Venilia

I have had this image of an octopus in my brain for a long time now and after doodling it on scraps of paper for years, I finally decided to get something more substantial down on paper. The results are mixed. I am very pleased with the octopus, not so much the mermaid.

Of course, once the drawing was finished, it had to be colored. There must be something new with the toner they use for my printer, because I had previously tested it with my Copic markers and they definitely smeared the toner. For some reason they don't do that any longer. Regardless, I can now color copies rather than committing the ink right to the original. The face looks different because it is. I am using a copy made before I reworked it.

I'm getting better at planning ahead, but when the muse comes, I just have to follow and sometimes it's actually distracting to get up and get supplies and tripods and such, and I lose the thread of inspiration. It sounds silly, but when I've tried to muscle past it, I can't focus and it shows in the work. Hard to explain.

Anyway, I was thinking of the scrapbookers and copicmarkerscrapbooking.com and took the time to get some pictures of the work in progress so they can see how I work.

Who's scruffy lookin?

My brain feels a bit scruffy. It's that weird period between when I can feel the meds wearing off and the pain is coming back. It starts in my ear. I think that's the most involved nerve bundle being pressed upon by the mass. It always feels like this overlap makes me fell the most 'high'. Like the natural endorphins are shaking hands with the opiates on their way out.

Spent most of the evening doodling on some old Converse sneakers I bought a long time ago from Ross because they were the right size and cheap. Problem is they were sky blue.. Just took me a while to get to remedying that.

Phoenix Landing

I've kinda let the website fade away but I still like the name, so I gave it to my hat. I bought this white hat at Target about a year ago, thinking it would be a good canvas for something and you don't often see hat blanks like this.
Anyway, got tired of seeing it there not getting colored or worn, so I took it out and started doodling. After realizing sketching was a waste of time I just started drawing and let it go where it would.

This is in progress:
















And this is the "finished" piece. Quotes cuz I'll probably still futz with it for a while.