Breaking up

process:

 I tried to grab actual clothing for reference (kinda. the shirt is pretty loosely referenced). I have no idea if this outfit really works in real life, but oh well.

quick painting update!

 A birthday cat, for my birthday friend. The kitty in question is ridiculously adorable!

 rough sketch

my work-workspace. I need some new gouache tubes :C

and framed!

Red

...red puppets? redheads? I was trying to think of something to tie this post together but it doesn't really work. Ah, well.


I finally got around to watching "Being Elmo", and it was so good! I'm weak when it comes to anything remotely sad or heartwarming, so I was totally tearing up at my desk. It's pretty inspiring, so if you haven't seen it yet you absolutely should.

And since it's the only other bit of new art I have, here's some Brave fanart.

I actually tried drawing Merida during my plane trip a few weeks ago, but I didn't really have any reference so it was more like a random redhead...with a bow. Also, it helped me realize that it's not that fun drawing on a red-eye flight. The lighting sucks and people are grumpy.

I'm sad that it took me a month to update this :( Some pretty time-consuming (and exciting!) projects are coming up, but I'll try to do better here!

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!

nutella time

Oof, I've been kind of slacking on the blog front, but I did this little doodle for the weekly drawing challenge started by Megan and Le (this past week's theme was "French Cephalopods"). There are some really fun prompts and it's open to anyone, so if you feel like participating then definitely give it a go! 

...and I had to make this. Nutella is sooo good. So good.

I'll try to be better about updating. More stories and such soon :)

Another Girl

It's starting to look like yogurt weather again!

rough, PS

The Face Bag...and some other stuff

This week, during a KFP coffee run, this caught my eye:

Except it was not drawn. I can't use picture of actual children off the internet (I'm not that mean), but yes...it was a handbag with a photo of children on it. And not a particularly cute photo, either. It was one of those 80's-ish posed photos with children that looked like they just came out of the corn.

I don't know if they were her children, but I hope so. If they weren't her children that would somehow, miraculously, make it even creepier. 

After I pointed it out to Aaron, he suggested that they start putting pictures of children on other clothing items--"Like those Juicy sweatpants. Except instead of the word 'juicy', there's a picture of kids" 

best-seller!

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In other not-so-exciting news, I finally caved and got a tumblr:

sprezzaturan.tumblr.com

I wasn't quite sure if I wanted one, but everyone kept saying how effective it is at sharing stuff/art...might as well! I always have random doodles that I feel aren't worth posting here, and I figure I can throw them up there. I still prefer blogger for stories/finished art, but I guess tumblr can be a true art-dump :)

gif I made for my 'first post'

must...draw...something...

Ever since I got a smart phone, I've become increasingly obsessed with playing around with apps...and the latest addiction is DrawSomething (sorry Words chums, you're going to feel a little neglected. I'm definitely still playing, though!)

Fortunately, almost all of my friends are also obsessed with this game. Phone Pictionary, how could you not love it?!

Of course, playing with everyone can get a little overwhelming. There's only so much time in a day, after all...

"Augh! I need to catch up on all my games"

"If you don't hurry you'll get nudged."

"What happens when you get nudged, anyway?"

HMMM...

 
 
 Actually I think the game just sends a text. Too bad.

Sooo yes, if you like drawing and becoming a social hermit and being on bandwagons, you should play this game. It's pretty awesome and funny. Here are some of my favorite friend-drawings so far--the ones that I remembered to screencap, anyway:

Good start to my morning

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