Going to go watch Giant Robots battle

yep, I finally got my paychecks, so I'm celebrating by going to go watch Transformers 4… even though my expectations for the writing and characters are pretty low… and the movie is going to be about 3 hours… and I'll have to be in at work early tomorrow… I don't care, I'm catering to my inner child's need to watch giant robots…and giant DINOSAUR robots…'nuff said :P
didn't bring my camera to take any of my pre show drawing though… so those pics will have to wait till another day
if anybody's planning on coming down to the Aliso Viejo Edwards Stadium to see the movie look for the curly-haired girl with glasses who is probably too focused on either her book or sketchbook and that's more than likely me :)

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just some sketches while waiting for the movie.  here's some back story:
just some sketches while waiting (used photo booth to capture…and got plenty of weird looks from the Starbucks patrons here) Yvonne was a bit of a lonely kid till she discovered the TF cartoons, and latched on.  it gave her an outlet for her brimming imagination and taught her to take care of those that are weaker than her - which came in handy when some bullies at school were beating up a kid on the playground.  Taylor was forever grateful and the two of them became fast friends.  Once Taylor discovered that Yvonne liked Transformers too, he introduced her to the comic series.  They can often be found up in his treehouse (which they've dubbed the Ark) reading his extensive comic collection (which inspires Yvonne to start her own)

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Chicago Trip Sketches

I was at the airport 3 hours early and took the time to do some sketching:

tried working with my pen first, then I dropped that and went back to the pencil

I ended up sitting by the guy cleaning his glasses here

I couldn't believe how many people were on their phones…

certainly made ninja sketching easier

then there was a little bit of sketching on the plane, not much, but some:

 and then a little bit (and I mean a bit) when I met up with the family and we got to the hotel:

I just don't know why my camera did that to the color…I even changed the settings for little light/inside photos, oh well

More sketches from the wedding and some photos to follow :)

some Sketches, a Surprise Sale, and the Importance of Sunscreen

I haven't had a weekend off in about 8 months between work and school, so yesterday was a treat.  I decided to take advantage of this and headed down to the local beach to work on some watercolor sketching - I however got some severe sunburn age on my legs (I've never really had to use sunscreen on my legs except for the back! seriously, getting them to brown is like hammering a cube through a round hole) but I enjoyed being out non-the-less

forgive the quality, going up and down stairs is a little difficult with the sunburns (and my scanner is upstairs) so I had to use Photobooth for these:

the first pic was becoming tedious until I realized I wasn't letting myself just have fun with it, and it started coming out much better - though I got a little liberal with the foreground color and will have to fix the sea-spray and foam with some gouache

the second was the real reason I had come to the rock I was sitting on (and burning on).  I was really liking how the water was reacting with these boulders.  Of course as I was starting to finish it up was when I realized I was getting a little more red than I felt was comfortable. So I still have a bit to finish up here.  I also used watercolor pencils along with my travel watercolors for this one.

The next one I have no picture for, because my camera had died and I didn't have my laptop with me (no way I was lugging that around when I had no idea if I was going to be hiking over natural sea barriers) but I was just doing some life sketching at Starbucks (got myself a Carmel Frap because it was bloody hot and I needed a respite before the last half part of my trek back to the car) and was so excited about them that he asked for a picture from me.  For a moment I thought about quipping back with "only if you are willing to pay for it", but his absolute and honest enthusiasm convinced me otherwise.  I finished the pic and gave it to him (Merv was his name, and unfortunately I've forgotten his friend's name).  At which point he offered to pay, and as I was too flabbergasted at the fact that he was wanting and willing to pay for it, he offered me $20. This for a 5x7 angel sketch.  I was both taken aback and filled with gratitude.  It felt great knowing that someone felt my art had worth.

Today the sunburn is only hot-pink and stead of lobster-red, and I'm feeling much more inspired to work on some projects. So far, a really fun weekend :)

as always, thanks for stopping by!