Hello, long neglected blog

Goodness me, so many projects, so little time. This is just a note of what is to come.
1. The product's of last semester's sculpture class. Three pieces I must photograph and post.
2. Pretzel and the Princess: I have not abandoned it. I just need to ink more pages.
3. Slipping Through: I have about forty pages drawn. Just need to find the time to color them all.
4. My paintings. Must post my summer's work.
5. I am currently in a print making class which means I need to scan my work and post it here.

My, I have let my work pile up. And as I make this list I observe two things: that I'm marvelous at procrastination and that I have quite a bit of diversity in my work. Not that anyone has been pointing that out recently . . .

Also, I am using the computer in the art lab. This keyboard is disgraceful. Maybe I'm just used to my laptop, but it feels as if the keys here are sticking more than a bit. That is my excuse for a lack of further eloquent elaboration.

Meet My Friends

The imaginary ones, anyway. I've been doing some drawings of characters from the stories I write, and I thought they're turning out rather well. Keep in mind, these are all works in progress and not yet completed.

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First off, this is Vanessa Lynn.

She's friendly, I swear! Sixteen years old and a powerful sorceress, she is a supporting character in one of my stories. The story is going through a big overhaul right now, so it doesn't have a title at this time. Obviously a fantasy, hopefully an original one.

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This guy is called Matthew from the story, "Overdue". Which, by the way, exists in the same world as Vanessa's story.

Man, he doesn't look very friendly either. He's usually much more cheerful and snarky, and lots of fun to be around. He lives in the mountains and has a fascinating back story which I won't tell you about because it would give away all the twists.

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Now, for someone who actually looks cheerful, Andrew Furlen.

He's a wizard in my story, "Silent Stone". He has a rather deadpan sense of humor and usually pretends to be vague and unfocused so people won't bother him.

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Meet Gray, The Gatekeeper,

Also from "Silent Stone", he is a personification of the magical protection of the palace. He was created centuries ago and then someone lost the user manual, apparently, so not much is know about him or how he works. He is programed to intervene if the royal family or the other palace inhabitants are in immediate danger, but not until then.

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He's not Asian, by the way, I'm just trying out a kimono sort of outfit, trying to get a balance between them and the usual wizard's robes. And maybe give him a hat.

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So, how am I doing?

Long Time No Babble

Hello my loyal Blog Minions! The lapse in posts was caused in part by my life being unnoteworthy and then by the business of packing my unnoteworthy life in hollow cardboard cubes and entrusting them to the You-Pea-Ess. Now I have returned to school and just finished retrieving all the cubes from the mailroom.

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This semester I am in Painting 4. This would be of no particular interest except that I am the only Painting 4 student on campus at this time. The rest are in either Painting 1 or 2. I've been dropped in among the number twos and told to write up a proposal instead of getting assignments.

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Just recently I had discovered the artist Wayne Thiebuad. His is the picture at the beginning of the post. Most of his artwork consists of cakes, pastries and other delicious food items depicted in luscious detail. Since I want to practice my realism and the more technical side of drawing, I found Thiebaud's work the perfect inspiration.

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But how to make it my own?

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What if . . . there was this cookie. Chocolate chip, I think, beautifully rendered. Moist, delicious . . . being held by a horrible monster shadow hand.

Now I'm calling the project "Grim Tea Party". There will be nine to twelve panels, all 8x10 inches, with corresponding images in all of them. The center panel will be a desolate asphalt road with a beautifully set tea table smack in the middle. There will be no color except for some bright lollipops in a vase.

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Pictures of my progress will be posted now and again. I'm looking forward to trying such a different project and doing it all on wood panels instead of canvas for a change.