sketch a day every other day #10

the other day i got to thinking about where i'll end up. could i live in a smaller town? have a house? maybe. i don't know if i will be accepting of high rent and crowded streets forever. hell, i'm already scaring myself with some of my hermit like behavior. its probably good i'm living in an area surrounded by natural amusement. i honestly have found more often that i'm tired when it comes to eatin, drinkin, and bs. i still enjoy those things, but i always find myself yearning for something more exciting. i think this is why i sometime imagine being invaded by aliens. now that would sharpen a dull blade. 

sketch a day every other day #9

i've got nothing to say today, but really this is about the sketches, so i guess that is ok. i will say life has left me scratching my head a lot lately.

sketch a day every other day #9

i walked 47 miles of barbed wire,
used a cobra snake for a neck tie.
got a brand new house on the roadside,
made out of rattlesnake hide.
i got a brand new chimney made on top,
made out of human skulls.
now come on darling let's take a little walk, tell me,
who do you love?

-bo diddley (excerpt from "who do you love?")

sketch a day every other day #7 & 8

i couldn't post this weekend because i was up in tahoe wading through potentially drowning snow. while there we made a pretty awesome sled shoot and snowshoed around doner lake. the hike was gorgeous. after which we enjoyed a sip at the tourist club in downtown truckee, finding a strange mix of dive and new wave music. in the bar there was also a cowboy painting that had my name on it. add to that good people, good drinks, tasty food, and epic charades snuggled under the roof of a hodge podge cabin and it made for one great weekend.

sketch a day every other day #6

feeling delirious, maybe its the need to sleep or the fish taco that i had tonight followed by a couple of day glow maraschino cherries. in any case i need some z's. heading to tahoe tomorrow. looking forward to exchanging some of this rain for snow. i can't believe the cold blooded creature i am would ever want to spend a weekend in the cold, but snow is quiet and calm, a field of whispers. i like that.

sketch a day every other day #5

finding time to sketch was a lot easier when i was unemployed. figures i would get serious about this daily sketch thing now.

sketch a day every other day #3 & 4

well it was inevitable, i failed to keep to my every other day post schedule. i found myself a little too busy and not giving myself the time to sit and throw down a few sketches late this past week. i made up for everything saturday morning though, but missed posting on friday, so today is gonna be a four for two deal.

this sunday was a dozy of a dance with our last bit of unexpected summer in winter before tomorrow when temperature are expected to dip and the rain pours back in. me and a few friends went hiking along san francisco's coast in the prisideo. its amazing to be in a city that saddles such beauty. i can't say that i'm too upset about losing the sun and warmth for a few days as i need a bit of bad weather to get me focused on some interior projects. i really need my situation to change from everything stacked on rubbermade containers and underwear stuffed into a backpack in my closet to something a bit more permanent.

sketch a day every other day #3

listening to samples of the new james blake lp while at a half tilt in my chair. sounds like it could be a goody. too tired to say anything else.

sketch a day every other day #2

i woke early this morning and decided to be proactive with my time and do the laundry i didn't get to this weekend. while waiting for my clothes to dry i went into the coffee shop next store and grabbed a cup of mud. later in the day i ended up regretting this decision, but at the time enjoyed myself as i sketched a cartoon of the barista.

earlier while collecting money for my drink she had asked what i was doing with the laundry bag and if i planned on putting any kids in it. i responded by telling her "no just clothes, children don't get you the same kind of return in ransom they use to." she then told me that she didn't think i was going to kidnap them but stash them away to eat later. i was hungry since i hadn't ate anything, so i thought about the nutritional benefits a young child could provide as i walked over to a table to enjoy the morning.

while sitting i received an ear full of lady gaga and listened to the young barista talk to her coworker about not informing a certain patron of her sexual escapades for it might change the barista patron relationship they had formed. she wasn't leading him on.

remembering why i don't drink coffee before work, i stop short of the cups bottom hoping to minimize and major effects the caffeine might have on me, but after a longer then usual day of work with little to show for it i can point the finger at only one reason, coffee.

sketch a day every other day

for a while now i've been meaning to get into the habit of drawing a sketch per day. as many surveyors of the internet know it has become quite popular for people to document this process on the web as motivation for staying consistent. i've made multiple efforts in the past with little success. sometimes i would manage to complete a sketch each day, but would forget or become to lazy to upload it to actdistract.

this christmas my sister gave me some tactile motivation in the form of book designed to be doodled in once a day. this in conjunction with my friend maria's 365 project (she has a really great eye, check here photos out here) has fueled me to stay committed to making some sort of mark on paper daily.

each page of the journal is broken up into two panels, each one representing a different day. for this reason i will post two sketches every other day to make things a little easier on myself.

i've found that sketching can be an effective way to vent about things just like writing or talking. i'm a pretty opinionated person, so this leaves me with a plethora of subjects to choose from. recently, i've spent time around an individual who's views are often different then mine. lately some remarks were made that became the catalyse for these current two comics. the opinions that are expressed are by no means uncommon, so this is not a crack at that individual, but observation of a certain lifestyle.