#MadeWithPaper

My favorite iPad app finally came to iPhone a couple weeks ago.  I've been trying to make art on my work breaks, whenever I can.  It's finally getting easier.

I made an Oil Pastel version of The Scream back in 2007, which hangs in my cubicle office at work.  So here's the #MadeWithPaper version as my first "keeper."  I've been using the zoomed in version as my avatar at some sites.

 

I have a panda theme going on in my office cubicle.

 

 "Blinky" my 20-year old pumpkin that I won $30 first prize in a pumpkin carving contest at work.  Judges returned it back in pieces after they tore it apart to see how it worked.

Decoration on the table at Chic-fil-a.

I've been wanting to paint this leaf from my front yard all year--finally!



Sketchcrawl #46 from Jan 31

 

Sketches made on my iPad with Paper by 53 while I was running errands with Mom in tow.  I didn't have enough time to prepare with a real sketchbook and my travel paints.  Where have I put it, come to think about it...

Sky Bison

 

It's funny how in my "old age" how much I enjoy animation.  Time Warner cable sucks because their changes have left Mom without TV unless I'm there to work the cable box for her.  So I watched the whole series of Avatar Aang the last Airbender & its sequel Avatar Korra on YouTube and she's rediscovered the radio in her room.  This fluffy sky bison just looks so cuddly.  Yea, that's the March page of my desk calendar.  I wish I could call it Appa, but it's not quite Appa.

When I was a kid, I got no comics.  Comics were for boys and my parents saw no value in comics, so even my bro didn't have but a handful.  Admittedly, the cartoons were corny, too.  Entertaining but no lessons in it -- also a waste of time in my parents eyes.  The stories which are animated now are a long way from Tom & Jerry's endless chases.

2014 was boring

Wow, only 8 or 9 posts in 2014.  That's pretty bad for me.  I really haven't sketched much this year.  None at all in the last 4 months.  After the cataract surgery I posted, I had another one done on the same eye to rotate the implant so I could actually see.  It's good enough now, but there's a bit of residual from that surgery.  If it doesn't correct itself by April, I may consider another surgery to get rid of a little double vision.  I had plans to update the 20 year old TV but other things started breaking down around that time and needed replacing:  the fridge, then the clothes washer, then the car.  There goes my savings, even borrowing a little from Mom.  There was dry spell in my side business so I went and changed my withholding at work.  Then I get an avalanche of work in December which is helping my financial recovery.  I hope I don't get a whopper of a tax bill come April.

That said, I still haven't stopped collecting sketchbooks & art supplies, dammit.  LOL.  A new Hobby Lobby moved in about a mile from my house.  Oh, so tempting!  Mom has a thing right now about buying canvas bags/backpacks.  I've been painting them but I haven't been taking pictures.  The first one was a pudgy owl.  The second was a lady bug, and I have one I attempted the "monkey selfie."  It's got some drawing problems.  I'm pretty sure I'll paint over it...if & when I figure out a subject.  I've been using my cameras more, but wide angle lenses like the Polaroid Cube or GoPro don't make good pictures of artwork because of the distortion.  I'll have to figure something out and (re)start posting to my Flickr or Picasa.  It's just that my life is boring right now, all work, little play time.  Doesn't make for creative or artistic photography...just documenting my boring life.

I finally broke down to get an amazon account.  I've always had issues about credit card security & delivery left on my doorstep.  But now I can finally get stuff I've been waiting to find in a local store-- like Noodler's Bulletproof Black Ink, my first purchase.

No art goals for 2015 except to sketch more than I did in 2014.  That's a pretty low bar, but in the back of my head, I really need to use up the growing pile of sketchbooks.

Happy New Year!