Cop-out

I'm slowly running out of material again, and school is picking up so I may be a little less fastidious about posting in the weeks to come. I'll try to keep spans between posts under two years. In the mean time, here's a thing:

Skulls: 3/4 angle

Not 100% anatomically proportioned, but a fun shape to reproduce none the less.
-A pencil drawing                                   -A paper puzzle

Antigua

This is a sketch of the ruined façade of the El Carmen church in Antigua, Guatemala. Antigua was once the capitol city, but it lies in the valley below three volcanoes and has been subject to multiple earthquakes and volcanic mudflows that have required the city to be rebuilt on several occasions.

I apologize for the glare. The paper I drew it on was worn incredibly thin due to months of travel and I didn't want to risk taking it out of the frame where it now resides.

Here's a photo of the church:

Lamp

Lazy doodles

I'm in a bit of a rush today so I'll leave you all with some doodles, most of which were penciled while I should have been doing something more important or paying attention to something else.

Don't try to make too much sense of these:

These two are ant heads with their genus names above.

This one's an Alice in Wonderland homage.

Running Low

My well of previous works is slowly but surely drying up, and soon I'll no longer be able to maintain the pace at which I've been posting. I'm still producing art but only a little bit at a time seeing as it's a hobby and not a career. I will keep this site for as long as possible, and even if I go months between, I'll still update it when I can.

For now, I hope you'll be satisfied with whatever you think this is supposed to be:

I drew it for my cousin who wanted me to draw a wolf, but I instead tried to draw anything but a wolf, and still have the picture look like one. It's almost like one of those hidden picture drawings you find in Highlights magazine at the Dentist's office. How many objects can you find!!

Productivity?

Shredder Shredding

-2007

-Pencil on homework

If you look closely enough at the scan, you can see the printed text of an old assignment on the other side.

Coincidentally, I'm posting this as a means of procrastination.

My family just got bigger

I want to wish the warmest of congratulations to my sister Elise and my new brother in law Jonathan. I just got back from their lovely wedding where amazing food, company, and dancing were in abundance. It's gems of comfort like this that really fuel you through the year. =)

All that I have to post that is slightly relevant are some sketches from the bike-trip in Tuscany I went on with them several months ago:

The first is a wishing well from a courtyard in San Gimignano.
The second is a low angle shot of an arched walk way in the same town.

The last one (below) is the top of the Duomo di Siena as seen from across town.

 

Each sketch was done in a couple of hours with mechanical pencil on heavy acid-free paper . . . if it matters. Please click the photos so you can see them full size; they look much better that way. This is true for everything I post on this blog.