Artwork

I realized that I forgot to give Puddles’ friend a name. So it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you…

CHUCKLES!

Tonight, I received a ticket. No, I wasn’t speeding (not that much :P). I didn’t change lanes without signaling. I didn’t rip off the “Do not remove” tag from my mattress. I didn’t even drink from the milk carton, backwash, and place it back in the fridge (not that I’ve ever done that…).

No, I have committed of humanity’s worst sins. Something so dreadful and abominable that it should never be spoken of again.¬† However, I will speak of it anyways, as I am in need of good blogging material.

Indeed, the ticket was from none other than the Grammar Police for this offense that was written in my art challenge post:

“The think-tank wasn’t working too good today…”

Officer Anonymous noted the following:

“It‚Äôs suppose to be well, not good, as in ‚Äúthe think tank wasn‚Äôt working too well today.‚Äù

There’s a lot of things I can dissect in her note, but I’ve got more important things to do rather than read through people’s past blogs and nit-pick at every grammatical error and misspelling.¬† All kidding aside, I know Officer Anonymous and consider ourselves good friends.¬† So I figure it would be good to capture the awkward moment of my citation.

I believe I captured her essence well in this portrait.¬† Quite lovely, isn’t she?¬† Anyways, Officer Anonymous, I have learned my lesson, and I will continue to abide by the Laws of Proper Grammar and to not one more time mess up on those rule ever after.¬† I does promising.

Listening to some Harry James, Bing, Sinatra, and the like and got inspired to do a music piece.¬† It’s my first crack at a Hirschfeld impersonation,¬†and after doing this one, I have a greater appreciation for his¬†mastery of the line.¬† It’s not anyone in particular, just something that came out randomly, but it¬†looks way too Disney-esque for me.¬†¬† Anyhow, enjoy!

Alright, so I got this maybe a smidgen late, but it’s CLOSE ENOUGH. I’m going to take another rule liberty and blame it on IE. For some reason I can’t upload media to WordPress through Firefox, so I have to use IE. I would have gotten this in on time if IE had not took forever loading a BLANK PAGE!

Anyways, Kristina, I hope you’ll still accept this entry barring my latest excuses.

I reposted the picture with a couple changes. This was an idea I had stewing for a while. I would post these at 1200×1600, but the image is too big for WordPress. I haven’t heard many new suggestions from anyone, so keep ’em comin’!

Joe suggested raining dogs and cats.  I preferred hail instead.

I have a couple ideas brewing in my head, but I didn’t want to let the cat out of the bag just yet. I’ll put them up later this weekend. In the meantime…

Trying to fight off a sore throat.¬† Doesn’t help that I keep staying up late procrastinating on my blog drawings.¬† I have a couple ideas that I’m throwing around with for this week’s art challenge.¬† Hopefully, I can plan it out a little better than last week’s.

Anyways, Barry suggested that I draw a “self-conscious sheep,” which I did… sorta… well,¬†it’s a sheep.¬† Where’s my meds?

It’s sobering to realize that the number of people in this drawing does not come close to how many perished in the last few days. Please take the time to pray and donate to the trusted charity of your choice to aid those suffering in Burma, China, and Oklahoma.¬† Encourage others to do so as well.

“Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted. “

– Jesus Christ, Matthew 5:4

UPDATE: The intention of this piece was not to highlight the casualties resulting from these disasters but rather to emphasize the collective coming together to aid in the crisis.  Please encourage others to contribute to the relief aid, and to continue their prayers that the supplies will reach those in need in time.

Let the records show that I did press the “Publish” button right before the clock turned 12:00 AM. For some reason, WordPress didn’t publish the picture, but published the post. So the bet is still on!

Alright, nothing in the rules didn’t state that I have to have the explanation posted before midnight, just the picture. So if you’re wondering what it is, I got this idea from one of Jenny’s comments:

“Or, perhaps you could draw a sketch of a bubble girl, sadly needing to shield herself from the urban pollution she lives in. =\”

Thanks for the idea, Jenny!

I started this piece after getting home from church and basketball sometime around 5:00 Finding the idea and sketching the rough layouts took an hour and a half, nap took 15 minutes, linework took another two hours, ESPN and Youtube took almost an hour, and the coloring was a mad dash to the end (rough estimates, I’m not in mood for math). I can’t say I’m entirely happy with it as I wanted to get in a few more colors and details. I would’ve spent a little more time on the background to make it seem more like a sunrise if I wasn’t such a slacker. I have a better idea now on how to get these done quicker and better the next time around.

Anyways, I’m hungry, achy, and getting a sore throat. Time for bed…

UPDATE: Arggh… I can’t let this sky thing go.¬† I just tweaked the sky gradient a little bit to get the atmosphere I wanted. Alright, that’s it.