in preparation for sunsets stretched

in the spirit of being contrary, i'm working on things that i normally wouldn't consider and making them okay to work on.

this is a concept sketch post for me and the final work will not be a photograph...though it probably will reference them. but here's where i'm starting: distorted fragments of photos Nick proclaimed as his "favorite sunset photos he's taken."

and there is no argument of their beauty! i'm only trying to think about bigger ideas behind the "sunset photo." *

a test sample of one approach. stitched on the back of an old reproduction painting i made in college.

yes, this will be challenging.

*i'll go more into ideas surrounding "sunset photos" later, but here's an editorial that touches upon my previous disinterest in them. 

3 card split

i feel like i have split art personalities. it makes organizing my website complicated and i think it confuses people, including myself, about what i make. i like quick, cartoony type drawing...but to me, they're just a side dish and i don't know what the entree' is.

i spent some time looking at greeting cards at a neighborhood gift shop. as usual, i got jealous of how clever other people are. so i decided to borrow some ideas and do it myself this time.

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drawing cars

i had to trace this little upside down car just to get myself to do it at all. it's not that i CAN'T draw cars....i would just prefer doing about 1000 other things.

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who ARE the people who wake up with glee?

google search for "waking up happy" and you'll soon realize that only stock photo models do. probably because they can't wait to eat salad and laugh.

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not sure how much longer i can put off wearing socks this year and admitting that winter has already won.

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please, don't ask me to chop carrots.

also, don't make me eat raw carrots. thanks.

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you know...if i had a vacuum cleaner this small, i might not hate doing the stairs so much. should have drawn it much bigger to depict real life!

i cleaned up my blog's look yesterday (tabs! no cluttered right column!). i'm happy with it, but these clumsy sketches on the front page make me seem like i've lost my marbles a bit--which may be true.

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trying to make up for yesterday's accidentally cute creature.

fyi: i love goats. they are the GOAT.

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admittedly, this guy is pretty cute. whoops.
and, guess what i have to do today.

i wanted to call this series "awkward animals happily doing things i hate to do." it's ridiculously long but far more accurate.

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"discussing" directions

(one day i'll get how to take a good photo of a drawing)

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admit it: running is awful*

*so is the quality of this photo.