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365 Sketch 2015: Day 73 & 74: Phone and Mug

Carpal Tunnel has been rough after long weekend rehearsals. The result is pencil sketches of things near my desk. First is my phone. Second is an awesome mug I have which is clear glass with a wintry landscape protruding from the sides. The mug is beautiful. Pencil.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 72: The Mountain

I started this wanting to just use my brush markers to do line work in a limited color palette. I went just a step too far with color on the mountain and had to bust out the Prismacolors and endure the smell. It turned out pretty well. Marker.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 70 & 71: Sugar Skull & Cultist

The ink took forever to dry on the sugar skull drawing. The cultist is certainly under the madness of the Old Ones, transformed to a green-hued creature with extra eyes as he prays for his own demise. Marker. Pencil and colored pencil.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 69: POW!

I've had this idea for years and just didn't feel comfortable even testing it out. It's going to be a series of original superhero sketches interacting with those classic action word panels from comics. I'm playing around for now and will revisit

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 68: Tempest DuJour

I'm really enjoying the new season of RuPaul's Drag Race. I already prefer Ross Matthews and Carson Kressley to Santino Rice as a judge. The contestants are also more entertaining as a whole then they have been in a couple seasons now. Tempest DuJour went home

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 67: KiKi

I had a long day of orchestra rehearsal (a great day, but long), so I decided to stick with a quick pencil sketch. Here's Kiki from KiKi's Delivery Service. Not my best, but recognizable. Pencil.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 66: Eyes Nose Mouth

I was doodling with the watercolor palette and got a nice flow of colors going. I let it dry then decided to keep at it. I added various eyes, noses, and mouths in bright colors to fill in the composition. I'm gonna crop and print it as bookmarks

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 65: Penny Rolle

Whoops. This didn't go through yesterday. I did a quick little watercolor sketch of Penny Rolle from Bitch Planet for Blackout Day. Watercolor and marker.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 64: ETC: Trip Mix

My wrists are RIP because of the amount of snow today. There ain't much to it, but we'll count this quick GIMP art cover for my new short story as today's sketch. You can buy that horror story here. Digital art.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 63: All Hail the Glow Cloud

All hail the Glow Cloud. Gotta love Night Vale. Watercolor.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 62: Death Parade

I'm kind of obsessed with the new anime series Death Parade. It's being simulcast on Hulu and Crunchyroll. Basically, when two people die at the same time, they wind up in a high class bar. They meet a bartender who tells them they have to play

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 61: Maps to the Stars

Hey, remember when Julianne Moore finally won an Academy Award? You know, like, a week and a half ago? I remember, too. I'm stealing a page from The Film Experience and continuing to celebrate this long overdue triumph with your daily artistic reminder of Julianne Moore's

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 59 & 60: Crypt of the Necrodancer Headcanons

I've been playing a lot of Crypt of the Necrodancer lately. They added in a fourth boss, Coral Rift, and new characters. It's like a new game all over again. I like the extra characters, so I've been doing a lot of Dove (cannot

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 57 & 58: What I See/What I Wanna See

I've been subbing as a calculus teacher and then running musical rehearsals this week. My brain has been fried. I doodled on the iPad while I was in the classroom, drawing a still life of a gigantic eraser (it's close to a foot long) yesterday and

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 56: Eevee

I was yelled at recently by a friend for not drawing more Pokemon characters. He's Eevee. No, I still haven't replaced my brown markers. Marker.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 55: Twin Peaks Day

Today, February 24, is the day that Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived in Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of Laura Palmer. Appropriate ways of celebrating include binging on the series, reading The Diary of Laura Palmer, or drinking too much black coffee. I did the last one before belting

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 54: Hi Birb/Bye Birb

I've no excuse for this. It seemed funnier in my head. Today was a music day, for sure, and my art brain didn't want to cooperate. Marker. I'm sorry.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 53: Hand of Fate

So I woke up to find one of my favorite Twitch streamers, Excessive Profanity, playing a game I really want to play, Hand of Fate. It's an RPG rogue-lite inspired by the tarot deck. A mysterious stranger sends you on adventure using tarot cards you collect and customize

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 51: 20 Degrees

It was cold in NJ today. Very cold. So cold my bones hurt. So cold I got nothing done except a quick trip to the bank and three hours of photocopying and collating for my students. I regret but one thing. Pencil.

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 50: Self Portrait When Rental Materials Arrive

I got the call at 9:30 this morning: the rental materials came in for the spring musical. That means I spent the day sorting, sight reading, photocopying, and answering 8 billion questions from students who aren't even playing in the pit orchestra for the show. I finished

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 49: The Black Band

I suddenly remembered that haunting little story about the young man who finds the most beautiful bride with a wide band around her neck. They marry, he implores her to remove the band, and her head falls off. The earliest version I could find is "The Adventure of the

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 48: Charmander Test

I'm toying with working on storebought ceramic tiles in acrylic. I did a very quick Charmander painting (like, 10 minutes, not counting the two minutes of sanding and gesso-ing before) that at least has the right colors. You have to be positive. It's more a materials

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 47: Dancing Groot

Someone gave me a little Dancing Groot Funko Pop figure and I decided to draw it. I want to add some more color in, but I'm getting a migraine and kind of struggling to focus on the paper too much. I'll finish the detailing when I

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 46: The Blackness from the Stars

I wanted to do a landscape and I figured H.P. Lovecraft was good inspiration. This is my interpretation of The Blackness from the Stars, a sentient mass of ancient darkness that can communicate but chooses just to consume living mass. The quotation is from "Polaris," as I

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365 Sketch 2015: Day 45: Valentimes

I mentioned it last month and I'm going to keep mentioning it. I want to do a little self portrait every month. I figured the Friday the 13th/Valentine's Day theme would fit nicely. Would you believe the fangs are only a slight exaggeration? My upper