so over christmas break, sara (with the help of my mom) sewed up a couple new pairs of jeans for herself. she had a lot of monster fur to flare out a pair of jeans with (photos forthcoming), and she wanted to put a monster pocket on the back to go with the rest of it. so she asked me to do a couple monster designs for her. i did, and these sketches are the result. i really like the guys in the upper right and lower right. sadly, they are the second and third sketches for both pages. *sigh*.

i doodled this in about half an hour last night and tonight, wanting to play with my new pens that sara got me. i don’t have anything like full control over them yet, but i’m working on it. so — it’s been a couple years since i studied anatomy, so these hips are at the wrong angle and the hands aren’t resting quite right, but overall i like it. i can see a better version of it in my brain. :)  the rust is still there, but it’s starting to flake away.

in my continuing effort to drawr more, i’m posting my sketches as i go. posting them here is fun, and i wind up with an account of my progress. yesterday sara and i went to the literati cafe so that she could write and i could draw for a while. she took her laptop and i took my brand new inking pens (thank you, Gobble Clause!) to try out. this sketch is what i wound up with after about an hour and a half. i wasn’t trying to accomplish anything in particular, but drawing it was immensely enjoyable. shading got kinda mucky though, and i think i fiddled too much with it. maybe i’ll go and finish it up. not decided. anyway, enjoy! i did.

we lost the tv remote the other day. in searching for it, sara asked me “is the couch hiding any secrets?” which brought a funny image in my mind. i did a quick sketch. it’s not done with coloring, and i think that the couch’s pose needs to be pushed further to really make the joke sing. as it is, it’s not totally apparent what’s going on. but hey! look ma, i’m drawrin’!

i did manage to finish the marquee, but i’m a moron and haven’t printed it yet. i’ll post it once i get a thumbnail up.
in other news, i have been doing a little sketching in photoshop. i feel like i’m supposed to use the brush, but for some reason, using the pencil tool instead feels nicer. i’ll stick with it for now.