Legendary: Robin Hood

Again I apologize for the sporadic posts this week. Getting ready to move is really hampering my chances to sketch.

Anyway, the outlaw archer himself (minus his merry men). Still he is a man of many talents and from the book, an endless optimist.

Legendary: Calamity Jane

Like I said earlier I really love the Old West. So here's another legend from that era. We have the one woman that was  the equal of any man (at least that's what she claimed).

Legendary: Gaia

Greek deity of the earth and mother of all.

Legendary: Hercules

Greek Demi-God, slayer of indestructible lions, many headed hydra, and many other deeds of Legend

Legendary: Ganondorf

Gotta say Ganon is one legendary villain. Not only is he the reincarnation of a demon king, but he is also the wielder of the Triforce of Power which he has used to revive himself after taking a sword through the chest. One of the best scenes in the series.

Legendary: Deadpool

I always considered Deadpool an awesome figure. Guy knows he is in a comic book and still he talks it up.

Legendary: Witch King of Angmar

One of the truly evil villains in literature. Commander of Sauron's forces, and one time ruler of the frozen North. He is really a force to be feared. Unless your a woman. Then your good.

Legendary: I am Batman!

There are very few heroes that are as legendary as the Dark Knight. Not only does he fight crime and take down super powered villains, he does it all without any super powers to speak of.

Legendary Status

Sorry only two sketches this time. Dang cold kept me from doing another one. Still we have the legendary Wyatt Earp and the surly Captain Ahab this time around.

Legendary: Capt. Ahab

The man with a bone to pick with one colossal white whale. Ruthless, stern and crazy to boot.

Wizards, Witches, and Vampires

Loving this week! We have a stern, scholarly Merlin, a frosty, sadistic White Witch, and an evil, mysterious, Count Dracula. I gotta say I am really loving putting my own twist on these characters. Till Saturday.

Legendary: Jadis (The White Witch)

So beautiful, so cold, so deadly. Jadis last queen of a dying world, and evil ruler of a new one. 

Legendary: Merlin

Definitely legendary. Magic anyone?

Legendary: Zorro

Since I did a villain last time I figured a hero would be a good choice for this time. I think I'm really starting to like the whole desperado/wild west thing.

What have I done?

So a quick recap of my year long goal: To do a sketch a day, except Sundays, following a monthly theme, and only taking an hour to do so. 

Month One review? Not as bad as I thought it would be forcing myself to sketch everyday. I do it anyway, but setting constraints, rules, and being obligated to others is a lot different than just sketching for fun. Consistant long term goals has never been one of my better traits. 

Still I find it paradoxically liberating having to work with these restraints, even if they are just a few. I get to experiment and come up with weird off-the-wall ideas of what to sketch. It's fun! Already I notice that my ideas take less time to develop from scribble to rough sketch (They are still not full on final sketches, but hey I'm making progress). 

I also really enjoy seeing which of my ideas people like to look at. Everyday I find myself looking at the pageviews and seeing which sketch is on top for the week or month. Before my blog was dead, no new ideas, few post, and stagnation, but seeing that people would visit and enjoy my sketches has been a great thing to see. (Side note: Feel free to comment and any critiques, advice, or suggestions would be welcome)

So we begin the new month with another randomly chosen theme... But that's tomorrow's post. I guess you'll have to check in the morning to see what my "soup cup of doom" has chosen. 

PS I won't be doing a daily update form now on. I figured I've tortured you enough with my daily updates. I'll try a biweekly update, Wednesday and Saturday and see how that goes, but I'll still be posting daily if you want to check out the flavor of the day. 

Insects: Rumble Zeek

Funny name, funny bug. Over the top and weird was the choice for my last sketch under this theme. So tomorrow begins a new one we'll see what the cup decides tomorrow.

Insects: AM/FM Bug

Who needs a radio? Just catch one of these from Valos-59 and your set for life. Just make sure to not get between the antennas, could fry your brain.

Insects: Branch Mantis

Why be a stick when you can be a whole branch, leaves and everything. What the heck, lets eat bigger things too!

Insects: Sol Butterfly

So originally it was supposed to be a demon butterfly, but became an fire-winged butterfly that lives in the desert (for obvious reasons). I really liked playing with the flames as I sketched this. 

Insects: Beetlefrog

I don't think I would want one as a pet, but they would be awesome to see on the discovery channel.