sketchbook project update

so i've been embarrassingly lax on working on my sketchbook for the sketchbook project. as in, i've worked on about one page. eek. so to remedy that, i decided that i will draw at least once a day during the month of december - and not be too hard on myself if the drawing doesn't come out perfectly. i think i need to get back into the habit of drawing more often, rather than just for print designs...to sketch just for the heck of it.

here's what i drew last night:

miss mia was curled up on my side of the bed - and her head was on my pillow. i tried to move her but ended up rolling her over since she weighs a ton when she's snoozing. it was SO cute.

postcard

so far, i haven't heard anyone say anything bad about buying a mac. nor have any of the people i've talked to even heard of anyone else saying negative stuff about macs. so that's good to know.

in the meantime, i'm limping my laptop along. i threw together a quick postcard for a mini wedding reception we are having for all of our alaskan friends that couldn't make it to the wedding on the east coast. i wouldn't even call it a reception...more of a simple barbecue.

i didn't want to use a photo from our wedding - partially because we don't have the pics yet, so i did a little drawing/painting of one of my favorite shots as background to the postcard:


oh and while i was scanning it in, trying to open the file, and actually do some slight manipulations to add text & such to the postcard, my computer froze a number of times and photoshop had to be shut down. annoying? yes. but i think i managed to get the project done, so that's good.

the artistic stylings of me

i was reading some archived entries at The Fierce Beagle and learned that the author, Erin, has some mad skills at drawing. see proof here. sweet giraffe, right?

that got me thinking about things i used to doodle in high school notebooks, margins of paper, binder covers, etc. and the only consistent thing i remember doodling was this (forgive the cell phone picture):


apparently, a smiley face and hearts with my current crush's initials just didn't cut it. after years in college taking horribly difficult drawing classes, i'm sure i could probably come up with something more realistic. but i like to kick it old school.