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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Doodle 023 - Bears and birds and dragons, oh my!

Well, I guess all that chasing my inspiration around worked out today.
I actually woke up on time and managed to fit a work out very early in the morning. Whenever I exercise like I should, my brain seems to work much better, overall if I exercise early in the morning before the rest of the day wears me down.

The first doodle happened pretty easily, I was at the office working on some projects, when suddenly, I had this image stuck in my head. Before it disappeared I grabbed the first thing that was nearby and doodled this:

"A little birdy told me" - Ballpoint pen on standard size post-it note. Aprox 3 minutes.
It took virtually no time, and it is basically a bear having lunch (alphabet soup), while a robin tells him the latest news (gossip) from around the forest.

After I got home I went back to drawing, first a quick warm-up doodle:

Light as Air - Graphite and mechanical pencil on plain Moleskine notebook. Aprox 5 minutes.
Nothing of significance, just something airy, light, sort of like a wind sprite of sorts singing.

Finally I drew inspiration from real-life sea dragons and created an slightly more fantastic version:

Actual Weedy Sea Dragon - via dive gallery
Fantastic Sea Dragon - Graphite and mechanical pencil on plain Moleskine notebook. Aprox 20 mins.
Thanks for all the encouragement guys. I have the best cheerleaders pulling for me.
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5 comments:

  1. IMQTPIAugust 23, 2012 at 8:09 PM

    Love your "scribbles!"

    I ended up buying a couple of those Kuru-Toga mechanical pencils and the stubby lead-holder thingie that you'd posted about earlier. Love 'em! And now *I'm* "scribbling" more, too!

    Thank YOU for the inspiration to get back into drawing!

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  2. MichelleHAugust 23, 2012 at 9:15 PM

    Sea dragon!!! I love it!!

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  3. VictoriaAugust 23, 2012 at 11:27 PM

    *Squeee!!*
    Sea dragon!
    Can I get a giant one with a saddle? For realz? I'd be like a BA Ariel!

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  4. LaurenAugust 23, 2012 at 11:48 PM

    Gorgeous. That's really all I've got. I too draw - mostly portraits - but I wish I could capture the movement of the lines like you do. Just breath taking:)

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  5. Drawing SaudadeAugust 24, 2012 at 7:53 AM

    @IMQTPI: Yay! Happy to hear you are drawing more and that my reviews were helpful.

    @Michelle: :-D awesome!

    @Victoria: That would be a pretty cool sight!

    @Lauren: Thanks, I am trying to make my drawings more dynamic, they can get very stiff, so keeping loose and fluid is my goal at the moment.

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