I just discovered that Photoshop CS5 easily creates animated gifs. I also realized that it makes it easier to share some of the retouch work I do.
Gantz volume 27 doesn't come out for three weeks or so, but I don't see any spoilers here either.

Grumpy

I've been sick since Emerald City Comic Con. I was fighting it off really well and then I found out Toren Smith passed away and my health just went to Hell.

Now that I don't feel like my entire immune system is inflamed, I've been spending half days in front of the computer and the rest upstairs in my bedroom where it's warmer. I still sound like I'm coughing up a lung and can't go out to play anywhere. Like the really cool Drink-n-Draw tonight. :-(

Here's the latest scan from the sketchbook. I started it in late Feb with the right eye and then finished the rest in bed last night. I didn't even notice that I had used a different pencil until I scanned the image. Owell.

I'm gonna try taking some sketchcards to bed with me today and see what comes of it.

Waiting at the Dentist's

Waiting for my husband at the dentist's office. He forgot to bring me the iPad, so I couldn't tweet while I was waiting.

Skiers-April 2012

I was watching "the Pink Panther" and was expecting to sketch some groovy jet-setting 60's clothes and instead did a generic sketch of two skiers. Figures.

I think it also says a lot about the cinematographer that this shot called out to me.

Sketched in Pigma micron, with Photoshop colors.

Dr. Sketchy-Stumptown 2012 edition: The Endless

I finally made it to Dr. Sketchy's again, although it was at Stumptown. I guess that counts. I told Mike D that the theme was the Endless and that he MUST be there. I have to say it was pretty stunning to walk in and see folks dressed up!

I struggled with the session. Sitting next to Mike D drawing Death and Destruction will do that to you. The young lady they had posing as Delirium was perfect and I wish my sketches of her came out better. Then for the 20 min family pose, this came out of me. There's a lot of things I would have changed if I hadn't been drawing in pen, but there ya go. I was also a bit too tired to think up what Dream and Destruction are leaning/sitting on, which is a bit of a shame.

In retrospect I really should have thanked the models afterward because they were totes awesome, but I had my shy on.

Sketchbook Month Day 5

Yes, I skipped a few days. Hopefully I'll be a bit more consistent. I can't say I'm really happy with it, but I can tell that if I keep at it, I can get really good again.

Mandrills

I've dug up my deviant Art account. I don't like the interface at all, but I like the "discovery" aspects of it very much. That and limitless image hosting is appealing too. I tried to link this image from there, but dA doesn't care for that too much. If anybody out in the 'nets is interested, the address is http://studiocutie.deviantart.com/, For now everything here will be the same as there.