Moleskine dump

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It's been a while! Here are some moleskine sketches from April through now. This moleskine's been through France, South Korea, China, and Bali (Indonesia)! Unlike previous moleskine posts, these drawings are from my own head. I didn't have time or easy access to other pictures and styles that I wanted to practice drawing. (I apologize for any blurriness. I think there's something wrong with my scanner. I'll have to troop to the library to get a BookScan machine for future posts.) I'm showing favoritism and putting the ones I like the most on top. Scroll down for increasing embarrassment.

Above, rice paddies in Bali. Above, an eagle from a painting in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. These two above were practice sketches of Team Fortress 2 characters. I eventually drew a birthday card featuring the Pyro lighting the candles on a Portal cake. Above, a sculpture of two deer in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I sketched these above at a seaside restaurant overlooking cliffs at Jeju Island, South Korea. Above, some Korean-style houses. An attempt to do a children's rendition of "What I Did On My Summer Vacation" for Bali. Musings about Insadong. "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" was playing on the flight to South Korea. This is 'supposed' to be Robert Downey, Jr. from the film "Sherlock Holmes." I say "supposed to be." The above boy's head is a riff off of James Jean, I believe.

Aggregate Moleskines

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Oompah, it's been quite a busy year so far, with a publishing job, museum work, a visit to Paris, and law school. All that left not enough time to scan moleskine pages. I did find some time today, so here is a smattering from between March and now. I am so behind on my scanning that since I last posted, I filled up an entire book and started a new one! A lot of these were efforts at exploring other artists' styles, and where they were copies I shall endeavour to note them as such. I would, however, appreciate any reminders in the event that I have missed one.

Entirely mine: (Above, some people I saw on the T. I loved the man's nose!) (Above, James Hacker, portrayed by Paul Eddington in Yes, Minister) (Above, one of my original characters, Adelice Kalani) (Above, don't know why this scanned so badly, but it's the Seine.)

Entirely others': (Above, from JLA Shogun of Steel) (Above, from Lackadaisy) (Above, from Lackadaisy) (Above left, Doctor Who in Charles Schulz style. Above right, from Nextwave)

Some of mine, some of others': (Above left, from Lackadaisy)

Tuesday – Seagulls at Hyde Street Pier

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Left: At Hyde Street Pier Historic National Park

 

Right: I am beginning to be convinced that perhaps seagulls are not, as we thought, the most attention-deficit birds of the sea. Today two of Nature's such creatures flanked me, standing guard quite patiently for nigh on a half hour. They were so close I could have reached out and stroked them. When apparently bored of watching me luncheon, they groomed their feathers absent-mindedly. Why they cry out when there are no other birds visibly present remains a mystery to me. I wonder how long this construction can continue, and if I ought to move my place of study somewhere quieter where I can hear the waves better. I hardly think a walkabout would be entirely out of the question. Waters are fairly calm today anyway. And the afternoon sun warms up the bay and cypress trees and makes the air smell so sweet and pine-y. Fresh, growing.