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Mondoodle 22-02-2010

elise — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:55:37 +0000

Hello again. The lightbox and I have had words. Yep, I’m going to suck it up and stop complaining. And try to finish my work before sun-down…

Here’s the Mondoodle. It’s a bit of a case of… here’s one I prepared earlier. Because Of COURSE I wouldn’t get distracted during a tough deadline! That’s just not me. I have a steely resolve. I’m known for it. It’s practically a hyphenated middle name. I will be drawing something fun today but I’ll have to wait till I’m in class tonight for that. Hmm. Yes. There’s that Steely-Resolve against distraction at work again.

Drawn on the tablet (a week or two back) but completed today! Monday 22nd February 2010, 3.49pm.

I’m wrestling with a change in technology with this one… but I will prevail. And you know why.

Let me know any quick-draw suggestions please! I’ve had one bat suggestion so far. I’m trying to think of the twist…

Quick-draw Rabbit plus one

elise — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:21:05 +0000

I’m thinking that with these videos, while you watch the sequence of strokes, you might also watch a story unfold if I sketch it in the right order. That’s tricky for me as it requires a certain amount of planning, and I have been enjoying letting the drawing do its own thing to an extent. I’ll have to think up some elaborate ones. Unfortunately the YouTube thumbnail can ruin the surprise. I wish I could properly choose my own… they offer three random moments and none were quite early enough. It would be nice if you could zoom in on a little piece of the action instead, as the teaser.

I hope you enjoy it.

And while I’m thinking about drawings… Any requests? Any particular animal?

Mondoodle 16-11-09

elise — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:37:12 +0000

Does it count if you can see the drawing completed in under the ten minutes? Possibly.

I felt like doing something quite different today. My first jobs in illustration were doing fantasy work for some role-playing manuals. I did a lot of dragons and creatures back then, for fun as well as for work. And there was quite some zombie phase too. Ah zombies… I still get to draw them at schools from time to time. It’s funny how there are some things that I can write or draw that are in many ways not to my taste at all – I can draw zombies with relish (confusing expression in this context) but I find it hard to watch zombie movies (like that new series on SBS – eek). It’s rather akin to being able to drag my fingernails down a blackboard to watch people squirm, but not being able to take the sound myself if someone else does it! But you see, it’s so much fun drawing to get a reaction.

Don’t worry – no blood and gore here, just a creature of the night… of some kind or another. (You can turn off the notes from the bottom right triangle.)

Drawn on the tablet in my (sparkly clean) studio, at 3 pm

Monday16 November 2009 .

Quick-draw – crusty pirate

elise — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:23:57 +0000

Here’s another Quick-draw. Oh I do enjoy these and I’m starting to get used to drawing without watching the page. I’ll upgrade it to HD when I work out how – the option didn’t seem to present itself this time. Do click the HQ button though for a better view. And you can turn off the music easily – look for the speaker icon on the bottom right.

In other news, we had a fun market in the Brunswick Town Hall on Saturday – the Teeny Tiny Sisters Market. I met a lot of lovely people… signed lots of books and sent prints to good homes. For those of you watching me struggle with the rabbit – we’re on the home straight now. I hope to finish her off this week. I have an idea…
We’re back in normal market-mode again from here till Christmas. Check out the dates on the right – there’re some extra ones appearing just before Christmas.

It’s HOT today.

Maybe I’ll get out of the house soon and give myself a chance to do the Mondoodle in cafe comfort. For it IS Mondoodle-day.