This is the doomsday scenario, people. I have been dealing with twelve-plus hour workdays, backed-up kitchen sinks, an apartment that now smells like garbage, and the usual BS. And yet, so unswerving is my fanatical devotion to the way of the blog, that here I am posting a dorky sketch of an 80’s cartoon character. It ain’t pretty, but it’s new, it’s in color (technically), and it’s here:
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Doodled this on an actual legal pad quite some time ago, scanned it in, added the shadow, type, and red eyes in Photoshop, and stored it away for a rainy day. Little did I know that the “rain” would be filthy, disgusting water, being regurgitated by my kitchen sink’s drain like vomit. Good times.
Gray skies are gonna clear up
Put on a happy face
Wipe off the clouds and cheer up
Put on a happy face
Put on a happy face
Wipe off the clouds and cheer up
Put on a happy face
OH HEY, I ALMOST FORGOT…
Remember this post? Well thankfully, Charles got his computer in order, and he posted the mystical fish’s extensive background story, entitled “The Children of the Gods”!
- Check out the blog of Charles AKA Lord Shen
- Read The Children of Gods, Act I
- Read The Children of Gods, Act II
- Read The Children of Gods, Act III
- Read The Children of Gods, Act IV
- Read The Children of Gods, Act V
- Read The Children of Gods, Appendix
Go read it! Go!
First and foremost: I have a certain love for the aesthetics of sketching, hence my suggestions to you to ‘free up’ your line work and make things more ‘sketchy’. It also portrays a certain personality at times, displays the actual effort in a work, and keeps things from looking too bland or machined.
I have to say: I wanna see more from your sketchbook! As ‘throw-away’ as others may feel this sketch may be (including yourself), I think it’s some of your better work. One can tell you were just sitting down and drawing to draw, not as a project or to meet some self-imposed deadline. Good stuff this.
As for “The Children of Gods”… yes, please read it. All of you. And thanx, J.
J. this is Dope. I love it Sucks to hear about the plumbing though.
charles– i knew you would like this one! you and the artist’s process. sheesh. j/k, i appreciate the thoughts–and i’ll try and post more sketchy stuff in the future–there’s at least one coming up in the near future.
jamilyn– thanks man! i think i’ve just about recovered from the aftermath of the plumbing… finally!