doing something. These things are very fun. They relax me. The programs have a lot of bugs, but I am working around them.

Attempt at restart

I am going to attempt to reatart this blog and get something posted everyday. I do a lot of stupid sketches on my phone playing with my new programs. This is one of those. I painted over a picture of a friend's dog and then added a horrible sweater. For some reason, in this application, Corel mobile, when I merged the layers it got blurry. I really want to like this application because the brushes are amazing, but I have lost a lot of work because it randomly delete things and you cannot undo merges even if they turn out horrible like this one. Also even though I saved it before the merge, the program will not let you exit out without saving over your current project. If you do the entire project gets thrown away. I may have to go back to infinite painter until Corel fixes their bullshit.

Day...who knows...

Day...125...but not really

I have been a slacker. Shit hit the fan at home and I got distracted. I bought a new phone and have a new program. This is the first thing I have attempted with it. I just painted over a friend's fb avatar. I am hoping he never sees this. Lol. So yeah...we will see about getting back in gear!

Day 124

More doodles from class.

Day 123

Today I went to the first day of a two day domestic violence training seminar.  It's been very informative and engaging.  Also a bit intimidating...more than a bit intimidating. I was by far the newest dispatcher there, and the trainer made commentary that the part on liability may scare some of us newbies off.  Yeah, it's scary.  This whole damn thing is scary.  You make a mistake and BOOM, you are at court, people may be dead, etc etc.  I mean, really, it's a lot to think about.  But yet, I'm trying. Someone has to do the job, and I'm still hoping I will eventually get good at it.  But it's also more than a bit overwhelming sometimes, and I find I don't have a lot of people I can vent to at present - so it's lonely goings through some serious self-doubt. 

I was really paying attention...but this is my handout from the class. I doodle a lot. I saw relationships I know/knew in that circle, and have experienced some myself.  We talked a lot about the psychology of victim and batterer both, and the effects abuse has on children.  Knowing victims of abuse, I am surprised at the totally opposite ways some young people deal with abuse at a young age.

Psychology fascinates me. I sort of wish that I could somehow be part of that crowd...but at the same time I don't want to be a counselor or anything.  I just want to study people. Like lab rats...

DAy 122

So I have been doing a lot of nothing lately, eh?  Here's an unfinished sorta self-portraitish thing.  I really need to do more work, but I have been concentrating on work, man, sleep, and hopefully soon - health.  I'm porking up and need to get my exercise and eating well back into play.  Motivation ahoy!

Day 121

I got a few other glass paints...a cheaper version.  It's harder to work with for the complex stuff...but fine for the simple.  We will see how it fares after baking, but at 1/3 of the price it may be the go-to for the wine glass class.  ... herm.

Day 120

More wine glass painting. I believe I am going to use the bottom dot design for the class.  It's simple and can be done while drinking...requires only a few colors and little to no talent in order to produce something nice.  The lily above I did in as few steps as possible and may explain how to do a flower as well.  I think the more I do the better and easier it gets.  I've seen gorgeous flower ones, and I want to learn how!  The above two I am definitely baking.

Day 118-119

So I agreed to do a class on wine glass painting, and I have not really even done it. These are a few of my first tries, and more to come tomorrow.  I need to come up with a solid design to teach the ladies, and then let them have fun with their own ideas if they want to. Hopefully by tomorrow I will know in what direction I should head. I bought some more glasses from the dollar store/thrift store to wash up and paint, though I am only using the small ones for practice.  The real ones will be full size red glasses.  We may go through a lot of paint! 

Day 117

Another crappy little doodle on a post it for today.  It is all I had time for!  For some reason the bright highlighter background did not show up.  In actuality it has a neon yellow background.

Day 116

Another Post-It doodle.  Hopefully I will have time to do another post it at work, but I have been very focused on other things!

Day 115

Another barely done doodle in the sketchbook for today.  You can see some bleedthrough green from the other day.  I have been very hasty with sketches lately, but hopefully it's just because my brain is getting used to a new job and all that...and I end up not sketching until the last few hours of the night when I am tired. Boo.

Day 114

End of a long weekend.  Cannot wait to sleep in tomorrow, and then maybe do something other than sleep...maybe.

Day 113

I'm tired and I have no urge to draw, so this is it.  "I'm a uni-whore!"  One more day of the long weekend and then another few days off!  Yayyyy....zzzzzz.

Day 112

Crazy bunny doodle for a busy busy day.  I'm in my on weekend at work. 36 hours in three days - not a whole lot of time to spare for art-making...but I doodle when I can.

Day 111

Another random shitty doodle for a random day.

Day 110

Doodle. 

Day 109

Hey look...a doodle. yay.  Goodnight.

Day 108

It's a dude from Google...that is all.

Day 106-7

Another post it...I missed yesterday, and today I need to go to bed early...so something simple, yet fun. :D

Day 105

Meh...not what I really wanted this to look like...grrrr.  Maybe next time.

Day 104

Another rough long day, another shitty sketch.  Hey, at least it's something!  I have so far done a little something every day...and that is a feat itself, so there.

Day 103

Sometimes all I can get done in a day is a little post it note.  This one here is another 1.5 incher I doodled with new pens today at work while on the phone.  I added a little white marker and a yellowy orange sharpie I was using to underline notecards.  I actually really like doing these little things, and they fit perfectly over a day in my planner.  Perhaps pictures will be forthcoming.  I know I should do another sketch tonight, but I promised myself today I would get to bed at a reasonable (read...before 10) bedtime so that 4:30 isn't such a drag.

Day 102

I am depressed for no reason.  I don't feel like drawing, or being - but why?  It doesn't make sense.  I have so much going for me right now, this black hole doesn't make any bloody sense!

Day 101

I took a great nap today after work.  Here's a sketch from this evening in my grey sketchbook.

Day 100

It is my 100th day, and to celebrate...I did a doodle on a mini post it at work.  This thing is tiny. I am guessing it is about 1.5 by 2 inches or so, so the picture is more than twice as large as the actual doodle itself.  This weekend has been rough, but also pretty awesome.  I am learning a ton of new information at work and already have more strange experiences under my belt than I did after 5 years at the comedy club.  My niece had her baby...and now I am getting ready to finish off the week watching a new episode of Dr. Who with Eric.  Tomorrow I have to work at Walgreens. *sigh*  But I am saving for a car!  That is what I keep telling myself when I'm falling asleep on the way to work or home. 

I'm excited for the fall...cocoa and cider, cool nights and warm cuddles, and the smell of crunchy leaves.  Until then I will swelter with the rest of us in humidity that is hell on my hair. 

Day 99

I am so tired.  This is a doodle I did at work today on the back of a notecard.  As always, all of the subtle greys are pretty much lost, though it doesn't matter so much when it's something this ridiculous! lol  I am off to bed.  It's way past my bedtime - again.

Day 98

Too tired....soooo damn tired.  Goodnight.

Day 97

Doodled this at the hospital waiting for my niece to give birth.  I had to leave, because I need to get up at 4am, so I never got to see her.  As I walked in the door I got a text saying that they were doing an emergency c-section. So I am hoping for the best for my niece and her baby girl, and now I don't know how I am going to get enough sleep for work in the morning.

Day 96

An eye experimenting with another digital program and its various brushes. Meh

Day 95

Red wine and tiredness= this.  :D

Day94

Another sketch with art flow. I need to watch some vids on how to do digi stuff...it is beyond me atm.

Day 93

Playing with a new digi program. I cannot figure out how to crop or resize yet, but this is the only sketch I have done today.

Day 92

Yeah...I still randomly draw birdlike things when I am playing around. 

Test

Testing digital uploading!

Day 91

Weird mood.

Day 90

Watercolor sketch - cropped weird. :P  Goodnight!

Day 89

A sketch for an idea I would like to do larger someday.  Not a whole lot today as it's been a long one.  Tomorrow will prob be a little sketch too because after work from 6-6 I am going with Eric to the movies.  We will see what I get done!

Day 88

Seems a fitting sketch for the day.  Despair from Sandman....for those of you who didn't know.

Day 87

It's Eric Shonborn's birthday today.  As part of his birthday celebrations I asked him to tell me what to draw for my sketch today.  His request was "original Daredevil"...so, he reached into his library of comics and found me reference...and I proceeded to butcher it. lol.  As an aside I added a silly party hat and bubble.  Love you, Eric, Happy Birthday!

Day 86

Balloons for Eric's birthday. Could not scan...so here is a phone pic. Thank goodness Eric was around or Imay have missed my deadline!

Day 85

I did another Groot.  Because.  Just...because.