Screwdriver Shopping

"Hey, we should do that sometime!"

For the past while I've been cranking out non-stop studies and the like (that is, when I draw. I've had a wonderfully busy summer thus far, full to the brim with friends and adventures and the two combined, which is always the best). Studies, however, aren't much for the blog, so I haven't been posting much as of late.

Actually, I now have Photoshop on my computer! This is a novelty. Look at this! I can make lines of varied weight--just by pressing harder on the screen! That's pretty fun! I did that sketch above using a thicker brush just to see this effect. Next time I'm going to try using weight to my advantage. I've seriously never considered the idea of line weight in respect to doing a polished drawing before--maybe just because I take it for granted and as such a given when I see line work in illustration. (Or maybe because I never actually do clean line work?)

(And here was where I wrote a long bit about the aesthetic beauty of screwdrivers and other simple tools, but I deleted that ;))

A Few More Sketches

These were done during figure drawing...ack! It's been too long since my last update. Something NEEDED to be done about this...but I have yet to install my scanner's driver software on my new laptop (because I can't find it--oops).

Ohh. And I'm really on summer break now. Those three summer classes that I was taking ended last Thursday. YES.

This is a Drawing of a Woman

She is not very interesting at all!

However,

she is evidence--

proof--

my sign to the free world--

that

I

own

a

BRAND-SPANKIN'-NEW TABLET PC.

It's so gorgeous. And wonderful. And fast. Wow. It's everything I've always wanted in a computer, and so, so much more, because--it's an HP tx2500z.

And the best part is that, though MS Paint is currently my best friend, next week I shall be acquiring technological software which will enable me to use this tablet to make animated things and such. Horrah!

Also, I graduated from high school yesterday. Well. That was nice! I'm shaking hands with an IMPORTANT! person, in case you can't tell. There were a lot of IMPORTANT! people at our graduation--somewhere around 12--and we had to shake all their hands. However, I don't think too many of my classmates much minded them. We were all too busy graduating.

English Project

I had plenty of fun with this English project I had to turn in today. I sort-of forgot (read as: procrastinated) about the project, and so at around 2.30AM today I decided to get crackin' on it. After some thought, I managed to cobble this together reasonably quick, and it's supposed to resemble those games where you can mix-and-match torsos with legs and heads, etc....appropriate, really, considering the character in question.
I did end up adding text to the whole thing, along with some extremely minor color--as seen in the final photograph.

Here are all the drawings from the packet, in their appropriate order and pairings. :)

ABSENCE and rush rush rush to THURSDAY

Awhile ago, Brittany challenged me to a draw-off. I sort-of failed and never actually completed my part (neither did she, I think), but I DID do this rough sketch kind-of somewhat outlining what I might have done had I actually gotten around to it.

Which I will. Seriously.
Maybe.

I promise I'll upload more, later...cross my heart!

(P.S.: I'm graduating from high school in less than a week)

I Have Friends!

I can prove it, too!It's currently AP week at my school, which means every day of the week brings with it two hours and forty minutes of leisure time. Being the ever-so responsible student that I am, I, of course, take advantage of this time to doodle and goof off. Here are some sketches of my friends!
Tomorrow I have a seven-hour-long AP Calc review...expect more drawings...

Hanging out on the stairs, which I did not draw (wow)...they all sort-of look the same. UH. Oops.

During the two-hour after-school AP Calc review...uhg, so boring. I would tell you her name, but I can't spell it to save my life...oh dear.

School...

...is almost over. Thankfully so, too! I just graduated from Miami Dade College today, and in one month I shall graduate from the School for Advanced Studies (my high school). Am I proud? Heck yes, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I've worked hard. My entire class has worked hard. Here's to the graduates of 2009!This is what I look like at school.