A Cat in Paris

Ahh!! Poor little neglected blogspot :(
I'm going to patch this place up eventually but for now I figure I should crosspost some of the stuff I'm putting on tumblr. I feel like tumblr is good for quick updates but not long story posts, so hopefully I'll keep doing that here.

Anyway! I just recently came back from Paris and it inspired a series of doodles. There will definitely be more to come :)

Also, a friend and I will have a table at CTN-X so hope to see you guys there! We're at XT05. More info on that to come, too (soon!)

blast from the past

Here's another page from my sketchbook. I'm trying to do the one sketchbook/month thing, which is... difficult...with 120 pages to fill. I figure I can kill some of that with some inking practice--hence, random drawings of random things.

I was seriously into Pokémon when I was younger, though. I spent many a day being anti-social and obsessively playing it on my Gameboy Color. Here's a picture I drew a while back (and then forgot), but I figure it's appropriate for this post. This is a fairly accurate portrait of me in late elementary/junior high school:

If we take a closer look... 

A: I used to spend my whole day on my gameboy. I think I beat Pokémon Yellow/Pikachu edition like..15 times.
B: I had reaaaaaalllly bad skin when I was younger. And I had braces for six years.There's a whole period of my life that is completely undocumented because I refused to be in pictures. I also learned that bangs are an absolute necessity.
C: My standard outfit (year-round) was an oversize hoodie, ill-fitting mom jeans, and ugly sneakers. I boiled in the summer.
D: I had a roller backpack. There are times in your life when you have to weigh health benefits (better posture?) against coolness. Choose coolness.
E: My socks showed, guys. It was not good.

 I'm so glad that time is over.

doodle because it was pitch day!

oh, whatever. I'll post it here, too. Just for the sake of updating. 

 

when randomly doodling it's really easy to default to girls :/

Friday

The office is totally empty because everyone is at CTNx...or just taking the day off. I have endless work today, but I'll be there quietly wandering around on Saturday! Who else is going? The best part of CTNx is meeting fellow artists, so if you'll be around say hi! :) 

EDIT: My awesome office-mate Kenji came in. I'm not so lonely anymore! He also improved my drawing immensely:

 

EDIT: some other non-CTN people apparently want in on the fun hahaha. Thanks, Ryan!


EDIT: And it keeps going... (thanks, Arielle :D)

....And Nate enters the fray! ...with something absolutely terrifying...
 

...Shawn took it to a similarly disturbing place...


...and Kenji decided to stop the madness once and for all!
 

 

Dreaming of weekend...

There's a lot of work to finish, it's mercilessly hot here on the top floor, and I'm on a self-imposed facebook ban...I'm pooped. Just needed a doodle break.

I don't really have one of those Cintiq arms at work...but they look really cool!

Good start to my morning

...let's see how the rest of my day goes....