You know, the reason I've been able to post so much art from this class is because I haven't made it out to the art store to get a couple of larger pads. I usually have a nice big pad of drawing or charcoal paper and then a pad of newsprint for life drawing. Since I hadn't been to lfie drawing in maybe three years my supplies on that front were completely depleted. Which means I've been drawing in a 9×12 sketchbook. That kind of sucks for the art itself, since I have to use pencil/pen and not charcoal/conte crayons, but it does mean I can share more of my art here.

At least there's that.

Check out this week's higlights:
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Last night, I watched Lost, read a chapter of The Arabs: A History, watched Stagecoach and drew this:

Fun.

After getting done with the redesign last week I clearly put it into shutdown mode. I figure I earned it:) Anyway, I'm back!

Now I just have to work through a whole stack of draft posts. I've got about a half a dozen movies to work my way through, plus a book or two, so I hope you'll forgive me if I don't go too in depth on a few of these.

On with it, then?

Why oh why did I wait as long as I did to see District 9? This is scummy, screwed up (in a good way) science-fiction. There's no wide-eyed Close Encounters awe here- just grime and xenophobia and hacked-together, destructive technology. I've got lots of love for ugly science fiction and this movie certainly fills that gap. Half mockumentary, half action piece, District 9 is a solid couple of hours- a little bit of social commentary, a wee bit of a love story, some nasty-ass special effects and a good chunk of mecha-inspired action.

I'm not quite sure it deserved an Academy Award nomination, but who knows what's up with the Best Picture category after they went to 10 nominees. Check it out.

How busy have I been? So busy that I finished reading this book in January and haven't found time to review it since?

Yeah, that busy.

Anyway, I'm back from redesign land and am now 100% free to do whatever the hell I want with my time. Sadly that has meant doing my TAXES. Up until now, that is. Taxes are done. Reading will commence and reviews will be written.

Heck yes.
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From code to full-on art mode. I've got that show in just a couple of weeks so I feel like I ought to work out something to walk in there with- even if it's just a style in mind and not a finished piece. To that end, back to the sketch book.

And my taxes. I finished this drawing, read a little and then… sat down to do my taxes. How's that for celebrating? Really, at this point everything is a little bit more fun because the redesign of this site was hanging on me like an anchor. So, in some ways, my taxes weren't so bad Let's see how they look when I make it to the end, of course. If I get some $$ back I might even have a smile at the end of the day.