Phil's Synaptic Misfires

My First "Public" Portrait

So here is my first drawing of a person: my friend's wife and newborn baby.  I took some liberties with the clothing (the shirt originally worn was not interesting for reproduction in a drawing), but that's about it.  I've coated it with fixative and will be framing it for their family, if they wanna keep it.  All in all, this drawing took me about 30 hours, probably mostly because I'm a n00b.  (Ignore the lighting of the picture: this is a picture of a piece of paper, not a scan)

This is the culmination of only three weeks or so of practice.  My skill at the onset was pretty lame, so even if you think this drawing blows, I dig it -- it just took freakin' forEVER.  I'm working on another one, hopefully it will be much faster.

EDIT: You know what was one of the hardest parts?  Making the baby NOT look like a Mogwai.  Not cuz the baby's ugly, just the shading made her look like something straight out of Area 51 for a while.

 

Oh, and I'd rather eat roofing material than draw hair and fabric.

Some Tristan Action

T just got back from his adventure with the SCA, and he shared some photos someone posted on Flickr.  Check out the links below (he's the one in red).

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Stand still, laddie!

Kevin likes long walks on the beach, sunny days, and cutting loose while at the office.  All three of these valuable interests are captured here in a photo of him wearing his kilt.  Word is he's working on that tan when he's not shearing sheep.  *ahem*

Not as good a picture as the one of R.B.s. in a tutu on stage, but this will do.  Make sure you all pat him on the back for his bravery.  (But not too hard, we don't want him bending over in that thing.)

New baby

A friend of mine just had a baby over the last weekend, under 5 lbs.  She's pretty cute, and extremely small in comparison to the largish father -- I have worried that if he stood too close, the baby would enter a sort of gravitational orbit. 

I don't think the baby was very premature, but I also learned my dad was around 5 lbs when he was born.  I'm not trying to predetermine the baby's future, but if I were, I'd make some sort of sick joke about how short the baby will grow to be.  Heh.

Tree's Artsy-Fartsy Site

Tree sent me her latest website with her artwork on it.  She's got a lot of talent, check her site out.  G'wan.  Shoo.

Tree's Gallery @ SheezyArt