Update!

It has been far too long since I have last updated this poor blog.
I have some news though.

I've finally saved up enough money from plasma donation to buy a tablet. Now I'm able to get back into doing digital art! Maybe now I'll be able to get commissions.
I'm a little rusty at digital art though, so I'm trying to get back in shape with a few art exercises.
After watching an episode of Community, and this PSA on youtube I've decided to do a portrait of George Takei. Here's the work in progress.





Now that I look at these again, I realize that the shape of left eye, the position of the mouth, and the hairline are all way off. I'll have these mistakes corrected in my next blog post.

AMERICA

I've been busy today.
I went and bought bagels this morning and picked up an application for a part time job (just a little money here and there for rent). I photographed a bunch of my old student projects. I'll be posting these to Etsy and putting them up for sale (just a little more money here and there for rent). I did some sketches for a comic I'm illustrating (I'll post some soon, I promise).
I also started work on a new pet project.
I posted to facebook:
"What shall I draw today? YOU DECIDE AMERICA!"
Stephen Buchanan responded "Dicks."
Mallory Harrelson responded "A butterface. A lovely lady with a really ugly face chasing down a knight who came to save her."
I decided to go with that last one.
Here's my rough sketch so far:

I apologize for the quality. My scanner sucks, and I couldn't mess with the curves because I do not have Photoshop on my home computer. Hopefully if I can make some money from selling work on Etsy, I will be able to finally clear both of these hurdles and get back to making digital work. In the mean time, it's all traditional media for me!

Stream of Thought

A couple of quick stream-of-thought doodles I made last night.




...and... here's something old I just found!



I haven't gotten much work done today. I went to bed late last night (sometime around 5:00am) and ended up waking up really late (like around 3:00pm). So much for my daily schedule.
I went out for a stroll, and ended up finding a bagel shop/bakery shop I never knew about. Apparently they are hiring. I think I'll put in an application there for a part time job. That will get me by for a while at least while I work on these comics and get some more commissions.

Scanner

I got my commission for Louis completed, shipped out, and received payment. Enjoy buddy! I wish I could have gotten a good scan of it, but I don't have a big enough scanner at the moment.
I did manage to get my crappy Dell scanner working at least, so here are a few little doodles for you.


I need to start drawing more equipment and weapon pieces for my portfolio. I want to do concept art for game companies at some point.



This was just for fun.



This is a page from my sketch book. I've been doing rough sketches for a comic book I'm working on with my writer friend Noah Mann-Engel. I'll be posting more of these along with some thumbnail and layout pages in the next few days.

Getting My Ass in Gear

I'm still trying to adjust to life outside of college.
I need to start waking up before 8:00am.
I need to come up with a schedule for myself.
I need to get to work on these two comics and start doing more commissions.
I need to get the money together to buy a drawing table. Drawing on my floor hasn't been working. Hanging my works in progress on my walls to work on is better, and it helps remind me to get to work.
I need to either get a new computer or get my computer upgraded so I can get Photoshop and Illustrator and start doing digital work again. I need to get a scanner and a tablet. This is going to be expensive as hell.

Work in Progress

I really need to get a scanner. I've been having to use my crappy camera to take these for you.


I have a bunch of sketches I want to put up here too, but again, no scanner.

WIP Update

Finally, after moving into my new apartment, I am now starting to get back to work.
Check out this commission piece I'm working on for a friend of mine.




It's getting there.