If Looks Could Kill - Graphic Art & Design

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Over & Out!

For me, anyhow, these are totally out of character. It’s been too long since I last posted, and I am filing these away from a Drawing course, so I figured why not show ‘em and put them to some kinda use.

Never, ever, in my life have I drawn so many Western-themed sketches. In Texas, they automatically assume you dig it. For me, it’s an exercise in discipline and self-restraint to not bludgeon myself from boredom and frustration - there’s no feeling to it, no mood, no atmosphere other than perhaps dirty and definitely stinky.

Below are some (presumably) less-smelly subjects. Click to view larger images.

The sketches where I got to use my own stuff are the ones I like best - the African sculpture bequeathed by Angelguts. I love its lines and love drawing it. In the color image where it’s present, I made use of an antique double-necked green and yellow glass bottle, Benedictine something-or-other, with wax seals. Also present is one of my favorites from Japanese culture, the Maneki Neko cat.

At least one more country sketch is forthcoming as I procrastinate on here - Willie Fucking Nelson. I’m entertained by him and his non-pretentiousness, and his music is amongst the few rare country acts I can stand (the other is Dolly Parton). Manalive, he’s difficult to draw - all craggly and Willie-like, but cute in that he’s ornery and true to himself.

A higher resolution version is up in the gallery if you’d like to peep it. Green doesn’t translate well to RGB, at least not the warmer olive tones I used in the original, hence the limeyness of the final piece shown.

Whipped this out in Adobe Illustrator CS2, my new favorite medium. I may do the rest of the Nightmare Girls portraits this way.

Peep the full-sized image here!

Turned in my two week’s notice at work today. While I absolutely loved my function (web development & graphic design) they need someone who can work more hours than I can. School comes first and foremost. It took me so long to get there, that you bet your sweet ass it comes first. I was never entirely sure that I would ever actually get to go. Now, no one can stop me.

Therefore, you can look forward to seeing even more frequent postings of my fixations and fancies throughout. >:D I hope it comes through in my posts that I am NOT making fun of the unusual people I post of. I rather identify with them. I was talking to Angel of Malevolence about this, and she totally gets it. :) I hope it is readily apparent to everyone else out there.

I also mention this, because I’ve started to notice traffic on my site from people searching for primordial dwarves. I think they are beautiful! Unfortunately, by that same beauty, they are also forever tortured like Claudia in Interview with the Vampire. As a disclaimer, those really are not my favorite books, but the eternal child-doll concept of Claudia is apt in this instance.

On yet another tangent, I’ve read that Anne Rice is a God-Shmooker now and denounces her own vampire novels - or is this exaggerated?