Seeing Hands

First off there's Jersey shore gone Wilde which is delightful.

also, I've been printing! here's what I'm working on for littlest print exchange. It's been a bit of an adventure, since I was trying to get it done quickly. The semester is almost over so I'm not sure if I'm going to have studio access over the summer. so I'm getting my print stuff done now.

here's printing with ketchup and mustard. not really tho.

and then the first two runs:

and the completed print, as of noon today:


next week I'll be doing some more printing, but now it's off to work with me. I haven't pulled a large multi-color edition in a while. Also I think I will never print paper this small again. it's very hard to register, annoying to callendar, etc etc. next time I will use larger paper and cut it down, or do multiple-up or something like that. ok, enough print-speak. here's some random sketches with marker, trying to emulate an artist I enjoy:


also slowly working out plot details of that comic I'll get around to drawing sometime in the near future hopefully.as usual, it has transformed greatly since I first started working on it a month ago.

ok, time for work now...I leave you with Dengue Fever(who I saw last friday. THEY ARE THE BEST.)

Things on the Internet Today...

This morning I have indulged in a bit of internet exploration on blogs I rarely visit because I know I will be sucked into their depths for hours. this is what I found:
A Gender Reveal party, in which expectant families discover the gender of their child via Cake! mmmmm.


Extreme ironing, though the lack of oncoming traffic makes it somewhat less extreme...


Monkeys riding dogs herding goats.

you can also see the epic ride of Taco John.

Darna and the Planet Women(more on this wonderful lady later, I promise)


Two girls on rollerblades playing accordions.


how to toss a lady.


Baby Red Pandas!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!


and on that note, I will leave you to your day.

batman sings the blues

wtf?

making headway

So I've got a fairly large portion of the plot to my comic figured out, not it's just breaking it down and writing it and doing all the design, but at least I feel a little more focused instead of just shooting in the dark and hoping things work out as I go along. I have a plot! Also I finally figured out what all the commotion was about the other day with the shooting by my house. I guess someone in a car opened fire on another car and then drove off. They closed off the street to find shell casings. No one was wounded or killed, which is good, and they have no idea who did it.

Also, Stumptown Comic Fest is in like TWO DAYS!!!!!! I am tres excited. I've been trying to do daily sketches, here's yesterday's:


just some Void stuff. two of my own characters and one fan art. more soon I hope. Now it's time for me to eat some food!

and now this is happening...

So today has been a little odd. the sun came out, which is a rare thing indeed in the land of magic and whim. So I spent the first part of my day basking in the sunlight. then my housemate and I prepared for an adventure of chocolate gathering and trader joes. However, as we were getting ready we heard gunshots outside and a car speed away. my housemate thought it was someone hammering a roof or something. Anyways, we forgot about t until we went out and half teh street was shut down. We have no idea what happened or if anyone got hurt/dead.

After our adventure, I've been doodling and trying to figure out illustrator. I still can' quite figure the damn thing out, so I gave up for a minute and decided to doodle in photoshop instead. here's what I did:

cat woman, and a few other random ladies. I also drew a quick comic to this tune:

I'm learning how to play that one on the accordion, and it's been stuck in my head. I think I need to draw something a little more majestic and fitting, I'm not sure how the cats have anything to do with russian folk songs...

and now I'm off to karaoke. Because I'm awesome like that and I need my day to be more random.

Today I am doing nothing.

It's true. I've spent most of my day farting around on the internet, and I don't even have new shineys to share. I have many project that I should be doing, and I am defiantly not doing. It seems april defiance is bleeding into all aspects of my life.

okay, so it's not entirely true that I've done nothing. The boyfriend and I watched some Top Gear (sweet lord do I love that show...) and then went out for waffles, and then went to a video store(no, it's more exciting than you think) that has a lot of old props and costumes from movies, and took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up on Mt. Tabour. not sure I spelled that right. Anyways, I guess my morning was pretty adventureful. I need to make some food for a potluck. And finish a logo for a friend. And get some serious work done on the comic. I would also love to print today, but the young ones have a crit tomorrow and so I suspect everyone will be in tonight trying to get their work done. also tried to do a "finger wave" with my hair. these old-timey hairstyles I've been trying are really hard for people with stubbornly straight hair.

okay, there we have it. my procrastination is complete, I should probably go and do something productive...

Down the Rabbit hole...Russia style

okay, so it's time for another rhymes with...
half my face is numb from the filling I just got, and I'd like my face to start working again. in the meantime, enjoy these jems of the internets!

I prefer this to the original Katy Perry song. No, I really do, I'm not joking.


Who knew balloons could be so...melodic?

and then there's this:

Rhymes with...thai commercials

I have a secret love for thai commercials. More after the jump!