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Time sure does fly when you're having fun, drawing that is. Tried out a few different things tonight. Just to spice it up. Still did a little Preston Blair study. The cat on the right feels more like a John K style than Preston Blair though.

MiniAthena is the last of the big Greek gods. Now I have to decide where I want to go from here.



Claude and his turtle up to their usual antics.


I needed a new wallpaper for my Ipod and my Droid, I also needed a new daily Gilligan drawing.



Ipod Wallpaper


Droid Wallpaper


Since I was on an update kick I figured I'd update my Twitter page too, and I wanted to work with some colored pencils.



Everyday since March 16th, save for the Double post day, I've updated my drawing blog. The main reason I do this, besides that it's great to have the accountability and I'd be drawing anyways, is because I love it when the sites I visit are updated daily. Sure there's Twitter and Facebook, but I also check Cartoon Brew, Michael Sporn Animation, and the John K Stuff site daily. Lucky for me they are almost always updated every 24 hours. So I'll continue to do so in that same fashion too. Thanks for the inspiration!

30hrs a day would be great

Time and speed, two things that I need more of. Spent some extra time really working out my rough sketches before I re-penciled them. That seemed to help out a lot in the end. I noticed yesterday I was having a tough time when I left too much open on my rough sketches. Still enjoying Preston Blair's over the top flair. Wish I had more time to work on my study, but on the upside I have a few days off this week. Which hopefully means more time to draw and time to work on my application for Animation Mentor.

I had no idea where I was gonna go with MiniArtemis, so I went with a harder action perspective that I haven't mastered quite yet. The head on action shot with hands out front, and in this case using a bow. I had to google some reference archery shots to get some of the angles and perspectives. That helped out a lot.



I was up last night until about 5am and then had to work in the morning so I was pretty sleepy. I was trying to think of what to do for today's Claude and his turtle sketch and this one just rolled out of my fingers.



I'm finally at the point where I have to think for a little bit about what I have and haven't done yet with Gilligan so tonight he's practicing being good.



I've listened to a lot of Art and Story Extreme in the last few days. Which is a great podcast. It blends comedy, personality, real life and art into a really enjoyable ~30 mins. They've been talking a lot about social media and where art and it's relationship with the internet are headed. Definitely worth listening to if you aren't already subscribed to their podcast. One of the guests they have on the show quite often is Kim Holm who is hilarious. He recently came up with this new idea of integrating Twitter into a choose your own adventure style illustrated web comic. Ever week or so he basically draws whatever story arc someone tweeted to him. With stuff like this happening and the onslaught of Twitter and Facebook and how much free art is available online I can't wait to see where the industry is gonna end up.

Elves and Giraffes

That title makes me think of Elves riding Giraffes. Which makes me think of this unique cartoon(Dino Riders). I don't think I ever even watched the show, but I had one of the toys. It was either one of those or these farm animals that had bazookas and grenades strapped to them. Getting back on track, I spent a bit of time work on a bit more Preston Blair study. I'm struggling trying to mimic his style without changing it to fit my personal tastes, although it's nice to see I'm developing more of my own style.

I actually got a decent amount of feedback, through facebook, about people liking Gilligan the Giraffe. So here's a little more of that crazy little camelopardalis.

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone! Hope you like the new pictures!

Today's Inspiration comes from The Disney Family Album. I could watch these special's for hours on end. I just eat them up! If you don't know what they are, click the link already! No really, click. Watch. Come back. I'll wait. Okay, now that you've watched it aren't they just amazing. For those of you who didn't spend all day watching everyone, The Disney Family Album is basically a documentary on the Nine Old Men. They include interviews, cameos, videos of them just telling stories, or drawing. It's incredible. They're incredible. If you ever need inspiration watch one of them.

Well, it's another late night tonight. I've been meaning to talk about avoiding tangent's for a few days now. I guess it can wait for tomorrow. Until then, in the spirit of Dory, Just Keep Drawing!