Some sketching

I had something else I wanted to show you (and was much more excited about) but when I looked at the scanned file I only had part of the image- the rest was resting out of the SCANNING ZONE!

So you get this instead.

Some girl

Quick sketch. Courtesy to Google for the face I used.

I've been working this album over pretty well. Give it a listen and pick it up if it's your thing. Nice and mellow.

BONUS: Workin' on it

A few things...

By all accounts, my life is good right now...

But I'm still not in the class I was re-waitlisted for, and it's causing me stress. Thursday, the professor said I probably wouldn't get into the class, which was a disheartening thing to hear. I took classes this Summer to be able to take this particular class now, in the Fall, so I could take other classes this Spring.

Because of my negligence (sort of) I now am unable to do that. 

I might just drop it, but I currently have no academic advisor to help me find a suitable solution, and the labyrinth of academic requirement is one I am terrified to traverse alone.

It would also appear that since I wasn't in the class when they processed my financial aid I was not considered a full-time student and I received less money.

The class has a project due soon... Should I do it? I may not get into the class and would end up wasting resources. 

However...

I'm not so concerned about the grade as I am about improving, which means I'll do the assignment for myself and not any professor.

I want to be better.

I have to be better.

Improvement in art is the only thing I crave.

I need school, but it is the only real negative spot in my life currently (only a week in, too! Ha).

Here's some stuff I sketched today.

SO ENDS AUGUST

It is way, way too late.

Ripped out of my sketchbook, totally raw, cook it over the fire first

EXHAUSTION

But a quick post before I fall asleep.

Ashley told me if you add blood to everything it's way better. This next one wouldn't have been the same without her inspiration:

And I get to see Baroness tomorrow! YEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee

EEEEEEEEEE

That's what it says!

Anyway, I had to run a ton of errands today. Buy stuff for the apartment, for art classes, etc. It was uncomfortable. There's a local art store and they offer a discount to students. I checked online and it said they opened at 10 AM. So I planned the rest of my errands around that and took care of the billion other things I had to do. I got to the store at 9:56, and they were closed. Fine. 

But I looked at the door and saw that it said "10ish". Someone had modified it sometime in the past. "Alright," I think, "I'll wait a few minutes."

At 10:20, I left because I was tired of standing there.

I will never go back. 

Anyway, today is a quick post because I have to go to work soon and I spent the morning running errands.

First day of school.

We're talking about tonal theory in one of my art classes.

I painted some tones on this.

None make much sense.

This is why we go to school.

BONUS: Outside.

I was drawing this above while I was finishing up Colors by Between the Buried and Me. I started it while I was running today. It's an awesome CD. Seriously, a large change from Alaska but in an incredibly positive direction. Then , as those last notes were fading away in White Walls I drew the apartment to the left of this. It looked like this:

Goodnight, everybody.

Gonna leave this as is right now.

Done tinkering with this for now. I need to eat something.

I finished Arthur C Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey today. I found it frightening, especially the parts with HAL in the Discovery. All alone with billions of miles of empty space separating you from other human beings...

Science Fiction is awesome.

First day of school is tomorrow... I'm excited, and I hope to learn things that will force me to elevate my craft above the plateau I seem to find myself stymied in.

BONUS: I'm too tired.

Been foolin around on this for about an hour and a half now. It's just not working. I'm going to bed.

Some stuff from my completed sketchbook

Just playin around with light sources on this one.

When I was drawing that arm chainsaw guy I was like, "It's Armblessed from Battle Angel Alita!". But seriously, Armblessed has way more chainsaws in his body.

These are some random doodles, with what looks like a newd pikachu mutant.

This guy is speaking with a kindergartner's voice. I tried to write like a child.

Just a few things...

I just got all settled into my new place. I finished my sketchbook early this week, but haven't been able to get it scanned because I was busy. I'll upload some more tomorrow, but I'm exhausted. 

I might be able to finish this...

I feel like I'm close to figuring it out... I just need to un-muddy everything and find out how to fix the edges. 

I'm moving soon...

Things are busy. These were the last items scanned before I boxed up my scanner.

School starts next week. 

And I missed the waitlist for the class I've been waiting for since before Summer started. What happened was this: 

I'd been checking my school e-mail address all the time watching for the notice that it was my turn. about a week and a half ago I saw that I was 7th in line. Since I was gonna get in real soon I checked every day, sometimes multiple times a day. Then, on Tuesday, I got to work early so I checked my e-mail before clocking in. I saw the typical spam from my school (HERES THE CALENDER NOBODY LOOKS AT, HERES PARKING INFO NOBODY LOOKS AT, NOBODY LOOKS AT THIS BLAH BLAH BLAH) but decided to scroll down to see if anything was buried under their spam. Lo and behold, I see a notification that I have 24 hours to accept the class before it's dropped. I missed the deadline by about 2 hours. BECAUSE IT WAS BURIED UNDER THEIR SPAM. So I put myself back on the waitlist. I should probably go check on that, now that I'm thinking about it

My arm hurts

So it's time to stop and post?

BONUS: It kept bugging me.

I wanted to do other things, but I couldn't let this sit...

Here's what I showed you last:

Here's what I tweaked:

Rehd Dreggyn

Quick sketch this marnin'

I'm having issues with that chin now that I think about it...  Maybe I'll fix it?

I'm busy