Silver Surfer II

Here is the final drawing, colored and more thoroughly inked:

Silver Surfer

I've been messing with this drawing all week. Here it is in pre-colored form:

Swap Challege The Next

I wasn't feeling the "X-Men" subject for this week's Swap Challenge, so after doing a sketch of the team I chose, I put that one aside. Monday while I was working down in RI (and reading "Hornblower and The Hotspur" in the car) I drew the pirate for Week IV instead.

I spent part of the day inking the pirate, and all of last evening shading and coloring it. I think the full inks came out best, and after I colored it, I feel like it should have remained in black & white. Oh well, live and learn...

Rainy Monday

I had three appointments in Rhode Island today, over the span of 9 am through 1 pm. So I packed my car with all kinds of 'down time' stuff, and despite the rain, had a very enjoyable work day.

I loaded the car's cd player with: Angel & Airwaves "I-Empire", Cocteau Twins "Milk & Kisses", Lush "Topolino", Mojave 3 "Out of Tune", Mute Math "Mute Math", and R.E.M. "Accelerate", and commuted in heavy bass, surround sound heaven. In between my appointments I read part of "Hornblower and The Hotspur" and drew a sketch of a pirate sleeping in his belowdeck hammock berth. Lunch was an apple, another cup of coffee, and a bunch of almonds. I walked around the place for a bit, and took a couple of photos. And at 2 pm (after a 'finalization' meeting with Jim - the 26th will be my final day) I headed back into the rain for my hour commute home. Nice.

Swap Challenge II

This week Brian & I agreed to draw Thor in honor of the movie's release this past Friday. I kind of phoned mine in, pose-wise, but I like the way it came out.

Saturday - Spring into Action

Today I crept around inaction (haha). It was a cold grey day, I slept 'til 10:30, and I didn't bother getting dressed or putting in my contact lenses. I read, watched television, and wasted time online. However I did finish my microdrawing page finally (or at least get tired of coming up with ideas to fill the page). It's a fun artistic exercise, and some of the tiny drawings (the "dinosaurs" and landscapes) came out pretty cool I think.

Random bits: I ate pretty well. I watched a biography of H. H. Holmes (America's first serial killer) and the 2nd half of the Bruins' game 5 win over the Canadiens. I went to bed at 11:30 and began rereading my "Black Panther" series from Marvel. And it rained all day.

Yesterday

Yesterday (Monday) was a good day. I spent the morning reading the latest issue of "Surfer Magazine" and drawing (surfers, go figure) while I finished watching "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I did my usual fruitless job search online as I played games, read on Wikipedia for awhile and entered a few random contests. It was ESPN sports television ("ATH" & "PTI") while I read the latest "Rolling Stone" beginning at 5 pm. I worked out from 7 - 9 pm, and then took a quick shower, before stretching my last $60 at Hannaford (I had coupons for $5 off $50, and free cat litter - score!). I watched the Ravens/Texans game (I beat my brother Kevin in the first consolation round in our fantasy football league - thanks Andre Johnson!) and the beginning of "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom" (the worst of the franchise by far - Kate Capshaw, you cannot act!), and then fell asleep around 1 am while reading old issues of "Terminal City".