There was a gap, of about 5 years, between graduating college and the next time I drew this guy. (Early 2013-late 2017)
Still not sure how or when I wanna post any of him pre-2017.
We’ll see!
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The Ches★Shoppe made an appearance at Otakufest 2019 last weekend! August was a really long month, as I scrambled to get it together in time for the show; and then the scrambled later as Hurricane Dorian
Thankfully, that latter thing didn’t happen!
Unfortunately, I was so mentally drained from everything that I forgot to take very many photos; but I did at least manage to snap some pics of my displays at con. Check them out below~
Interstellar Focus
on August 8, 2019
at 7:23 am
Welcome to a very special edition of your regularly scheduled Wed Nes Day!
A while back, while attempting to make headway on some project, I was cursed by creative block; as my kind tends to be from time to time. Nothing special; the usual unrealized creative exhaustion that comes at seemingly arbitrary times. My inability to put thought to paper was both maddening and frustrating. I could spend a paragraph ruminating over the little details and all the possible causes; but the short and sweet is that I wanted to draw but my soul just wasn’t having it. So I gave up.
Staring into the blank scrap of paper before me, I picked a spot, and put brush to paper. Only this time, I wasn’t really trying to draw anything; I just wanted to practice pure technical skill with the tools I had on hand at the time. I started with one mark; then another; and another; I worked until the sheet was “complete” and no more marks were needed.
I thought it looked pretty cool in the end, so I attempted another.
After the first few, I approached these without the mentality of trying to draw anything in particular; I was simply practicing technical skill with my favorite drawing tools.
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- Map of the Void #2
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- Map of the Void #3
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- Map of the Void #4
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- Map of the Void #5
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- Map of the Void #6
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- Map of the Void #7
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- Map of the Void #8
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- Map of the Void #9
I honestly really dislike abstract art on it’s own. Too many so called “artists” use the term “abstract” to describe their art in place of ever actually developing any real art skills; and it’s demeaning to those artists that work hard to really improve in their craft. That said, Abstract art has tons potential as a design element in practical applications as well as in therapeutic uses for people with anxiety.
For someone with artist block it can be a good way of channeling unfiltered creative energy into something productive when your hands will let you do little else.
That’s it for this set! I was originally only going to post 5 in this first set but since Void begins with V and VVed Nes has TWO V’s in it I opted for the 10. You can catch a new set of these here every 5th Wednesday this year on the gap between night and morning.
The Void hour if you will.
It’s late but here you go! Jake and Chloe showing off those tushies.
There you go. A Short Sunday Post for Short Sunday Shorts.
A post as short as these dukes hugging Chloe’s cheeks because I’m a little distracted at the moment. More butts to come in the future.
So! Until further notice, I’ll be queueing up one page from Big Sketchbook on Sundays (1 page for the 1st weekday) and four from Little Sketchbook on Wednesdays (4 pages for the 4th weekday).
I started drawing in this book near the end of 2017 but this is definitely my 2018/2019 book. You can catch my older sketchbooks here on every other Thursday.
Webs and Swatches and Look A Cat!
I used to use Copic markers for a while until I decided they weren’t really the marker for me. There are so many colors to choose from and I feel like I spend too much deliberating over what colors to choose. I don’t have that problem with Faber-Castell because their palette is much more selective than Copic so I can be more decisive while working on sketches.
Look! A Cat!
And here we are!
I actually drew that picture of Death last week to avert the shame of having a blank page when today rolled around. It was only supposed to be a quick doodle but I got carried away. But that’s just how drawing works sometimes.