Drawing on another medium, magazine pages! This one was done on the Drawing Room page in the Time Magazine issue of Nov. 24, 2008 (not 09 as I wrote on there). It turned out better than I thought, but think I'm going to use a full page of text next time. See if that'll be too black. Hmm ...
My cousin gave me the idea of using my patterns in the midst of a scene. So, this is my attempt. I'm not sure if I like it or not. Just seems so .... empty. But anyway, we absorb advertisements! *Schlurp!*
I want spring to come. You know, with flowers, blue skies, birds singing, etc. Belgium is too depressing in the winter. :(
Took a nice long hiatus from drawing. For some reason the inspirations stopped flowing. :P I have these cycles.
Everyone's looking for love, right? :)
It's been a while since my last post. Why? Because I haven't had time to draw. I haven't even had time to read! All my procrastinating and thinking that I still had more time to work on homework and have fun has finally caught up to me. I'm running out of time! So these past few weeks/days have been art-less.
Anyway, so that's the theme behind this drawing. Time is inescapable, wherever you go, and it will always be there. Lame! :P
A4, pen, PSCS3
I've been cutting and pasting (literally! not computer terms!) lately. Did a collage of Times pictures and words on my folder (yes, I've regressed back to middle school) and also some other arts and crafts. So fun! So anyway, thought I'd do some more cutting and taping (because I don't have glue) tonight and came up with this. At first I could not get them to fit and look good, but finally decided to just settle on this. Thank goodness I kept the construction paper from way back when instead of sending it to America with the parents. It has come in quite handy recently. I also bought new pens. Yup, I couldn't help it. All my other pens are pretty much out of ink, and if I wanted to wait for pens from Taiwan, I'd have to wait until winter break, which I didn't want to. So! I went and bought a set of four (different tip sizes) and spent too much. :P
Pens, construction paper, tape.
Wow, I hated this as I was drawing it. Had to do some modifications and such, but I just kept at it because I wanted to see the finished result before discarding it into the "fail" pile. It's not really fail, but it didn't turn out as well as I had wanted or hoped. Sigh. I suck at drawing realistic things, even if it's just a simple outline. Bleh.
A4, Pen
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It's not that I haven't been drawing. I have! Just that everything I've drawn just looks blah. I tried drawing a star which turned into a tomato. Tried drawing some monsters for Halloween that ended up in the trash. Drew my cousin, which turned out ok but didn't really capture who she is. Then I drew this one. It turned out ok, I'm not particularly in love with it or anything. Sigh. Although it did give me an idea to draw something else. But who knows how that'll turn out.
Aghhhh, I need to get over this drawer's block! >.< Sigh.
Moleskin, Pen
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I have a morbid friend, who, after seeing my Heart Tree from below, decided she wanted one with thorns and blood. I obliged, and this is the end result. Hah. It looked more depressing in my mind, though. Ah well, this will do. =)
This one's for you, Jenny!
沒愛可給。。。
A4, Pen, Markers, PSCS3
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I was reading an article in Time Magazine recently about cancer, and they had these pictures of different cancer cells. If I didn't know that they were cancer cells, I think I would've liked them a lot more. They're actually kind of pretty, especially with the bright stain colors. But yah, cancer is bad (don't smoke!)! Anyway, I did this after reading that article, and I guess I was subliminally inspired. :P
A4, Pen
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This about sums this piece up (from the mind of my friend, Jenny):
Art teacher: Lisa, wy u using so many colors?
Lisa, as a kid: Coz i jus got me new colors biatch. Got a problem w/ tat?!
Photoshop also crashed on my three times during my attempt at making the colors look prettier on computer. Sigh. First two times had me saving not ALL that I had done, so had to redo a lot of it. Thankfully the third time I'd just finished and saved. Goodness. This took way longer than planned. Less time spent drawing, more time spent editing. STUPID PHOTOSHOP. Arghhhh.
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Heehee. Markers are cool. I love art supplies!!!!!
A4, Markers, & PSCS3
I was trying to do a series on the twelve Chinese zodiac animals. I got through three and gave up. hah! This is one of them - snakey snake. Also in honor of Galileo, our dear stupid pet snake back in LA. :P
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Still not sure if I like the skull and crossbones business. Maybe I should've made it vertical instead of horizontal. Ah well, bottom line: SMOKING IS BAD!!!! :)
A4 Paper & Pen & Sharpie
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I had this big calendar paper (those big Chinese kinds that are blank on the other side) that I wanted to draw on with a Sharpie, until I realized I left my Sharpie in my sister's bag, which she had brought back to Taiwan already. DUMB. So then I just randomly started doodling with a marker and somehow came up with sunflower dudes and clouds and ..... yah. I don't pretend to know how my mind works. :P Edited and colored on Photoshop!
Marker, Paper & PSD.
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I had really entertained the idea of sticking these in random places and then taking pictures of them. But then it was so close to departure time from Taiwan that I ended up not having the time to do it. BOOO. And I also left them in Taiwan, so can't stick them randomly here in Belgium. Meh, when I go back for summer next year I guess. :)
Pen & Blank stickers & PSD
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With moving date approaching, getting less time to do anything except help pack. So, more old pictures! This one was drawn back when I was still in UCLA. I was trying to do the 12 Chinese Zodiacs, but I stopped after doing the dragon and mouse. Maybe I should get back to it. Hmmmm.
Unedited. Pen & Colored Pencil & Paper.
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Mushroom guy is in <3
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