There is work going on here

I haven't forgotten about this, just things have been a little slow. There was some overtime at work and we definitely had to get in on that. That of course left little time for anything else. Right now I am working on digitally inking my hippocampus. That darn pegasus ticked me off so I'm taking a break from it or I won't do anything at all. Here is the horse in question:



I'm sure you can see how lop-sided it is so that's discouraging me from working straight through it. So far I have fixed the head and I'm working my way down to the shoulders which I have to be careful not to mutilate next. Maybe when I'm not fretting over this I will work on making this blog more personal looking. I'm very lazy when it comes to html, I know it, I can learn what I don't know, but putting it all together seems like a pain. I don't know why.

When I went to the library a few weeks ago, I saw a picture that I wanted to use for something, so when the weather here decides to stop raining so I can walk down there (why drive when it's only two streets over?), and work on that. That's when I will go over my big life project I will be working on...forever.

Progress

Today wasn't without success as I got one of my horses digital inked. After once again not being able to sleep I decided to be stern with myself. After giving myself a severe scolding about procrastination, I picked an already drawn horse and got to work.



This was drawn last year and at the time I thought going over the lines with pen was such an awesome idea because that was the only way my scanner would pick up the lines. So anyway I got done with it in Photoshop and now it looks like so:



I tried something different with the pen tool. Instead of solid blocky lines, I played with the stimulation effect to get flowing lines. I actually had fun with it instead of it feeling like a mundane chore.

Epic Fail

So the whole library thing was a bust. I spent most of the time flipping through books and when I was trying to draw, it would never come out right. Then the day was crazy busy, I came home, took a small nap and now that I'm up I'm so tired. I have to stay up for a bit cause if I don't I won't sleep right before work and it will suck. I know if I try to work on anything right now I will do a half attempt, not care how horrible it looks,finish it, then see it later and go OH MY GODS THAT IS TERRIBLE! Yeap, so maybe I will try later after I've had some power sleep.

It's a Horse of Course.

Well after a week of some lovely insomnia which was something new for me, I'm ready to try to get this started. I sort of went through my unfinished projects...ok so I did so mentally but at least I remember them all. I pulled out this drawing to be my starter:

I apologize for the terrible scanning job. I didn't realize the page was warped and I would have darkened the lines but I'm too lazy to play with the whole thing since it's just some unfinished work.
This drawing is part of a "series". I started this idea of drawing different types of horses that I would use as adoptables or siggies. I have two others; a unicorn and a hippocampus that both need inked. This one is to be a pegasus so obviously it needs wings. :) I'm hoping that today I will take the time to finish this one, ink all of them and tomorrow I will show all three. My only question is do I pursue my original plan or stop with just these three? I had plans for seven or eight other types but I'm not sure if I want to keep going with the number of other projects I have in progress. Since my first goal is to finish started drawings, I have time to think about it I suppose.
I have discovered that part of my problems is that I don't really like sitting at my designated drawing spot. So I'm going to take a trip to the library and see if sitting there will help. I really like going to the park, but it's suppose to be low fifties today and I hate the cold.

The Beginning

After some time of moaning and groaning that I wasnt as actively artsy as I use to be, I figured maybe a public "art journal" would help. Once I get everything organized I will start posting projects that are WIP (work in progress). I will probably start with things that I began long ago and are sitting around not getting finished. I don't know how much free time I really have for this, and I'm hoping this will help me figure that out as well. I have several unfinished projects, not to sure where to start but hopeful that will be revealed in a few days. Wish me luck!

P.S. If the color of the font is bothering, please let me know. I want this to be colorful but readable as well. :)