A few new quick sketches

I made myself a new sketchbook. I'll have to take some pictures. I used this paper that I got in Chicago that's gold and green and so elegant. I haven't used it much yet, but I just made it last Friday, I believe. Even if I do something that takes me ten minutes, I'll be happy. The only problem is that I get annoyed when I sketch something that turns out hideous, and then I get frustrated and hide my book away. But I need to learn that I'll create hideous stuff sometimes. I have to accept it, and move on.

Here are two quick sketches I did last night. I was reminded of when I was a little girl and I would draw myself wedding dresses, over and over. I love clothes so much! So I thought I'd do an exercise with that. I really need to practice my form. I wasn't trying to draw them proportionately, but they just look silly!





That second one is actually similar to an outfit I bought this weekend, but I'm still looking for a good hat.

And I did this quickly at work today. Rob brought me flowers yesterday, so I thought I'd take a short break from work and sketch a little bit. If I had some more time I'd put a lot more detail in there.



I hope to fill up that book quickly!

Um, swirlies

Here's something I did last week. Not really sure how to describe it. I want to learn how to draw patterns and flourishes and things, but I don't know where to start. So I drew this on the front of a blank postcard, just to see what it would look like in the end. I think this is something I'd like to play around with more. I need to get me some inspiration though.

Self Portraits

I decided to sketch a little tonight. I haven't tried to draw myself in years, so I figured that'd be a good start. I parked my rear end on the floor in front of a full length mirror, armed with a pencil and one of those empty sketchbooks I had mentioned in my previous post. Here's where it went:

This is what I first drew. Took about 15-20 minutes, I think. But time flies when I'm drawing, so it could have been longer. I was actually pretty happy with the way it turned out. It's a little charicature-esque as opposed to realistic, but I'm okay with that. I made the eyes a little too big.



Then I tried this. Even though I feel it's more realistic, there's something about it I just don't like. Feels lopsided to me or something. And my face is more square, like in the first picture.



Then, after I scanned in the pictures, I decided to quickly "airbrush" the first one, for fun.



And that was my forced creativity for the day.

Do you procrastinart?

I'm a designer. I love what I do. So why is it that I feel like I never get a chance to do it? Sure, I have a job where I get to design.....sort of. If you count throwing a gigantic logo onto a powerpoint template designing. Whatever. I make myself these sketchbooks and tell myself that I'm only going to improve if I practice.

I lost count of how many sketchbooks I own with less than ten pages filled.

Then I started crafting. It was great. I enjoyed doing it and I felt like I was really accomplishing something wonderful. Yet when I get home from work, all I want to do is lie on the sofa. Where has my motivation gone?

That's what I'm hoping to answer in this blog (because there aren't enough blogs in the world).

Explore with me such questions as the following:
Where is my motivation?
Can I get it back?
Will I just end up disappointed if I find it because I'll realize that even when motivated, I suck ass?

I'll try to post things that I am or have been working on as time goes on. For that reason, I probably won't tell anyone that this blog exists, so if you found it, good job!