Hail Him! Again!
Laura and I moved into the new place three weeks ago and we’re just now getting settled. Of course, one of the first things we did was make the trip to IKEA and buy a crapload of stuff that is absolutely necessary. Two of those things we tables that I’m using as my new desk and they completely rock. I finally have the ability to not only place my scanner and new printer — used from Jeff — near my iMac for once, but I also have room to spread out a little more. All that’s left is to build some shelving so that I can surround myself in toys while I work, and I’ll be all set.
I also received my new Wacom tablet in the mail last week, but because of the many minor projects and trips I’ve had to make for the new house, I haven’t even had time to open the box, let alone mess around with the tablet itself. I’m still working on my ideas for a Starscream mural for my room as well as compiling as large a selection of sketches that I can use to practice with the tablet. I posted a quick 20 minute sketch of another idea with this blog. He’s supposed to be flying, but I ran out of room on the paper for the air thrusts on his feet.
I listened to the podcast by Scott Kurtz of PvP today and learned a lot more than what I thought I knew about the proposed Orphan Works bills that are being talked about in the House and the Senate. I sent one of the form letters from this site to my Congressman, Senator and Governor and though I got a pretty standard response, I think by contributing this way, hopefully as a group, we can get this stopped. If you haven’t already, please use one of these form letters to let your political leaders know that you oppose the Orphan Works bills. You don’t want the creators of art to be stripped of their copyrights nor have their creations used without their permission. And if you do want that, I hope you find yourself staring into the many eyes of a Deep Crow.
All Hail…Starscream
I’m throwing around ideas for a mural I want to do in my new office. I’m thinking of a Starscream portrait or art piece, and I really want a version of “King Starscream”. Too bad he only got to be king for about three minutes of the animated movie before he was obliterated by Galvatron.
It’s hard to do sketches at work though — mostly because I rush them — and I end up with some wonky proportions and whatnot. (His legs look a little small and if I could redo that left hand about fifty times, I still don’t think I would get it the way I want.) It’s a good start though, and definitely something to throw into the practice pile for when I get my tablet.
It’s kind of scary to share these raw sketches, since I’m not used to showing anyone anything until I’m completely finished with a piece.