Sorry...

Ok, so it's been a while (read: 3 months) since I last updated... Since then, I've graduated high school and started summer. Hurrah! Other than that, not much of note has happened. It's been a wee bit boring lately.

To make up for my lack of posting recently, I'll put up a couple things today :)

Another thing that came to an end recently is Lost. Lost has been a part of my life for 6 years, and it's odd to see it end. This is a portrait one of my favorite characters from the show, Richard. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. You can at least recognize him, which is better than a lot of my attempts at portraits.

Now this one I could have sworn I've put up already, but a quick glance-over of the blog tells me I haven't. This was another one of those infamous summer AP projects my teacher had me do. The contrast is a little off in this shot of it, but the general idea is there.

I'm a little sad--I couldn't find my art teacher at graduation to say my last good byes. I was looking forward to a parting photo, perhaps. No such luck. Such bittersweet memories she and I have shared...

Ah well.

While I'm thinking of it!

I decided I need to post again while I'm thinking of it. Nothing too exciting happening, but I'll mention the highlights... I got into UNC, which is cool because they only accepted 16% of out-of-staters that applied early action. I got a speeding ticket, which I've had coming for a while. I won the second annual Cupcake Cookoff, held on President's Day, which makes me the champion for two years running. Next year it won't be held on President's Day, unfortunately, because we'll be off at our respective colleges, but we'll find a way to still make it awesome. What else... oh, I'm going to turnabout with a cool guy from my church, which'll be fun. And no, I'm not making my dress for this dance, but I got a pretty nice one.

Art wise, I won an Honorable Mention at the Scholastic art show, which is pretty cool. I got it for my creepy doll drawing (which I don't have a photo of, but I'll put it up here when my teacher reliquishes it from her clutches) which leads me to believe that art judges are a little sick in the head. But anyway, I'm flattered I won something. Other than that, I've started a bunch of projects for art class... but my teacher is making me work on the two that I hate most, which is typical of her. One of them is that saxophone i

n the city one that I thought would turn out awesome but has turned into the bane of my existance. The other one is supposed to be an abstract piece, so it's already in a style I hate. So I just drew whatever came to my mind first, and ended up with a quasi-pokemon theme...which is entertaining even if it looks like utter crap. She keeps saying how creative it is, and I have to bite my tongue to avoid saying "Too bad the japanese thought of it first..."

The other two things I have going on in art class are much more my style, one of them is a colored pencil of ocean fish, and the other is a neat, middle eastern composition, complete with flying carpet. Think Aladin. I can't wait to finish those so I can put them up here.

For now, though, I'll have to put up something I already have a photo of. This is a drawing I did from one of my friend's photos. He's studying in Italy, so he got all sorts of cool pictures of architecture I like. This one was plain enough that I could draw it without going insane with detail, and I rather like it's simplicity.

That's all for now. Hopefully some more excitment will drag me through the month of March, which is all that stands between me and finding out what my future will look like (ie: college decisions)

Until then, ciao.

Life...

...has been pretty boring, so here's a boring drawing.

I was bored and decided to draw whatever was closet to me, and that happened to be my foot.

I think it turned out pretty neat though.

I have some other stuff to put up too, but I'll keep them as incentive for me to post again in the not too distant future.

Hurrah!

Happy Anniversary!

It's definitely been a while since I last posted... infact, I missed the whole month of December and the turn in to the new year. I had to post today, though, because its the official one year anniversary of this blog. Hurrah! Doesn't seem that long at all. But time's been flying.

I wish I had something new and exciting for my anniversary entry, but since I haven't been able to take pictures of what I've been working on in art class yet, you'll have to make do with an old piece that hasn't been posted yet.

I did this first semester junior year, so it was finished before I created this blog. It's craypa (ie: a cheap oil pastel imitation) which are a medium I have a love-hate relationship with. After completing this piece, the relationship was definitely in the "hate" end of the spectrum; I had some serious issues getting this to look right. The assignment required us to put the dreaded plant in a creative pot and setting, and this is what I came up with.

In other news, I'm working on a cool piece in art which again features a saxophone. I just started it, though, so it'll be a while before it's postable. Be excited for that, though!

Other than that, not much of note has been going on. I went down to the Outback bowl with my marching band, and we also hit up Disney and Busch Gardens, among other things, so that was fun. Otherwise, I've been amusing myself with cooking, thanks to the Julia Child cookbook I got for Christmas. Yesterday's experiment was chicken coq au vin, and it turned out pretty well.

That's all for now! My new years resolution is to post more, so be prepared.

When You're Alone and Life is Making You Lonely...

You can always go... downtown!

Yesterday I went downtown with a few of my friends to help them film a movie. I don't think I'm allowed to reveal what it's all about until they "release" it, but the general idea is to illustrate the interconnectivity of everyone. I got to play a hobo with saxophone, which is pretty darn cool in my opinion, though I was a little afraid that a real hobo would come along, so I made them film my scenes very quickly. It was also my first time riding a subway (don't be judging, I'm a suburban kid through and through). The whole thing was a blast though, and I can't wait to see the finished film.

Other than that, nothing too exciting has been going on... Well, the fall play at my school was brought to a close. I can't remember if I ever mentioned that on here, but in case I didn't, we performed a version of Cinderella. I was the Royal Page, and thus got to learn how to play a few notes on the trumpet two weeks before the performance so I could play a flourish. The show went well and was a lot of fun. It was also my last time to act on stage (I'm doing orchestra for the spring musical, and I doubt I'll act in college) so it was bittersweet. But oh well.

Speaking of college... I have to finish my art supplement to send in with my applications soon (as in, today or tomorrow). So as soon as I'm done writing this I'll

finish that. I'm quite dissapointed that we haven't been doing more projects in art class. The latest one took our class forever, becasue Ms. G kept making us redraw these vegetables... which were rotting. Anyone who knows me knows that I have a mildly severe rotting food/animal/anything phobia. So that wasn't pleasant for me. I have the finished product here (absent of anything rotting.) As always with color, it looks better in reality (though in this case, I'm still not a big fan of it in reality.) It's ok, but the subject matter is eh and I feel like I could have done it better. You'll have to stay tuned for my next project, which will be a whole lot better... It's creepy (think, witch-doctors) and of course the subject matter wasn't my choice, but I'm making it most of it and really liking how it's turning out. So stay tuned!

Homecoming

So, Homecoming is over and done with! Spirit week was fun, with a new theme and new costume for every day. I was an old-fashioned movie star one day, a pirate the next. Then of course we had class color day and school spirit day. Fun stuff.

Homecoming football game was a blast--muddy as heck (we almost ruined our band uniforms, and did ruin our shoes) but it was a high energy game and a lot of fun. Then the dance itself was awesome. I went in a group with one of my best friends, and she burned me an "Inappropriate CD" for the occasion.

And my dress turned out better than expected. It's oddly one of the more comfortable ones I've worn to dances--usually they're either too tight, too itchy, or too heavy. My design worked well! Here's a picture of the finished product:

Not the most flattering angle in the world, but it shows the dress off well. The skirt is double layerd, so when I spin around more of the pink and gold silk underneath shows. I bustled it so it could be seen a little even when I was just standing still.

I liked it a lot, and might wear it again if the occasion allows.

Anyway, that's all for now!

Hello Again.

Well, my last post said senior year was off to a great start, and while that's true, I've been busy as heck. Which is why it's been more than 2 months since my last post... Oops. I hope you'll forgive me.

First quarter is already over; it went surprisingly fast. Grades are in, college apps have been sent out, and all that jazz. It's also Homecoming week, which is always fun. I designed and sewed my own homecoming dress this year--I'll post pictures of the finished project after I wear it. Out of all the things I've sewn for myself through the years, this is the thing I'm most proud of.

In other news, art class has been grinding on me. We haven't finished nearly as many

projects as I would have hoped for 2 months of school. In fact, I only have one finished product to show off.

I have a few others started, but this is the only one I finished. It's a cow skull done in craypa, with colored pencil in the background. I'm pretty happy with it, though the subject matter wasn't to my taste at all. We do what we can.

Anyway, that's everything of note. My next post will be sooner, I promise!

Senior Year off to a Good Start

Today was the first real day of school.  I actually had a pretty fantastic day, I love all my classes so far, and think I might actually get through a semester without that nagging dread before one or two classes.  Better than last year, when I got that nagging dread before... pretty much all of them.  But yes.  I seem to be finally taking classes I can enjoy.

I brought in my art projects to show my teacher this morning (because yes, I finally 

got the summer projects done!)  She seemed to like them, but only gave them a cursory glance since we were both in a hurry.  She giggled when she saw the lawn ornaments one, which was... alarming.  But, oh well.  

The first one is of a Venician canal.  I had a couple photos that I pulled things from, architecture wise.  I wouldn't make a good architect.  All my buildings end up slightly curved in some way.  C'est la vie.  Though some architects go for that look, I guess.

And this second one was the brainchild of last years art class, during which my two table buddies and I decided we would each do a pop-art painting of our lawn ornament of choice.  When we decided none of us actually wanted to paint in the first place, I decided to merge the idea into a pastel drawing featuring my two favorite lawn ornaments.  I'm trying to convince Mom to let me stick the flamingo I used as a model out in the yard, with very limited success. 

I don't have a good photograph of the third project I did on my computer yet, but expect that one up in the not-too-distant future.

Until then!

Yeesh.

Is it possible I've gone more than a month without posting ANYTHING?  Obviously, AP art projects have warped me more than I thought.  I haven't created anything new (unless you count the three currently half finished projects in my studio...)  I'll put those up when I finish them (at midnight, on August 16th, the night before they're due).

Hmm.  So looks like I'll have to root through the archives of older artwork that I haven't put up yet.  

Here's one.  It was an inking I did when I felt the need to draw something with a lot of detail.  Its a phoenix.  I can't remember if it was supposed to be a phoenix when I 

started, but that's apparently what it ended up as.

In any case.  I'm going to San Diego for a few days, starting tonight, which should be a blast.  I get to finally see a living breathing koala at their zoo :)  Hopefully I'll be able to get some cool pictures!  

Well, until next time (it won't be as long, I promise)

Lazing Around

Summer keeps on moving, a little faster than I'd like.   The summer class I'm taking, American Government, makes it seem like it's going even faster.  Hopefully it'll slow down come July...

I've read three books since summer started, which is good.  Nice to be catching up on my literature stack.  I'm going to read the two I have to read for school next, so I can get them out of the way and not feel guilty when I go back to reading useless novels.

Other than that, I haven't been terribly productive, outside of my class.  Mom and I fixed up the room adjacent to mine (from here on out it is to be known as "Jackie's Studio") so I have all of my art/sewing/music stuff in there.  No more paiting on my bedroom floor or the kitchen table.  

Speaking of art, I need to get my project from 4th quarter art up here...

Most excellent.  It's a bit crooked, because I couldn't scan it, so I took a photo of it.  But the drawing is there.  Note the octo-bear, mad scientist clown, and octopus attacking from stage right.  I like octopi.

Needless to say, I had a blast drawing this.

That's all for now, folks.

Ho Hum

First week of summer is already over.  And it's still pretty chilly outside.  Oh well.

I've been reading a lot, which is a nice change.  I didn't have any time to read during the school year.  I hope to make a dent in the tower of novels that is teetering next to my desk.

I've also been writing a bit.  My friend wants me to join her in a "write a novel in a month" endeavor.  Somthing tells me that will end badly for me, but I like to humor her.  So we've been warming up with creative writing prompts.  Some of them have been pretty amusing to write. And it's helpful, to boot.  Keeps my writing skills sharp.

But lets see, what art work should I showcase today... 

This is a horned owl, in a mix of colored pencil and charcoal.  He looks a bit more impressive on paper; I drew him in my big tablet.  I started him a very long while ago, but decided to finish him earlier this week. He was just an outline when I rediscovered him, poor guy.

He can watch over my blog for now, with that fierce stare of his.

For now, adieu.

The Lusty Month of May

I felt the need to break my trend of 3 posts per month.  So May is going to get 4 posts. Also, I want to get some of the drawings I have laying around put up, so that they won't get shuffled to the bottom of the pile when I make some new stuff this summer (and there'll be a lot of that, I need to start on my projects for AP Art next year!)

So here are two drawings I did for art homework assignments this year.  My teacher lost the first homework assignment of the year, which was my favorite, so I can't put 

that up until she finds it (I'm not getting my hopes up).  And, the 4th assignment of the year isn't worth being seen by anyone.  So you get the middle two!

The first one was our second assginment, to draw a box of cereal, a can of soup, and a bowl of said cereal.  I was eating goldfish while drawing, and don't give a damn that goldfish aren't "cereal." (Look at the goldfish on the table.  He's frowning because he missed the puddle of tomato soup.  Poor little goldfish.)

And then the bottom one was our 3rd assignment, to draw a purse and a cup of coffee.  I added an extra cup of coffee.  You can't have too much coffee.

Now I'm going to continue reviewing for finals, to ensure I do well.  I wouldn't want people to laugh at me if I fail after I bragged about how easy they're going to be.

School's Out for Summer

So, I'm done with school! Well, I still have three finals next week--English, Religion, and Math--but English is my favorite class, Religion is mind-numbingly easy, and I can get a 61% on my math final and still get an A. So I'm not too bothered. I don't even have to go in to school the last day and a half of finals.

In other related news, I finally got all my projects back from my art teacher. Two weeks ago, I committed Grand-Theft Pottery (she wasn't going to let me take home the Raku Pot that I had sculpted during first quarter). In short, I got a friend or two to distract her while I snuck in, snatched the pottery from the display shelf, and high-tailed it out of there. She never did notice it was gone, which made life simpler, but was, in a way, quite disappointing.

Today was much less hard-core, since I was allowed to take my projects home. I'll be posting some photos of the better ones. I can't fit any of them into my scanner, which makes life harder. And one, my pastel drawing of my saxophone, is hanging framed on my wall (a result of my mom's pride, not my own ego), so that photo will be low quality if I ever do put it up here.

But here is one I can fit! This was my final exam for the class. We had to draw a basket. Oh, ever so challenging.  I got an A+

Easiest final I've ever taken.  I wish all classes would let you draw something for a grade.

Flowers, Hamlet, and Captain Kirk

I'm going to shake things up, and put the picture at the beginning of the post:

There.  Nice change of pace.  

It's done in watercolor.  Watercolors are the best thing to use when you're procratinating on studying for history: they're just messy enough to be satisfying, but not so messy that you ruin your notebook.  Unless you spill the water.  Which I didn't... this time.

Anyway, I had a fairly eventfull weekend. Friday was that AP US History test (which I dominated, I think, despite watercolor breaks. We'll find out for sure in July.) Then I baby-sat for a while; we played Zombie Tag (which involves more running than I think zombies normally do), and they made me feel very bad about my flexibility. All I know is if I had tried to twist myself up like a pretzel like them, they'd have been taking me to the hospital.

Then on Saturday I made a fool out of myself in a friend's history project movie. I played the part of Cuba AND Spain. It was entertaining to film, at least. We also rented Hamlet, filmed a dramatic reading of "To be or not to be" in blockbuster, and ended up killing about 8 hours at her house.  Fun stuff.

Sunday we went to mass, then took mom out dinner and to see Star Trek (it was her idea. But she's not a trekie. I promise.) I went in knowing nothing about Star Trek, other than that Spock has pointy ears and Captain Kirk is a badass, but it was a surprisingly good movie; I actually thoroughly enjoyed it.

That's pretty much all that's been going on. I have my AP English test this week, but I'm not particularly worried about that one. My hard subject is over. And now we're watching historical movies in history, so I'm pretty much stress free in the school work department. Nice change. 

Well, until next time!

Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here...

Its finally starting to look (and feel!) like spring outside.  In fact, today I walked into school without even a sweater!  All the trees have blossoms and the birds who nest outside my window have started their daily morning chirping.  After all, in the words of Tom Lehrer, all the world seems in tune on a spring afternoon while we're poisoning pigeons in the park-- 

Eh, maybe that's not an appropriate song reference at the moment.

Anyway.  The school year is winding down.  I've been studying my United States history, with a couple of songs to help:

The Presidents <--What better way to learn the MOST important facts about every president?  And in order too!

Washington  <--Er, a little less tasteful, but no less historically accurate!

So that's how the studying has been going.  

In other news, I finished yet another piece of art.  This one is for my favorite art aficionado. 

Spring in the south.  There aren't many things nicer than that.

Here's To The Losers

The title is from the Sinatra song I'm listening to at the moment.  Couldn't think of anything else to title this post, because I'm not even sure I have anything to write about at the moment.  Oh well, I'm just a loser that way.

So, what's been going on that needs mentioning?  Hmm.  The musical is this week, Crazy for You!  Some fun music going on there.  We had our first performance, for our grade school audience, today.  Went... ok.  It'll go better this weekend, I guarantee it.

Other than that, nothing too exciting is going on...

 

Oh, here's a drawing of a tiger for your viewing pleasure.  

He's either bored, tired, or content.  I can't decide. In any case, he isn't feeling too energetic, so he and I have that in common at least.

Ah well.  Summer is getting closer, at least.  Have that going for me.  I actually went outside today without a coat and didn't shiver!  It was a quite magical experience. 

Guess that's all that needs to be said?

Many. Many. Dresses.

So, I went dress shopping this morning... and afternoon... and into the evening...  Haha.  It started out well, I went with a few friends, and I really liked the first two I tried on.  Every single formal event I've been to thus far, I have ALWAYS bought the first or second dress I try on.  It's been a rule, almost.  I can try on 30 others after it, but I always go back to the first or second one.  

Similar occurance this time.  Mom met me after lunch, and we decided out of the two I had picked, we liked the second, the teal one, best.  

But of course, once we got into that store, the sales lady swooped and pointed out all the other options, and I decided maybe I could find one more interesting than the teal one.......

3 hours and 50,000 dresses later, we buy the teal one.

Yup.  

Here's a picture of it though.  It's in the process of being hemmed, so I don't have a photo, but I figured I might as well draw it.

The color is as close as I can make it without the dress infront of me.  And I might have taken some artistic license, too.  Oh well.  It's close.

It's ALMOST as good as the spanish-flamenco-dancer-looking dress I considered.  Red with black, white, and gold beading, ruffled bottom with a train, contrasting fabric inside... Shame it needed too many alterations to be worth the price.  Tempting, though. THAT would have been a fun one to draw.

Happy Easter

Well, Easter is actually tomorrow, but I wanted to get these drawings up.  

I started these as a project to draw a street in Rome, and then decided to do two pictures: one at night and one in the day time.  The day time offered crowds, vespas, and bright colors, and the night time gave romantic lighting and dark, mellow colors.  All in all, I think they turned out pretty good.  It took me long enough (I started these weeks ago)!

So here they are!

      

Celebrating Holy Week with some drawings of Rome!

Koala Envy

Had a fairly mundane weekend after a fairly mundane week.  Only excitement was a fiasco with the carbon monoxide alarm at 4 am Saturday morning, when I was home alone.  Scary as anything when it was happening, and awkward to have the firemen, complete with firetruck, come in the middle of the night when you're in your pajamas, but looking back the whole ordeal is mildly entertaining, actually.  

Other than that, the high point was getting about a third of the Harbinger layout done.  It looks pretty awesome, if I do say so myself, and I can't wait to see the magazine published.

Mostly I've been living vicariously through a friend who is lucky enough to be in California at the moment.  I may have gotten to see our favorite history teacher dance the electric slide in water flippers before getting soaked by a water balloon at the pep rally, but he got to see a KOALA.  Jealousy ensues. 

So here's a drawing of said koala, shamelessly copied from one of his photos.

I have a life goal to go to Australia and hug a koala.  That's been a life goal of mine since first grade, when I first fell in love with a koala picture book.

Oh, koala.  Until then I shall have to admire you from afar.

Fancy Dresses

Turnabout was last night, which was a lot of fun. Getting dressed up was probably the best part, since I never really like the music they play there (though some songs are good for their amusement value). We had a great dinner at Tsukasa--at least it was great after I bullied the hostess into seating us... Ah well, the manager set her straight quickly enough, and it all went smoothly from there.  And of course the actual dance was fun, as was looking at everyone's fancy dresses.  Most were pretty, many were slutty, and some were just plain ugly, but the majority of the people looked very nice.

Anyway, here's a sketch I did of another young lady all dressed up.  She's loosely based off a character from a book series, Jacky Faber (a character who reminds me a bit of myself, both in name and personality, which is probably why I love those books so much).  I'm quite fond of this picture; the dress was fun to draw.

That's all for now; I need to stop procrastinating on my history reading!

Meerphew...

Well, I feel the need to update, so here goes...

I feel icky, oh so icky!  I feel icky, and sickly, and blah!

I'm too tired to even sing "Mahna Mahna!" 

Like my song?  I made it up.

I stayed home sick today--head ache, cough, stuffy nose, and on and off fever.  I'm fine as long as I don't breathe or move my head.  Not too much fun, but I'm not dying or anything, I promise.  I'm a little miffed I didn't get a flu shot this year when my mom recommeded one, though.

Ah well.  I'll get better.  Time to stop being melodramtic.

Here's the picture of the day! 

I inked this a while ago; it's of a pirate character I made up for a short story in 6th grade.She's pretty much awesome.  

I really disliked this picture when I first drew it, but it's been growing on me.  Doesn't look half bad, I don't think.

And that's all for today!  I'm going to return to drinking tea and cuddling up with my teddy bear.

Harbinger = Inspiration of Sorts

I was cleaning my room today (it's a multi-day chore) and while I was organizing my bookshelves, I came across my stash of old Harbingers. So, flipping through them, I decided it's high time to draw something to submit. Hopefully this one won't be ruthlessly rejected... at least not while I'm in the room.

This is the work of about an hour or two. Amazing what I can finish when I'm feeling industrious. If only I had the same attitude about school work.

Unfortunately, this means my room still isn't clean. Ah well, such is life.

And yes, that's really all I have to say. How boring.

It's Sill Winter

Yeah. It snowed more last night--so much for nice sunny weather. My moods change with the weather, I think.  I definitely need to move somewhere sunny and warm if I don't want people to think I'm manically depressed or something similarly exciting.

Anyway, here's an appropriate drawing for the weather:

This was done last winter (I think, I really ought to date more of my drawings) with a mix of charcoal and chalk.

It was based on the view from my bedroom window.  The sky was ridiculously beautiful that evening (more than I can say about today).

So that's that!

Thoughts of Sunshine

For the past week, the weather has been teasing and pretending to get warm and sunny, while really just luring me into believing that spring is coming soon... I won't fall for it. But it's still nice to imagine that summer is just around the corner, so when mom and I went shopping, I bought a bunch of spring/summer clothes.  My favorite being a bright sunshine yellow sundress, which is... bright.  And yellow.  And cheerful.  And pretty.

It doesn't take much to make me happy.

Any way, to keep with the mood, here's a bright and sunny picture!

He's a parrot that I started drawing 2 years ago, and pretty much forgot about until my cousin reminded me that he existed.  So yesterday I finally finished coloring him and decided to stick him up here to brighten my blog when the weather turns icky and cold again.

That's all for now.  Later today I'll be heading out to Castle to lead a confirmation retreat, which should be fun. But hopefully the weather'll be better than last year, when we got iced in and were delayed 4 hours leaving for home!  

Bunny.

Long story short, I decided to sew a plushie bunny for Marisa.  He's based off of some of the doodles in my Religion notebook... His name is Bunny...

...So without further ado, here's Bunny!

<-- Posing in front of my sketch book

      Bunny from behind-->

And here are the orginal Bunny doodles

And yes, this IS what I do with my time.

Dragon

Here's a watercolor painting I just found.  I painted this as a birthday present for one of my best friends... 2 years ago?  Possibly 3.  We're fantastic at staying up to date on the whole gift giving thing.  Next time I see you, Laur, we'll get all caught up on the presents, ok? 

 

Anyhoo, here's the watercolor.  (Happy early/really late Birthday Lauren!)

Now onto English homework.  I have a close reading analysis of an excerpt of "The Dead" from Joyce's Dubliners, which should be... exciting.  I like his writing, but analysis has never been a strength for me, especially not when I'm analyzing stuff like "The Dead."  Gotta keep on truckin', though!

A Fairly Inane Update

Yesteryday was snowball, which was pretty much fun, if a long day. "Super Heroes" was the theme, and I led the awesome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle group, with Amanda's help. Fun fun fun. (Have you ever noticed how strange of a word "fun" is? It doesn't really seem to fit its meaning... like, if I spoke a different language and saw the letters "f-u-n" together, I wouldn't immediately assume it meant something amusing or diverting.... er, maybe I'm just a weirdo.)

Anyway... I was surprising exhausted this morning even after 12 solid hours of sleep, but I guess that's what 18 hours at the school will do to you. So now I'm sitting in my kitchen listening to Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog soundtrack (that I finally decided to buy from iTunes), trying to wake up fully enough to write an AP essay for english and hammer out my math homework. Eh, well, I'll do the english homework at least; we'll have to see if I'm in the mood to bother doing math today.

To keep with this blog's purpose, here's the artwork of the day. I finally tracked down this picture; it was a freshman year art project that Ms. G was wowed by: 

I think it's ok, if a little bit strange composition wise. The subject matter wasn't exactly my choice ("Here Jackie, why don't you draw this puppet, he always turns out well... Oh!  And throw the pineapple in!  I bought it for my AP students, and none of them seem interested in drawing it...")  I put the poor puppet in prison because I needed something in the background, and it kept with the alliteration (puppet, pineapple, pencil, prison... yeah...)

Thanks to Spongebob, pineapples will always be orange to me, even if my eyes tell me otherwise.

And the colors are much nicer on paper.  Honest.

And that's all for today! 

Narcissism

While breaking from Pride and Prejudice, I decided I was in the mood to draw something (shocker).  Here's the result: a self-portrait.  Whether or not it looks like me is entirely debatable. 

I'm not vain at all, honest.

Thats all for now.  Best be back to reading about prideful rich men and prejudiced, head-strong ladies!

I wish I were in Dixie...

Well another boring and tiring week is almost over with.  My creativity time has been encroached upon by a lot of reading to do for history and english--but I got a brand-spanking-new set of 120 prisma pencils to play with, so I made time.

Anyway, Here's a colored pencil I did on request, of a pretty southern plantation. I'm particularly fond of the bricks, for some reason. (As always with colored pencil, the coloring is a bit off from scanning it in, but oh well.) 

More on Day 1

Well, while I'm in the groove, I guess I'll upload a few more pictures haha. 

Both of these are rather recent pencil shadings...

Yes, this one is Twilight.  Shoot me.

And this one I based off of a photograph (photo credit here). I thought it was a pretty dynamic photo; there's a lot going on that I couldn't capture in my drawing, but I'm pleased with it nonetheless. 

And that's all for today, folks!

Getting Started

While procrastinating today, I decided to make a blog.  Mostly since I was bored with anything else that I could be doing.  That is usually how my days end up playing out.

But since I'm not one to a) keep a journal, or b) post my life story/private thoughts on the internet, I decided my blog would need a purpose.  Which brought me to my next order of busines: finding a purpose.  Harder than you might think.  I finally decided it could be a good outlet for creativity, so I could get all those ideas/sketches/drawings that are wallowing in my notebooks and sketchbooks out into the open.  It does get sort of depressing creating stuff that no one ever sees, after all.

So here goes.  Now to figure out how this works...

Ah hah.  There we go. 

So this is one of the earliest non-manga pictures that I drew that I was actually happy with.  I think this was right after 8th grade.  In any case, it's of the awesome Captain Jack Sparrow. 

And you can click on it to see a larger version...  I'll have to see if there's an easier way to do that, without having to upload the images to the internet... But that's a task for another day.

I guess I'll be tinkering around here for a while. Should provide a few hours of entertainment at least haha.