Practicing Multiple Characters and Positions ... Fixing My Big Oopsy ...

 Alright! So I was going through some of my pictures this morning on my phone. During my latest little drawing escapade, I hadn't realized that I'd been inadvertently documenting my mistakes and changes along the way on my current sketch.

This picture shows where I'm at so far. I have done a little more work on it since, but just some touch ups and other little things.








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Now we can take a look at where I started and all its glorious, horribleness. haha Should give you a little perspective on why I think the above looks pretty good. See that little arrow? Yeah. That was the girl before I changed her completely. She was a total wreck from head to foot and drove me batty until finally I attacked her with the eraser. Muuuuahahah Goodbye evil muscly girl! (Not that there is anything wrong with that. Just not what I was going for. Although I think I may have spread the slut vibe a little heavily on the redo. Oh well.)

Other than not being able to get her foot quite right, I think she came out decently.

Oh I almost forgot! A little anecdote about her before her dramatic change. I was whining to my boyfriend about her face and so he took a look.
"She has big boobs," he says.
To which I reply, "What does that have to do with it?"
"Means no one is going to be looking on her face."
Yes, such a big help he is....





Anywho! Then I was talking to my friend and she wanted me to draw a nerdy dude and so the other guy was born. I think his face is broken and I really don't know how to fix it. Too pointy of a chin? Or maybe his face is too small? What do you think? I just can't seem to pinpoint exactly what it is. Oh maybe it's his glasses. They seem a little wonky... I don't know I'll figure it out at some point. I made it bigger so you can see him better. I fixed his nonexistent elbow problem already FYI.

So yeah. That's all I got so far. I'm trying to come up with ideas for additional characters. I'm trying to work on my different poses, hands and feet to make them more interesting. Suggestions? Tips? 

Thanks for taking a look. 

Hopefully I'll get better soon!

Practice. Practice. Practice. 

Take care,

Shay

My Descent into a Drawing Obsession Among My Many Other Projects

Just a tiny little sketch

I have this horrible habit of getting myself addicted to different forms of creative outlets. Previous addictions get thrown onto the back burner and I dive head first into these new projects. I always end up circling back around at some point, but it sort of makes me seem a little mental. Especially when it seems to happen over night.

We'll see how he comes out once
I'm brave enough to get out the pen.

My sudden interest in drawing probably looked like this. In truth, I've always enjoyed artsy things like that. (Probably why I love crochet so much. Versatile.) The thing is I rarely did much drawing growing up and totally copped out in art classes. Why? The answer is fairly simple. Being told what to do kind of takes the fun out of it. Once the creativity is taken out of the project, the fun dies out exponentially and my Aries mindset has a tendency to get bored, flitting to the next interesting thing that comes along.

Taken at about 230 typed pages.
Now around 350.

All that probably goes into why I'm having a difficult time with the last few chapters of my book. I'm sort of procrastinating on that venture.

I know what you're thinking. "Crochet, drawing, and a book? How does she have the time for all that??"
Well ...
The book has been in the works for over a year now, plus it's still in the 1st draft stage. Crochet is more of a winter project. Though my shop will remain open throughout the year, I just won't be adding as many new items to it until the fall. Got to enjoy the summer while ya can! It doesn't last long in Minnesota. And with my drawing, I can pretty much cart that around with me anywhere.

My first couple of attempts ... Some better than others ... 

Now before you go getting all judgmental on my poor sketches, remember these are coming from a total amateur. So be nice to my fragile ego ... Just kidding! I know everyone has their opinions and that's cool. If you are going to be mean though, let's see some of your work for reference. :p Kidding, or am I?

And here are a couple quick sketches based off of some animes I've watched. Can you guess which ones?

For those of you curious about Bag of the Week, I'll be getting back into that closer to fall time. As I said before, gotta enjoy the weather! Don't worry I'll still be doing custom orders and who knows maybe I'll have a surprise bag of the week randomly throughout the spring/summer.

So that's it for right now! Take care!

And here is a picture of my boyfriend holding
my mother's purse. Why? She made him. Haha

OK now I'm really done! :)

Shay