Wet Ink

 

Skin & Bones

Wet ink...

I've been into drawing teeth and the human skeleton as of late. Here's a drawing consisting of both.
It took me a great deal of courage-building to trace over the original pencil sketch with a sharpie for fear of ruining it. You can see the shakiness of my hand, but I think it turned out okay.

I have a few drawings backlogged and waiting to be finished, then inked. Here's to procrastinating doing schoolwork.

Staff Head

Here's a random drawing. Reminiscent of the Tenacious D's Pick of Destiny, or perhaps the head of Skeletor's staff.

If I may toot my own horn (no pun intended) for a moment, I would like to draw (no pun intended) your attention to the detail (second picture). I am quite pleased (... impressed) with the texture and effect to which I gave the underside of the horns. I am very new at this whole drawing thing, (or, to use a pro-wrestling term, "green"), so please forgive my unwarranted conceit.

My Heart is in Your Hands

I made a quick sketch of this in the margins of my notes to keep me from dozing off in class.  My friend looked at it, turned to me and said "I hope you don't kill anyone."

I have been meaning to colour in the "shading"/"shadows" (whatever you want to call it) but never got around to doing it. I had moved on to other things.

This is my first heart I've drawn. I think it's pretty decent for a first attempt. I should experiment with heart-drawing more.

Pot Pourri

As you may notice by some of my doodles, I am terrible with proportions and symmetry. I have a shaky drawing hand. I take way more time on drawings than they should actually take. But, I like doing it.

Also, I don't know how to finish pictures. Bear with me.

Rough Sketches

The tentacles were drawn in October 2011. I find myself drawing tentacles often for some odd reason. This weird attraction to drawing tentacles can also be found in the album art I created for the Luther Higgs' "Monologue" EP. I kind of wish I had put more effort into the album cover. I admit it is a little weak but we were desperate to get the EP out at the time.

The skull was drawn on October 13th, 2011 during Ashtray Heart's set at Katacombes. I have never been successful at drawing a skull with attitude. This is another attempt. I supposed it was partly inspired by the atmosphere of the venue and the music. It seems I was going for a modified Bret "The Hitman"Hart logo.

New Beginnings...

The idea of starting a blog to house my "art," for a lack of a better term, - be it drawings, poetry, music, whatever - has been lingering in the back of my head for sometime.   My chosen academic path and poor time management skills have left me little time to cultivate my creative side.  And so by starting this blog, it is my hope that I will devote more of my time to this end.

I have no formal background or training in art or music, which is apparent in the clumsiness in my various projects.  Many of my drawings arise from doodles drawn out of the sheer boredom of sitting through lectures in school. Many of the drawings I will be posting here may very well be those doodles.  Some are inspired by half-conscious visions in the moments before falling asleep.  Most are just rip offs from real artists.

I will try to post new drawings, random songs I've recorded etc. as frequently as possible and not let this blog fall by the wayside.

Thanks for checking this out.

Chris