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On the web, anyway.

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C'mon by and say hello. Or fuck off.

Whatever.

:)

Googling for artistic references

It's something I do for nearly every assignment where I have to draw a person or people. Google is an awesome resource for artistic reference photos. However. Howfuckingever.

This week in my drawing class we're studying emotions, so I've been doing Google image searches for various emotions. This is what I've found:

Searching for 'surprise' gets you lots of tranny-surprise photos.

Searching for 'shock' gets you lots of tentacle rape pics.

Searching for 'curious' gets you lots of bi-curious pics.

Searching for 'angry' gets you lots of rape porn.

Basically the internets are full of porn. But we already knew that. So I guess this entry doesn't serve much of a purpose. Meh.

I'm also down to the last 100 or so pages in the new Potter book. I don't want it to end. I don't.

Let's all sing along now...

(Sung to the tune of 'Ding Dong the Witch is Dead'.)



Ding, dong, the dick is dead

Which old dick? The fundie dick!

Ding dong, the fundie dick is dead!

Wake up sleepyhead, rub your eyes, get out of bed!

Wake up, the fundie dick is dead! He's gone to where fundies go

Below, below, below!

Ding dong, oh Jerry-O, sing it high, sing it low

Ding dong the fundie dick is dead!

Falwell makes me wish his hell was real so he could fry in it.

More marker/finals from last session will be posted later today. Maybe I'll also post about my dickhole of an instructor. I will NEVER take another class with that asshat again. Ever.

More fun with art markers

So P says I need to post more school work here. Ok, here ya go. I hate them both, have fun laughing at my ineptness with markers.

Yeah, yeah, ok, so I'm a little bit kidding. I'm getting better, but I really don't like either of these very much.

How to draw

1. Figure out which pose you want to capture.
2. Gather your materials.
3. Put on good music.
4. Begin drawing your first picture. Start with the big dark areas first.
5. Sketch in the large blocks of shadowy shapes. Begin to blend to create depth.
6. Take a break to stretch. Pick up the chihuahua because she's apparently going to have a conniption fit if you don't.
7. Give pats, love and baby-talk to the GSP because if you don't she'll jump on your lap and gouge big, ugly scratches in your flesh and she's jealous as hell.
8. Put down the chihuahua and tell the GSP to go away. You have drawings to finish.
9. Feel guilty that the big, orange lab at your feet didn't get shit.
10. Go back to drawing.
11. Pick up the very insistent cat before he climbs you like a wayward tree, plus you need him to stfu.
12. Get licked on the leg by the insistent cat's shadow, the one who hates all humans. She's testing you to see if you're ready to be killed for food yet.
13. Blog about it because procrastination's fun!

Stuff and a Weak Resolve

Ok, so maybe not everyday. Bite me. School's got me hopping this session. I had 3 drawings due today and I have two due tomorrow and I think at least one more after that, and that's just this week. Busy.

In one of my classes we're using art markers. It's fun, but awkward. I'm used to being able to blend and erase and correct and whatnot as I feel it's necessary. Ha, markers tell me I can take that idea and shove it up my ass.

This is my second marker rendering (you wouldn't want to see the first one, hell I want to forget I even did it).


It's ok. I hope I get better though.

Jat's up for a new job, keep your fingers crossed and stuff. He really wants it, he hates where he is now.

Help me knit socks!

So today I'm talking on the phone with my husband and he asks me what I've been up to today. I tell him about all the little shit I've taken care of today and mention that I cleaned the catbox. We have 5 cats and our 'catbox' is really a kiddie wading pool. It's in the garage and as such we tend to forget about it until a cat pees somewhere other than. Yes, I know, we're slobs. I thought this was established already. I am seeking to reform, however, so I'm making an effort to remember the shit pool downstairs so it gets scooped out on a daily basis.

So he says to me, "Again!? You just did that yesterday!"

I was stunned speechless for a moment and said, "Yes, but -" and he finishes for me, "-oh! that thing we should be doing every day, the scooping!"

Fun times :)

So I want to knit toe-up socks with sock yarn and size 1 needles. I can't find a pattern I like and I don't feel like thinking enough to adapt a top down pattern. Wanna help me? Huh? Maybe?