Life and Death 2

What a week. So much has happened and we finally have a chance to sit back.

First off we got a management position at an apartment complex this past week. Meaning we moved closer to my wife's doctor, and will be within walking distance from everything (two big pluses). Took less time than we thought, despite all of our stuff.
Second, as I mentioned my grandma passed away last week. We had the funeral today. It was really nice. Not really a sad time, but a celebration of a great life, and a realization of how many people she has blessed. So many things I never knew about my grandma... what an amazing woman.
The hardest thing was seeing my dad's grave right beside hers. I really miss him. Things will work out great though. An exciting new adventure, and soon a new life will begin for my daughter. I'm really looking forward to raising her.
Well enough digression. I will hopefully be able to get one last Legendary post in tomorrow. Then I will consult my Cup of Doom to see what the new theme this next month will be. So until tomorrow.

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.

Legendary: Blackbeard

So interesting fact. Blackbeard did in fact have lit fuses in his beard and hair to intimidate his victims. I thought the whole thing in Pirates of the Caribbean was just for effect. Go figure.

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: Sneak Fly

Weird chameleon/dragon fly hybrid that can blend in with any environment to hunt prey. You know sometimes I even scare myself with what comes out of my head.

Insects: Censor Beetles

I like tribal masks and I keep seeing them in the designs on beetles backs, but that would be too stale. Instead we have them doing the censor monkey thing. Hear no... See no... Speak no...

Insects: Bug Labor

Here's the first attempt at my daily theme. I was perusing pics of insects and I came across a treehopper and I had the idea of a bug that was used for manual labor (if there was something that big) 

2013 and Insects

I'm a little late in doing this, (I guess that resolutions should be sorted out before the new year) but I still want to change things this year and actually use this blog. So I'm publicly committing myself (even if it's only a few people that read this) to one of my goals.

I'm going to do an hour sketch a day, that fits into a theme. I got the idea from others who did one theme for the whole year, but I'd rather mix it up more than that so I decided on a monthly theme instead. The bottom line is to jump start my creative output, and improve the speed of my creative process. 

So each month I'll be picking a theme at random and creating hour sketches for a month along that theme. (I'll be posting these to show I did them) My deadline is midnight every night except Sunday. (Thats my vacation day)

I have other projects and goals that I may reveal later in the year, but those will take some time a preparation to ensure the maximum amount of amazing. So for now I will share this goal. I feel that it would work best if I publicly committed myself to an audience. 

So that's my plans to change things. Gotta start somewhere. So let the fun begin! I expect full disappointment and ridicule from you people each time I fail to meet a deadline. Praises and gifts if I make it through a whole month without missing a deadline. 

Theme of the Month: Insects

ready GO!