NaNoDrawMo ?

So, I'm going to assume you've heard of NaNoWriMo. Wait... you haven't? Oh, okay. So, NaNoWriMo is an annual "event" held every November. The idea is you write a novel in a single month. The goal is 50,000 words in 30 days. Every year I intend on doing it and every year I neglect to do so. I was all set to do it this year and.... pfffft! My computer died (more like is in a coma). I've just gotten access to a computer for the first time in over a week and instead of writing furiously, I've found myself distracted by something else--

NaNoDrawMo.

This is a new little endeavor by a group of people on flickr, to try to inspire people to create 50 individual drawings in 30 days. To some people, that's cake. To some, eh, not so much. But I'm intrigued and am aiming to participate. Here's what I've done so far, although in the future I'm going to (a. get more rendered and (b. incorporate some figural stuff and portraiture. The latter two I've not done so much of recently, and it's time to really draw my ass off.

This one, I've actually put on etsy...

roughage

So, these are just a few roughs from when I was dabbling with some character design for a studio's pitch.

Draw....ing....gg.....

I'm currently working on a character design project. On spec. What that means is I'm working for free, unless the project gets pitched and bought, and in that case, I get paid. It's okay; I know the people and trust them and they're an actual, reputable studio. Just with this economic freefall, who's got money to pay anyone anything*?

But right now, my hand is just about to fall off. I'm gonna take a break and watch Alec Baldwin on SNL.



*according to all the 'unpaid intern' BS ads on craigslist.... no one....

Two Years. Ish.

Circa March/April two years ago, my motherboard melted and I was rendered without the internet for a solid 15 days. Without cable, I had virtually nothing to do to entertain myself at home so I spent numerous hours in a Barnes & Noble cafe, alternately reading, sucking back iced lattes, and drawing from gossip rags.

I guess I found a picture of Heidi Fleiss.