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Since my last journal entry my life has been busier than a swarm of hornets over the last month. I thought I was going to find some time to draw but with AP projects, the art club, final exams, the closing of school, finishing up my responsibilities and spraining my ankle this has become a miserable time for me. Normally, this would be the end of my story and I would go sit in my corner and brood as an antediluvian beserker looking for a massacre.
However something has crept into my dark world to cheer it up. I received two commission pieces. Out of the blue a guy at my school has asked me to create two pieces of work for his fraternity’s 20th anniversary party. I almost told him, no. What I said was, “I’d do a couple of sketches and show them to you later.” At the time I could not believe that I was going to add to my workload.
I realized the only time I had to work on this
commission would be in the morning before I go to work. Instead of
going to bed at 12 a.m. and getting up at 5:30 a.m. I would have to get
up at 4:30 a.m.
In two day’s I showed him the preliminaries and he
like them. I will post them later. But that wasn’t the coolest thing, a
relative asked me to do a commission of her son as a present for his
birthday.
You would have thought I was given a shot of adrenaline. I was flying. I plan on posting the preliminary sketch tonight.
Who cares if I finish my school work on time I’m drawing again.
My Not-So-Ugly Married Life
But then, I love my husband anyway.
A quick sketch inked at home.
Ray Wise has been one of my all time favorite actors. No matter what role he plays he always seems to have that look in his eye that says, "I know more than you do...ha,ha,ha,ha"
This is my first attempt at drawing Mr. Wise but it won't be my last. I made a lot of mistakes initially which I don't think I solved but I really enjoyed drawing this picture and I know I will do better next time.
During this time of year my students prepare for their AP exams. I review with them after school, before school and during lunch. I find I have little or no free time for myself or drawing and even my art club must meet in the back of my room so I can help those students needing assistance. I start my day at 4:30 am and usually get home between 7 and 8 PM depending on the number of students who stay after school. Some students play sports so they can not join us till 4 or 5 PM which acts like a second wave of students. Generally I work no more than two to three hours (with different groups)and I am so exhausted that when I get home I eat dinner, spend a few minutes with my wife and go to bed. Thank goodness for my duty period. Every teacher has a duty period in which they give up some of their planning time to oversee areas of the school to make sure students are where they are suppose to be or greet visitors to the school or help in various other jobs.
My duty is at the front gate from 10:40 to 11:15. I greet visitors directing them to the main office and making sure students don't leave without permission or people do not enter who should not be at the school. Generally, this is a boring job but I have found a way to make it bearable. I take my art pad out with me and sketch. I have duty every other day so I am beginning to enjoy this time. I've even gathered a small following.
These three pictures are the small progression of my work for last Friday, this Tuesday and Thursday. This sketch is based on characters I am creating for a web-cast I hope to finish by next year.
Drawing one is the heroine, this was Friday's picture, Tuesday, I added her two friends and Thursday I added two more characters. My students recommended I give her hair.Hopefully this Monday I will finish coloring the picture and post it as well.
I hope everyone had a great Free Comic Book Day this weekend. I know I did.
Powers #28
Continues the story line of the powers virus that is killing people and the new Retro Girl goes under cover for the police.
I'm kind of getting tired of this latest plot. I don't know if it's because I only pick up my reserves every couple of months now or what but it seems to be dragging. Of course I'm sure that when it does get wrapped up it will blow my mind!
I guess the comic annual is not dead. More of a stand alone story. Delveing into Walkers past from being a cro-magnon to a caveman. Underlying tone is that Supers for all the good they do have made the normals weak and dependent on them for protection. Oh and super graphic violence and sex.
You think I would have head about this being a Doctor Who fan. Gary Russell who is story editor for the new series is writing so it should hold up to the series.
I missed issue #1 & 2 but luckily issue #3 starts a new story having the Doctor and Martha arriving in the future on a alien world and the cat nuns make another appearance. You think they would have a more stringent hiring policy for those nuns by now.
There is also a Doctor Who Classics book featuring the 4th Doctor for you old timers.
Great insight to the war to end all wars and our favorite Elephantmen. Good story showing the humanity in the beast and the beast in humanity point counter point.
This is how prequels should be done. A story that is strong enough to stand alone from the rest of the Elephantmen universe, interesting and engaging.
Thanks Hip Flask crew for creating a book that I hold up with classics such as Metabarons.
Star Wars: Legacy #19, 20, 21, 22
I am really glad I decided to pick this new on-going Star Wars series. Since it is the only book I collect that comes out monthly when I pick up my reserve it's like a reading a small trade.
I was interested in only three of the offerings that were available the Stranded, Superpowers, and Dan Dare (by a favorite Warren Ellis). Unfortunately I was rather unimpressed by the lot, of course they were free so I shouldn't be too hard on them. So take the following with a hefty grain of salt.
Other than that it was an okay look at golden age heroes set free into today's world. If you like that kind of stuff... I was never really a fan of the Justice Society stuff either.
So thank you very much, RBC!
We actually can get the Indonesian edition of ODB too here, but sometimes the translation isn't as beautiful as its original version in English. ODB in Indonesian is called "Santapan Harian" (literally means "daily meal").
By the way, as I took the picture this afternoon, C'est Moi seemed curious. I thought he's attracted to the red flowers in the cover, but then he started licking and later he wanted to bite (and eat) it, too!
Naughty boy :)
