Colour?

Argh, I suck at updating this blog. Yet more crappiness from the vault in place of a new sketch! This was done way last year, as my first attempt at digital colouring. Suffice it to say, I haven't attempting it again. This took me the better part of seven hours, while I was supposed to be doing schoolwork. She looks petrified. Probably of the horrific background - hey, I'd just discovered the PS stamps. Note the honking big signature stamp that I put in the corner.

Tomorrow I shall have a newer sketch. I have a nice one all picked out, and I might actually draw something brand new for next week...

Circus Girl

Yeah - unoriginal as heck. I'm sure the anatomy sucks, but I overworked it so I can't spot it now. D: I know the hands and feet are horrible. I realized halfway through that the original concept (flying through the air laughing) wasn't really coming across, so then I covered most of the girl's face up with her hair and stuck her in a dress to try and distract from the rest of the picture. Not some of my better decisions. >>;

Also, I couldn't get any colour to stick on PS Elements for some reason. It's supposed to be reddish but it doesn't really show. I drew this last week. Meh, it was fun.

Emo... Um... Thing

Yeah, this picture makes little to no sense. Would anyone slit their wrists just to put the red part on an unfinished piece of spraypaint graffiti? I would hazard a guess at no, but whatever... I drew this last year and figured I'd post it since it's... um, different. Anatomy is really off, colours are messy but it's a post. I might draw something new to put up later today or tomorrow.

I just can't stop!

... posting, that is! It's addictive!

So, I just felt the need to explain the blog title and description... my family owns a Land Rover (short wheel base bright red Defender, if anyone was interested) which is the only vehicle I would ever want to drive. They're not famed for being particularly fast, or particularly warm, as me and my family discovered when we went on a road trip to France last Christmas. Of course it didn't matter - we were in a Land Rover, we could endure some discomfort :P - but we always remember that when we think of the trip.

We're also in a 'limbo' of sorts, as we are all unsure if we want to continue living in the UK. We miss Canada a lot, and want to go back, but this would mean leaving all our family behind (they're all here in the UK; my mom and dad moved to Canada after they got married) etc. etc. So the 'No, We're Not There Yet' is also attributed to our being unable to decide where we should call 'home'.

Yeah, the double-meanings and cheesiness is keeling meeee. Last post for today, I promise. :P I leave you with this picture of our Defender, in Wales. The licence plate and passenger have been removed because I'm paranoid.

First Sketch

Right! Just like I said, here is my first sketch entry!

I like drawing profiles, and I like drawing hair, but what to do with the hair always gets me. So these two lovely people are standing in front of a fan. I prefer the girl to the guy - I can't draw guys very well at all, and he looks sort of wimpy. Oh well, I wanted to do more than one person. I slapped some green on it in PS Elements just because.

First Post

To anyone who happens to be reading this: welcome to my sketchblog thing! I plan on posting random scribbles and such on here as frequently as I can - unfortunately this might lead to me sacrificing quality for quantity, but it will keep me drawing every day. This is primarily for practice, not for a serious critique or anything. And drawing is therapeutic, so that's an added bonus. :)

I'm going to post my first sketch later today - my computer is mucking up right now, I need to restart it.