Monday, January 6, 2014

Lake Doodle


A little bit more than a doodle, a bit less than a proper drawing . . . :)

- Ark

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Spacey Doodle


I've had the idea for Ines in my head for a while, but now I finally had the impetuous to draw her.  Been scared of the whole 'creating a toon' thing.  Yay for daily forced drawing!

- Ark


Friday, January 3, 2014

Thursday, January 2, 2014

A Doodle A Day


Okay, in the spirit of A Mantra for 2014, I am initiating A-Doodle-A-Day, in which I will post something arty each day for the year.  It may suck, but I'm working on VOLUME here.

Above is the icy chick from Frozen.  I haven't seen it yet.  Heck, I haven't even see Hobbit 2: Electric Boogaloo yet.  Been busy. :)

Wish me luck!

- Ark

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

A Mantra for 2014


“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn't have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I've ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You've just gotta fight your way through.”
- Ira Glass

or, more concisely,

"Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming swimming, swimming, swimming."
- Dory

:)

- Ark

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Christmas Swag

Here is the Christmas Swag countdown so far for 2013:

GURPS for Dummies.  
Actually, it looks to be a pretty cool book for GURPS 4th edition. 

GURPS Vikings
It's for 3rd edition, but GURPS sourcebooks transcend time and space.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Art of the Animated Series
Completely awesome art book!

Fairytale Fantasies Calandar
I'm a big fan of both artists.

Doctor Who T-Shirt
'Nuff Said! 

Homemade Miniature Zen Garden
Very cool and portable.  AUM. 

A House
That's right.  We bought a house in another city and moved last week.
Packing sucks, Moving sucks, unpacking sucks, but new house - cool!

There are some other really cool presents - but they are still packed and I have no idea which boxes they are in.

- Ark