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You get a bunch of random doodles for this week’s creative project. That’s all I got.
Sorry, it was a busy week.
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“The Endermen”, a Minecraft poem
Lest anyone think that this is nothing more than an art blog, for my week five creative project, I’m submitting this little poem, based on the 1.8 update to Minecraft, which introduced us all to the terrifying Endermen. I had started writing it then, while on a plane on one of the many overseas business trips I took in 2011. Since I’ve hardly been able to squeeze in any drawing time this week, I just finished up the last few stanzas the other day so I could present it here, to you, below the fold.
Next week, likely back to more drawings.
The Endermen are watching and waiting.
The Endermen see all that you do.
The Endermen are horrid and hating.
The Endermen are coming for you.
The Endermen are throwing and shaking.
The Endermen are wicked and cruel.
The Endermen are flailing and quaking.
The Endermen are coming for you.
They are lifting and hauling, denying what’s true.
They are scraping and mauling, and nothing you do.
Can stay their thirsting, hungering queue.
The Endermen, they are coming for you.
They are building and stacking, destroying what’s new.
They are breaking and cracking, preparing for you.
Preparing a feast for their Endermen stew.
The Endermen, they are coming for you.
The Endermen, they are coming for you.
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I’ve decided that this will be my week four creative project, instead of the previous drawing I was working on that I had posted earlier on the week. I just really like how the dragon turned out, even as my very first foray into using crosshatching for shading. The other one might end up completed as my week five project. Or it might not! Who knows.
In any case, I really like drawing. Four weeks down, 48 to go!
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Here’s a work in progress shot of my week four creative project. Doctor Setebos and his granddaughter Haley. Coloring will come later this week. I really like how Haley turned out. And this is my ninth or tenth variation of Setebos, and I think he gets more and more interesting with every version I create.
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Week three creative project has been completed. Another member of Team Bottlerocket, meet Flock. He can fly, obviously, and is assisted by a flock of robotic birds of various shapes and sizes, all manufactured by his brilliant teammate, Spin.
Flock - ink and colored pencils on bristol
Three weeks down, 49 to go. :)
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Week two creative projects are in the bag. Or out of the bag. Or something like that. I have no idea how it’s supposed to be phrased.
In any case, I’ve created two members of my crime-fighting group, Team Bottlerocket. Ace is the leader of the team; courageous, but a bit headstrong and stubborn. Spin is super fast and intelligent; equally as headstrong as Ace, but constantly battling her own feelings for him.
More team members to come in the weeks ahead.
Also, two weeks down, fifty to go.
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And here’s the first creative project of 2012. My favorite superhero, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan version). It comes with a healthy dose of realization that I really need to work on drawing better hands. Yikes.
Green Lantern - Pen and marker on bristol
One week down, 51 more to go.
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Things for 2012 That Sound Suspiciously Like Resolutions, but Totally Aren’t, so Try Not to Get Confused
NOT resolutions. Really.
They’re numbered, but they’re not necessarily in any particular order, so I guess I could have just not numbered them, but then it would have been harder for me to figure out how many I had written.
Onward and upward.
- 1. One new creative project every week, either artwork of some sort(illustration, sketch, painting, sculpting, etc.) or writing. No websites or anything complicated that can get me off track like last year. I’ll be tracking it with this tag.
- 2. Continue to improve my art and illustration skills and potentially start selling prints from an Etsy shop.
- 3. Read the entire Bible in a year, using the One-Year Bible reading plan.
- 4. No new video games. Continuing with Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, then I’ve got Xenoblade Chronicles in April. Beyond that, just focusing on Steam games I already own, with plenty of Minecraft mixed in here and there.
- 5. Sell our house and move closer to Des Moines. This one has been in pretty much every list since 2008, so hopefully putting it on here will eventually lead to something more than just idle pining.
- 6. Surf less (web, not water). The pointless Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter browsing gets me nowhere and takes time away from more meaningful pursuits.
- 7. Read more. I pledged to read a lot of books in 2011, and while I did read some great ones, including Bitter Seeds, The Name of the Wind, and Love Wins, I didn’t get to nearly as many as I would have liked. And my “to-read” pile isn’t getting any smaller.
- 8. Pare down. Stuff is stuff, and I need less of it. This includes not only material possessions, but also digital. I’m getting rid of some domain names and websites that I don’t want to bother with anymore, including the URLs for It’s Dangerous to Go Alone and Nerdshelf. On an unrelated note, anyone want to purchase a cool domain name? Give me a call.
I think that’s it for now. How many is that, eight? I was going to try to think of twelve for 2012, but that’s a lot of work, and I think eight is enough.
Yes, I just threw in a reference to an 80’s television show. That one was free.
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New illustrations
A perfect storm of new art supplies for Christmas combined with an extended vacation over the holiday has meant that I’ve completed a few new illustrations. I hope to keep up drawing at least one new illustration every week for 2012. I attempted something similar to this last year, but then got bogged down trying to create an entire website in a week, which was certainly a foolhardy endeavor. This year, I’m sticking to art and writing, the creative efforts to which I am most familiar, and can fit tidily into my packed schedule.
We’ll see if I make it past February this time.
