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Here’s what my work space generally looks like—it’s actually just my lap, I don’t own a desk, so I sit on my bed. Why a makeup brush? To sweep away eraser dust/strings without smudging my work. Also, my hand tends not to get everything, the brush is pretty thorough—sketchbook broom!

You'd better just go buy a sketchbook

Mood: Tired

My sketchbook fell apart and was a few pages away from being full, so I made one out of a clothing gift box from Kohl's, copy paper, and dental floss. I'm never doing it again(meaning I'll probably make another one over the Summer when this one runs out). I painted the cover with a thin layer of acrylic black paint and glued a cardboard cutout of the power/standby symbol(my new trademark for cover's of sketchbooks; originated from needing to quickly identify the right side up/front of my sketchbook at first grab).

It's pretty decent, I'd suggest making at least one sketchbook in your life. But if you don't have the patience, or you tend to have crappy first tries like I do, buy a new sketchbook.
-KF

Making an iPhone game =)

So, last Summer my boyfriend and I started planning a game for the iPhone--he'd do the programming and I'd do the graphics(when the game's finished I can use it in my portfolio and resume!). It should be done and out by Christmas, so keep an eye out for it!!

On another note, working on my website/online portfolio design again. It's a crappy draft but the main idea is there. When I do the final design I'll digitally draw it so that it still has that hand-drawn quality but looks more professional. What do you think so far?

Also, look forward to more G33K!! Offline--strange funny things keep happening and I have a new, bigger doodlebook* =D (*sketchbook)

Do I have enough tape?

Tue Sep 29, 2009, 9:44 PM

* Mood: Tired
* Listening to: A tutorial on the chain rule (AP Calc)

I have to tape the pages of my sketchbook because I found out in class today that they're perforated(so I had to tape over the lines so that they wouldn't fall out of my book in the future). I have a month to do the Summer project(18 pages in my sketchbook on a theme; mine is my unique 90s childhood). It's fun so far--I'm excited to start the project. I have 4 pages due on an artist related to my theme due Monday and a reference photograph of me relating to my theme due Thursday.

My dad learned how to make okonimiyaki--I'm excited. I took one to Jesus school so that I could eat, since I went from practice, to home for 15minutes, then to Jesus school. I asked the lady if I could eat; she said no, so about 5minutes later I just walked out with my stuff and ate outside...NOBODY GETS BETWEEN ME AND MY FOOD D=<

Happy anniversary-ish Mo and Cal!!! <3 Now if only I had a love live =3

Anyway, back to studying so I can start my AP 2D STUDIO ART homework XD *I'm getting too excited*

I need sleep.

-KF

Getting New Sketchbooks Makes Me Feel Awkward =(

Mon Sep 28, 2009, 9:20 PM

* Mood: Excited
* Listening to: "Dancing in the Moonlight"-Toploader ver

It really does. Maybe it's because I mostly draw manga and the fact that I'm still mediocre when it comes to realism and other art forms...I'd feel better if I could make my sketchbook(but I don't have the right paper for that, since I'll be painting in this thing, too). The fact that my mom is being critical of me throughout the whole trip, like saying "the paper is the same" or "those aren't sketchbooks"(when they really are). The best sketchbook I could find, since the bookstore was the only place open right now, was one with one of those wooden-drawing-figures in the corner of it...it practically screams "I'M GONNA DRAW, SO I'M GETTING THIS STEREOTYPICAL SKETCHBOOK =B"...I'm self-conscious when it comes to things like that. Like carrying around educational books to make up for the pile of manga I have in my arms...well, back then--now I read everything online, so that's not really a current problem.

Anyway, tried to draw BoA from a reference shot(not in the sketchbook, on a piece of paper...with blue crayon), and it wasn't very good =( I'll scan it in later--there's so many mistakes in it DX

I'm gonna go decorate my stereotypical sketchbook now =D BAICAN'TWAITFORMYFIRSTAPSTUDIOART2DCLASSTOMORRO W<3

-KF