I’m unstoppable, i tellya. The theme du jour has been “Emerging”, since this whole concept of supposedly being an “Emerging Artist” is on my brain and i think it’s kinda funny, and kind of poignant.
Plus, i like caterpillars.
Did you know that up until this drawing, I had the WORST time trying to draw birds? So frustrating. I don’t even like these ones, so i set them on fire! hah!
(Also, Matty gets all titillated when i draw naked ladies. It’s kind of adorable, actually. He tries to act all earnest like his interest is purely artistic, but i bet it’s probably fun to have a girlfriend that can draw you porn whenever you want, haha)
I’ve been trying to be a little more detailed, and a little more organic with my lines. It’s too easy to default to stripes and stars and polka dots.
Like, see? This one is a little too busy, but i still think it’s funny. I was in the cafe up the street yesterday morning and this weird song came
on the overhead stereo, part of which happened to sound exactly like a
dog barking off in the distance. There was a moment when i was really
bewildered, and i was i almost positive there was a DOG trapped in the
CEILING.
And then i realized what a dope i am. So of course i had to draw a picture about it.
In other news:
Yesterday somebody was kind of a jerk to me, which inspired that pulse I wrote about mean people. It got me thinking, and i’ve been thinking a lot about strenghth of character. What bothered me most was that one person being an ass to me got me all rattled about my own talent/ personality/ abilities, and that really sucked. It also made me resolve change myself, and try to make an effort to be less judgemental and snarky at people. Anyways, all that energy is better used in other places.
Matt’s mum got up the gumption to take some of the earrings she designed down to the stores in Ogunquit, and apparently this chi-chi little shop wants to carry her jewelry. She’s totally beside herself with excitement. This, from the lady who claimed she “wasn’t creative”, when really she just needed a nudge and a pair of good pliers. I’m wicked proud of her!
Tonight I’m going to see my friend Sarah’s opening at Space 242 in the South End [of Boston]. That probably sounds really swanky, when the truth is we’re all just a bunch of art dorks. Sarah was my studio-mate in art skool and she’s mad talented and it will be SO AWESOME to see her.
Suffice to say I’m also gonna be “on the clock” tonight and we’ll see if i can do some networking of my own. That whole “Emerging” thing, you know.